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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

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The Roughs of Paris. Canine Police Aids. How They Work

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 5

In spite of frost and snow there was a fair attendance of interested persons on the Vincennes racecourse on Monday, 6th January, when a…

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The End of the Arbitration Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 6

The Royal Commission arbitrating on matters in dispute between the proprietors and the miners on the Northern coalfields resumed on Friday morning. His Honor…

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A Sea Tragedy Madness and Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 3

While the British steamer Arabistan was on her way from New York to Monte Video, a stoker, an Italian named Gallerducci, in a fit of madness killed…

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Descriptive. the Court Society of Europe. (Copyright.)

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 6

It has become in these days rather popular to scoff at the pomp and state of Court ceremonies, as useless and meaningless encumbrances. But,…

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The Thief. a Strange Story of a Burglary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 4

Villencuve-le-Ro[?] a village lying about twelve miles from Paris, is the scene of the incident. It was here that M. Vadal lived with his…

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Special Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 2

THR Special Court provided for under the provisions of the Liquor Amendment Act of 1905, and for the reduction of licenses in the…

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Local Option Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 2

A SPECIAL court, under the provisions of the Liquor Amendment Act, 1905, for the reduction of licenses, and for giving effect to the local option vote within the Queanbeyan…

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District News. Bungendore. Police Court—tuesday, 31St March

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 2

Before Messrs. Welch, Flanagan, and Hinder, Js. P., an auctioneer's district license was granted to Mr. J. J. McJannett. On Friday, 3rd instant, before Messrs…

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Escape From Cooma Gaol. a Convicted Burglar

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 8

A SOMEWHAT sensational escape was made from the Cooma Gaol yard on Friday by a prisoner named William Johnson, alias William Wallace, who…

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Licensing Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 2

THE Quarterly Licensing Court, before Dr. Blackall and F. Campbell, J.sP., was held on Friday. J. F. Heazlett was granted a…

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District Court. Saturday, 4Th April. Before His Honor, Judge Edmonds

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 2

Denis Hardman, James Jennings, William Fitzgerald, and M. Callaghan, sued William Gardner for wrongful dismissal each claiming…

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District Court. (BEFORE his Honor, Acting Judge Edmonds.) Saturday, April 4, 1908. Breach of Agreement.—a Matter of Wet Sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 2

This was a case in which the plaintiff's Denis Hardman, James Jennings, William Fitzgerald, and Michael Callaghan, shearers, sued William Gardner, shearing contractor,…

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Braidwood Police Court. Monday. (Before Mr. Elliott P.m.). Riotous Conduct

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 2

John Crowe and Parkes Ware were charged by Constable Scott with riotous behaviour in Wallace-street on Sunday night, 15th March. They pleaded guilty…

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Local Option Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 2

A special court, under the provisions of the Liquor Amendment Act, 1905, for the reduction of licenses, and for giving effect to the local option vote within the Queanbeyan…

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Warden's Court. MONDAY. (Before Mr. Warden Elliott.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 2

G. E. Poole applied to have the water race of John Allen on the Shoalhaven River at the Sandholes, No. 255, together with the mining tenement in his name, declared abandoned. Defendant…

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Local Option Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 2

THE sittings of the Special Licensing Court, which opened at the Queanbeyan Courthouse last Thursday, were resumed at ten o'clock yesterday morning. His Honor Judge…

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Special Liquor Court. Thursday, 9Th April

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 2

BEFORE His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge, Messrs Maitland, D.S.M(Parramatta), Elliott, P.M. (Braidwood), Butler, P.M. (Yass), and Dr…

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In the Divorce Court. an Australian Wedding

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 3

Sir Gorell Barnes, in the Divorce Court Division of the English High Court, on 13th January, heard the undefended petition for a divorce brought by Mrs…

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Burglary at Cooma

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 2

A DARING burglary was committed at the Cooma Railway Station early on Sunday morning, the safe being blown open, and £149 in cash,…

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Daring Burglary — Safe Blown Open

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 7

A BURGLARY was committed at the Cooma railway station early on Sunday morning. The safe, containing £149 in cash, was blown open, and the…

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