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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

159 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 8

Relic of a Crime. the Flat Murder Trial

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 4

On April 27 the correspondent of the "Daily Mail' wrote from Vienna:—There was again a crowded court…

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Solicitor Sentenced. Parliamentary Candidate Acquitted

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 3

The trial was concluded at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, June 15, of Charles Richard Stevens, fifty-eight, solicitor, of Queen Victoria street, and Frank…

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Police Court. Wednesday, August 25, 1909. (Before Mr. G. Aitkin, P.m.) Assault

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 2

PAUL BRENNAN summoned Frederick Wisby for unlawfully assaulting him at Tuggranong on the 28th July. Mr. F. P. Woodward appeared fron…

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Lust of Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 3

A factory of the North Packing Company's abattoir at Somerville (Mass.) has (says "Lloyd's Weekly") been the scene of a terrible exhibition of blood…

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Small Debts Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 2

Hayes & Russell v. George Irwin. Claim, £2 5/6, goods sold and delivered. Verdict for amount with 5/9 court costs. Same v. William Feeney. Claim £6 11/11,…

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Bungendore. Police Court. Monday, August 23, 1909. (Before Mr. J. J. McJannet, J.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 8

WILLIAM DAY on bail, an old offender, was charged with being drunk and disorderly. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined £1 or 14 day's hard labor in Goulburn gaol. The…

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Queanbeyan Police Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 2

WHEN the Braidwood footballers were in Queanbeyan some few weeks ago, during the progress of the match a spec[?] a rack "Jack" Dawson, one of the Braidwood players, and as the outsome…

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More Desolation. Police Pot to Flight. Melbourne

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 1

The river at Jeparit is still rising. A mile and a half of railway line near the local railway station is under water. The rescue of house…

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Diamond's Sinister History. Trail Op Murder and Misery

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 4

The sinister history of the Blue, or Hope diamond, which was sold in Paris recently for L16,000. though it was val­ued at L30,000 at least, is traced in the…

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Solicitor Sentenced. Parliamentary Candidate Acquitted

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 3

The trial was concluded at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, June 15, of Charles Richard Stevens, fifty-eight, solicitor, of Queen Victoria street, and Frank…

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Braidwood Police Court. (Before Mr. Atkin, P.m.) Assault

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 2

Cornenus James (who is usually called "Jack") O'Connell was charged with unlawfully assaulting Alice Maud owen, in Wallace street, Braidwood, on Saturday night, the…

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Charged by a Tiger

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 1

In sport, as in most of the interests of mankind, it is the [?] expected thing, says a writer in the "Field that supplies the salt of the, and it was solely owing to chance that…

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A Husband's Ruse Leads to the Divorce Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 3

A Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" writes on September 18th:—An unsuspecting London husband's…

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 September 1909 · page 2

ONLY one case was heard at the Municipal Appeal Court on Monday, in which P. Kain appealed against the assessment of allotment frouting the lane at the rear of the Post Office. It was rated…

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Diamond's Sinister History. Trail of Murder and Misery

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 4

The sinister history of the Blue, or Hope diamond, which was sold in Paris recently for L16,000, though it was valued at L30,000 at least, is traced in the…

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Dastardly Assault. Heavy Sentences Imposed. Melbourne

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 2

Five young men, James Cook, David Blake, Albert Johnson, Walter Mulholland, and Victor Jacobs, who had been found guilty of having assaulted and robbed a man…

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Merstham Tunnel Murder Seen in a Crystal

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 4

The story of the vision of the Merstham Tunnel murder, seen in a vision and described by two relatives of the victim, Miss Mary Money, is…

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Great Jewel Theft. Robbery From Restaurant

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 September 1909 · page 3

The biggest Jewel robbery in London in recent years was effected yesterday afternoon, when Mr Frederic James Goldschmidt, a well-known diamond…

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Murder of Children

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 2

At the Perth criminal Court, on Tuesday, Martha Rendell was found g[?] of murdering Arthur Morris, son of Thomas N. Morris, who was also charged with the murder and acquited…

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Police Scandal. a Paris Sensation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 September 1909 · page 3

It is still uncertain whether there is any substantial foundation for the alleged disclosures concerning a Russian official, which, if proved, would…

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