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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

159 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 8

Great Jewel Theft. Robbery From Restaurant

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 September 1909 · page 7

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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Riots at Pittsburg. Mounted Police Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 September 1909 · page 6

Serious rioting has taken place in Pittsburg at the works of the Pressed Steel Car Company, as the result of a quarrel between unionist strikers and…

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Alleged Child Murder Near Crookwell

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 September 1909 · page 2

A GOOD deal of rumour regarding an alleged murder at Peelwood has been in circulation in Crookwell for the past few days. The police are very reticent concerning the case,…

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Police Court. Wednesday, September 29, 1909. (Before Mr. Atkin P.M.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 October 1909 · page 2

JOHN FITZGIBBON was fined 10/- and 6/- costs, and James Moran 2/6 and 6/- costs, for failing to send their children to school the required number of days…

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Police Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 October 1909 · page 2

AT the police court this morning before Messrs. W. O. Russell and C. T. Campbell, J's.P., Albert Rogers, a stranger, was fined 10s, on the…

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H. E. Holland Released From Gaol

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 October 1909 · page 2

The ease of Harry E. Holland, who was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for seditions language, used at Broken Hill during the strike which occurred at the…

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A Woman to be Hanged. a West Australian Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 October 1909 · page 6

Martha Rendall, the woman who was recently sentenced to death at Perth (W. A.), for the murder of a young man named Arthur Morris, is, according to present…

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Burglary at Malone's

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 October 1909 · page 3

"Ach! I'm sick iv id!" said Tim Malone, with gloomy resentfulness. Having so definitely expressed his feelings, he relapsed into silence, and gazed into the…

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The London Police. a Cavalry Officer's Opinion

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 October 1909 · page 3

To the "Daily Telegraph" of October a soldier wrote over the signature "Cavalry Captain":— "The following incident may…

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The Morris Murder Case

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 October 1909 · page 6

The Perth (W.A.) "Sunday Times" gives the closing scenes of the trial of Martha Rendall and a man named Morris, who were charged with the murder of Arthur Mortis…

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Braidwood Police Court. Monday. (Before the Acting P.m.) Indecent Language

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 October 1909 · page 2

James Wiggins pleaded guilty to having made use of indecent language in Wallace-street, Braidwood, on the 30th ultimo. Constable Scott deposed that defendant on…

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Braidwood Police Court. Thursday. (Before Geo. Atkin, Acting P.m.) Assault

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 October 1909 · page 2

William A. Chuchin, under arrest, was charged with having at Braidwood on the light of the 13th instant assaulted Thomas James Yeates, Defendant pleaded not guilty…

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Braidwood Police Court. Monday, October 18. (Before Mr. Atkin, P.m.) Alleged Assault

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 October 1909 · page 2

William Alfred Ch[?]Chin and John joseph McKeon ware charged with having company unlawfully assaulted Thomas James Yeates on the night of the 13th instant at Braidwood…

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Candor From the Dock. Mysterious Theft Solved

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 October 1909 · page 3

A prisoner of a particularly candid type, William Mumford, 34, described as a carman, was committed for trial from Old street (London) police court on…

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Warden's Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 October 1909 · page 2

A WARDEN'S Court was held at the Courthouse, Braidwood, yesterday by Mr. Warden Atkin, when the following applications were heard:- Abraham Saville, Mongarlowe.-Inquiry into…

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The Braidwood Police Magistrate

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 2

MR. GATES, the newly appointed P.M. of Braidwood, is expected to arrive here and take up his duties on the 9th proximo. Mr. Atkin, the relieving P. M., who baa been acting since Mr…

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Traced by the Police

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 4

A capture worthy of Holmes was accomplished some years' ago by the police of Eaglewod, U.S. One afternoon they saw two thieves…

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Murder of Captain Bull. a Desperate Flight. Vivid Story of the Struggle

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 October 1909 · page 4

An official account of the attack on British officers (says the Cairo correspondent of the "Daily Mail") shows that the officers left the camp,…

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Wife at Court Martial. a French Reservist Trial

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 October 1909 · page 4

There is a sad side to compulsory military service, as a story from a French provincial town proves. A man with a wife and five children,…

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Police Court. Wednesday, October 27, 1909. (Before Messrs. John Gale and Chas. T. Campbell, Js.P

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 October 1909 · page 2

EDWARD ROBERTSON pleaded guilty to neglecting to send his child to school the required number of days during the half year…

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