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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1910

185 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 8 of 10

Warden's Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 14 September 1910 · page 2

MR. G. R Williams, late C.P.S. in Braidwood. who has been appointed one of the new Mining Wards, hell a Warten's Court in Araiuen on Friday last for the purpose of making an enquiry…

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Charged by an Elephant

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 3

An elephant fight, if the combatants be well matched, frequently lasts for a day or more. The "beaten elephant retreats temporarily and is followed leisurely by…

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Willoughby Tragedy. Phillips Sentenced to DEAtH

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 2

The trial of William John Phillips on a charge of murdering his eight-year-old daughter, Florence May Phillips, at Willoughby, no April 17, was continued before Mr…

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Braidwood Police Court. Wednesday, Sept. 14. (Before Mr. Laidlaw, J.p.) Unlawful Detentions

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 2

Peter J. O'Toole was summoned on the information of Arthur Ernest James for having unlawfully detained at Mo[?] seven cases of eucalyptus oil, value at £7 11…

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London Experience. Doubles in Court. Man Mistaken for His Brother

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 September 1910 · page 3

An extraordiniary case of mistaken identity occupied the attention of Mr Paul Taylor at Marylebone, where a young man named Ernest Gleeson, 24,…

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Actress and Groceries Nina Boucicault in the County Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 September 1910 · page 4

Clad in a tight-fitting grey costume with a Puritan collar, and wearing a purple toque, Miss Nina Boucicault, smiling pleasantly, but…

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To Earl's Court From Zululand

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 September 1910 · page 4

A menagerie agent was once gathering together members of strange African tribes for an exhibition, when he found a Sudanese warrior,…

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Braidwood Police Court. Monday, October 3. (Before Mr. A. Gates, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 2

The following defendants pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness, and were fined, the fines in each case being paid:—James Wesley, Robert Fetcher, John Grant, 2s 6d…

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Small Debts Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 2

JOHN GYDE v. CHARLES GOLDSPINK.—Claim for L3 14s. Defendant admitted his indebtedness, and was ordered to pay it off at the rate of 2s 6d per week, the first…

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Court Formalities in Germany. "Alles Ist Verboten."

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 3

Madame de Bunsen tells a very good story, in her new book, "In Three Legations," about the old Prussian King, first German…

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Alleged Stealing at Tarago

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 2

BEDE LEHANE was charged at the Goulburn police court on Tuesday that he did on or about 3rd April at Tarago, steal one watch to the value of £2 10s, the property of John Hoskins Vallance…

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Darling River Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 October 1910 · page 6

BOURKE, Thursday.—At the resumed inqu[?] morning on the body of Alex, Eismond, the prisoner, Senkovitch, preserved the same squable, unconcerned appearance,…

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Police Court. Breach of the Electoral Act

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 October 1910 · page 2

AT the police court yesterday before Mr. A. Gates, P.M., Albert Edward Moore, commission agent, was charged on the information of Senior-sergeant Wood with having…

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Small Debts Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 October 1910 · page 3

At the Small Debts Court this morning before the P.M., Richard Moore, sen., summoned Arthur Bourke for the recovery of £54- alleged…

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Release of Peter Bowling. After Nine Months in Gaol

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 October 1910 · page 2

Peter Bowling, the strike leader, who has been in Goulburn Gaol for the past nine months, was released on Monday night at 8.30…

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Chapter Xxiii. a Merry Christmas Eve.—a Homely Supper.—arrested for Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 October 1910 · page 3

It was Christmas Eve, and a very cheerfull family party was gathered around the hearth of the cosy parlour of Mr. Ritchison in their…

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The Court Roared

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 November 1910 · page 4

Baron Dowse, the eminent Irish Judge, was once Judge when the accused could only understand Irish, and an interpretor was accordingly sworn. The prisoner said…

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Braidwood Police Court. Friday. (Before Mr. Gates, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 November 1910 · page 2

Thomas Barlow was on Friday changed with being a person deemed to be insane, and not under proper care and control. Mr. Gee for accused…

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The King's Prize. Piggott in Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 November 1910 · page 3

William John Piggott, who claimed to have won the King's Prize at the recent rifle meeting at Randwick, was before the Paddington Police…

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Police Court. Saturday, November 5. (Before Mr. W. O. Russell and C. T. Campbell, Js.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 November 1910 · page 2

WILLIAM JAMES McENROE, a young man about 20 years of age, was charged with stealing the sum of £3 10s the property of William Carney of Gininderra,…

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