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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

199 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 10

Braidwood Police Court. Monday. (Before the P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 2

Roy Turnbull was summoned for impounding stock belonging to Mrs. Daft from unenclosed land. The case on the application of Mr. Fell, for the defendant, was adjourned till Thursday…

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Braidwood Police Court. Wednesday, Feb. 8. (Before Mr. A. Gates, P.m.) Non-payment of Sanitary Fees

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 2

Municipal Council v. John Walter Munro.—This was a claim for 15s sanitary fees. Mr. Gee appeared for defendant. Mr. Gee said that no objection was made to the…

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Braidwood Police Court. Saturday, Feb. 11. (Before Mr. A. Gates, P.m.) Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 2

John Joseph Oakes appeared to answer to a charge of having stolen 39 sheep, the property of John Kelly, of Half-Moon, Mongarlowe, in or about the month of January…

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Tuesday, Feb. 13. (Before Mr. Gates, P.m.) Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 2

John Joseph Oakes, on bail, appeared to answer to the charge on which he was remanded the previous Saturday. A postponement was granted till Monday…

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American Humour. a Supreme Court Fish Story

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 3

The late Justice Brewer was with a party of New York friends on a fishing trip in the Adirondacks, and around the camp fire one evening the…

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Happy in Gaol, Curious Prison Systems

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 4

Cettinje, the capital of Montenegro, posseses the most remarkable prison system in the world. The gaol presents little to indicate that it is a place of…

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Braidwood Police Court. Monday, Feb. 20. (Before Mr. A. Gates, P.m.) Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 2

Joseph Richard Oakes, on bail, was charged with stealing 39 sheep, the property of John Kelly, of Mongarlowe, in or about the month of January…

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Sentenced to Death! Alexander Smart Convicted. Perth

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 6

The Ethel Harris case was concluded to-day. After the last Crown witness the parents of the murdered woman testified to the identity of the dental plate and the…

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Police Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 March 1911 · page 2

AT the Police Court on Monday the adjourned case of Braidwood Municipal Council versus Stephen Brown came on for hearing before Mr. Gates, P.M. This was a case for the recovery of…

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Police Court. Wednesday, March 1, 1911

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 2

Before Messrs. A. Gates, P.M., and P. Campbell, J.P. ALLEGED STEALING. Nizmah Jacobs, an aged Assyrian…

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The Courts. Police. Wednesday, March 1. (Before Mr. A. Gates, P.M, and Mr. F. Campbell, J.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 2

Several cases were struck out. Mismali Jacobs, an aged Asyrian woman, was charged with stealing the sum of £9 on the 15th February, the…

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Braidwood Police Court. Monday, March 6. (Before Mr. A. Gates, P.m) Alleged Stealing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 2

John O'Reilly was charged with stealing one overcoat, of the value of £1, the property ef Garnet Maddrell, on the 4th March at the Braidwood racecourse…

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Small Debts Court. Monday, March 6 (Before Mr. A. Gates, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 2

Michael Minton sued Barrakat Ali for L8 9s 6d for work and labor done, and 10s for driving a team to Krawarree. Defendant pleaded not indebted, and entered a cross…

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The Perth Murder. Execution of Smart

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 6

ALFRED SMART was executed on Tuesday morning in the Fremantle Gaol, for the murder of Ethel Harris. On Monday he was rather nervous, and inclined…

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Queanbeyan Police Court. Wednesday, 8Th March, 1911. (Before Messrs. W. O. Russell and C. T. Campbell, J's.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 2

MARK THOMAS DYBALL was charged with being found on the premises of Eugene Dominic Hurley for an unlawful purpose, to wit with infent to commit a…

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Police Court. Wednesday, 8Th March, 1911. Before Mr. W. O. Russell and C. T. Campbell, Js.P. a Serious Charge

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 2

Mark Thomas Dyball in custody, was charged with being found on the promises of Eugene Dominic Hurley for an unlawful purpose, to wit intent to…

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The Police Retiring Age. BATHURST

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 2

The news that Superintendent Johnston is to remain in the police service for another five years is not received with satisfaction here. Superintendent Johnston is a good…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 2

Before Mr. W. O. Russell and C. T, Campbell, Js.P. A SERIOUS CHARGE. Mark Thomas Dyball, on bail, appeared…

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Murder of a Child

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 3

William Thomas Smith, who was arrested at his home in O' Shannessy street, North Melbourne, on Thursday night, on a charge of having wilfully murdered his…

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Queanbeyan Police Court. Monday, 13Th March, 1911. (Before Messrs. W. O. Russell and C. T. Campbell, J's.p.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 March 1911 · page 2

Mark Thomas Dyball on bail was charged with that on the 6th day of March, 1911, at Queanbeyan, in the State of New South Wales, he was…

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