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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

199 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 10

Police Court. FRIDAY, 17th MARCH 1911. Before Dr. Richardson and Messrs. W. O. Russell, C. T. Campbell, A. H. Nevell, and W. Pike, Js.P. a Serious Charge. Accused Committed for Trial

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 2

Mark Thomas Dyball, on bail, appeared to-day to answer a charge that on6th March, 1911, at Queanbeyan, in the State of New South Wales, he was found at…

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A Father Sued. Son Claims £3000 for Assault

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 2

An extraordinary ease occupied the attention of Mr. Justice Pring and a jury of four yesterday, a son suing his father to recover £3000 for an alleged…

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Windy Nook Murders. Noble Sentenced. Declared His Innocence

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 3

On the 4th of March, a cablegram informed us that the jury at Durham Assize on the previous evening had found Joseph William Noble,…

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An Alpine Murder. a Death Trap. at the Summit of a Pass

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 3

Sentence of imprisonment for life was passed at Martigny last evening (14th March) on the Shepherd Joseph Michaud, who committed a murder on the…

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Goulburn 'Quarter Sessions. Indecent Assault

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 2

Joseph Charles Moore, who had pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting a girl under 16 years, came up for sentence on Tuesday…

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Police Court. Wednesday, March 29, 1911. Before Messrs. W. O. Russell and A. H. Nevell, Js.P. Left His Work

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 2

Frederick Campbell v. Robert McInnes. Defendant was charged that on 14th having contracted to do certain work, he absented himself from plaintiff's…

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Queanbeyan Police Court. Wednesday, March 29, 1911. (Before Messrs. W. O. Russell and A. II, Nevell, J's.P.) Absenting From Hired Service

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 2

Robert McInnes was charged with that he did on the 15th January absent himself from his hired service without the consent of his employer and…

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Violent Assault. Two Men Arrested. Barme0dman

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 6

Mr. Charles Farrar, skin-buyer and dealer, was the victim of a violent assault this afternoon. Mr. Farrar cashed a cheque this morning at the local branch of the Bank of…

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Police Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 2

AT the police court yesterday before Mr. W. O. Russell, J.P , George McIntyre, who was arrested on Saturday night, was charged with riotous…

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Braidwood Police Court. Monday. (Before Mr. Gates, P.m.). Alleged Assault

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 April 1911 · page 2

James Dunn was summoned by Andrew Dunn, his father, for unlawfully assaulting him at Nerriga on 24th March last. Mr. Gee appeared for defesdant, who…

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Municipal Appeal Court. Monday. (Before Mr. Gates, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 April 1911 · page 2

Albert Graham appealed against the assessments on Lot 12 of Section 4, Wallace-street, on the ground that it was excessive. Appellant said be was under the impression…

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Sensational Murder In Paris

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 6

PARIS, Monday.—Bochelier, a tailor, so ill-treated his wife that that she left him. A fortnight laster he broke into her room and murdered her with a butcher's knife. After…

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Braidwood Police Court. Monday April 10. (Before Mr. Gates, P.m.) Disorderly Conduct

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 April 1911 · page 2

Thomas Patrick Torpy was charged with being drank and disorderly in Braid wood on Saturday night last. Defendant pleaded guilty…

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The Police Magistrate

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 2

MR. Gates the P.M. has lift Braidwood to take up his appointment on the Special Licensing Court to be held in the electorate of Allowrie, one of the few places in which the local option vote was…

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Licensing Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 2

At the Quarterly Licensing Court, before Messrs McDonild and Higgins, J. P. the inspector report was presented. This was entirely satisfactory, as it stated there were no complaints to make…

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His Wife's Expenses. Prisoned Before the Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 4

Magistrate: " Officer, what's the charge against this man ?" Officer: "Drunk and disorderly, yer washup…

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The Bourke Murder

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 2

The young Russian, Boris Senkovitch, who was sentenced to death recently for the murder, at Bourke, of Alexander Eismond, a fellow countryman is not to…

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Police Court. Wednesday, April 26. (Before Mr. W. O. Russell, J.P.

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 2

FREDERICK MARSHALL, a stranger, pleaded guilty to a charge of riotous behaviour in a public bar on April 1. Senior-sergeant Wood stated that at…

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Braidwood Police Court. Monday, May 1. (Before A. Gates, Esq, P.m.) Language

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 2

William Greenwood was charged, on the information of Constable Marsh, with using indecent language at Major's Creek on April 17th. He pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s…

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Johnson's Gaol Time. Glad to Get Out. Going on a Lecturing Tour. Vancouver

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 6

Jack Johnson is overjoyed at the prospect of being let out of gaol 15 days before he expected to get free. He was sentenced to 25 days for exceeding…

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