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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

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Judge and Boxer. an Amusing Case. What Is an Assault-at-arms

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 4

With the assistance of the judge and counsel, Mr John Henry Passey, organiser of public entertainments, gave an excellent "show" In the King's Bench…

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The Police

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 August 1911 · page 2

THERE will be several changes in the Police force in the Braidwood district shortly. Sergeant Filan is about to retire on his superannuation allowance. He is one of the most worthy officers we have had…

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In Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 3

"The charge against you, Mr. Kiljordan," said the Police Magistrate looking at him sternly over his spectacles, "is that of boisterous…

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Braidwood Police Court. Thursday, August 3. (Before Messrs. Galbraith, P.M., Jas. McDonald, P. Coffey, and R. Kennedy, Js.P.) Breach of the Industrial Disputes Act

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 2

Frederick Ernest Grenenger, tanner, of Braidwood, was proceeded against under the Industrial Disputes Act for not having, on 21st February last, exhibited and kept…

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Araluen Police Court. (Before Mr. Williams.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 August 1911 · page 2

J. Laton was summoned for being drunk at Newtown on the 20th ultimo. Defendant pleaded guilty. Fined 10s and costs. H. O'Reilly was summoned for riotous…

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Small Debts Court. Monday, August 7. (Before Messrs. Jas. McDonald and Jas. Higgins, Js.P.). H. COCKERILL V. Ernest Jones

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 August 1911 · page 2

Claim for accommodation and refreshments, £3 15s. Verdict for plaintiff, with 5s 9d costs of court. CHARLES MOSES v. JOSEPH APPLEBY…

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Police Court. Wednesday, August 9. DRUNK. (Before Mr. W. O. Russell, J.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 2

MICHEAL DUNN was fined 1/- or the rising of the court for being drunk in Monaro-street on Tuesday. (Before Mr. H. Holcombe, P.M., and…

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Police Court. Wednesday, August 9, 1911. Before Mr. Harcourt Holcombe P.M. and Dr. Blackall, J.P.

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 2

Mark Reid was charged with being found on licensed premises during prohibited hours, not being a bona fide lodger…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 2

At the police court yesterday, before Mr. W. O. Russell, J.P., Patrick Delookery was lined 76 for being found drunk' on the Queanbeyan railway platform on…

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Murder and Suicide. Half-caste's Rash Act

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 2

The Junee police received word on Sunday evening from the manager of Wantabadgery Station by telephone that a case of murder, and suicide had occurred…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 3

The following cases were dealt with on Tuesday, by Mr. F. H. Galbraith. P.M.;--James Henry Lowe, obscene language, fined £2 and 6-costs or 21 days'…

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Braidwood Police Court. Tuesday, August 15. (Before Messrs. J. McDonald and J. Higgins, Js.P.) Insulting Language

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 2

Rebecca Ebbsworth was charged with having on 3rd August last used certain insulting words to Maria Henrietta Goldspink…

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Warden's Court. Thursday, August 17. (Before Mr. G. R. Williams, Mining Warden.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 2

The hearing of the application by the Jembaicumbene Gold Dredging Co. for a dredging lease of 41a 0r 4p, parishes of Boyle and Jinglemoney, was postponed for a month in…

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Murder and Suicide

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 3

A sensation was caused at the Bleriot Monoplane School, at Hendon, by the exraordinary conduct of a pupil named Havant. It appears that the pupil…

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The Spies at Work Police "Noses."

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 4

It seldom happens that a police spy finds himself in the position of the man who was stated. In the course of a case at Clerkenwell Sessions, to have been…

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Braidwood Police Court. Monday, August 21. (Before Messrs. J. McDonald and J. Higgins, Js.P.) ASSAULT

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 2

Alfred Jones pleaded guilty to having unlawfully assaulted Andrew Clarke on Sunday, 6th instant, in Wallace-street, Braidwood…

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Would Be Aviator. Loses His Temper. Murder and Suicide. London, Sunday Evening

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 2

A sensation was caused at the Bleriot Monoplane School, at Hendon, by the extraordinary conduct of a pupil named Havant…

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The Police

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 2

MR. E. BELL, son of Mr. John Bell, of Braidwood, who had for some time been employed bs assistant in Messrs. P. P. Maher and Co.'s store, went to Sydney…

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A Triple Murder

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 29 August 1911 · page 2

Exciting developments have been, reported in connection with a case at Booneville, Indiana, in which William Lee, a young man of only 21 years, is…

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A Melbourne Sensation. Doctor Charged with Murder

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 2

Dr. S. M. Peacock, 71, residing at East Melbourne, has been arrested on a charge of murdering Mary Margaret Davies, a single women, 26, of South Melbourne…

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