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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

199 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 10

Police Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

At the police court on Wednesday, before Mr. Holcombe, P.M., Thomas P. Maxwell, A. H. Collett and Charles Hardy all pleaded guilty to having on the 25th…

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Local News. Police Promotions

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 2

THERE have been a number of promotions in the Police, consequent upon Superintendents Walker (Goulburn), Johnson (Bathurst), and Elliott (Albury) being granted extended…

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Desperadoes. Fight Police

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 3

After a fierce revolver duel with the police in circumstances. (says "Lloyd's News"of April 16) vividly recalling the Sidney street "siege," a murderer…

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When Terence Came Home From Gaol

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 3

The second floor room of the little cottage was decorated with a shrivelled last year's Christmas wreath, depending from the creased and torn…

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Licensing Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 2

THE only business before the Licensing Court on Thursday last was the Licensing Inspector's report which stated that the hotels in the district were well conducted, the furniture and fittings being to…

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Braidwood Police Court. Thursday, November 2. Before Mr. A. Galbraith, P.m.) Straying Stock

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 2

Alis Khan was fined 10s, and 6s costs of court, and 2s 6d one witness's expenses for allowing one horse to stray in Monkittee Street. A. R. Hill gave evidence for the…

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Local News. Municipal Revision Court

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

At the Council meeting on Monday night last, a letter was read from the P.M. asking what date would be suitable to them for holding the Revision Court. The Clerk said…

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Police Court. Wednesday, November 8. (Before Mr. Holcombe, P.m.) Warning to Motor Cyclists

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 November 1911 · page 5

WILLIAM ARTHUR HADLER was charged with not having within three days after the expiration of his registration delivered up one certificated numbered…

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The Police

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

MR. WALKER, who succeeds Mr. Draper as officer in charge of the police in the various places forming the district with Braidwood as its headquarters, has arrived…

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Police Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 2

AT the Braidwood Police Court on Thursday last, before Mr. G. R. Williams, Alice Murphy was presented on a charge of having insufficient lawful meant of support, and…

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Warden's Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 2

AT the Warden't Court on Thursday last before Mr. G. R. Williams, a number of old abandoned tenements in the district were cancelled, some of them having been…

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The Glebe Murder

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 3

Detectives Lonsdale and Coonan on Wednesday, afternoon arrested a young man named Campbell Nairn Moir. in Melbourne, on suspicion in connection with…

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The Glebe Murder. MELBOURNE

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 2

Acting on information telephoned by the Sydney police, Detectives Coonan and Lonsdale this afternoon arrested in a house at…

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Told in Court. Italian Girl's Love Story

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 3

Giovanni Nizzia, aged 23, was indicted at the London Central Criminal Court on 12th January for taking Annetta Pezzare, a girl aged 16 years and nine…

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The Glebe Murder. Moir Arrives in Sydney

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 2

Inspector Childs ant Senior Detective Walker arrived in Sydney on Saturday morning with Campbell Nairn Moir, the young man charged on suspicion with the murder of Henry Trevas[?]us at…

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Moir Before the Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 2

Moir appeared before Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the Central Court on Monday morning. The charge preferred against him was that on October 81, 1911, at Sydney, or thereabouts in the State of…

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The Glebe Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 2

At the inquest concerning the Glebe marder before Mr. Stephen Murphy, the Coroner, in Sydney, on Thursday, the chief interest was in the evidence of Miss. Irene Marie Levey, a young girl…

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Attempted Murder and Suicide. Scene on a Railway Platform, MACKAY

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 6

A case of attempted murder and suicide occurred at the railway station prior to the department the Finch Hatton train yesterday afternoon…

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The Glebe Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 2

THE inquest on the death of Trevascus was concluded on Friday, Moir was present in custody. Detective Lonsdale, of Melbourne, gave…

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