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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

198 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 10

The Police Force

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 6

THE established strength of the N.S.W. Police Force at the present time is 2525, and the number on the strength is…

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Police Court. Thursday, May 2. (Before Mr. W. O. Russell, J.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 2

PATRICK K RYAN, a stranger, who was arrested in Monaro-street on Wednesday, pleaded guilty to being drunk and was tined [?]s, in default seven days…

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Police Court. Thursday, May 2. Before Mr. W. O. Russell, J.P.

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 2

Patrick Ryan, a stranger, who was arrested in Monaro Street on Wednesday, pleaded guilty to being drunk and. was fitted 10, in default seven days…

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Braidwood Police Court. Thursday, 2Nd May. (Before Messrs. Galbraith, P.M., James McDonald, and P. Coffey, J's.P.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 2

John Lane was fined 5s and 6s costs of court for being drunk, and £1 and 5s costs for furious driving on the main road Braidwood to Nerriga…

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Municipal Appeal Court. Thursday, 2Nd May. (Before Mr. Galbraith, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 2

Jane B. Hogg appealed against the assessed value of her residence (L50). Reduce to L30. Frank McGrath, 96 acres, Jellamatong…

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Small Debts Court. Thursday, 2Nd May. (Before Messrs. Galbraith, P.M., and Jas. McDonald, J.P.

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 2

Edward Bunn v. Gabriel Barthelemy.—Claim for £26 6s 6d, being £21 due on a promissory note, and £5 6s 6d interest. Mr. Gee for plaintiff. Verdict for the amount…

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Police Court. Saturday, May 4. (Before Mr. W. O. Russell, J.p.) Alleged Stealing

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 2

WILLIAM PERCY THOMPSON, a young man recently out from England, who was arrested late on Friday night by "Constable Tyrell where he was camped…

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Police Court. Monday, May 6. Before Mr. W. O. Russell, J.P.

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 2

William Percy Thompson was charged that he did, at Queanbeyan, on the 3rd May, 1912, steal a kit bag and clothing to the value of £5 or more to wit, the…

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"Help! Police!" Parrot's Cry for Help

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 3

The mystery of a cry for help from a house that held no human occupant save a dead man—a cry that led policemen to break down the doors and discover the…

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Police Court. Wednesday, May 4. (Before Mr. Harcourt Holcombe. P.M. and Mr. J. McLachlan, J.p.) Allowin[?], Si[?] Stray

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 2

HENRY LAZARUS pleaded guilty to allowing a cow to stray in the streets of the municipality and stated that it was his first offence…

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Police Court. Wednesday, May 8. Before Mr. Hareourt-Holcombe, P.M. and Mr. J. McLaughlin. J.P. Allowed a Cow to Stray

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 2

Alfred Lazarus, Inspector of Nuisances for the Municipality of Queanbeyan proceeded against Henry Lazarus for allowing a cow to stray in Monaro Street…

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The Randwick Burglary. A "Boom in Sentences."

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 6

Alfred Smith, a young man, was charged on Tuesday morning at the Sydney Quarter Sessions, before Judge Murray and a jury, with…

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A Pitched Battle. Brickbats and Clubs. Strike-breakers Attacked. Police Cordon Sorely Pressed. Military to the Rescue

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 6

SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A., Friday Evening.—The strike of coal miners, who are out for improved conditions, assumed a very serious aspect to-day…

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To Court Plaster a Bad Cut

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 May 1912 · page 3

Fold a piece of court-plaster lengthwise directly through the middle. The plaster should be larger than the wound. Now slash the…

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Police Court. Wednesday, May 29. Before Mr. Harcourt Holcombe, P.M. Indecent Language

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 2

Ernest Follett pleaded not guilty to a charge of having used indecent language on the platform of the Queanbeyan railway station on 10th April…

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Shire Appeal Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 3

Two appeals were heard at the above court on Wednesday, before Mr. Harcourt Holcombe, P.M. Mr. E. E. Morgan appeared on behalf…

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Shire Appeal Court. (Before Mr. Holcombe, P.M.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 2

THE above court was held on Wednesday when the following appeals were heard. Mr. E. E. Morgan appeared on behalf of the Shire Council…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Friday, May 31, 1912. Police Court. Wednesday, May 29, 1912. (Before Mr. Holcombe, P.M.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 2

A HAWKER'S license was granted to Charles Edward [?]inlth. INDECENT LANGUAGE. Ernest Follett was charged with…

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Licencing Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 2

AT the above court this morning before the licencing magistrates (Dr. Blackall and F. Campbell, J's P.) the following renewal of licences were granted:—…

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Killed for Latchkey. Justifiable Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 6

A young man named Frederick School, aged 23, hat been recently acquitted in Vienna on a charge of murder, although be confused to haying killed hit stepmother…

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