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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

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Braidwood Police Court. Monday. (Before Messrs. J. Higgins and P. B. Kemp, Js. P.) Lunacy

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 2

Arthur Higgs appeared to answer a charge of being of unsound mind. He had been previously before the court, and bad been remanded for eight days for medical…

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Daring Diamond Theft. Dealer Seized and Gagged

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 6

A daring robbery occurred in London, the victim being Mr. Mayor Goldberg, a dealer in diamonds and precious stones. Mr. Goldberg was accustomed to deposit…

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Local News. Police Promotions

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 2

A NUMBER of police promotions here been approved by the Inspector General to take effect from the 1st January. Among them appear the names of Constable John…

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Braidwood Police Court. Friday (Before Messrs. G. R. Williams and E. Bunn) Infringement of Common Regulations

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 2

John MoIntosh was summoned by the Town Clerk with that he did, on Nov. 17th last, take 200 head of stock through the Braidwood Common without giving the…

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Warden's Court. Friday. (Before Mr. G. R. Williams, Mining Warden.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 2

Charles Townsend made application for three months' suspension of mining conditions on his lease of 40 acres at Gingamona. His reason for the application was to enable…

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Police Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 2

AT the Police Court yesterday before Mr. W. O. Russell, J.P., Arthur Treadwell appeared to answer a charge of using indecent language…

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Police Court. Wednesday, January [?], 1913. (Before Mr. H. Holcombe, P.m.) Notice to Quit Tenan[?]y

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 2

W S Hill v. Charles Aldridge to show cause why he should not quit premises occupied by him in Balcombe Street…

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Murder and Robbery. Man Killed in Fitzroy. £200 STOLEN

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 3

A ROBBERY and murder of an outrageous nature occured at 2 a.m. on Tuesday at the home of Arthur Trotter in George-street, Fitzroy (Vic.)…

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Tragic Burglary. a Man Killed. Fight in a Bedroom. Melbourne

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 2

In the early hours of this morning, Arthur Trotter, traveller, employed by MacRobert son and Co, was shot in his house in George-street, Fitzroy, by a burglar. On occasions when he arrived in town too…

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Braidwood Police Court. Friday (Before Messrs. Jas. Higgins, Jas. McDonald, and E. Bunn, Js.P.) INSANITY

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 5

Anna Maria Kearns was charged with that on the 9th January, at Braidwood, being a person deemed to be insane, she was found wandering at large…

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Goulburn Licensing Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 2

A sitting of the above was held on Monday morning before the P. M. and Mr. Badgery. J.J. Hush, licensee of the Railway Hotel, There wag a police objection on account of…

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Tribute to Gaol Puddings

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 2

A PRISONER who was lodged in the Dubbo Gaol from Warren has a very unique record. He is about thirty-five years of age, and since he was…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Friday, January, 24, 1913. Warden's Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 2

THE Warden's Court was held at the Courthouse, Queanbeyan, on the 16th and 17th instant by Mr. Warden William. Authorities to enter land…

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The Police

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 2

SENIOR-CONSTABLE MADDEN of Nelligen, has been transferred to Adamlnaby, Mr. Madden has had charge of the Nelligen station for some years and he and hie wife have been much esteemed, and…

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More Trouble. Shackleton Further Charged. a Lord and His Money. London, Tuesday Evening

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 6

F. R. Shackleton, brother of the famous Antarctic explorer, who Hi remanded on a charge of misappropriating treat money to the amount of £1000, the property of Miss…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. H. Holcombe, P.M.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 2

AT the police court this morning W. B. Freebody sued Frederick Smith for detaining a bicycle valued at £1. By consent the goods are to be delivered…

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Industrial Court. Tuesday. (Before Mr. A. Elliott, P.m.) Breaches of Awards

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 2

John Musgrave, proprietor of the "Dispatch," was summoned by James Lynch, an inspector under the Industrial Act, (or not complying with the award in paying the…

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Warden's Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 2

At the Warden's Court, at Braidwood, on Thursday last, before Mr. G. B. Williams, Mining Warden, an application by Patrick Coffey for authority to enter upon 20 acres,…

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Braidwood Police Court. Friday. (Before Mr. Galbraith, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 2

Jas. Wiggins pleaded guilty to a charge of drunk and disorderly, and was fined 5s and os costs. William Hill was charged with…

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Shall Debts Court. Friday. (Before Mr. Gtalbraith, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 2

George Brown versus Thomas Hawkins.—Claim for £2 5s. Verdict for amount claimed, with 5s costs. Three months allowed to pay…

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