Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Courts & crime, all years

Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

172 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 9

Police Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 2

At the Braidwood Police Court on Monday, before Messrs P B Kemp and Jas Higgins, Js.P, Albert Bale, charged with being of…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Police Court. Friday. (Before Mr. O. A. Edwards, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

Robert Fletcher pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in Duncan Street od the 15th December last He was farther charged with using indecent language on the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Liverpool Murder Gain the Motive. the Charge Against Sumner. London, Wednesday Evening

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

The inquest into the death of Miss Bradfield, whose body wm a few weeks ago found in the Liverpool Canal, will be opened in a few days…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Licensing Court Friday. (Before Mr. A. O. Edwards, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

George Wehby was granted a hawker's license. Robert Chaney was granted a second-hand dealer's license…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Small Debts Court, Friday. (Before Mr. A. C. Edward's P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

Taffaha Bros v. W. E. Dixon.—Claim for L13 8s 6d, goods supplied. No appearance of defendant. Credit was given for £3 6s 9d, leaving L10 1s 9d owing. Verdict for…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Theft of a Cheque

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

At the Cooma Police Court on Tuesday last, John Patrick Manning, 19, pleaded guilty to having stolen a cheque for the amount of £2 15s the property of…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Items of Interest. Murder in Railway Car

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 4

A seven-year-old boy was found strangled under the seat of a railway carriage at Shoreditch. The child has been identified, but the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Wabden's Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 2

On Thursday last, at the Braidwood Warden's Court, before Mr C A Simms, Acting Warden, a good deal of evidence was taken in…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Police Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

On Wednesday last, before Mr. Harcourt Holcombe, P.M., Mervy Dunstone appeared lo answer to a charge of using language in a public place in Monar[?]…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Freemantle Gaol Horror

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 4

The execution of Charles Odgers at Freemantle Prison on Wednesday was accompanied by a shocking occurrence…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Sheep Stealing at Michelago

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

AT the Police-court at Michelago on Monday last, Mr. H. Holcombe, P.M. sentenced a Chinaman to six mouths hard labor in Goulburn Gaol for steal…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Police Court. Wednesday, January 14. (Before Mr. H. Holcombe, P.M. Language

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

Mervyn Dunstone pleaded not guilty to using language in a public place in Monaro Street, to wit Potiri Bros.' refreshment rooms…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Sydney Engineer's Death the Police Investigations. Looking for Reeks' Companion. the Inquest Opened

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 3

The inquest on Thmas Reeks, marine engineer, of Sydney, who was found dead in a disused pit at Wolverhampt on (England), with three bullet wounds in his head, was…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Murder Charge

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 3

Henry Terns Hopgood appeared at the Central Police Court, Brisbane, on Saturday, charged with having on the night of January 17 on the morning of January…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Police Court. Wednesday, January 28. (Before Mr. C. T. Campbell and R. Moore, J's.P

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 2

THREE first offenders charged with being drunk were each fined 2/6 in default 24 hours in the Queanbeyan lockup…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Pit Tragedy. Murder of Engineer Reeks. a Relation's Statement. Dead Man's Companion. London, Thursday Evening

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 6

Mrs. Cartwright, a relative of Thomas Kent Reeks, whose body was found in a disused pit near Was found in a disused pit near…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Police Court. Monday, February 2, 1914. (Before Mr. John Gale, J.p.) Alleged Insufficient Lawful Means of Support

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 2

John Johnson, who was arrested on Saturday night, was charged with the above offence. Edward Leslie Grinham, police…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Minister for Works Charged

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 2

At the Labor Conference the minister for Works was charged with not having complied with the terms of the builders' and laborers' award. The matter was adjourned…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Gold Lease Rushed at Tambaroora. Interesting Court Sequel. Bathurst

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 3

A case strongly tinged with the dramatic element baa just been decided at Hill End by the Bathurst mining warden, Mr. A. B. C. Burke…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →