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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1915

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Queanbeyan Police Court. Statistics for 1914

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 2

THE following information, as supplied to us by Senior-sergeant Wood, will be read with general interest, as showing the character of the offences dealt with, the sex of the…

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Queanbeyan Police Court. Statistics for 1914

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 6

THE following information, as supplied to us by Senior-sergeant Wood, will be read with general interest, as showing the character of the offences dealt with, the sex of the…

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Gentleman George (Copyright.) A Tale of the Australian Mounted Police

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 4

" The prisoners having pleaded guilty," his honour, said, "to the charge of rubbing the National Bank [?] Jeenah, and that dears the air…

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Braidwood Police Court. WEDNESDAY. (Before Mr. G. R. Williams, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

Charles Sharpe was charged with being found on licensed premises on Sunday, 29th November last, during prohibited hours…

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Small Debts Court. WEDNESDAY. (Before Mr. G. R. Williams, P.M.). Defamation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

John McClure, an old-age pensioner, sued William Bryant for slander, claiming £10 damages. Mr. Claude Manning appeared…

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Police Court. MONDAY, (Before Mr. J. Higgins, J.P.). Ristous Behaviour

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

William Travers was charged with behaving in a riotous manner in Wallace-street on Saturday night last. He pleaded…

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German Atrocities. Murder and Torture. Commission's Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

A summary of the evidence before the Commission inquiring into German atrocities shows that rape with every imaginable refinement of cruelty and brutality marked the…

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Police Court. Cruelty to Animals

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

At the Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Police Magistrate Gunn, the following cases of cruelly ill treating animals were heard :—…

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A Mean Theft. Ratting Maintenance Men's Camp. Three Months' Hard Labour

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

Edward Joseph Jones, an unkempt looking tramp, was charged with stealing one tin of Log Cabin tobacco, 2lbs. of sugar, one brownie and…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 2

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. R. G. McKenzie, J.P., Claude Taylor and John O'Reilly were charged with riotous behaviour…

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Queanbeyan Police Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 4

AT the Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Police Magistrate Gunn, the following cases of cruelly ill treating animals were heard:--…

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A Mean Theft

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 4

Edward Joseph Jones, an unkempt looking tramp, was charged with stealing one tin of Log Cabin tobacco, 2lbs. of sugar, one brownie and…

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Licensing Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 2
Also in The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer

Before the Licensing Bench on Friday, comprising Dr. Blackall and Messrs. DeSalis and Moore, Js.P., a renewal of the license of the…

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Braidwood Police Court. FRIDAY. (Before Messrs. J. Higgins and E. Bunn, J. 'sP.). Assault

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 2

Frederick Andrew Griffin, of Gundullion was charged with unlawfully assaulting Marguerite, Mofenda O'Connell, on the 23rd…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 2

AT the Police Court on Monday, be fore Mr. Jt. G. McKenzie, J.P., Claude Taylor and John O'Reilly were charged with riotous behaviour…

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Police Promotions

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 2

INCLUDED in the list of promotions in the Police Department issued by the Executive Council on Wednesday is Sub-inspector J. Willis of Cooma who has been made a…

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Police Helmets and Caps. a Change Probable

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 3

THE Chief Secretary (Mr. Cann) has under consideration a scheme for providing new caps for the police, which will financially benefit the department…

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Police Officer's Record

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 4

AFTER over 40 years' service. Senior-Sergeant Goodhew,. of Taralga, has resigned from the force. In 1874 he joined the force under Capt. M'Lerie, his first appointment…

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Braidwood Police Court. WEDNESDAY. (Before Messrs. G. R. Williams, P.M., and R. Kennedy, J.P.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 2

William Bryant v Michael Minton for insulting words. Fined 20s and costs amounting to 11s, in default 14 days' gaol…

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