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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

76 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 4

BraidWood Police Court. WEDNESDAY. (Before Mr. E. Hughes, Chamber Magistrate, and Mr. F. E. Grenenger, J.P.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 8

Frederick Grant, junr., pleaded guilty to riotous behaviour on 23rd December, and was fined £2 and 6s costs…

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Licensing Court. WEDNESDAY. (Before Mr. R. Hughes, Chamber Magistrate, and Mr. F. E. Grenenger, J.P.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 8

Sunday trading licenses were granted to Ada Gertrude Johnson, of Wallace-street, Elizabeth Jane Harvey, of Wallace-street, and…

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Queanbeyan Police Court. Wednesday, January 10, 1917. Absenting Himself From Service Without Reasonable Excuse

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

Ernest James Chant, for whom a warrant had been issued for disobeying a summons to appear at the Queanbeyan Court on the 15th December, 1916, to…

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New Police System

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 3

Says the "Bulletin":- With the new year the N.S.W. Police Courts began a new system in regard to minor offences…

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Braidwood Police Court. Wednesday. (Before Messrs. Grenenger and Higgins, J's.P.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 9

The inspector's quarterly report was read. This generally recorded satisfaction with the condition of licensed premises in the…

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Braidwood Police Court. MONDAY. (Before Messrs. J. Higgins and F. E. Grenenger, J's.P.)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 2

Liquor Act. James Doyle ,carrier, was charged with serving a prohibited person with liquor in Elrington - street, Braidwood, on 27th inst…

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Braidwood Police Court. WEDNESDAY. (Before Mr. Arnott, P.M.). Assault

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 7

Thomas Hawkins was summoned by Harry Ware for unlawfully assaulting him. Mr. Roach appeared for…

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The Courts. Wednesday, February 14. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, P.m.) Police

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 2

Charles Divall was on the information of First-class Constable McNeely, charged with using indecent language. He pleaded guilty…

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Appeal Court

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 2

The Municipal revision court has been set down for Wednesday, March 7th, the first day of the Braidwood Show. A number…

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Braidwood Police Court WEDNESDAY. (Before Messrs. F. E. Grenenger and W. Harris, J's.P.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 7

William Lupton pleaded guilty to riotous behaviour in Wallace-street. He was fined 10s, with 6s court costs, and ordered to…

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Court Story. Jolly Lane Cot

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 5

George Hannaford was as fine an "up-standing" young man as any on Dartmoor. Nor that he lived on the moor. On the contrary, his home was…

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District Court. Thursday, February 22, 1917 Before His Honor, Judge Fitzhardinge

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 2

The following members of the legal profession were in attendance: Mr. M. C. Chubb (barrister at law, Sydney): Mr. Felix F. Mitchell…

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Temperance Drinks. Supreme Court Decision

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 3

A decision of considerable importance, to the effect that the sale of non - intoxicating drinks in a hotel on a Sunday is not an…

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Stealing Rugs

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 7

At the Goulburn Police Court on Tuesday, before the P.M., Thos. Bradley was charged with stealing at Tarago. on March 17, two…

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Brutal Assault

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 5

Henry Morehouse, a fruit merchant, was the victim of a brutal assault in his office at the fruit markets, Sydney, on Monday…

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Police Court

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

At the Braidwood Court yesterday, before Mr. W. Harris, J.P., William Patrick O'Brien pleaded guilty to being drunk…

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Municipal Appeal Court WEDNESDAY. (Before Mr. Arnott, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 4

James Higgins appealed against the assessment of the improvement value of his store premises in Wallace-street from £400…

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Licensing Court. WEDNESDAY. Before Messrs. Arnott, P.M., J. Higgins, and F. E. Grenenger, J's.P.). Reduction of License

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 7

Thomas O'Brien, licensee of the Commercial Hotel, Braidwood, applied for a reduction of his license fee on the ground that the…

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Braidwood Police Court WEDNESDAY. (Before Messrs. Harris and Kemp. J's.P.). Theft of Money

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 4

Claude Sproxton was charged with stealing £5, the property of Charles Beach, at News Hill, near Braidwood, on the 13th April…

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Police Court. Wednesday, April 18, 1817. Drunkenness and Language

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 2

Albert Edward Lee was charged with being drunk in Monaro Street the previous evening, and also with using indecent language. He pleaded guilty…

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