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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

90 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 5

Police Attacked

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 7

Another serious clash between police and civilians occurred in Ireland. Two hundred armed men attacked the police barracks at…

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Bungendore. Police Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 2

At the police court on Tuesday before Mr. J. J. McJannett, J.P., a man named Michael Rolfe appeared on a charge of selling a…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 2

At the police court to-day, before the P.M., Michael Rolfe, on bail, appeared to answer a charge of selling a waggonette, the property of…

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Five Years' Gaol

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 2

Having been found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the death of Alice Berry, a widow, of Queanbeyan—on whom an…

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Police Methods

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 1

Some policemen possess most extraordinary ideas regarding their responsibilities to the Crown on the one hand and the public on…

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To-Day's Police Court. Failing to Furnish Stock and Land Returns

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 2

The adjourned case, Queanbeyan Pastures Protection Board versus William P. Bluett, for failing to furnish his land and stock returns, was heard ex-parte this…

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Police Court. Friday. (Before Mr. Shropshire, P.m.,) Breach of Liquor Act

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 3

Mary M. Coffey, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Braidwood was charged with allowing one Philip Sherack on her licensed premises on…

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Brutal Assault at Bungendore

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 2

A brutal assault was committed on a miner named Phil Delaney on Sunday night in the main street near McAlister's Hotel between 7…

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The Limbri Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 2

John Winson, 48, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Wade to 14years' penal servitude on the charge of murdering his wie at Limbri, near…

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An Unwilling Witness. Seven Days' Gaol

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 2

A woman who was called by the police to give evidence in a criminal charge, at the Central Court on Friday, refused, when…

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Another Murder

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 7

Sinn Feiners shot a constable dead in plain view in broad daylight outside a hotel at Limerick…

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Braidwood Police Court (Before Mr. Shropshire, P.m.)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 3

Hugh Wilder was proceeded against for being on the premises of the Courthouse Hotel during prohibited hours. Sergeant…

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Licensing Court

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 2

At the Licensing Court on Friday, before Mr. Shropshire, P.M. and Mr. J. Vider, J.P., applications for renewal of license were made…

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Murder Mystery. Sequel to Village Gossip

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 1

A remarkable murder mystery has developed in England as the result of the exhumation of the body of Mabel Greenwood, who…

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Licensing Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 2

At a sitting of the above, held before Dr. Blackall and Mr. R. Moore, Js.P., renewals of the following hotel and billiard room licenses were granted:— P. J…

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The Courts. Tuesday, June 22, 1920. (Before Mr. Shropshire, P.m.) Unprovoked Assault

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 2

James McCann pleaded guilty to having unlawfully assaulted John Goodhall on May 22, 1920. Asked by the Police Magistrate to state…

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Woman Masquerades in Men's Clothes. Marries Two Women. Arrested and Charged with Murder

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 6 July 1920 · page 2

The police have arrested a woman at Annandale who has been masquerading in men's clothes. She had married two women at different…

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In Male Attire Woman Charged with Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 July 1920 · page 7

At the Central Police Court on Tuesday a woman named Eugene Falleni who was arrested at an [?] in Annandale, where she was…

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Warden's Court. FRIDAY (Before Mr. G. R. Williams, P.M., Warden)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1920 · page 2

Francis T. Ward and William Maston, of Sydney, applied for three months suspension of labor conditions on their dredging leases…

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The Man-Woman. Remanded on Murder Charge

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 2

The Central Police Court was crowded on Wednesday, when Eugene Fallieni, 45, the "'man-woman" charged with the murder of Annie…

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