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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

82 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 5

North Sydney Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 4

The city Coroner on Monday returned a verdict of wilful murder against Wilfred Ernest Coley, after inquiring into the death, of…

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Police Association

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 7

A split, is imminent in the Police Association. It is stated that a new association is to be formed on common sense as opposed to…

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Stealing

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 2

Two men were arrested here last week charged with stealing a tent from Bungendore. They were remanded to that town…

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Telegraphic News. Monday, 4 p.m. Dr. Tozer's Murder Szensational Evidence

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 7

The inquest on Dr. Tozer commenced this morning. The court was crowded. Mrs. Mert was seated in an easy chair screened in…

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Warden's Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 2

At the above Court yesterday a number of applications for authority to enter land were considered. An application by A. Piggott for…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 2

At the Police Court on Wednesday, before Messrs. J. J. McJannett and F. G. Leahy, Arthur Gough and Carl…

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 4

There was quite a field day at the Braidwood Police Court on Friday, when the appeals against the municipal valuation for the current…

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The Tozer Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 7

The trial of Mrs. Mo[?]t for the murder of Dr. Tozer was commenced at the Criminal Court this morning before the Chief Justice…

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Strange of Happenings Mysterious Stone Throwing Police and People Puzzled

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 5

The whole of the town of Guyra, near Armidale, is in a ferment The cause is not the Bunyip this time, but an outbreak of…

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To-day's Police Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 April 1921 · page 2

Mr. Shropshire, P.M., had a light day at the monthly sitting of the Police Court. The cases listed were either withdrawn or settled. There…

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Alleged Assault

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1921 · page 3

Vera Higgs was charged with assaulting Matilda Bennett, daughter of George Robert Bennett, at Braidwood…

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Alleged Assault

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1921 · page 3

Leo Sullivan was charged with having on 26th March last at Braidwood unlawfully assaulted Charles Byrne…

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Braidwood Police Court FRIDAY (Before Mr. Shropshire, P.M.)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1921 · page 3

William Torpy was charged with having on 17th March last on the Nerriga racecourse used indecent language. He pleaded guilty, and…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. Shropshire, P.M.)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1921 · page 3

Mrs. T. O'Brien was appointed as agent under the Act to carry on the business of the Commercial Hotel, Briadwood, for a period of…

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District Court Thursday (Before Judge Hamilton). Alleged Breach of Contract

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 April 1921 · page 5

T. J. Short sued Patrick Gallager for £200 damages for alleged bread of contract. The defence was a plea of not…

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Bogus Race Meeting. the Moruya Affair Two Men Charged

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 4

An interesting case of alleged conspiracy was heard at the Central Court on Tuesday by Mr. Adrian, C.S.M. It concerned the…

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Unemployed Riot. Police Use Batons

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 2

Unexpected developments attended the unemployed demonstration in Sydney late yesterday afternoon. The unemployed had assembled in…

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Unemployed and the Police

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 4

The unemployed had a smart collision with the police on Thursday afternoon, and a window in the Tuesday building was broken…

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Does Starvation Justify Stealing?

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 1

Dr. O'Reilly's statement that a man with a wife and family who could not obtain work to keep them from starving would be…

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Adelaide Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 7

At the Adelaide Criminal Court yesterday Koorman charged with the murder of Percy Brookfield. Three medical…

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