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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

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

Trance Repeals Murder Husband's Dramatic Confession

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

Facts revealed in a trance caused a young Bemin husband to confess in a dramatic fashion to the murder of his wife, to whom he…

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Alleged Indecent Assault at Queanbeyan

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 2

John Flannagan, an old man aged 70, pleaded not guilty before Judge Bevan at the Goulburn District Court yesterday, to a charge of indecent assault on a girl under…

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Braidwood Police Court FRIDAY (Before Messrs. Shropshire, P.M., and J. Vider, J.P.)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 3

Leo Frederick Sullivan was Charged with having on the 26th March last, at Braidwood, unlawfully assaulted Charles Byrne,…

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Licensing Court. FRIDAY (Before Messrs. Shropshire, P.M., and J. Vider, J.P.)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 4

The inspector's quarterly report upon tine hotels in the district, was read. In every case these were stated to be well kept and in good…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 2

Mr. Shropshire, P.M., fined George Lawless £5, with 14/- court costs and 10/- witness's expenses, at the Police Court last Tuesday. Lawless was found guilty…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 2

At the Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. A. C. McDonald, J.P., Francis Howard was charged with stealing £5, the property of John Seamen. On the…

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Priests Sentenced

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 7

The Dublin court martial sentenced two priests to six months' gaol for having Sinn Fein documents in their houses…

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Licensing Court. Friday, June 7. Before Dr. Blackall (Chairman) and Mr. R. Moore, Js.P

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 2

The following licences were renewed, there being no police objections:— H. J. S. Hungerford, Victoria Hotel, Queanbeyan, assessment £4o, fee £20…

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[Published by arrangement.] Hard-worked Police. Endless Arrests in "Dry" N.Y.

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 4

"Tremendous as is the energy of the police authorities of this city," says the New York "Times," "when they devote themselves to something that they are…

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Shire Appeal Court. This Day. (Before Mr. Shropshire, P.M.)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 2

The Court sat this morning when the following cases were dealt with:— Mr. F. P. Woodward (solicitor), Mr. W. G. Woodger (valuer) and Mr. Gerald…

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Licensing Court. FRIDAY. (Before Mr. Shropshire, P.M., and Mr. J. Vider, J.P.)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 5

T.M. Carter applied for a renewal of his license of his hotel at Major's Creek. The police report was favorable. The P.M…

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Small Debts Court. FRIDAY (Before Mr. Shropshire, P.M., and Mr. J. Vider, J.P.). Claim for Rent

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 5

Thomas C. Musgrave sued Patrick D. O'Brien for £1, being two weeks' rent of motor sheds. Defendant pleaded not indebted,…

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Police Court. This Day. (Before Mr. Shropshire, P.M.)

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

UNSOUND MIND. — A three-year-old child named Burgess was before the court on a charge of being of unsound min 1. After hearing the evidence of Drs. Blackall and…

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Bankruptcy Court

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

A single meeting in the bank-rupt estate of Robert Russell, of Braidwood, was held at the Court House on Friday, before Mr. Shrop…

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Licensing Court (Before Mr. Shropshire, P.M., and Mr. J. Roberts, J.P.)

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

The Inspector's quarterly report upon the hotels in the district was read, which was considered satisfactory by the Bench, It was…

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Tumblong Tragedy Peden Sentenced to Death

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 5

After having experienced with in a month the ordeal of two long trials, Arthur Bryce Peden, aged 51, a mining assayer, was found…

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District Court

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1921 · page 2

This Court will be held in Braidwood 'on Thursday next. The only case listed is an application for a stay of proceedings by Michael…

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PROHIBITION [Published by Arrangement]. Police "Heads" Unsympathetic

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 August 1921 · page 5

An important contribution to the question of prohibition in America appears in the "New York World":—…

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District Court. Thursday (Before Judge Hamilton) Application to Set Aside Arbitration Award

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 August 1921 · page 7

In this case Mr. Roach, for Michael O'Neill, applied to get aside the award of Mr. G. R. Williams, P.M., acting as arbitrator in the…

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Murder Charge

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 6 September 1921 · page 2

Elsie Krause, a seventeen year old girl, pleaded not guilty at the Criminal Court yesterday on a charge of murdering…

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