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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

109 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 6

Attempted Murder in Church

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 3

A remarkable attempt at murder in ' a church is reported from the Rhine- land village of Narubsheim, says the Cologne correspondent of the London…

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South Coast Tragedy. Murder Charge

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 6

A quarrel between two miners at Austinmer, on the south coast, on Friday night last had a tragic ending…

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Double Murder. Man's Fiendish Crime

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 1

By arresting Warren Lincoln, second cousin of President Abraham Lincoln, the Chicago police solved one of the strangest cases of double…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 2

The monthly Police Court opened this morning, Mr. Cleere, P.M., presiding. A large number of cases were listed for hearing and proceedings had not concluded…

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Braidwood Police Court FRIDAY. (Before Mr. Cleave. P.M.)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 3

When the cases of J. J. Feehan, R. J. C. Maddrell, William Lawrence and James Sebbens for an alleged breach of the Liquor Act were called…

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Licensing Court

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 6

Mr. Cleave, P.M., and Mr. J. J. Donnelly, J.P., presided over the quarterly meeting of the Licensing Court on Friday. The licensing inspector's…

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Court Tragedy. Wife Shot Dead

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 7

A Paris message reports that a sensation took place in the City Court. A policeman sued for divorce shot his wife dead before the eyes…

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Alleged Assault? Police Constable Charged

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 4

Late on Tuesday night a 22-year-old, girl, resident at Hurstville, was knocked down and indecently assaulted on a vacant allotment of land…

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Fourfold Tragedy. Suicide and Murder

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 5

A fourfold family tragedy has occurred near Portsmouth (Eng). Albert Gamblin, licensee of the Vine Inn, which is a well-known hunting…

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District Court Thursday. (Before Judge Hamilton). Stock Deals

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 2

William Joseph Quilty, grazier, of Oranmier, Sued Henry Grigg, grazier, of Braidwood, for balance of accounts in connection with certain stock…

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District Court THURSDAY.(Before Judge Hamilton).Claim for Commission

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 6

Percy B. Maddrell, solicitor, of Braidwood, sued the Trida Pastoralco., Ltd., for [?]half commission on the sale of defendant's…

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Alleged Assault Constable Committed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 6

The Kogarah Court was again crowded on Wednesday morning, when William David Dillon, 29, a police constable, was charged with…

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The Paddington Murders Accused Before Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 2

"Looking into the long years yet before us, despairing of my being able to keep and rear them, I asked myself had I a love great enough to…

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Remarkable Theft

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 1

Stories, of. racecourse schemes are legion, -but it is doubtful if a more audacious "ramp" lias been. perpetra-ted than one which took place on…

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Police Court Friday. (Before Mr. Cleeve, P.M)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 4

Duncan McMillan, drover, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in the public hall at Nerriga on 26th January. He was also charged with…

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Small Debts Court. FRIDAY. Before Cleave P.M) Claim for Rent

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 3

W. B. Henville sued Lionel Brown, claiming £1/10/, rent of allotment of land. No appearance. of, defendant. Verdict for amount claimed, with…

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Court Tragedy

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 9

court by his wife at Lincoln (U.S.A.). Wallace Wallack was haled into who sought a separation maintenance order. Becoming suddenly…

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Goulburn Gunman Fenwick in Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 9

Although general relief is felt throughout the district now that Robert John Fenwick has been captured, there is an undercurrent of…

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Strange Case. Braidwood Girl Abducted. Police Make Arrests

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 6

Grave fears were entertained by the police for the safety of an 18-year-old girl, named Isabel Higgs, who has been missing from her…

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Another Horror Two Children Slain in Home Father Charged with Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 6

A terrible tragedy, resembling the recent Paddington horror, is reported from Duranbah, near Murwillumbah. Tw children were found lying…

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