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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

109 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 6

The Jingellic Tragedy Batson Before Court the Shooting Described

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 8

The story of what is now known as the Jingellic sensation, of February 10, was told in the Albury. Court on Monday, when Claude V. Batson…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 2

The monthly Police Court was held yesterday afternoon, Mr. Cleeve, P.M., presiding, when the following cases were dealt with:—…

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Appeal Court

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 2

The Municipal Appeal Court was held on Saturday before Mr. Cleeve P.M. Only two appeals were lodged. Mary McGrath applied to have the…

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Licensing Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 2

This morning the P.M. and Dr. Blackall appeared on the Bench to hear the following applications : Mr. H. T. Land, licensee of the Victoria…

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Wholesale Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 March 1924 · page 7

Emile Depret (18) has confessed that he was responsible for the death of a man and woman, who were found drowned in the Sambre. The…

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The Paddington Murder

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 4

While Edward Williams, who was sentenced to death for the murder of his children at Paddington on Thursday, was being conveyed to…

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Braidwood Police Court FRIDAY. (Before Messrs. J. J. Donnelly and M.J. McNamara, Js.P.). Larceny

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 7

Thomas Lennox, a returned soldier, was charged with stealing a pair of boots, valued at 10/-, the property of James Oakes…

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Melbourne Gaol Case

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 2

The jury in the gaol plot case returned a verdict of not guilty after a short retirement. The five accused (Leslie ("Squizzy" Taylor, Albert…

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Fair Rents Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 2

Some interesting information was given in the Fair Rents Court at N Goulburn yesterday, says the "Goulburn Herald," regarding the…

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Corowa Murder. Youth Guilty

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 April 1924 · page 1

At the Central Criminal Court on Monday Thomas Mitchell, 16½, a farm hand, was charged with the murder of Richaard Pethybridge, jnr.,…

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The Jingellic Murder

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 7

Claude Batson, charged with the Jingellic murder, has been officially declared insane. The Crown will not put him on trial, but he will be…

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Police Court Thursday. (Before Mr. Cleeve, P.M.). Alleged Assault

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 April 1924 · page 2

Henry Grigg summoned Alfred Ernest Brown for unlawful assault at Braidwood on 21st February last. Mr. Thomas for complainant and…

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Licensing Court. Thursday. (Before the P.M. and Messrs. J. Donnelly and R. G. Hassall, Js.P.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 April 1924 · page 3

An application was made by Charles M. Royds, of Jembaicumbene, for an auctioneer's license. The applicant was not present. It would be…

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Small Debts Court THURSDAY, 17th APRIL. (Before Mr. Cleeve, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 7

Charles Grigg referred to the Court a garnishee order issued by Michael Taffaha upon the wages of John Peters, who had a contract from Mr…

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Alleged Assault at Braidwood. Accused Acquitted

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 May 1924 · page 6

The hearing of a case of alleged indecent assault on a Braidwood young girl occupied a considerable ime at the sittings of the Supreme…

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Petty Theft

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 2

We are credibly informed that some miscreant took the hurricane lamps from the front of the new hall building works in Monaro…

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Constable Sentenced Assault on a Woman

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 6

William David Dillon (31), a police constable, who had been convicted at the Quarter Sessions on Monday, before Judge Hamilton, on a charge of…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 2

The Yams "Tribune" says:—The case in which Edward Alfred Boreham and Erie Edward Boreham were indicted for that they at Gininderra, in the Federal…

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Murder of Typist

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 1

A Moscow correspondent gives interesting details of the murder of a girl typist by a former Soviet judge: "I am in my office a Turkish Pasha,…

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Gaol Riot

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 5

Another revolt occurred among the prisoners in Bathurst Gaol on Thursday last, and a special detachment of warders and police had eo employ…

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