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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

109 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 6

Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 2

At the Yass Quarter Sessions last week, before Judge Bevan, Edward Alfred Boreham and Edward Eric Bireham were indicted for that they…

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

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 4

C. Grigg V. Thomas Hawkins.- No appearance of either party. Case struck out. This was a charge of threatening language, adjourned from…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. Stock Sold at Goulburn

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 3

The Tenterfield Courthouse was crowded on Tuesday when Standard Butler was charged with having stolen 120 head of cattle, the property…

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Small Debts Court FRIDAY.(Before Mr. Cleeve, P.M.)

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

M. Taffaha v. J. Peters, application for garnishee order. No appearance of either party. No order made…

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Ghost Appears. Scene of Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 1

Many persons are making pilgrimages to the lonely bleach near the Scene of the recent tragedy at Eastbourne (Eng.) where a woman was…

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Warden's Court SATURDAY. (Before Mr. Warden Williams, P.M.)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1924 · page 7

The application of Denniss Jeffrey, of Canterbury, for authority to enter and search for magnesite on Portions 54 and parts of Portions 56, 3, and…

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Horsewhipped. Graziers Charged

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 May 1924 · page 6

A man named Jones was publicly horsewhipped in Glen Innes on Saturday, with the result that Robert Turnbull and Archibald Turnbull, two…

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Braidwood Police Court MONDAY. (Before Mr. J. J. Donnelly, J.P.). Riotous Behaviour

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 2

Patrick Allen pleaded guilty to behaving in a riotous manner in the bar of the Albion Hotel on Saturday afternoon last. He was fined 10/…

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Braidwood Police Court TUESDAY. (Before Mr. J. J. Donnelly, J.P.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 2

David Dodd, alias Albert Dodd, was charged with having entered into a contract with Frederick Webb, of Braidwood, and obtained from him an…

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Goulburn Police Aggrieved

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 5

Great indignation exists amongst members of the Goulburn police force at certain remarks made by the Minister for Education (Mr. Bruntnell),…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 1

At the Police Court this morning several cases were dealt with by Mr. Cleeve, P.M. Arthur Garling was charged with…

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Braidwood Police Court FRIDAY. (Before Mr. Cleeve, P.M.). Riotous Behaviour

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 4

Garnet Ellison, charged with having behaved in a riotous manner in the bar of the Albion Hotal on the 31st May last, pleaded guilty. Fined…

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Licensing Court FRIDAY. (Before Mr. Cleeve, P.M., and Mr. J. J. Donnelly, J.P.)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 3

Applications for the renewal of licenses of the following hotels in the district were granted. The figures represent the amount of the annual…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, June 17, 1924. (Before Mr. Cleeve, P.M., and Mr. G. F. De Salis, J.P.)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 June 1924 · page 2

Applications for the renewal of licences of the following hotels in the district were granted. The figures represent the amount of the…

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Long Bay Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 3

One more witness was called by the police on Wednesday, but the evidence did not carry the matter nearer to solution…

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Windellama Case Story Told in Court. Hockey and Larkham Committed for Trial

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 5

After four adjournments the Windellama assault case, in which Clement Robert Larkhain (26) and Mercy Evelyn Margaret Hockey (16) were…

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Police Powers Fail. (Published by Arrangement)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1924 · page 4

In an editorial review the "Naval and Military Record" (London) says; "The United States Naval Service is evidently the despair of the…

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Gaol for Sale. Prisoners' Daring Trick

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1924 · page 4

A Geneva correspondent relates an astounding story of three prisoners, two of whom were formerly Federal public servants, who gained control…

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Local and General News Burglary in Braidwood

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

On Wednesday night or early on Thursday morning last Mr. E. N. Hutton's store was entered and a quantity of jewellery, clothing and other…

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The Late Burglary Three Arrests Made. Another Arrest for Receiving

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon last the police arrested William Finley, alleged to be a sea-faring man, Catherine Taylor, married, and Gwennie…

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