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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

124 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 7

Alleged Stealing £600 Disappears

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 5

At the Gundaroo Police Court on Tuesday morning Walter James Kershaw was charged that on or about the 14th May, at Gundaroo, he did steal…

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Queensland Murder Case

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 4

Further evidence for the prosecution was given in the murder charge at Rockhampton yesterday against Oliver John Duck for the murder of his…

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Bricklayer and Fowls. "Flood Hero" Charged With False Pretences

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 2

James Alfred Hyland, alias Keane, 32, a bricklayer, was committed for trial from the Central Police Court yesterday…

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The Toronto Murder Accused's Confession

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 3

Another stage in the solution of the Toronto murder was concluded on Thursday, when the Coroner (Mr. Hibule) committed Arthur Augustus…

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Police Court

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 3

The local lockup-keeper continues to have a busy time with "drunks." on Monday last Mr. G. O'Hanlon, J.P. dealt with 13 cases of…

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Police Blackmail

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 2

The Melbourne Criminal Court of Appeal to-day dismissed the appeal of Detectives Olholm and Macpherson against their conviction and…

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Police Court. Friday (Before Mr. H. T. Adams. P.M.) Registration

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 5

R. T. Hassall. was charged with failing to renew the registration of his motor cycle. Sergeant Lynch said he had received instructions from…

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Queanbeyan Age Tuesday, June 16, 1925, Police Court (Before Mr. T. H. Adams, P.M.)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 2

The following cases were dealt with yesterday:— George Stevenson, riotous behaviour. Fined £1 or 7 days…

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Licensing Court Friday (Before Mr. H. T. Adams. P.M.)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 6

The following applications for renewa lot licenses were dealt with:— Emily Day, Nerriga. The question of improvements was left over till…

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Police Court (Before Mr. H. T. Adams, P.m.) Monday, June 15, 1925

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1925 · page 2

George Stevenson, riotous behaviour. Fined £1 or 7 days. Alex Stevenson, drunk and disorderly. Fined £1 or seven days…

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Alleged Stealing

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 2

At the local police court on Wednesday, before Mr. Adams, P.M., four young men were charged with stealing, in company, at Bredbo, on 2nd…

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Alleged Theft From Racecourse

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 1

Four young men, Bertram Strange, Edward William Lawless, Eric Sherd, and Leo Sherd, were charged at the Queanbeyan Police Court last week,…

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Theft of a Dog Strange Tarago Case

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 3

Stealing six dogs, of the value of £5, from James Francis Lehane, of Tarago, was the unusual charge on which George William Simpson (25)…

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The Toronto Murder. Oakes on Trial

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 2

The trial of Arthur Oakes for the murder of Mona Beacher was resumed this morning at Darlinghurst Police Court. Oakes was…

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Telegraphic News The Redfern Murder Trial. SYDNEY

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 2

The Aves murder trial is still unfinished. Mr. Justice Street commenced his summing up at noon…

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(Published by arrangement.) Supreme Court judge's Protest Supreme Court Judge's Protest

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 2

Mr. Frank H. Norcross, ex-Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court, declares. reports the New York "Sun," that universal contempt for…

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Braidwood Police Court MONDAY (Before Mr. A. H. Neville, J.P.)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 2

Albert McGrath was charged with (1) drunkenness, (2) wilfully damaging a pane of glass at the lock-up valued at 3/-, (3) indecent language…

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Redfern Murder Aves Found Guilty

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 6

In the Redfern murder trial the jury retired to consider their verdict at 12.30 on Friday, and shortly after lunch brought in a verdict of guilty…

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Sunday Football in the Park. Police Take Players' Names

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 2

Recently the local Municipal Council granted permission for the playing of football in the Park on Sundays, and the first…

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Alleged Art Union Fraud Secretary Charged

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 2

George H. Wheeler, secretary of the Home for Consumptives Art Union, was arrested in Sydney on Monday night on a charge of stealing…

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