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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

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Police Court Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, J.P.

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1926 · page 3

The following defendants were charged at the local Police Court this morning with having been drunk in Monaro Street: John Baldwin,…

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Motor Cyclist Before Court

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1926 · page 2

At Goulburn Police Court on Monday Richard Bryant, of Molonglo Settlement, was charged with having driven a motor cycle while under the…

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Four Months' Gaol for Killing a Cat

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1926 · page 5

For killing a Persian cat, the pet bt the Railway Hotel, Cooma, John K.Smith, aged 28, of Bredbo, was Sentenced to four months'…

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Police Court Monday, July 19, 1926. Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, J.P. Indecent Behaviour

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 July 1926 · page 2

For behaving in an indecent manner in the Royal Hotel on Saturday last, W. Rice was fined 30/- or seven days, and for being drunk 5/- or the…

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Police Court Wednesday, July 21. Before Mr. H. L. Adams, P.M. DRUNKS

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1926 · page 2

Two defendants pleaded guilty to having been drunk the previous day in Monaro Street. Each was fined 5/- or the rising…

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Police Court. Thursday, 22nd July

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 3

Arthur Edward Hampel, aged 40, pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted suicide. Constable Bottrell gave evidence of finding accused at White…

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Queanbeyan Age Tuesday, July 27, 1926 Police Court Before Mr. H. L. Adams, P.M.

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 2

Yesterday was a busy day at the local Court, over twenty cases being listed for hearing, besides a number in the Small Debts Court…

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Police Court Wednesday, July 28. Before Mr. Adams, P.M.

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1926 · page 3

Thomas Blay was fined 10/- on a charge of being drunk in Monaro St. on Tuesday. The alternative was three days in the lockup…

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A Brutal Assault

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 2

A well known local resident, William Wallace, was brutally assaulted at his residence on the Yass Road on Monday night, necessitating…

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Police Court Saturday, 31st JULY. Before Mr. Adams, P.M. DRUNKS

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 3 August 1926 · page 3

A first offender, charged with drunkenness, failed to appear, and forfeited his recognisance of 10/-. William McSweeney was fined 10/-…

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Police Court Tuesday, August 3. Before Mr. Adams, P.M.

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1926 · page 3

Reuben Darcy McGee was fined £1 or seven days for being drunk in Monaro Street on Monday. For a similar offence Thomas…

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Police Court Monday, August 9, 1926. Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, J.P.

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 10 August 1926 · page 2

Several first offenders who were charged with having been drunk last Saturday failed to appear and their recognisances of 10/- each were…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 August 1926 · page 1

At the local Police Court yesterday morning, Mr. Carr-Boyd, J.P., disposed of in quick time the record (for a Monday morning) of 22 cases…

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Police Court To-day, Thursday. Before Mr. Adams, P.M. Straying Stock

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 19 August 1926 · page 3

There was no appearance of D. Russell to answer a charge of allowing stock to stray in the Federal Territory…

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London Police Court Methods

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 4

One would imagine that in a city like London everything would be up to-date. So far as police court methods are concerned this apparently is…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 6

At the local Police Court on Monday, the following cases were heard before Mr. Adams, P.M. Peter Garrity, Arthur Hampel and Frank…

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Police Court (Before Mr. Adams, P.M.)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 4

Two defendants, charged with having been drunk in Monaro Street on Saturday, did not appear when their names were called, and their…

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Police Court Wednesday, September 1. Before Mr. Adams, P.M.

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1926 · page 4

John Kelly was fined £2 or 14 days hard labor on a charge of having been drunk, in Monaro Street the previous day…

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Police Court Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M.

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 September 1926 · page 2

Two first offenders, who were charged with being drunk in Monaro Street on Saturday, were fined 5/- each or the rising of the Court; two…

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Police Wireless

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 September 1926 · page 4

Over the last two or three years the Sydney Police Department have concentrated on the, question of linking up radio with the work of the police…

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