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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

169 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 9

Wanted to Earn 5/-. Got One Month's Gaol

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 October 1926 · page 3

Hilton John Beggs was charged with stealing £15 from the person of Vincent John Moran on October 4th. From the evidence of Sergeant…

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(Published by Arrangement.) Startling Police Charge

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 14 October 1926 · page 2

"I will say that there is more drink of intoxicants, by minors to-day than aver before This drinking by young folks is carried on at private dances…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 October 1926 · page 5

At the police court yesterday, before Mr. Carr-Boyd, P.M., John Melville pleaded guilty, through his solicitor, Mr. Deane, to being drunk on…

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Police Court Thursday, October 21, 1926 (Before Mr. Adams, P.M.) V.C. Man Fined

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1926 · page 4

John Ryan, said to be holder of the V.C., pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk in Monaro Street yesterday also to having used indecent language…

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Police Court Breaches of the Motor Traffic Act

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 October 1926 · page 3

Before Mr. Adams P.M. on Thursday, Norman V. Farrell was charged with driving a motor car into Crawford Street and not keeping to the…

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Solicitor Seized Charged with Dishonesty £800 Trust Funds Missing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 October 1926 · page 2

Fraudulent conversion of trust funds amounting to £800 is charged against a country solicitor arrested on the North Shore at the week-end…

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Queanbeyan Age. Friday, October 22, 1926 Licensing Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 October 1926 · page 2

Before Mr. Adams, P.M., on Wednesday a transfer of the license of the Commercial Hotel was granted from C. F. Walsh to Cecil A Tantau…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 2

The following cases were dealt with yesterday morning by Mr. Adams, P.M.:—Leslie Walker, pleaded guilty to a…

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The Kalgoorlie Murder New Story of Crime

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 6

Philip Treffene. who, with William Coulter, was to go to the gallows yesterday for the goldfield murders, has made a made a sensational last-minute…

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Solicitor Charged Formerly in Business in Braidwood Monday, 4.30 p.m

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 2

Edward John Roach, solicitor, formerly of Braidwood, was charged at the police court this afternoon with having, at Braidwood, fraudulently…

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Police Court

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1926 · page 3

At the Queanbeyan Police Court on Saturday last John Smith was fined 10/- or three days for being drunk; £2 or 14 days for using indecent language…

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Queanbeyan Age Tuesday, November 2, 1926 Police Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 November 1926 · page 2

It is pleasing to note that there were very few cases for hearing at the local police court yesterday morning. The town was fairly quiet on Saturday…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 3

Charles Farrell, of Westridge, had his name called three times at the local Police Court this morning, but he failed to appear. The police stated…

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Solicitor Charged Alleged Misappropriation of Trust

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 2

Edward John Roach was charged at the Braidwood Police Court on Tuesday last, before Mr. Adams, P.M., with having between 16th December,…

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Alleged Theft of £1 Note Defendant Discharged

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 3

Before Mr. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at the Queanbeyan Police Court this morning Andrew Cunningham was charged that he did steal £1 in money the property…

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Police Court Saturday, 6th NOVEMBER

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 3

Walter Brock was fined 10/- or 48 hours for being drunk; and for a like offence Thomas Brennan was fined 15/- or four. days…

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Fracas in Monaro Street Police Boo-hooed Offenders Before the Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 3

Monaro Street is always lively on Saturday afternoons, but was particularly so last week-end when, following the arrest of a man who was fighting…

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Defendants Should Appear at Court

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 5

Charles Farrell was fined 15/- or four days on a charge of drunkenness. "The fact of a person forfeiting his recognisances doesn't absolve him…

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Riotous Behaviour, Indecent Language and Resisting the Police

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 3

William Norman had three charges preferred against him, to all of which he pleaded guilty. They were: Behaving in riotous manner in the…

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Papuan Natives Sentenced to Whipping

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 3

A Port Moresby message reports that in two recent cases of native "boys" assaulting white women, one of them was sentenced to three…

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