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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

224 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 12

Local & General News District Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 2

This Court was set down for yesterday at Braidwood, but the Judge was still engaged at the Queanbeyan Court. The Braidwood one, therefore,…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Age Canberra Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 1

On Saturday last William Arthur Dallas was fined 10/- or 48 hours on a charge of being drunk in Crawford Street…

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Wholesale Murder (Published by Arrangement.)

The Queanbeyan Age Canberra Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 1

Referring to the commencement of the eighth year of Prohibition in U.S.A., the Belfast “Evening Telegraph” says that “wets and drys…

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Court Smiles

The Queanbeyan Age Canberra Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 6

Solicitor, to witness: You know the seriousness of all oath, don’t you, plenty of people use oaths but not many take them…

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District Court Friday. (Before Judge White). Claim for Car Hire

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 3

Robert H. McCarron claimed £24 10/9 from Robert Russell for car hire from January, 1923, to August, 1924…

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Police Court Tuesday. (Before Mr. Forrest, P.M.). Motor Traffic Case

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 2

Charles Tetley, of Brooman, was charged with having on the 3rd March last driven a motor car in. Wallace-street to the danger of the public…

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Defied the Police

The Queanbeyan Age Canberra Advocate · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 4

The Story of how a man went to bail a prisoner out of the local lockup on Monday night and eventually got put in himself, was told in the…

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Small Debts Court Tuesday. (Before Mr. Forrest, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 1

[?] and S. R. McM[?] v. J. Bond[?] There was no appearance of plaintiffs. Both cases were struck out. Defendant's [?]…

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Stealing Charge

The Queanbeyan Age Canberra Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 1

William Dunn, Albert E. Whitlock, and James Scott were charged with stealing one coat valued at £3/3/-, the property of Charles Hannan, at…

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Queanbeyan Police Court Friday, May 13, 1927

The Queanbeyan Age Canberra Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 1

Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M. Frank Williams was charged with hawking goods for sale without possessing a licence…

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Commonwealth Police Force

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 7

The New South Wales police now doing duty at Canberra will be replaced next spring by Commonwealth officers. A court of summary…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Age Canberra Advocate · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 2

Before Mr. Carr-Boyd P.M, at the local Police Court yesterday, Alfred Knight and John Thomas Paynter were each fined 5'/- or 24 hours on…

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Gaol Breaker Recognised After Three Years

The Queanbeyan Age Canberra Advocate · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 1

An Auckland message states that George Scott, who escaped from gaol three years ago, was recognised yesterday. Springing on to a horse he…

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Sheep-stealing Charge

The Queanbeyan Age Canberra Advocate · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 1

A. C. Jones, who was recently convicted at Young on a charge of s ealing 45 sheep from Wadenhoe Station, of which he was the manager, and…

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Police Court Monday, 23rd MAY. Before Mr. J. W. T. Forrest, P.M. DRUNKS

The Queanbeyan Age Canberra Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 2

A first offender and Joseph Mitchell were each fined 5/- or 24 hours hard labour on charges of being drunk last Saturday…

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Alleged Stealing Accused Committed for Trial

The Queanbeyan Age Canberra Advocate · Thursday 26 May 1927 · page 1

Before Mr. J. W. T. Forrest, P.M., the Police Court this week, Harry Green was called upon to answer a charge of stealing a quantity of…

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Queanbeyan Police Court TUESDAY, 24th May. Traffic Breaches. Before Mr. J. W. Forrest, P.M.

The Queanbeyan Age Canberra Advocate · Thursday 26 May 1927 · page 1

Mary Sturgeon was fined 2/6 with 13/6 costs for not driving close to the footpath and parallel thereto before stopping…

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To-day’s Police Court

The Queanbeyan Age Canberra Advocate · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 1

Augustus Dogan was fined 5/- and 8/- costs for neglecting to notify the sale of a motor car to the Traffic Department. Thomas Healey, on a charge of…

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Police Court MONDAY, 30th MAY. Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M.

The Queanbeyan Age Canberra Advocate · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 3

Two first offenders, charged with drunkenness, failed to appear and their recognisances of 10/- each were estreated…

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