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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

271 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 12 of 14

Illness of Police Magistrate

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 1

Prior to the commencement of the Police Court proceedings this morning Mr, E. H. Kelly, J.P., apologised for the absence of the Police Magistrate, Mr…

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Studio Murder Mystery

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 2

Some of the scenes in “The Studio Murder mystery,” the Paramount picture which is showing at the Star Theatre to-morrow night, and at the…

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Alleged Stolen Frock Woman Charged

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 1

At Queanbeyan Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Forrest, P.M., Stella Valdmar Coleman was charged with stealing a frock from Hayes and…

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Queanbeyan Police Court Monday, September 16. Before Mr. J. W. T. Forrest, P.M. DRUNKS

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 1

One first offender charged with being, drunk at Canberra on Saturday, pleaded guilty and was fined 5/- or 24 hours’ hard labour…

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Alleged Stealing Prom Footballer’s Clothes

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 19 September 1929 · page 1

A youth of 17 years, from Canberra, pleaded guilty at Queanbeyan Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. E. H. Kelly, J P., to stealing money from the…

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Motorist Charged Alleged Dangerous Driving

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 19 September 1929 · page 2

Before Messrs. E. H. Kelly and G. O’Hanlon, Js.P., at the Queanbeyan Police Court on Tuesday last, Andrew McLeod pleaded not guilty to driving a…

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Murder Rumour Denied Belgrade

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 26 September 1929 · page 1

The sensational story that the Royal courier, Captain Serdici, was murdered in a train while carrying a letter from Queen Kugoslavia to her mother,…

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Telegraphic News (Australian Press Association Message). Youth Dead by Police Constable After a Fierce Fight Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 26 September 1929 · page 1

Constable Bartlett proceeded to, a house at Rooty Hill late last night and found Thomas Charles Aiken, aged 19, one of the two youths who broke out…

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Bridge Passes and Shire Councillors Test, Court Case

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 September 1929 · page 2

The cases in which the Sutherland Shire councillors are being proceeded against by James Fox for having acted in the position of councillors, while…

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Theft of Handbag Unsuccessful Appeal

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 October 1929 · page 1

Before Judge White, at the Cooma Quarter Sessions last week, Lucy Stone, of Canberra, appealed against her conviction at Queanbeyan Police…

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Queanbeyan Police Court Before Mr. J. W. T. Forrest, P.M.

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 October 1929 · page 1

Yesterday Albert Maxwell pleaded guilty to using indecent language at Canberra on Saturday last and was fined £3 in default one month’s hard…

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Queanbeyan Police Court Monday, October 7. Before Mr. J. W. T. Forrest, P.M. Riotous Behaviour Resisting Police

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 2

William Henry Maher pleaded guilty through his solicitor (Mr. Deane) to having behaved in a riotous manner in Monaro Street on…

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Publican and Policeman. Alleged Assault. Lively Mill

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 1

At the Braidwood Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Forrest, P.M., George Frederick Cook was charged with having on the 20th September…

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Sentenced to Death for Coolamon Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 1

Convicted of haying murdered Henry Kaley Skinner, an invalid. pensioner, at Coolamon, on August 8,. Frank Nolan, another invalid pensioner, was…

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Alleged Theft of Watch

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 1

At the Queanbeyan Police Court this morning, before Mr. R. Soiling, J.P., Eric Disney Moss was charged that on 17th October he did steal one lady’s…

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Queanbeyan Police Court Monday, October 21. Before Mr. J. W. T. Forrest, P.M. DRUNK

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 2

William Robertson pleaded guilty being found drunk in the yard of the Hotel Queanbeyan oh Saturday afternoon last and was fined 10/- in…

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Queanbeyan Police Court Monday, October 21 Before Mr. J, W. T. Forrest, P.M. Indecent Language Cases

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 1

Alfred Knight, of Canberra, was charged with being drunk in Eyre Street, Kingston, on Saturday last and was fined 20/-, in default seven…

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Queanbeyan Police Court Monday, October 28. Before Mr. J. W. T. Forrest, P.M. Drunk and Language

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 October 1929 · page 1

Cornelius Heffernan, a stranger to Queanbeyan, pleaded guilty to having been drunk in Monaro Street on Saturday afternoon, and was fined 5/- or the…

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Desperate Rum-runners Police Help Smugglers

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1929 · page 5

The Helsingfors correspondent of the London "Times" states that an unprecedented number of infringements of the prohibition laws has…

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Queanbeyan Police Court Wednesday, October 30 Riotous Behaviour

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 31 October 1929 · page 2

Henry Robbie was charged with behaving in a riotous manner in Lowe Street on October 7. First-Class Constable Beck said…

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