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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1929

271 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 14

Queanbeyan Police Court This Day Before Mr. Carr-Boyd, P.M.

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 1

James Winston O’Keeffe was charged that on the 20th of February, at Molonglo Settlement, in the Territory of the Seat of Government, he did…

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Queanbeyan Police Court Monday, February 25th Before Mr. Carr-Boyd, P.M. Riotous Behaviour

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 1

George Smith and Thomas Smith were charged with behaving in a riotous manner in front of St. Gregory’s Hall on Saturday…

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No Lawful Means of Support Sent to Gaol for a Month

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 2

On Saturday last before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., William Neilson appeared on a charge of being an idle and disorderly person and having…

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To-day’s District Court Partnership Claim

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 2

This morning, before His Honor, Judge White, A. D. Campbell sued H. A. Clothier for balance of partnership account, amounting to £79/5/11…

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District Court MONDAY, 25th FEBRUARY, 1929 Before His Honor, Judge White

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 1

George Egar Graham, proprietor of The Hobby Shop at Kingston, sued Henry H. Collis for the sum of £18/10/-to whom he said he supplied an…

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Queanbeyan Police Court WEDNESDAY, 27th FEBRUARY. Before Mr. Carr-Boyd, P.M. Washed in a Drinking Fountain

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 2

Mr. H. V. Fowler, Health Inspector for the Council of the Municipality of Queanbeyan, proceeded against Jack Snowden for washing his hands in a…

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District Court Before His Honor Judge White, Claim for Work and Labour Done

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 1

Richard Beecher proceeded against Walter Reginald Eldridge, of Canberra, for work and labour done in August, 1928, and claimed £70. The…

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Queanbeyan Police Court Before Mr. Carr-Boyd, P.M.

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 2

In regard to the charges preferred against James Winston O’Keeffe at the Queanbeyan Police Court last Friday, defendant was remanded till…

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Police Court' Tuesday. (Before Messrs. W. G. Pullen and M. J. Coffey, Js.P.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 2

Edward Torpy, Peter Cull, and Carey Mulligan were charged with being drunk and behaving in a riotous manner in Mackellar-street. They…

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District Court Thursday (Before Judge White)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 2

E. A. Maddrell v. Duddieston and Rennie.—This was a dispute over the purchase of bricks. Mr. J. L. Garvey, for plaintiff, asked that the case be…

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Queanbeyan Police Court DRUNKS

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 1

Yesterday, before Mr. E. H. Kelly, J.P., two defendants from Queanbeyan and one from Canberra, charged with drunkenness, failed to appear, and…

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“The Canary Murder Case.”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 4

William Powell gives one of the finest performances of his career in the character of Philo Vance, the detectives who solves the problems…

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Queanbeyan Police Court Alleged Dangerous Driving

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 1

At the local police court before Mr. E. H. Kelly, J.P., this morning, Albert Roy Swan was charged with driving in a manner dangerous to the public…

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Stealing Charge Crosscut Saw and Crowbar

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 1

This morning before Mr. E. H. Kelly, J.P., Alfred Edward Monk was charged that on or about 1st October, 1928, he did steal one cross-cut saw…

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Police Court Tuesday. (Beforfe Mr. Carr-Boyd, P.M.). Insulting Language

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 3

John Whittaker, storekeeper, pleaded guilty to having on the 9th February last, in the Federal Store at Nerriga, used insulting words to…

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Alleged Stealing at Canberra Cafe

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 1

Yesterday morning before Mr. E. H. Kelly, J.P., Allan Angus McCauley was charged that on the 9th day of March at Canberra, he did steal two…

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Theft from Kitchen of Hotel

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 5

At the Cooma Police Court before Messrs. J. A. Norris and J. H. Rogan, Js.P., on Tuesday, Harry Reginald Sheriff, 29, was charged with stealing…

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Queanbeyan Police Court

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 1

James Townsend pleaded guilty to being drunk in Monaro Street yesterday. First-class Constable Jones stated that the offence occurred about…

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Arrested on Murder Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 4

John Dawson FIsher, 24, was detained by the police yesterday, and questioned concerning the fatal shooting of Harold McDonald, 34, in…

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Police Sergeant Farewelled

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 2

At the Court House recently (reports the Cowra “Guardian”) officers of the police force and of the Court assembled to pay a tribute to Sergeant Rowley…

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