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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1930

242 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 13

Awaiting Trial Queanbeyan Jewellery Robbery Two Young Men Charged

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 5 June 1930 · page 2

Mr. LI. Hughes, jeweller, of Queanbeyan, beyan expects a call to Sydney any [?]ay Low, in connection with the trial of the two young men charged with…

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Police Court Tuesday (Before Mr. Forrest, P.M.). Alleged Stealing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 1

William James McCarron (18) was charged with having on 18th May last, at Ballalaba, stolen strychnine and a secret rabbit dope recipe, the…

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Big Burglary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 2

King's jewellery emporium, in Bourke-street, Melbourne, was broken into last night and diamonds valued at from £7500 to £9500 were…

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Alleaed Stealing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 1

George Lawless was charged with having stolen nine rabbit traps, the , property of Allan Douglas Gowen, valued at 32/…

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Licensing Court Tuesday (Before Mr. Forrest, P.M.). Renewal of Licences

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 2

The licenses of the following hotels in the district wore renewed: — Royal Hotel, Albion Hotel, Commercial Hotel. Braidwood; Elrington…

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Local and General Burglary at Araluen

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 2

On Sunday night last burglars entered the Hotel Araluen and stole £40 from the till in the bar, as well as a bottle of whisky and a glass. A…

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Goulburn Murder Case Policeman Gives New Evidence

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 2

Startling evidence not hitherto disclosed marked Tuesday's hearing at the Supreme Court trial at Goulburn of Colin Ferney, charged for the…

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The Araluen Burglary

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 2

Later news suggests that the recent burglary at the Hotel Araluen was committed by someone acquainted with the methods of the hotel…

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Theft of Overcoats Queanbeyan Case Dismissed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 2

Though there was a certain amount of suspicion he could not [?] on the evidence, was the decision of Mr. J. W. T. Forrest…

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Fined for Assault Canberra Backyard Affray One-time Friends Fall Out

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 1

The story of an alleged attack in a backyard at Westlake, Canberra, on May 17, was recounted to Mr. J. W. T. Forrest, P.M., in the…

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Sequel to Gambling Raid Police Attacked

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 3

To save his mate from a mob of 40 men who had surrounded tour policemen outside an hotel at Bowrai on Saturday afternoon a constable…

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Local and General Araluen Burglary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 2

Richard Anderson, laborer, and John Perry, plumber, charged with breaking into and stealing from the "Hotel Araluen, appeared, on bail,…

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Big Police Haul

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 3

Following the breaking and enter tng of Willis & Hodge's general store at Crookwell last week, when goods valued at over £200 were stolen, a…

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High Court Appeal Conflict of Federal and State Laws

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 1

The High Court, in a Judgment at Melbourne last week, unanimously set aside the verdict of a magistrate, Who fined James McLean, a shearer…

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Licensing Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 June 1930 · page 1

In the Queanbeyan Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. J. W. T. Forrest, Licensing Magistrate, the following publican’s licenses were renewed:—…

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Counterfeit Florins In Circulation Locally Police Investigating

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 1

Complaint, emanating from one of the Banks, was made to Queanbeyan police yesterday of the circulation in the town of numbers of spurious…

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Mutiny in Gaol

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 June 1930 · page 2

Forty-five persons were killed and many injured in a goal at Rangoon when mutiny broke out. Convicts seized the armoury…

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Get Beer But Not Food Dole Recipients Charged Drunkenness and Threatening Words

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 July 1930 · page 4

The peculiarity of numbers of police dole recipients having friends to shout beer for them but none to shout food was mentioned in Queanbeyan Court…

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Hit-and-Run Motorist Monaro Street Collision Car Number in Possession of Police

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 July 1930 · page 2

A hit-and-run motorist was responsible for an accident in Monaro Street on Saturday night, though, fortunately, there was no injury to person…

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Police Court Tuesday (Before Mr. Forrest, P.M.). Stealing a Hat

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 1

Robert Norman Williams was charged with having, at Nerriga, on 1st June last, stolen a hat, valued at 21/, the property of W. Hollands…

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