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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

220 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 11

Brutal Assault

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 3

A brutally tragic assault wan committed at Darwin last week upon an aged and partially deaf aboriginal, "Cockatoo" Charlie, allegedly by a…

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Wholesale Murder

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 7

At Springfield, Missouri (U.S.A.) two sheriffs and four detectives' were killed in an attempt to remove a murder suspect from a farmhouse…

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Police Court Tuesday (Before Mr. J. W. Forrest, P.M.). Insulting Words

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

F. Nolan proceeded against R. Seldel for insulting language at Charley's Forest in November last. Mr. J. L. Garvey, who appeared for the…

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Industrial Court Tuesday (Before Mr. J. W. Forrest, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

George Bell and Beatty v. P. Kain and others, claim for wages aud overtime amounting to £79/14/7 In Bell's case and in Beatty's £53/15/…

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"Joy Riders" Gaol Without Option

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 3

Doubtless one of the main objects of the Vagrants, Gaming and Other Offences Act in Queensland is to minimise the number of thefts of…

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Police Station Dynamited

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 3

Dynamite was used by a Pine Creek (Darwin) crowd to blow up the police station to release a prisoner, who had been arrested for rioting,…

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Murder of Native Youth Race Hatred at Honolulu HONOLULU

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 1

The Honolulu, Prosecutor, it is stated, will ask hanging for Mrs. Fortescue, Lieut, Massle, and two naval enlisted men, for the murder of a youth, whom…

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Another Assault

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 2

A girl living at Harbord (Manly) told the police that just after sue had said good-night to a young man last night she was accosted by…

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Brutal Murder Boy Shot Dead

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 2

The country has been shocked by the cold-blooded murder of 19-years-old Cecil Baker, while chasing two bandits from the Yagoona railway…

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New Guard Leader Charged With Using Insulting Words SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 1

Mr. Eric Campbell, leader of the New Guard movement, was before the Central Summons Court to-day, charged with using insulting words…

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Recluse’s Hoard What Police Found LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 1

After forcing an entrance to a locker suburban residence, police found the sole occupant, Mrs. Parfitt, aged 78 years, at the foot of the stairs,…

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Yagoona Murder

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 6

At the Central Court to-day Reginald Frederick Woodley, 19, was charged with the murder of Cecil Baker at Yagoona last Monday night,…

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Licensee Charged Keeping Bar Open After Hours

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 1

Before Mr. Forrest, P.M., yesterday, at Queanbeyan Police Court, William Thomas O’Brien was charged that he did not close and keep closed the bar…

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The Yagoona Murder Carter Arrested

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 3

The five days and five nights' intensive search by the police, following the killing of 19-years-old Cecil Baker, at Yagoona railway station…

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Another Murder? Child's Bones Exhumed From Grave in Mountains

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 2

The bones of a child, recovered by police from a grave in the mountains near Nymagee, were brought to Sydney on Wednesday by Detective-…

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New Light on Bungendore Mystery Alleged Companion of Pike Victim Gaol Inmate to Be Lined Up for Identification

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 3

The transfer early on Saturday morning of two men from Albury Gaol to Goulburn Gaol ts believed to have an important bearing on what…

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Gaol Escapee

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 2

West Maitland police and officials are still searching for the man who escaped from Maitland gaol on Tuesday night…

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Cruelty to a Horse Two Months' Gaol

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 4

Grose cruelty to a horse earned Samuel Sampson (28) two months' gaol without the option at Liverpool Court…

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Wanted Gaol No Fofd, Say Rail "Jumpers"

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 3

That they had no food, and that their boots had practically been worn off their feet, was stated by one 01 eight men who were fined 2/6. [?]with…

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Gaol Escape

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 7

Clarence Williams, aged 22. who was under arrest on a charge of having stolen a motor cycle, escaped from Wollongong lock-up last night…

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