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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

251 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 13

Murder Suspect Arrested

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 7

A man, said to answer the description of the man whom the police are anxious to interview in connection with the Bessie O'Connor, murder,…

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Vandalism Destruction at Heights Golf Course Police Notified

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 1

Repeated acts of vandalism at the Heights Golf Course has led to the matter being brought under the notice of the police and on Sunday…

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Alleged Attempt at Arson Police Make Arrest Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 1

Early this morning the Bowral police arrested Stephen Georgevitch, aged 50, a Jugoslav, in some thick scrub and charged him with being implicated in…

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Again in Court Boy Who Shared in Big Lottery Prize “Ruination of Him!”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 1

The demoralising effect of a youth winning a big sum of money a lottery was stressed at the Queanbeyan Police Court to-day,…

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Police Court Tuesday (Before Mr. Nott, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

Hugh Malone was fined £2 and 8/ costs for giving; an unstamped receipt to the Education Department. Mr. C. Grigg, who appeared for Mr…

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Araluen Police Court Monday (Before Mr. Nott, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 1

Harold Alton Feehan proceeded against Joseph Wilson and Charles Smith, both of Araluen, for that they did on 24th December, 1932, upon a…

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Many Stealing Charges Check on City Bicycle Thefts Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 1

At the Burwood Police Court to-day, 132 charges of stealing were made against three men in connection with the wholesale disappearance of bicycles…

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District Court This Year’s Dates

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

Dates of Quarter Sessions and District Courts to be presided over by Judge Sheridan on this circuit, have been made available, and for the first…

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Warden's Court Araluen (Before Mining Warden Mr. Nott)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

Mr. J. L. Garvey, us agent for Schekamuno Gold Mining Syndicate, applied for suspension of labor conditions for six months. Mr. Garvey…

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

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

Frank Fensom v. Charles Grigg.—This was a claim for £5 for contract for digging out a paddock. Mr. Garvey appeared for Grigg. Fensom…

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Warden's Court Tuesday (Before Mr. Nott, P.M., Warden)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

The G.S.T. Gold Miniug Co. applied for authority to construct a tall race through land applied for as a gold lease by R. J. Dicks. The case was…

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Small Debts Court Araluen Monday (Before Mr. Nott, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 3

Bennett & Wood, Ltd., Sydney, proceeded against William Charles Mclllvenie, of Araluen, under the Moratorium Act, 1930-31, for…

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Murder Charge Re-trial of Porter

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 1

Arrangements are being made for another, sitting of the High Court in Canberra for the second trial of Bertram Edward Porter, 25, on a charge…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. the Waverley Murder

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 7

At the Central Court to-day Eric Renald Craig (25), salesman, was charged with having, at Waverley, on December 9 last, feliniously and…

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Police Constable Dismissed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 2

Following complaints that a con stable at Bourke had been drunk, the Commissioner of Police, after an inquiry, dismissed him…

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Again in Trouble After Long Term in Gaol SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 1

At the Central Police Court to-day, Edward O’Brien (40), mechanic, who was said by police to have just been released from gaol after serving a long…

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Assaults on Police Severer Penalties if Necessary SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 1

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey), when asked to-day to express an opinion as to the adequacy of penalties for assaults on police, said that the…

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“Gathering of the Clans” Leads to Police Court Charges All Cases Dismissed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 2

What was described by the prosecuting solicitor as a gathering of the clans was the forerunner to two charges of assault and one of indecent language…

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Assaults on Police

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 7

A conference between police chiefs was held to-day for the purpose of considering the frequent assaults by "basher" gangs and the necessity for…

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Shook Hands ! After Being Fined Defendant Showed Police He Bore No Malice

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 1

After being fined in the Queanbeyan Police Court yesterday morning for using insulting words to Constable Dickson, Frederick Carl Matthews…

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