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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

199 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 10

Telegraphic News Sydney. 2 p.m. Exciting Burglary

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1935 · page 7

MURWILLUMBAH.—Two men are believed to have been shot when a storekeeper fired at suspects who were believed to have burgled his…

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Local and General Nasty Knock for Police

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1935 · page 2

"I am not [?] with the police case. There has been exaggeration and a glaring error," said Mr. McDougall, S.M. [?] the Balmain Police…

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Mad Chase in Harbour Police Pursued Speedboat SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 May 1935 · page 1

Yesterday afternoon a speedboat, manned by police, and a police launch pursued a speedboat on Sydney Harbour, but the occupant of the fugitive…

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Old Bushranging Days the Murder of Constable Nelson

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 1

We have received from Mr. Walter Raynolds, "Neringla," Araluen, a copy of an old paper containing a graphic and authentic account of the murder…

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Man Tracks with the Mounted Police in Australian Wilds

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 2

Many romantic and colorful stories have been written about the exploits of the Royal North West Mounted Police, but comparatively little is…

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Found in Yard Youths Discharged by Court “No Case,” says P.M.

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 May 1935 · page 4

“The sad part about it is that they did not tell the Sergeant and Cropstable that they went into the yard to drink a bottle of wine,"…

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Relief Worker’s Car Magistrate Looked Astonished

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 1

A relief worker who drives his own motor car appeared in the Queanbeyan Court on Monday. A man, charged with driving a car without a licence…

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Police Search for Motorist Assaulted Little Girls SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 1

While two girls, aged nine and six years respectively, were walking along a street at Five Dock last night, on an errand for their parents, a man in…

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Conversing with Traffic Police

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1935 · page 3

Pedestrians are warned by the R.A.C.A. that special care should be taken when they are crossing an intersection in order to converse with…

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Youth Sentenced to Death

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 3

Harry Forbes Murray, 20, was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Davidson the Central, Criminal Court on Friday for having murdered his…

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Six Months’ Gaol For Possessor of Bludgeon SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day, Albert Willis, aged 30, labourer, was charged with having had a bludgeon in his possession with intent to rob and…

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Telegraphic News Sydney. 2 p.m. Brutal Assault

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 2

Noel Wilcox, aged 17, was brutally battered about the head with an iron bar by two bandits who attempted to rob him of the day's takings in his…

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Shires Protest Against Closing of Police Stations

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 6

At the annual conference of the Shires' Association last week it was unanimously decided to protest against the closing of police stations…

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Car Parking and Speed Limit Head on System Contrary to the Regulations Braidwood Police and Traffic Laws

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 5

The reading of a letter from the Police Department in connection with parking regulations in Braidwood at the Municipal Council meeting on…

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Police Court Tuesday (Before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 2

E. Bowden was charged with having failed to return a driver's license within three days' of its expiry. He pleaded guilty…

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New Zealand Murder Mystery

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 4

NEW ZEALAND.—The police have definitely identified the body of the girl found murdered at Panmure as that of Elizabeth Raymond, aged 21…

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Witness Shot Sydney’s Sensational Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 4

One of the most cold-blooded and sensational murders in the annals of Sydney crime occurred on Tues-night or early on Wednesday…

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Notes and News Licensing Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 2

At the Court on Tuesday, before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M., applications for renewals of the following district licenses were granted, viz…

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Telegraphic News Sydney. 2 p.m. the Dawes Point Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 4

Finger-prints found on the door of the car in which Reginald William Holmes was murdered at Dawes Point are likely to lead to a solution…

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Wood From Lorries Police Warning Issued to [?]arriers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 2

C[?] into Quean[?] by the police [?] load the wood [?] take them liable to…

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