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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

199 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 10

Warden's Court Tuesday (Before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M.)

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

Thos. Murray, Cookanulla, authority to enter 5 acres, parish Mongarlowe. Granted for 12 months,, rent 1/- per acre per annum,…

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After Four Years Man Surrenders to the Police Accused of Mail Robbery

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 2

Joseph Harold Ryan, 35, one of the accused in the Canberra mail robbery, when £10,000 worth of Australian banknotes, the property of the…

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Renovated Stolen Overcoat Theft From Hotel

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 June 1935 · page 2

Evidence that after stealing an overcoat from a Queanbeyan hotel the person who took it had it mended and new buttons fitted,…

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Stood Outside Well Into Night Exposed to Snow, Damp, and Chilling Winds Through Poor Court Accommodation Antiquated Arrangements at Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 June 1935 · page 3

Through the antiquated arrangements at Queanbeyan Court House, 25 witnesses were forced to stand nearly all day yesterday, and well into the night, exposed to snow, cold, and biting winds, outside the Court House waiting to be called…

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Billiards Saloon Licencee Cleard No Knowledge of Betting Going On, Ruled P.M. Bookmaker Fined £20:25 Men Remanded Packed Court Listens to Protracted Hearing of Alleged Gaming Cases

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 June 1935 · page 1

Holding that no case had been made out, the police Magistrate (Mr. A. G. Hardwick) in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions yesterday dismissed a charge against Arthur Wilden, billiards saloon proprietor, that on May 29, at Queanbeyan,…

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Send the Police to Sydney

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 June 1935 · page 2

Our old friend "Booshang" is up in arms that Municipal and Shire Councils and various other organisation should kick up such a fuss over…

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Heavy Sentence for Assault

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1935 · page 7

At the Quarter Sessions to-day Stanley Huskinson, aged 24, a laborer, who had pleaded guilty to having, while armed, assaulted Ronald…

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"Serious Shortage of Police in Sydney"

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1935 · page 6

The following par., taken from a Sydney paper, will be read with much interest by most people in the country, and particularly by graziers…

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Local and General Police Officer Transferred

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1935 · page 2

Const. E. W. Bullock received word yesterday of his transfer to Goulburn as lock-up keeper, which duties he will take up in about a fortnight's…

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Benefit of Doubt P.M. Dismisses Case Charged With Breach of Liquor Regulations

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 July 1935 · page 1

“In the circumstances, I will give the defendant the benefit of the doubt. The case is dismissed,” said Mr. R. C. , Atkinson, P.M., in the…

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Nerriga Police Station Protest Against Closing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 2

At a meeting of the Nerriga Progress Association, held on 29th June, a motion was carried that the following protest be forwarded to the New…

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Murder Charge Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 July 1935 · page 1

The hearing of the case against Patrick Brady, charged with the alleged murder of James Smith, was resumed this morning. There was a large attendance…

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Finding of Murder Man and Woman Committed for Trial

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 July 1935 · page 4

The Cowra Coroner (Mr. H. D. Pulling) found yesterday that the death of William John Neilsen, a worker at the Wyangala dam, was caused by a bullet…

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Successive Days “Drunks” Before Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 July 1935 · page 1

Arrested twice on successive days, several men appeared before Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions yesterday morning to plead guilty to charges of…

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Tarago Assault Cases

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 2

At the Braidwood Police Court on Tuesday, when the cases N. Fensom (driver for Mr. R. McCarron) versus M. J. Coffey and Jim Whittaker for…

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Warden's Court (Before Mr. K. C. Atkinson, P.m.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 1

J. A. Pasfield, application for authority to enter No. 600. Withdrawn. G. W. Jones, Warri cancellation of authority to enter three acres, Nos…

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Claim Against Sergt. of Police for Alleged Wrongful Arrest Case to Be Heard at Braidwood

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 3

First-class Sergeant Charles William North, officer in charge of police at Queanbeyan, made application on Wednesday to have the venue of…

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Re-trial of Alleged Trespass Case Lonf-drawn-out Litigation Continued in the District Court “D. and D. Bakeries” Claim Damages from G. N. Morton

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 1

The long series of litigation between “D. & D. Bakeries” and George Nairn Morton, of Queanbeyan, continued in the District Court at Queanbeyan to-day, when Michael James Dogan and Marie Josephine Donoghoe, foremerly trading as…

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Three Years’ Gaol for Swindler

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 4

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions William Campbell, aged 37 years, a share salesman, was convicted of having stolen share certificates and was…

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Campaign to Reduce Motor Accidents Police Commissioner’s Warning

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 4

The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay), in a speech at the Royal Automobile Club, Sydney, on Wednesday night, referred to the campaign to…

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