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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

199 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 8 of 10

Drover’s Dog Case Magistrate’s Decision Supported

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 September 1935 · page 2

Because something has been done for fifty years it did not make it right, said one member of the Queanbeyan Ratepayers and citizens Association, at the…

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

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 September 1935 · page 2

Applications by W. G. McKane for authority to enter eight extended areas in the parish of Jerralong were withdrawn…

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Drover's Dogs Magistrate's Decision Supported

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1935 · page 1

Because something has been, done for 50 years it did not make it right, said one member of the [?] Ratepayers and Citizens Association,…

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Nearly Choked Brutal Assault on Woman MELBOURNE

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 September 1935 · page 1

Miss Evelyn Brand aged 21 a well known dancing teacher who resided with her parents and married brother at West Brunswick was brutally…

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Farmer on Trial for Alleged Murder of His Wife

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1935 · page 7

At the Central Criminal Court to-day Harold Ferguson (43), farmer, was charged with the murder of his wife, Gwendoline May Ferguson. The…

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Police Patrols Motorists Stopped at Night Shire Council Protests

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1935 · page 6

The Goodradigbee Shire Council (Yass) has decided to protest to the Chief Secretary's Department against the practice of police stopping…

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Police Patrols Stopping Motorists at Night

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 September 1935 · page 4

The Demonaville Shire Council at its last meeting earned a motion similar Goodradigbee Shire that the Commissioner of Police be asked to inquire…

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Police Court (Before Messrs. J. Roberts and J. J. Donnelly, Js.P.)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1935 · page 3

At the Braidwoood Police Court on Friday Thomas Ryan was charged with stealing a suit of pyjamas, [?] shirt and knitted jacket, valued at…

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Market Gardener Assaulted Two Men Charged And Committed for Trial

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 September 1935 · page 1

At the Queanbeyan Police yesterday before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M., William Miller and John Rye were charged with having, on 13th…

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Police Patrols Stopping Motorists at Night

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1935 · page 4

The Demondrille Shire Council, at its last meeting, carried a motion similar to Goodradigbee Shire, that the Commissioner of Police be asked…

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“Pyjama Murder” Case Man’s Alleged Statement SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 1

A man who last night called at Pillinga Police Station is alleged to have made a sensational statement concerning the “pyjama girl” murder…

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Street Murder Three Men Charged

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 October 1935 · page 3

William Hollebone (19) James Augustus Charters (21), and Edward Sydney John Smith (21), labourers, were charged at the Newtown…

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The Holmes Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 October 1935 · page 2

At the conclusion of the Inquest concerning the death of Reginald holmes the Coroner found that deceased died from revolver wounds…

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Fall From Horse Police Sergeant Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 October 1935 · page 4

Sergeant F. W. McCarthy, of Binalong, was admitted to the Yass District Hospital on Wednesday night at 9.30 in a serious condition and unconscious…

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Theft Charges After Three Years Fines and Committal

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 October 1935 · page 1

Charges relating to incidents which happened three years ago in one instance and 18 months ago in another were laid against Clive…

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Intent to Murder Defendant Remanded SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 October 1935 · page 1

At the Central Police Court Douglas Cecil Burrell, aged 27, labourer, was charged with having on October 8 shot at Albert Zahra with intent to…

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Bail Refused Holmes Murder SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 October 1935 · page 1

Application was made this morning before Mr. Justice Bavin, for bail in the case of John Patrick Strong and Albert Shannard, who are awaiting…

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Failure to Destroy Noxious Weeds Gaol for One Man

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 October 1935 · page 1

Bland Shire Council in its determination to control the noxious weed menace, has authorised a batch of prosecutions against farmers who are…

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Appeal Court (Continued from last issue)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1935 · page 1

Mr. J. McGrath, farmer and dairyman, deposed that he had been vainer for the Municipality since 1931, and was also valuer for the G.U.O.O.F…

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Car Thieving Police Prepare Bill For Presentation to Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 October 1935 · page 3

The car thief is an audacious person, and, despite the care of owners, the stealing of motor vehicles still prevails in and around Sydney. In many…

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