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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

218 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 10 of 11

Telephone to Be Installed at Braidwood Police Station

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1936 · page 2

Mr. W. W. Hedges. M.L.A., has received the following communication relative to the above:—"With reference to your inquiries following…

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The Dubbo Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 October 1936 · page 2

DUBBO.—The inquest concerning the death of Ruby May Green was concluded before the ideal Coroner to-day. He found that deceased died…

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Notes and Hews Revision Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 October 1936 · page 2

The Revision Court for Tallaganda Shire was held on Wednesday, the Police Magistrate having to make a special trip from Queanbeyan to…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Portable Gaol

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 October 1936 · page 1

A portable steel gaol, made like a cage, which can be fitted on the rear of a motor car in place of the baggage carrier, has been invented by…

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“Nobody Owns the Air” U.S. Court Gives Ruling

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 October 1936 · page 2

Nobody owns the air, hence an airplane soaring over an individual’s property cannot be a trespasser, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals…

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Man Found Shot Son Charged With Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 October 1936 · page 1

James Coone, 56, labourer, of Maryborough, was found shot dead on Avoca Road, four miles from Maryborough, last night…

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Police Court Friday (Before Mr. W. F. Britz, P.M.)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1936 · page 5

The police proceeded against John Fairfax, Sydney, for failing to produce a motor driver's license on demand. Sergt. Jaggers deposed: At 9 a.m…

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Man’s Death Injured by Motor Car Student Charged

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 October 1936 · page 1

Frederick John McKellar, 24, of Riley Street, Penrith, died in the Nepean District Hospital on Sunday as the result of injuries received in a motor car when…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Portable Gaol

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 October 1936 · page 3

A portable steel gaol, made like a cage, which can be fitted on the rear of a motor car in place of the baggage carrier has been invented by an official…

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The Dubbo Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 October 1936 · page 2

DUBBO.—The jury disagreed in the case in which Mrs. Kate Ford is charged with the alleged manslaughter of Charlotte Trudgett. The…

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Dubbo Murder Accused Acquitted

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 October 1936 · page 3

At the direction of the Chief Justice (Sir Frederick Jordan), a jury in the Supreme Court at Dubbo yesterday acquitted Mrs. Inez Evelyn Clarke, 45, who…

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Police Court Drunkenness and Bad Language

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 1

Before Mr. G. C. Hook, J.P., at the Queanbeyan Police Court yesterday, Alfred George Cannell was charged with being drunk in Crawford Street last…

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Alleged Theft of Bee Hives Man for Trial

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 2

At the Canberra Court on Tuesday Mr. W. F. Britz, P.M., committed Kenneth’ William Southwell, 31, for trial at the next sitting of the Supreme…

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

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 2

The inquest was opened at Rockley this morning concerning the death of Robert McKenzie, aged 73, an old-age pensioner and prospector, whose…

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Fifty Days’ Gaol Five Opossum Skins in Possession

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 4

Charged on Wednesday in the Yass Police Court before Messrs. Sleeman and Forrest, J.P’s., with having in his possession at Bowning on Sunday the…

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Warden's Court Friday (Before Mr. F. W. Britz, P.M.)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 4

Applications by E. C. Smith, Nerriga, for authority to enter two areas of 25 acres each in the parish of Jerricknora were withdrawn…

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Hire of Horse Claim Fails in the District Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 2

At the District Court yesterday, James Graham Reid, of Brindabella, proceeded against John G. Killen to recover the sum of £86/11/5 allegedly…

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Letter to Mr. Lyons Production in Court Refused Criticism by Judge Claim for Wages

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 1

At the District Court yesterday before His Honor Judge Nield, John Hall, aged 80, for whom Mr. K. C. Codd…

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The Police Mr. Weaver's Trenchant Criticism

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 2

Iu the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night Mr. Weaver (U.A.P.) predicted that before very long a complete investigation of the police…

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Sentenced to Be Shot

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 2

The German engineer, Stickling, and the eight others charged by the Soviet Government with espionage and conspiracy have been sentenced to be shot…

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