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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

218 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 11

London Murder Chicago Gangster Methods Jewellery Dealer Shot

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 2

The discovery of the bullet-riddled body of an elderly man under a hedge outside St. Alban’s and subsequent investigations, indicate that traditional…

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Police Inspector Roser Welcomed at Cooma

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 3

Acting Police Inspector M. M. Roser was accorded an official welcome in the Cooma Police Court last Friday morning…

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Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions Annual Returns

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 1

The annual return from the Court House, Queanbeyan, has been kindly made available by Mr. G. C. Hook, C.P.S., who holds 15 different positions…

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Police Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

At the local Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. G. C. Hook, J.P., Roy John West was charged with being drunk in Crawford Street…

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Police Officer Farewelled Sergeant McNeely Retires

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

At his final appearance in the Court of Petty Sessions at Harden—Murrumburrah last week prior to retirement, Sergeant McNeely, of Harden, was…

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Albury Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 4

Although the body of the girl found at a roadside culvert near Albury in September, 1934, is still preserved at the Sydney University, the police have…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing (To the Editor of the "Dispatch")

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 2

Sir,—I would be glad if you would grant me space to publish the following through the columns of your newspaper…

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36 Years in Police Force Inspector McIntosh Retires

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 1

After 36 years’ service in the police force Inspector McIntosh has retired. Inspector McIntosh has been stationed at Wagga for three years, and…

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Man Charged With Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 3

At the Gunnedal[?] Police Court on Wednesday morning, Thomas Hankinson appeared to answer a charge of having feloniously murdered Eve Marion…

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Murder of Vicar

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 3

At the Melbourne City Court yesterday, Edward Cornelius, 29, mechanic, was charged with murdering the Rev. Harold Laceby Cecil 59, vicar of St…

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

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 2

A case in which Chas. Tapone was charged with driving without a license, and one against H. Channon for permitting au unlicensed driver to…

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EX-POLICEMAN Sentenced to 18 Months’ Imprisonment

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 2

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, Judge White sentenced John Ena McDonald Harcombe, an ex-police constable, to 18 months’…

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Garage Tragedy Two Men Charged SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day James Leighton Massey, aged 27, motor mechanic, and Aubrey Potter, aged 22, mechanic, were charged with the…

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

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 2

Applications by P. O. Ford for authority to enter extended areas in the parishes of Marlowe and Larbert were adjourned till 10th March…

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Police Court Indecent Language

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 2

At the local Police Court on Monday before Mr. G. C. Hook, C.P.S., William James Grady was charged with being drunk and also with using indecent…

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Housebreaker Sentenced 2½ Years’ Imprisonment SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Charles Edward Martin, alias Leslie Thomas Tarrant, alias Leo Godfrey, alias Leslie Trevor Tracey, aged 23, was…

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Alleged Theft of a Racehorse the Crow Does Not Fly at Braidwood

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 3

Stanley Wilfred Biggins, a well-known racecourse identity, was arrested at Cootamundra on Tuesday by Detective-Constable Humphries,…

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Unrest in Spain One Killed, Four Injured In Clash With Police MADRID

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 1

The Government has declared “a state of alarm” throughout Spain as a prelude to martial law. The police clashed with crowds, who…

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Murder of Girl Men Sentenced to Death

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 4

Arnold Sodeman, 45, labourer, of Leongatha, was found guilty, in the Melbourne Criminal Court on Tuesday, of the murder of June Rushmer, aged…

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Sentenced to Death

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 2

AUCKLAND.—Eric Mareo, charged with having murdered his wife, was found guilty and sentenced to death, with a strong recommendation…

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