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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

218 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 11

Whose Glass ? Suspected of Having Been Stolen Young Man Charged Case Dismissed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 June 1936 · page 1

At the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M., R. E. Lawless was charged with having one glass in his…

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Alleged Police Violence to Obtain a Confession

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1936 · page 3

After a retirement of eight minutes a jury in Melbourne returned a verdict of not guilty in a case in which an accused man alleged that because…

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Woman Murdered Throat Cut at House Party Police Detain Man MELBOURNE

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 June 1936 · page 1

Mrs. Margaret Purcell, aged 33, was murdered in the kitchen of her home at Bendigo last night. She was holding a party and went to the kitchen to…

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Joy Riding Four Young Men in Court Sentences of Six Months Imposed, But Suspended To Pay £60 Compensation

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 June 1936 · page 1

Before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M.,, at the Queanbeyan Police Court yesterday Leslie Heaton was charged with illegally using a motor car on May 16, the…

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Three Years’ Gaol For Armed Robbery

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 2

Commenting on the fact that the number of armed robberies was increasing, Judge Thomson, in the Sydney Quarter Sessions, sentenced to…

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Cooma District Court a Divorce Matter

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 3

At the Cooma District Court last week, his Honor Judge Neild had before him for consideration the following questions remitted from the Judge in…

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Sixteen Rebels Sentenced to Death By Japanese Court Martial TOKIO

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 1

Sixteen army officers and civilians were sentenced to death and five officers to life imprisonment for complicity in the February rebellion…

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Peace Time Spy Sentenced to 15 Years’ Imprisonment Los Angeles

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 1

Believed to be America’s first peacetime spy, Harry Thompson a former United States Navy yeoman, was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment…

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DRUNKS Old Offenders Before the Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 1

Before Mr. Bliss, P.M., yesterday at the Queanbeyan Police Court, Albert Bradley pleaded guilty to being drunk in Morrissett Street on June 27…

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Notes and News Police Magistrate's Warning

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 2

In fining a man 10/- and 8/- costs at Queanbeyan Police Court on Monday for being drunk at a ball where a dance was in progress, the P.M…

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Telegraphic News Sydney. 2 p.m. Gang's Brutal, Assault

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 2

Keith Mitchell, aged 23, is in hospital in a serious condition as a result, it is alleged, of being savagely assaulted by a gang of young men…

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Stealing Charges Man Sentenced at Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 4

Convicted at the Bungendore Police Court on Monday on a series of stealing charges, Frederick William Turner, 33 was sentenced to six months on each…

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Sungendore Police Court Man Sentenced to 6 Months Imprisonment

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 3

Convicted at the Police, Court on Monday on a series of stealing charges, Frederick William Turner, 33. was sentenced to six months on each…

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Fifteen Years’ Gaol Assaulted and Robbed Old Woman

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 3

Richard Holloway, aged 23 years, was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment at Maryborough Court (Q.) on Tuesday by Judge Brennan for having assaulted…

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Attack on The King Man with Revolver Arrested and Charged LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 1

An apparent attempt on the life of King Edward VIII. was frustrated by a constable when, as the King rode under Wellington Arch at Hyde Park…

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Warden's Court (Before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.m.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 2

The application of P. L. Wentworth, Bexley, for authority to enter 3½ acres in the pari h of Mongarlowe was refused and his deposit forfeited…

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Small Debts Court (Before Mr. S. J. BlISS, P.m.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 2

Taylor & Byrnes sued Peter Bosnick for £12/5/6 owing for carriage of goods. Mr. J. L. Garvey appeared for plaintiffs and Mr. Byrnes…

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Police Court Sittings

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1936 · page 2

Mr. Allen, C.P.S., has received a notification to the effect that the day of the monthly Court sitting in Braid wood has been altered to the Friday…

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Telegraphic News Sydney. 2 p.m Assault at Police Station

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 2

A man, who had been detained by the police, was about to take up his position in a line-up at Newtown Police Station last night for…

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S.P. Betting Case Nothing Against Police SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 1

At the Royal Commission investigating the police methods in S.P. betting cases, Judge Markell to-day stated that nothing could be suggested against the…

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