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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

141 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 8

Canberra Police Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 3

Roland Oliver Walker, license of the Hotel Ainslie, pleaded guilty in Canberra Police Court on Wednesday, before. Mr., P. W. Britz, P.M., to a charge…

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Rabbit Trapper Charged with Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 2

HOBART.—Police inquiring into the deaths of Henry Francis Lawson and Cordon Frankcombe, who were shot dead on Monday, yesterday made…

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Gundagai Tragedy Murder and Suicide

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 2

Letters written by Walter Charles Small, disposing of his property after he had shot his wife dead, were read on Wednesday at the inquest cencerning…

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Canberra Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 3

In the Canberra Police Court on Wednesday last, before Mr. W. F. Britz, P.M., George Lee was fined £1, with 8/6 costs, on a charge of…

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Police Court Thursday (Before Mr. W. F. Britz, P.m.). Improperly Loaded Lorry

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 3

Ernest K. Whitehead, Matraville, was charged with improperly loading a motor vehicle so as to interfere with its control…

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

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 6

H. Bryant, Windellama, application for authority to enter 20 acres in the parish of Jerralong, county Argyle. Granted for 12 months…

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Murder Mystery

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1937 · page 7

Believed to have been murdered, the body of a man. with the head shockingly battered was found yesterday in Millie Creek, 15 miles from…

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Road Murder Body Identified Robbery Suspected SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 May 1937 · page 1

The body of the man found murdered on Sunday beneath the main road bridge at Millie Creek, near Garah, was identified to-day as Ernest…

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Murder Mystery Body Found Wrapped in Tent Fly and Wool Pack

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 May 1937 · page 4

Believed to have been murdered, the body of a man, with his head shockingly battered, was found on Sunday in Millie Creek, 15 miles from Garah…

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Perjury Charge Man Sent To Gaol

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 4

St[?]ong comment was made by Judge Thompson, when sending a man to gaol for perjury committed in a lower Court, and general reference was made…

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The Garah Murder Man Arrested and Charged

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 3

A search in which numerous police were engaged ended on Saturday last, when a man, in an exhausted state, was found under bushes near, the…

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Police Sergeant Retains Ticket

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 2

It is staled thta police reports have been caused for from officers stationed at centres in the west on Sunday football. This action has arisen from the…

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Canberra Supreme Court Appeal Dismissed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 1

In the Supreme Court, Canberra, yesterday, before Mr. Justice Lukin, George Townsend, of Griffith, Canberra, transport worker, appealed…

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Son Charged with Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 3

At an inquest held at Batlow on Wednesday, the Coroner (Mr. P. J. Casey) found that Arthur Clarke Evans died from the effects of a shot…

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The St. George Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 2

At the Central Court to-day Harold Thomas Mullen was remanded to St. George (Queensland) Police Court on a charge of having murdered…

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Murder Charge Woman Found Not Guilty

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 3

After a retirement .of two and a half hours, the jury in the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, on Tuesday night found -Mrs. Annie Kathleen Northcott…

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Police Court (Before Mr. S. A. Thornton, P.m.). Thursday Unregistered Dogs

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 June 1937 · page 2

Albert Backhouse was charged with keeping an unregistered dog. He was represented by Mr. Leo Nomchong, who pleaded guilty. Sergt…

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Police Auction Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 June 1937 · page 2

At the Wagga police station last Saturday an auction sale was conducted by Sergeant Hill of goods held in custody by the police whose…

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Canberra Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 June 1937 · page 3

Before Mr. A. S. Thornton, P.M., at Canberra Court on Wednesday, Joseph Calvert, of Braddon, was fined £3 with 8/6 costs, on a charge of driving a…

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Police Transfers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 June 1937 · page 2

At the Police Station a fresh arrangement has been made and Constable Lucas, after having been at Bungendore for a fortnight, has been…

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