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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

141 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 8

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

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 2

Patrick Allen was charged with using indecent language in Wallace-street on 21st August. There was no appearance of defendant, but…

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Canberra Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 2

Before Mr. W. F. Britz, P.M., at the Canberra Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, Arthur Carling, wood merchant, of Braddon, was charged with…

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Murder and Suicide

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 2

The inquest was held in Sydney on Wednesday concerning the deaths of Charles McCormick and Mrs. Dorothy Margaret Hay, who were found dead at…

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Charges Against Police Not Sustained

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 2

Judge Markel, in the report of his inquiry into matters arising from his first Royal Commission into illicit beting finds that charges made against…

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Notes and News Police Ball

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 2

From inquiries made it seems certain that the eagerly-looked-for Police Ball in aid of Braidwood Hospital will eventuate, but not as soon…

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Defiance of Court Awards

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 2

In the Federal Arbitration Court today Judge Beeby made an order that the provision in the metal trades award for the payment of an…

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Military Government of Irun Arrested by French Police Sequel to Attempt to Seize Submarine PARIS

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 1

There was a sensational sequel to yesterday’s attempt to steal the Spanish Government’s submarine C2, which was being repaired in Brest Harbour,…

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Police Ball

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 2

A meeting in connection with the above was held at the police office on Monday night, when it was decided to organise the above function in…

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CAR-STEALERS Three Youths Sent to Gaol

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 2

Three youths, each 17 years old, Ross Keith Whitall, Harold Henry Billington and William Henry Nicholson, who pleaded guilty at the Sydney Quarter…

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Publications Received "Murder in Sydney"

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 1

Leonard Mann has given us something different from the usual run of stories which depend upon curiosity and mystery for their success. "A…

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Theft of Tools

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 October 1937 · page 1

At the local Police Court this morning, before Messrs. C. W. English and Marx, J.’sP., Herbert John Cooley was charged with having in his…

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Theft of Towels and Books

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 October 1937 · page 2

A month ago, at- Wagga Police Court, Francis Thomas Woodcock an elderly man of no fixed residence, was sentenced to 14 days’ gaol for the theft of…

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Goulburn Robbery Youth Sentenced to Two Years’ Hard Labor

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 October 1937 · page 3

At Goulburn Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, Eric Harold Davis, aged 19, pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking, entering and stealing at the residence…

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Conviction Confirmed Police Say Man Ate Rotten Food

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 October 1937 · page 3

At Yass Quarter Sessions, Francis Sylvester Corcoran, who is serving six months’ hard labour at Goulburn, appealed last week against a convicsion…

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S. P. BETTING Police Drive Declared Imminent Dog Racing Control

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 October 1937 · page 3

A drive against starting price betting is imminent. It is the Government’s intention to provide the Commissioner of police with facilities for building up…

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Sensational Occurrence in Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 2

There was a sensational occurrence at the Quarter Sessions to-day, when, after his appeal for leniency had been refused by Judge Sheridan,…

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Valuation Court Church Land Rates Appeal Upheld

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 1

Before Mr. W. F. Britz, P.M., at the Valuation Court on Tuesday the Church of England Property Trust appealed against the rating by the Council of…

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Canberra Court Wednesday, October 6 Before Mr. W. F. Britz, P.M.

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 2

Charged with having driven a motor vehicle without a licence, Darcy Tyrie of Captain’s Flat, was fined £1 with [?] court costs, the alternative being seven…

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Queanbeyan Court Tuesday, October 5 Before Mr. W. F. Britz, P.M. Indecent Language

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 1

Eric James Sandford was charged with having used indecent language on the Queanbeyan Showground on 25th September. He pleaded guilty…

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Youth Sentenced to Death

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 4

At Bathurst on Tuesday, George Thornton, aged 19, was sentenced to death for the murder of Mary Agnes Leary, aged 22, at Angullong Station,…

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