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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

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

Police Court. Drunk and Language

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 3

On Monday before Mr. C. W. English, J.P. at the local Police Court, John Henry Masters, a stranger to the town, pleaded guilty to being drunk in…

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Drinking After Hours Magistrate Aims to Make It Expensive

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 2

"I intend to make after-hours drinking very expensive. There is too much of it," said Mr. Soane, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court, in…

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School Murder Houseman on Trial NEWCASTLE Tusday

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 1

At the Newcastle Circuit Court today the trial was commenced of Leonard William Roberts, 33, former houseman at Broughton School,…

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Boy Sentenced to Death for Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 3

ADELAIDE.—At the Mount Gambier Circuit Court Ronald Albert Sharpe, aged 16, a State boy, was sentenced to death for the murder of…

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Boy Sentenced to Death

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 2

Found guilty of' murder in the Mt. Gambier (S.A.) Circuit Court, Ronald Albert Sharpe, 16, was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Richards. The…

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DEFIED S.M. Police Arrest Train Jumperssn

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 1

Early on Friday afternoon three young men boarded a goods train at the Queanbeyan railway station, taking possession of a truck. When they…

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Murder Charge Jury To Hear Judge Counsel’s Plea Ignored MAITLAND

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 1

When the trial of Leonard William Roberts for the alleged murder of Dorothy May Everett was resumed at the Maitland Circuit Court to-day, Mr…

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Theft at Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 2

Jewellery valued at £40 was stolen from the residence bf Mrs; F: L. Thottson, at Goulburn during her temporary absence on Sunday afternoon. The…

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Three Months Gaol Cotter Assault Case

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 3

Convicted by a jury on a charge of assault at the Canbera Supreme Court, Thomas Smith and Cletas Hamilton came up tor sentence before Judge…

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Police Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 2

In direct contrast with recent sittings of the Police Court, proceedings yesterday at Braidwood lasted until just on lunch time. The case…

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

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 2

Jas. McGrath was charged with using indecent language in Wallace Street, Braldwood. Constable Snow said, that the…

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Telegraphic News Sydney 3 p m the Farley Railway Station Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 3

Thomas Dixon Gibson, aged 19, was found guilty at the Maitland Circuit Court of having murdered Cyril Clive Faher, night officer, at…

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Police Court Four Men Fined

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 1

Constable Sullivan had a busy evening ne on Saturday removing men who had celebrated the week-end unwisely and were making a nuisance of…

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"Under the Influence" Interesting Case Motorist Charged with Attempting to Put Car in Action

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 4

At the Braidwood Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. W. F. Britz, P.M., William L. Bradley, of Krawarree, who gave, his present…

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German Tennis Player Sentenced to a Year’s Imprisonment

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 4

Gottfried Cramm, Germany’s leading tennis play, who recently visited Australia?, was, at Berlin on Saturday night. [?] to one year’s…

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Before the Court Youth Chided by P.M.

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 1

“This is a nice performance on the part of a nineteen-year-old youth. If you are going to play up like this you wi l have to put up with the…

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Canberra Court Fined for Assault

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 2

At Canberra Court on Wednesday, before Mr. W. F. Britz P.M. Walter John McIntyre, of Molonglo pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawful…

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Murder in Greenwich Village

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 3

Riotously and ridculu[?] funny at one minute and grimy dramatic in the next, Columbia’s “Murder in Greenwich village” proved exceptional film…

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Narrandera Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 3

In the Narrandera Police Court on Wednesday William Thomas Gash, 37, was charged with the alleged murder of his wife. Marie Jane Gash, 31, and…

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Car Drivers and Liquor Magistrate's Queer Ruling

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 4

A statement by Mr. Farrington, S.M., that two glasses of beer taken four hours before a man drives a car are too much, was criticised severely…

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