Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. the Tenterfield Murder
BRISBANE.— Police detained a man yesterday following the murder of Constance Sommerlad, near Tenter field. He will appear before the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1939
180 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 9
Amazing Plot I.R.A. in England Twelve Men Charged LONDON
An astounding terrorist plot, involving incendiarism and the bombing of public buildings and utilities in Great Britain was revealed in documents…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drunken Drivers Stern Warning by P.M. Three Cases Before the Court
“You don’t get three of these cases each court, I assume, Sergeant? It looks very bad. I have not wished to be severe…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Row at Tharwa Grazier Alleges Assault Storekeeper and Wife Fined
Circumstances of an unusual sort were associated with the case heard by Mr. Ryan, P.M., at the Canberra Police Court on Wednesday in which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appeal Fails Left Fire Burning and Was Sent to Gaol
An appeal by Cyril James Hay ward, aged 39, against his conviction and sentence of three months’ imprisonment on a charge of having left a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Rights Procedure at Questioning
Fears are being expressed in the legal world on the procedure of the police in questioning and taking statements from suspected persons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drank Poison Young Woman Charged
Last Friday a young woman, employed in Queanbeyan, was rushed to the Hospital suffering from the effects of poison, which she said she had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court Thursday (Before Mr. M. J. Ryan. P.m.). Liquor Cases
Edward Stutchbury was charged with being found on licensed premises during prohibited hours on 31st December. He pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Opossum Skins Braidwood Man Charged Skins Secreted in Hollow Log
At the Braidwood Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M., Roy Lupton was charged with on the 30th December having taken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spanish Court Martial Barcelona
A court martial next week will try at least 300 loyalists accused of meting out summary justice. cycle had been carried in front of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Jumpers Defied Officials Submitted to Police
Ordered to leave an open railway truck in which they were found at Bungendore, John Andrews and Barnet O’Neill defied the railway officials and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chain of Bush Fire Brigades Police Superintendent's Plan
Prepared by the police at the request of the Premier, Mr. Stevens, a report submitted for the confidential information of the Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempted Burglary Two Boys Arrested
The activities of a couple of local youths in the direction of achieving affluence rapidly and without much arduous labour ended disastrously…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Must be Drivers
Traffic police in Gernode, a small town in the German Harz area, are inclined to understand the feelings or motorists. This has come about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smart Work by Local Police
Good work by the Braidwood police resulted in the appearance of a man named Heanes at Moruya Police Court on a charge of stealing, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Obstructed Police Incident at Hotel Arrest
An arrest at a hotel bar at Canberra on January 21 led to a charge of obstructing a police constable in the execution of his duty being preferred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“It Will Kill Me” Drunkard’s Plaint in Court
Trembling violently and apparently in a very weakened condition, Peter McShea, 50, an old offender, pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Signs for Police Cars
Police cars on traffic patrol work in the London area will soon be fitted with fixed illuminated signs. This (says a London motoring journal)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →12 Months’ Gaol For Assaulting Old Man Queanbeyan Case
At the Cooma Quarter Sessions last week, George Dale was charged that on 24th December, 1938, at Queanbeyan, he assaulted Leonard Atheson Florimel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“I Was Silly” Man’s Admission to Police Pawned RaiIway Tent
“I was silly,” admitted Bert John Corey to Sergeant Gray, when the latter questioned him about a missing tent and fly, the property of…
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