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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

180 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 9

A Railway Rope Visitor before the Court Discharged by P.M.

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 2

A rope used by Thomas Alfred Franklin, 25, to tie luggage on his car in which he visited Queanbeyan on March 7…

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Police Court Thursday. (Before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.m.). Lice[?]infested Sheep

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 5

M. J. Quilty was charged with having failed to give notice of diseased stock. Mr. J. L. Garvey for defendant, who pleaded guilty…

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Too Regular Arrested for Church-Going Young Men Charged

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 1

To attend church twice on Sunday is usually regarded as a token of righteous conduct, but two attendances at church on Sunday last led…

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Good Record Ex-Soldier Before Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 1

“This man has an excellent military discharge, and he is a Military Medallist,” said Constable Looby at the Queanbeyan Police Court yesterday…

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Captain’s Flat Police Court Sitting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 2

The Police Magistrate Mr. Ryan) held his first Court at Captain’s Flat last Friday. A number of cases were listed, but the sitting was…

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Captain’s Flat Transfer Of Hotel License Police Congratulate Owners

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 1

Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., Chief Licensing Magistrate, at Queanbeyan Courthouse early this afternoon, granted the application of William Ferdinand Mabbott…

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“No Meaner Theft” Stole From Poor Gaol For Young Men

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 2

“No meaner theft could be well Imagined,” remarked Mr. Ryan. P.M., at the Queanbeyan Police Court this morning, in dealing with…

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The Taree Murder

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 2

Conflicting statements alleged to have been made by two accused were referred to at the Central Criminal Court to-day at the trial of Harold…

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Murder Trial Distressing Evidence SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 1

A distressing scene occurred in the Central Criminal Court to-day when Edith Matilda Edwards, aged 13 years, gave evidence of her father’s alleged…

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“Menace of the Roads” Drunken Drivers Before Court Licences Cancelled—P.M.’s Warning

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 1

“Apart altogether from their general character, I regard men was drive motor cars when they are under the influence of drink as a danger to the public. They are the menace of the roads to-day,” said Sergeant Gray in the Queanbeyan Police Court this morning,…

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Mr. Police Magistrate Ryan on Drunken' Drivers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 2

At last Queanbeyan Police Court the P.M. said that when any man drove a car whilst under the influence of liquor he was driving in a…

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Fined for Assault

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 3

Ronald Gilbert Hayward, slaughterman, proceeded against Francis Saddler, also a slaughterman, for assault Hayward said that he went to…

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Robbing a Poor Box a Mean Theft

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 2

"No meaner theft could well be imagined," remarked Mr. Ryan, P.M., at the Queanbeyan Police Court on Tuesday morning, in dealing with…

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Police Officer Resigns

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 2

Messrs. Hassall & Macdonald conducted a most successful sale of Mr. A. L. Burr's furniture and effects at Major's Creek on Saturday last…

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Canberra Court Negligent Driving Charge Dismissed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 3

At the Canberra Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M., and Colonel J. T. H. Goodwin, S.M., Charles Warren, labourer, [?]…

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Shire Engineer's Claim Case Settled Out of Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 2

A Bench warrant requiring the attendance as a witness of Mrs. Elsie Giles in an action in the Supreme Court was issued by Mr. Acting…

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McKAY and Talbot Before Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 2

WELLINGTON (N.Z.).—Hundreds of people were unable to gain admission to the Auckland Police Court to-day when Gordon Robert McKay and…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Scooterised Police

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 4

Police men on the beat in Inglewood, California, are to be provided with small scooters to save their feet and make them more mobile…

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Charged with Stealing One Orange!

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 2

A railway porter named Cross, stationed at Bowral, was before the Bowral Court last week, charged with stealing one orange, valued at…

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The Dubbo Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 2

A message from Dubbo states that police and civilians are engaged in an intensive search for the bodies of two men, Thomas Robinson, the…

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