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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1942

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

Murder Charge Mother Found Not Guilty

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 4

At Canberra Supreme Court on Wednesday, after an absence of ten minutes, the jury returned with a verdict of not guilty, whilst…

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Three Men Sent to Gaol Conspiracy on Army Medical Test

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 December 1942 · page 2

In the Criminal Court. Melbourne, on Wednesday, a sentence of 18 months’ gaol was imposed on three men who had been found guilty of…

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Manar Grazier's Car Stolen Two Boys in Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 December 1942 · page 3

Two young men, Joseph Taranto and Terence J. O'Mara, were released on a bond to be of good behaviour for 12 months when their case…

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Short Serial Story Inquest (Continued). Tried and Sentenced

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 December 1942 · page 4

THAT was the longest afternoon and evening that I have ever spent Each of us had been notified, except Coomb, of course, to go to our rooms…

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Stole Ration Book Man Sentenced to Three Months’ Jail

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 December 1942 · page 1

When he pleaded guilty yesterday at Goulburn Police Court to a charge of being in unlawful possession of a ration book, William John Edwards…

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No Conviction Father and Son In Court Cases Alleged Offensive Behaviour

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 December 1942 · page 1

Harold James Spencer was charged with offensive behaviour on Saturday, December 19, at Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions this morning…

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