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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

110 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 6

Yesterday's Police Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1944 · page 2

The sitting at the local Police Court did not conclude till 3 p.m. yesterday, the longest for some time. Cases in connection with the stealing of a…

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Soldier Charged with Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1944 · page 1

Police believe that Ernest Aitken Price , 22, of North North Fitzroy, Vic , who died in a lane at Clifton Hill early on Sunday, was wounded in the head…

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Parents Charged With Manslaughter

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1944 · page 3

At Bundaberg on April 1. Shirley Olive Seesink, aged seven years, died from pneumonia, no medical aid being called. Her parents. Rudolph…

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Stealing Tyres Car Stripped in Owner's Garage

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1944 · page 3

At the Braidwood Police Court on Thursday last Robert F. A. Colemane and Darcy M. White were charged that between the 1st and 31st…

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Theft of Rifle Search for Liquor Gets Two Men Into Trouble

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1944 · page 2

Whether two young men during the course of a ball at the showground recently determined to get "shot" by fair means or foul is not quite clear…

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Here and There Captain's Flat Court Cases

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1944 · page 2

At last Captain's Flat police Court R. J. Homann failed to appear on a charge of being drunk, and his recognisance of 10/- was forfeited. In the…

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Local and General Parents Charged with Manslaughter

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 2

At Bundaberg on April 1 Shirley Olive Seesink, aged seven years, died from pneumonia, no medical aid being called. Her parents, Rudolph…

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Youth on Murder Charge SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 1

A Redfern youth, aged 17, was arrested to-day and charged with the murder of Sebastiano Dandrea, aged 45, an Italian fruiterer…

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Asking for Trouble Visit to Police Station

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 2

At the Braid wood Police Court on Monday morning, before Messrs. L. E. C. Luff and E. Bunn, J's.P., John Wil-liam Hawkins was charged with using…

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Murder Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 July 1944 · page 1

At Liverpool Court yesterday Victor Pressick, aged 18, was remanded to July 23 at Parramatta Court a charge of having…

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Police Boys' Club

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 July 1944 · page 2

Two members of the N.S.W. PoliceCitizens' Boys' Club. Sergeant P. Stevens (Asst. President) and Sergeant Jack Reilly, who competed here at the…

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Nazis Murder Canadians LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 August 1944 · page 4

The British United Press correspondent in Normandy says that a Canadian officer and 18 men were murdered by men of the 12th S.S…

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Local and General Araluen Police Station to Close

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 August 1944 · page 2

Word has been received that the Araluen Police Station and Mining Warden's office is to close, and the officer in charge, Const. Boyd, we…

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Alleged Assault And Insulting Words

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 August 1944 · page 2

Most of the time at the local Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday last, was occupied with charges of; alleged- assault and with the use of insulting…

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Court of Petty Sessions

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 August 1944 · page 2

At Tuesday’s Court of Petty Sessions Mr. R. Donaldson, P.M., also heard a number of minor cases Arthur Grayson was fined 5/-, in…

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Araluen Police Station

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1944 · page 2

We understand that the original idea of running the Araluen police station from Moruya has been dropped and now it will be attached to…

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Stock Straying Council Charged with Being Half-hearted. Another Effort to Check It

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 August 1944 · page 2

Another effort is to toe made to deal with the straying stock nuisance in the Shire, or, rather, Council has decided to advertise again for a…

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Five Years Gaol For Sex Offence

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 August 1944 · page 3

A mail, sentenced at Central Criminal Court, Sydney, yesterday for a sex crime against a little girl, had last year been convicted of indecent…

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Telegraphic News Boy Charged with Murder

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1944 · page 2

The body of Charles Malouf, aged 32, manager of Bulla Station, 85 miles west of Cobar, was found yesterday at the bottom of a well on the property…

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Theft From Goods Train Youth Sent to Gaol

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 September 1944 · page 1

A sentence of three months’ imprisonment in Goulburn Gaol was the sequel a stealing charge heard at the Moss Vale Police Court last…

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