Broke Into Skin Store Man Sentenced to Months Jail
At the Cooma Quarter Sessoins this week, before Judge Nield, Leslie William Murphy, of Canberra, was sentenced to 18 months hard labour…
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Courts & crime, 1945
109 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 6
Estate Agents Fined Charged High Price for Furniture
Two estate agents, John Abury Francis and Leonard Gordon Randall, partners in a business at King’s Cross, Sydney, were each fined £100…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Short Serial Story Murder at the Paradise Hotel Chance of a Job. (Continued)
As if by way of compensation for the previous day, there was a happy thrill for Owen next morning. The post brought her the offer or a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Java Trouble Murder and Mutilation of British Office BATAVIA, Friday (A.A.P.)
Although order has been restored temporarily at least, in Bandoeng, where Japanese troops have regained control after driving: Indonesian…
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The door leading to the basement was locked and there was no key. When Jimmy tried it with a tentative shoulder it proved that it was much…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Stealing From the Person
At the Goulburn Quarter Sessions On Wednesday last, before His Honor Judge Berne and a jury, John patrick Kevans pleaded not guilty to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Assault Gumley v. Cooper
At the Queanbeyan Court of Petty, Sessions on Tuesday last before Mr. J. McElroy, F.M., William George Gumley proceeded against Leonard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Stealing at Queanbeyan Case Again Adjourned
His Honor Judge Berne was on Tuesday placed on the horns of a dilemma at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions when Mr. EL P. Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sisters Charged Alleged Insulting Words Maximum Fines Imposed
Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., at the Court of petty Sesions on Tuesday last, heard a charge by Mrs, C. Vaughn against Mrs. Ethel Venables for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Short Serial Story Murder at the Paradise Hotel (Continued). In the Basement
NOW the two young men in flannels who appeared to own the Morris came out of the house and one of them said something to Jimmy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] Murder at the 'Paradise Hotel (Continued). Jimmy Explains
THE Manager (God bless him!) was holding an informal reception in his star chamber. Gwen was sitting nervously on the extreme edge of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Police on the London Model English Instructors Reshape Whole Force in the British Zone Former “B[?]g Four” Scotland Yard Chief Advises Greeks
Police chiefs from Britain are now running police schools in Germany, and much of the instruction is being based on methods employed in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court Driving Under the Influence
Oswald George Kelley, a g[?]azier, was charged at the Braidwood Police Court on Tuesday, before Messrs. M. J. Coffey and E. A. Farleigh, J'sP.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Ball
At the Police Ball to be held in the Star Theatre on Thursday next, there will be a waltzing competition for a prize of £3/3/-. Fred., Lawler’s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shore Aerial Story Murder at the Paradise Hotel (Continued). Things Work Out
HE took it out of his pocket and pushed it across the acres of mahogany into the hands of the Manager, who had been listening in,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Charged With Attempted Murder
Yesterday, at the Boorowa Police Court, Mrs. Elizabeth Smart, aged 40, housekeeper at a station homestead, was charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?]Rand Police Ball
This ball took place in the Bredbo Hall on Friday night last and was well attended. Everybody felt eager to make this ball, the first of its kind…
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The Police Ball held in the National Theatre on Wednesday night was an outstanding success. Door takings amounted to £67/9/-, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman For Trial on Attempted Murder Charge
Bail was refused by Mr. McElroy, P.M., when he committed Mrs. Elizabeth Smart (47) for trial on three charges of attempted murder at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Whose Money ? Court’s Decision
The incident of the loss of a large sum of money at the Queanbeyan Coursing Club’s meeting on May 26 last, again the subject of a…
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