Alleged Sheep Stealing
A stir was caused in Braidwood dining the holidays at the report that an alleged case of sheep stealing had been discovered to a nearby village…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1946
106 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 6
Murder of P.O.W. Death Penalty on Four Japanese LABUM, Borneo, Thursday (A.A.P.)
An Allied Court has sentenced to death four Japanese for the murder of British and Australian prisoners ay Kuching…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court Over Indulged
Most of the charges at the local Court of Petty Sessions this morning, before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., concerned offences during the holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jap. to Hang “Mass Murder” of Aussies LABUAN (Borneo)
Captain Takakuma, responsible for the deaths of 824 prisoners of war in Sandakan camp (Borneo) to-day was sentenced to death by hanging at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday's Police Court
Commencing at 1.30 p.m., business did not conclude till 5 p.m. The case against Frank Raymond for maliciously attempting to discharge a loaded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Safety Campaign
Sydney motoring organizations express satisfaction at the police decision to resume their full road safety campaign, but appeal to the police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Police Safety Campaign
Sydney motoring organisations express satisfaction at the police decision to resume their road safety campaign, but appeal to the police chiefs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ex-Servicemen for the Police Force
The possibility of allowing ex-servicemen to join the police force, even though they were over the prescribed age for enlistment, was…
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The possibility of allowing ex-servicemen to Join the police force, even though they were ever the prescribed age for enlistment, was referred to in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Braidwood Fires Man Gets Three Years’ Gaol
On Tuesday, a native of Braidwood, William Charles Gourlay, 34, married, with a family of 10 children, was sentenced to three years’…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Braidwood's Fire Bug Three Years' Gaol For Gourlay
A native of Braidwood, William Charles Gourlay, 34. married, with a family of 10 children, was on Tuesday sentenced to three years' imprisonment by Judge Berne at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions on three charges of maliciously setting fire to buildings, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Campaign Against Hotels
N.S.W. licencing Police propose immediately to compel hotelkeepers to provide accommodation and meals for the public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Notes and News Attempted Burglary at Araluen
During the holidays and while Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Izzard were absent from the school residence, an attempt was made to break into the building. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Moss Murder By Japs
In a shallow grave on a lonely island off the coast of Bougainville, the remains of an entire British artillery, posted missing since the fall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mass Murder by Japs
A whole regiment of British artillery posted missing since the fall of Singaport was murdered and buried in a mass grave on a lonely island off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fined £30 for Stealing a Bicycle
Another appeal which came before His Honour was that of Henry M. Metcalfe, who had pleaded guilty to stealing a bicycle, but appealed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Judge’s Warning In Appeal Cases Young Theft of Blanket
An appeal lodged by Thomas R. Dalliston, former leading porter at Young railway goods shed, against a suspended sentence of one month’s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Kiosk Murder
Women some of whom had waited two hours for the doors to open, again rushed for seats in the tiny public gallery at the City Coroner's Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mail Fraud Legislator-Mayor Sentenced WASHINGTON, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
The Federal Court sentenced a member of the House of Representatives, James Curley, who is also mayor of Boston, to six months’ and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Kiosk Murder
At the inquest into the death of Mrs. Wicks to-day Ronald Douglas Morris (26), journalist, was committed for trial. Earlier Richard Gadd…
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