Alleged Betting Office Raided 37 Persons Charged
Native Son might have proved a good bet for punters at Moorefield last Saturday, but a number of local and district residents were not so…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1946
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Stole Motor Car Two Men Before the Court
At the Goulburn Police Court yesterday morning two men from Captain’s Flat were severely dealt with by the P.M., Mr. T. H. Brooke,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaol In Lieu of Fine
Yesterday at the Special Federal Court, Sydney, for selling a bottle of Australian whisky on March 14, for £3, instead of 12/9, John Huxlin,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Telegraphic News Hanged in Gaol
A prisoner on remand at Long Bay Gaol on charges of stealing and having driven a car without a licence was found hanged in his cell early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Bluebeard Faces 33 Murder Charges PARIS, Monday (A.A.P.)
Dr. Marcel Petiot limped into the courtroom at Parlaiss Justice for the opening of the trial in which he is charged with at least 27 murders…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stealing Charges £35 in Fines
At the local Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday morning, before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., William Henry Wells was charged that on 12th March he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Indian Police Strikes Over Salaries and Rations New Delhi, Friday (A.A.P.)
About 100 policemen at Old Delhi went on a hunger strike yesterday, demanding increased salary and allowances. Members of Allahabad…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tito’s Allegation Allied Police Aiding Fascist Provocation BELGRADE, Monday (A.A.P.)
Allied police in Trieste are aiding Fascist provocation aimed at preventing Yugoslav control of Venezia Guilia, declared Marshall Tito, outlining his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Move to Re-open Braidwood District Police Stations
With more policemen becoming available stations closed during wartime exigencies should be re-opened, the member for Monaro (Mr. J. W…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Official Secrets Act Professor Charged and Committed for Trial MONTREAL, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
Doctor Raymond Bover, Professor at McGill University, was committed for trial on charges under the Official Secrets Act of communication of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nasty Reflection on Police
While residents of this district saw quite a lot of humour in the "Dally Telegraph's" ridiculous rustler story, there are others who see the serious…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kiosk Murder
The trial of Ronald Douglas Morris for the alleged murder of Mrs. Jeanette Wicks in what is known as the kiosk murder of January 2nd, was…
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When the trial of Douglas Ronald Morris (26), journalist, on a charge of having murdered Mrs. Jeanette Wicks on January 2 entered its fourth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Kiosk Murder
The "Kiosk Murder Case," in which Douglas Ronald Morris (26), Journalist, his charged with the murder of Mrs. Jeanette Wicks, aged 45, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Treason Trial 17 Rumanians Charged BUCHAREST, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
Marshall Andonescu, the former Rumanian dictator, with sixteen of associates, appeared before the People's Tribunal. charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General Popular Police Sergeant
Sergeant Les Caine, who has been in charge at Captain's Flat for the past seven and a half years, has been advised of his transfer to Hay. As…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Arrested For Murder of Crimes Investigators BATAVIA, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
It is announced Indonesian police arrested two Japanese and three Indonesians who are alleged to have murdered three Autralian War…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Potatoes Taken From Farm Man Charged With Stealing
At last Tuesday’s Court of Petty Sessions before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., Albert Horace Britton, for whom Mr. J. L. Maguire appeared and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic News the Kiosk Murder
The kiosk murder was "a foul deed," declared Mr. J. J. Kinkead, counsel for the defence, when he opened his address to the jury today in the case…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Captain’s Flat Police Court Man Committed For Trial
Last Friday at Captain’s Plat Police Court, Mr. J. McElroy heard two charges, one in which Thomas Hickey was charged with maliciously…
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