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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

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

Detention of Goods Court Order Mode

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 July 1946 · page 1

At Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday last, before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., John Cranswick proceeded against Clive Kelly of…

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Another Tennis Court on Recreation Ground

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 2

At last Shire meeting a letter was read from the secretary of the Wanderers Tennis Club asking for permission to erect a third tennis court,…

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Boyd Sinclair Brought Before Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 2

After the elapse of ten years, Boyd Sinclair came before the Central Criminal Court to defend a charge that on September 24, 1935, he murdered…

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Tennis Wanderers Build New Court

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1946 · page 4

After approval was received from the Shire Council to build the third tennis court in the recreation ground, and Council's permission to use the…

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Police Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 3

At Tuesday’s Court of Petty Sessions three defendants, Patrick Tankey Thomas Michael Carroll and Leo Conroy, forfeited their recognisances of…

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Osaka Gaol Breaks Five This Year OSAKA, Tuesday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 1

Police yesterday foiled the mass escape of several hundred prisoners from Osaka gaol. Two hundred escaped on Sunday under the fire…

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The Matraville Murder

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 August 1946 · page 2

Keith Hope, alias Beckett (23), wanted for questioning in relation to the shooting of Detective Ahearn at Matraville last Sunday, arrived in…

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Police and Jews Clash

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 August 1946 · page 2

A number of Jews were injured when police made a baton charge to prevent a large crowd from storming the Haifa Port area This incident…

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Gaoled For Stealing Wallet

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 3

Following a charge at Queanbeyan Police Court on Tuesday, Norman Clarence Adams appeared at Canberra Court on Wednesday on a…

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Court Of Petty Sessions Before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M.

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2

Herbert Vincent Gallagher, pleaded guilty through Mr. E. R. Boardman, to a charge of using indecent language…

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Shocking Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1946 · page 2

One of the most horrible crimes in Australia’s history occurred near Bulli on Wednesday night, when a maniac killed a man, incinerated…

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Murder Charge for Nurse

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 2

Veronica Iris Gollan (25), nurse, of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, who has been charged with murder, was present in Court to-day when the…

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Third Suicide Attempt Gaol Guard’s Timely Discovery CHICAGO, Friday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 1

A guard going on duty at 1 a.m. found William Heirens, 17-years-old University student, who had pleaded guilty to three murders, hanging in a…

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Warden's Court

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 3

The following cases were dealt with on Thursday last before the Warden. Mr. T. H. Brooke:— Glen Innes Dredging (No Liability)…

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Police Insulted Two Youths Fined

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 4

Two Queanbeyan youths who were charged at the Goulburn Police Court with using insulting words to the police pleaded not guilty and…

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Yugoslav Court's Heavy Sentence BELGRADE, Wednesday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 6

William Wedge, a night watchman the American Embassy, wag sentenced yesterday to eight years hard labour for killing a…

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Stealing Charges Young Man [?]

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 2

Recent robberies at various places in the town resulted in the appearance at Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions this morning of Phillip George…

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Drastic By-laws Gaol, Fines Provided

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 September 1946 · page 4

The State Government on Friday night introduced the most drastic fire prevention regulations in the history of New South Wales…

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Court of Petty Sessions

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 September 1946 · page 1

Before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M. Last Tuesday Joseph Neuss pleaded guilty to stealing a quantity of fruit the property of John Borg…

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Republican Suspects Arrested by Spanish Police MADRID, Tuesday (A.A.P

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 September 1946 · page 1

Spanish authorities arrested a number of persons at Saragossa, suspected of forming a military organisation connected with the…

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