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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

93 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 5

Son Hits Mother with Stick Month’s Gaol Imposed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 2

At the Burwood Police Court yesterday, Leon Feeder, labourer, aged 29, pleaded guilty to a charge of having assaulted his mother, Ivy Freeder, in…

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Duke’s Gift to Police

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 3

A horse which has been presented to the Police Department by the Duke of Gloucester was despatched from Queanbeyan on Saturday. On arrival…

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Man Drove Under Influence Damaged Police Truck

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 1

At the Court of Petty Sessions this morning, before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., Aubrey Claude Butcher pleaded guilty to driving a utility truck while…

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Alleged Stealing Man Fined £13

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 2

Most of the time at the Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday was occupied with the hearing of a Charge of stealing against Donald George…

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Duke’s Gift to Police

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 3

Sir,—I’m pleased to read in Tuesday’s issue of your authentative journal that a horse has been presented to the Police Department…

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Smart Work by Local Police End of a Week-end Holiday

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 2

A smart piece of work was carried out by Constable Servers at Braidwood on New Year's Eve, when he was responsible for the apprehension of two…

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Police Court Language Case

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 2

At the Braidwood Police Court on Thursday last, before Messrs K. Astill and F. Rex, J's.P., William. Stephenson was charged with having used indecent…

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Former NSW Cabinet Minister On Murder Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 3

Thomas John Ley, 66, company director, former Minister for Justice in a NSW Government, and a member of Federal Parliament,…

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Mother on Murder Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 2

Mrs. Jean Ethel Wright, 31, of Strathfield, was committed for trial by the Burwood Coroner on Wednesday on a charge of having…

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Mudie Murder Ex-Minister on Trial LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 1

The first witness called in the case in which a former N.S.W. Minister for Justice, Thomas John Ley, is charged beside Lawrence John…

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Stealing Charges

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 1

Before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., at the Court of Petty Sessions this morning, Colin South pleaded guilty to two charges of stealing…

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Theft of Wool Man Bound Over

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 3

Pleading guilty to a charge of stealing 23lb. of wool from a Braidwood resident on December 7, Darcy John Hart was bound over to be of good…

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Worthless Cheques Lead to Gaol Business Firms Defrauded

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 2

A 34-year-old man who claimed that he had received only three months schooling and was practically illiterate, was sentenced on Monday to two…

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Popular Police Officer Promoted

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 2

Sergeant Les Caine, who has only recently transferred from Captain's flat to Hay, has just received notice of his transfer as Senior…

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Fatal Accident Police Constable Dies

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 1

While out on patrol duty on his motor cycle, with side-car empty, last Thursday, Constable Clement Kitchener Bloomfield, of Michelago,…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery Two Men Acquitted

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 2

At Goulburn Quarter Sessions on Tuesday last, before His Honour, Judge Berne and a jury of 12, Jack Goodwin and Leslie Adams were acquitted…

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Fatal Accident Police Constable Dies

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 2

While out on patrol duty on his motor cycle, with side-car empty, last Thursday, Constable dement Kitchener Bloomfield, of Michelago, was…

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Three Months’ Gaol for Assaulting Police

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 1

Arising out of the street disturbance in Queanbeyan on February 8, several soldiers were before Mr. Brooke, P.M., this morning at the local Court of…

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Negro Lynched White Men Force Gaol GREENVILLE, South Carolina Tuesday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 1

An armed mob of thirty-five white men lynched a negro whom they had seized from, goal overpowering the goalor…

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Gaol Sentence Illegally Used Motor Cars

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 2

At Canberra Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, Arthur M. Will, Alfred R. Brown and James C. Kelly pleaded guilty to four charges of…

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