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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

111 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 6

Court of Petty Sessions Man on Four Charges

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 1

At the local Court of Petty Sessions this morning, before Mr G.C Hook, S.M., Alan Frederick Fitzgerald was charged with being drunk and…

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Police Activities

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 2

Action by Police against motorists in the southern districts was of a strict nature during 1947. According to figures released by Superintendent J. C…

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Poison in Milk Alleged Attempt to Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 2

In the Box Hill (Vic.) Court yesterday, Ronald Sibbard Muir, 18, was committed for trial on a charge of having administered poison to his…

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Murder Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 2

Yesterday at Redfern Court, William James Marshall, 23, was remanded without bail, till January 19, on a charge of having murdered…

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Alleged Murder of Woman

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 2

Harry Elrington, 85-year-old pensioner, was charged in Balmain Court yesterday with the murder of Mary Ann Poskar, 75…

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Young Soldier Convicted on Assault Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 3

Convicting a young soldier on an assault charge, Mr. Hook, S.M., in the Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, warned him not to “carry out…

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Miner's Outburst in West Wyalong Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 1

William Turner, miner of Kikiora, was at the West Wyalong Police Court on Monday, sentenced to seven days hard labor on a charge of having no…

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Stolen Fountain Pen Brings One Month’s Gaol

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 2

At this morning’s Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. G. C. Hook, S.M., Maxwell Wilson Hamlin, was charged with stealing, one fountain pen, valued…

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Alleged Assault

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 4

On Tuesday, at Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. Hook, S.M, Joyce Madeline Patterson proceeded against Albert R. Patterson on…

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Arrest of 1100 By Indian Police New Delhi, Friday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 1

Eleven hundred Hindu extremists have been arrested in the Dominion in a wide police round up since Ghandi’s assassination…

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The Currandooley Stealing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 2

Charged with stealing £304 from a Bungendore grazier, a young man was remanded at Goulburn Police Court until next Monday…

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A Month’s Gaol for Stealing Trousers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 1

At this morning’s Court of petty Sessions, before Mr. G.C. Hook, S.M., John Stephends was charged with stealing a pair trousers the property…

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Assault Charge Man to Bay £14/16/-

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 2

Arising out Of an incident in Monaro; Street on January 24, Dudley N.Hopkins was charged with assaulting George William Melville and occasion…

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District Court Appeal Against Fine Recognisance Substituted

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 2

The sittings of the District Court. presided over by His Honour, Judge Neid at Queanbeyan yesterday, were of Short duration, four matters being…

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Costly Assault Young Man Fined

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 2

At the local Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday, before Mr. G. C. Hook, S.M., Dudley Hopkins was charged with assaulting George W…

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Man for Trial Theft of Money From Currandooley

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 3

Last Monday, Mr. Q. C. Hook, S.M., had before him at-Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions, a young man named Frank Weston Werry…

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The Braidwood Gaol Escapees

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 2

On Wednesday evening last a telegram was received by Sub-Inspector Hitch from Constable Wren notifying that he had found one of the prisoners…

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Warden's Court

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 1

Charles Douglas Stalker, miner, Hurstville, in the Warden's Court at Braidwood on Thursday, applied for suspension of labour conditions on…

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Three Months’ Gaol For Breaking Window

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 2

At Tuesday’s Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. G. C. Hook, S.M., Thomas Reilly was charged with maliciously damaging one plate…

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Canberra Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 4

Pleading guilty to a charge of pretending to be a Doctor of Medicine Charles Martin, 26 male nurse, was fined £40, in default 80 days’ har…

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