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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

82 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 5

Stock Inspector for Trial on Sheep Stealing Charge

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 4

Wagga Pastures Protection Board Stock inspector, Thomas Edmond Ryan, 58, was committed for trial on a charge of sheep stealing by Mr. A.V…

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Men Charged Lawler's Creek Tragedy

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 1

Arising out of the car accident at Lawler's Creek on Thursday, 30th June, in which a family party of seven was involved, two Main Road employees…

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Twelve Months' Gaol for Contempt of Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 3

In the Arbitration Court in Sydney yesterday, Mr. Justice Foster sentenced the general president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. I. Williams,…

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Stock Stealing in Captain's Flax District

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 4

At last meeting of the Braidwood P.P. Board a letter was read from the Yarrowlumla Shire Council, requesting the Board's co-operation in asking the…

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Deadly Assault on Freedom Treatt Attacks Press Ban Descries Rural Seats Reduction

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 3

New South' Wales Government has made its most deadly assault on democratic principles and freedom of the press in its bill to…

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Deadly Assault on Freedom Treatt Attacks Press Ban Decries Rural Seats Reduction

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 3

The New South Wales Government had made its most deadly assult on democratic principles and freedom of the press in its bill to ban publication…

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Drank Blood Victims Allegation at Murder Trial Plea of Insanity Lewes, Sussex, Tuesday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 1

John George Haigh, 39-year-old company director, murdered five women and four men,' drank their blood and dissolved their bodies in…

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Haigh Sentenced to Death

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 2

John George Haigh, 39, company director, was found guilty of the murder of Mrs. Olivia Durand-Deacon, an elderly wealthy widow,…

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Court of Petty Sessions

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 2

At the local sittings this morning, before Mr. A. J. Paton, S.M., Reuben Staples pleaded guilty to being drunk in Monaro Street on July 18…

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Canberra Court Breadcarter Sent to Gaol

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 3

At the Canberra Court yesterday, William Staffodd Hill, 27, breadcarter, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment' on five charges of fraudulently…

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Gaol Sentence Fob Wagga Stock Inspector in Sheep Stealing Case

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 2

Judge P. W. Berne, at the Wagga Quarter Sessions, suspended a two-year gaol sentence on Thomas Edmond Keith Ryan, 58, and placed him on a…

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Cowra Woman's Brutality To Small Stepson Child Deliberately Beaten and Tortured "Shocking State of Affairs" Says Magistrate

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 4

"A shocking state of affairs," was how the magistrate described the almost incredible brutality of a well-known Cowra woman towards her…

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Burglary

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2

For the second time in about 12 months the newsagency of Mr. John Gray in Crawford Street, Queanbeyan, has been broken into. It…

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Arbitration Court Ruling Captain's Flat Dispute

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 4

The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission in Sydney on Tuesday ruled that the Western District Coal and Shale Employees'…

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Gold Coast Mounted Police in London

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 4

The Governor’s Escort of the Gold Coast Mounted Police, who have been attending functions in London in connection with Colonial. Month, recently paraded in their full dress at Horse Guards Parade, London. During their parade the police were filmed by the Colonial…

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The Mongarlowe Party Woman's Jaw Smashed Costly Aftermath in Court

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 1

In the case in which Amy Madeline Seidel proceeded against Herman Adrian Seidel for unlawful assault, at last week's Court of Petty Sessions at…

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Tallaganda Shire Revision Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 2

PUBLIC NOTICE is given that a COURT for the purpose of REVISING the LISTS OF ELECTORS of the Shire of Tallanganda will be held at…

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"A Yankee in King Arthur's Court"

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 2

At this stage of his career, it hardly seems possible that Bing Crosby could improve on his performances in Paramount musicals of the past few years;…

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A Cool Theft

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1949 · page 2

On Friday night last Mr. C. C. Moss went outside from his home on the Wagga road just past Harefield and heard a considerable noise down the…

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Court of Petty Sessions

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 September 1949 · page 4

Three defendants, charged with drunkenness, failed to appear at Court and. the S.M. declared their recognisances, of 10/- each forfeited,…

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