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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

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

Murder Charge Shearer For Trial

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 4

Yesterday the Bathurst Coroner, Mr. K. M. Dash, S. M., committed Ronald Newman Cribbin, 21, shearer, of Hawthorn, Victoria, for trial on a…

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Builder's Claim Braidwood Man Loses Case in District Court. Deferred Judgment Favours Defendant

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 2

On Wednesday the parties In the action J. Vernon v. J. Musgrave, which was heard in the District Court at Braidwood last October, before His…

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Armidale Editor Ordered Out of Court Contempt Alleged by Magistrate

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 4

The Managing Editor of the "Armidale Express," Mr. R. L. Blake, was ordered from the Court of Petty Sessions by the Presiding Magistrate…

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Stole Overcoats From Cars Two Men Sent to Gaol

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 4

A man who gave his name as John Donnelly, and said he had walked from Sydney to Goulburn on his way to the Snowy River, was sentenced to six…

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"We Will Take Over This Country in Two Years" New Australian Fined in Vass Court

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 1

According to the prosecution, in the Vass Court last week, a New Australian boasted in the main street of Yass that in two years…

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Stock Stealing Organised Gang Operating on a Large Scale

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 2

An organised gang in the western district was rustling stock on a large scale, Director H. Small reported to the last meeting of the…

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The Astor Flats Murder Shearer For Trial

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 2

The City Coroner, Mr. A. N. [?] yesterday committed Ronald Newman Cribbin, 21, shearer, of Hawthorn, Victoria, for trial in Central…

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Popular Police Officer Promoted

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 2

We congratulate our friend, Acting Inspector Lewis Leslie Caine, ol Wagga, on being promoted to Commissioned Rank. Both he and Mrs. Caine…

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Three Years Gaol Fired Shots at Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 2

At Armidale Quarter Sessions yesterday Judge P. V. Storkey, V.C. sentenced Raymond John Davidson storekeeper, of Ben Lomond, to…

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Theft of Motor Vehicles

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 2

Failure of the Government to get at grips with the problem of stolen motor vehicles is criticised by the N.R.M.A…

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Indecent Assault Charge Man Acquitted

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 4

In Goulburn Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, Judge Lamaro acquitted Frederick Albert Irving on an indecent assault charge…

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Taxi-Men Differ Assault Charge Follows

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 4

At last Wednesday’s Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. A. J. Paton, S.M., Ronald A. Mortlock proceeded against Jeffery D. Jones on a charge…

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Court of Petty Sessions Wednesday, March 7, 1951 Before Mr. A. J. Paton, S.M.

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 3

Two defendants, who were charged with drunkenness, failed to appear and forfeited their bail of 10/- each. They were Robert Reynolds and Norman H…

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Wanted to Overturn the Police Jeep Fixe for Ford

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 2

The other man in the above inciclent, (Michael James Ford, also of Captain's Plat, was charged with behaving in an offensive manner at the…

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Theft of Car Tyres

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

In view of the shortage of new tyre supplies, thieves are turning their attention to cars left in the streets, according to the N.R.M.A…

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Language and Assault

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 March 1951 · page 2

At the Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday afternoon, before Mr. A. J. Paton, S.M., Ivan McCauley appeared on charges of using…

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District Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 4

On Monday afternoon, His Honour, Judge G. J. J. O’Sullivan presided at the sittings which continued till about 9.30 p.m…

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Court of Petty Sessions

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 3

At the Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, before Mr. A. J. Pa ton, S.M., two defendants, John T. Grant and Godfrey G. Crawford, forfeited…

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More Traffic Police

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 8

The N.R.M.A. warmly applauds the decision of the Premier (Mr. McGirr) to approve can increase in the number of traffic police. Mr. A. Leslie, acting…

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