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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

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

"Trials" of a Grazier Fine Reduced at Jubilee Court

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 4

The "trials" of a grazier were re-vealed in all their piteousness when a defendant at Tumbarumba's recent Jubilee Court of Appeal answered a…

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Double Murder Charge Migrant Before Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 2

In the Kandos Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, Eror Djoro , 20 , a Yugoslav, was charged with the double murder of a man and woman on…

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Healey Sentenced To Prison

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 1

The General Secretary of the apparently blowing off snow. Many Healy, was sentenced yesterday to six weeks imprisonment and also…

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Sheep Stealing Charge £30 Fine

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 3

[?] Mr. A. J. Paton S. M. on Wednesday at the Queanbeyan court of petty Sessions , Lloyd Edwin Thomas Crane of Bungendore was…

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Murder in Hotel

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 2

At Weilongong on Wednesday, the Deputy Coroner, Mr. W. S. Musgrave, committed for trial three Hungarians on a charge of having murdered…

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Died in Gaol Marshal Petain PARIS, Monday,(A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 1

Marshal Petain, 95, dictator of Vichy France, died early to-day in prison on the lie d’Yeu, off the French west coast. His wife and lawyer spent the…

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Sheep Stealing Charge. Bungedore Grazier Fined [?]

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 1

Before Mr. A. J. Paton, S.M., at the last Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions, Lloyd, Edwin Thomas Crane, [?] Bungendore, was charged with…

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Fined £10 for Stealing

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 4

At Cooma Court of Petty Sessions last week John Frederick Anderson, who had been previously employed at Balmain’s Garage, Cooma, as a general…

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“Monkey In a Cage” Objectos in Police Truck

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 4

A resident of Cooma, Neil John Arrold, who was arrested by the police on 13th July on a charge of offensive behaviour, strongly objected to being…

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Brickleyer on Murder Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 3

In the Central Court Sydney, yes today, Mr. M. Austin, S.M., remanded Philip Smith, 23, bricklaye, of Union Street, [?] Point, untill August…

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Paik of Skates Is a Vehicle Ruling of London Magistrate

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 4

A London Magistrate held that a pair of roller skates was a "vehicle" under the British Road Traffic Act and that a hey on roller states could not…

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Traffic Offenders Many Fined in Goulburn Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 2

Special sittings of Goulburn Court of Petty. Sessions were held last week to deal with traffic offenders, Mr. Mr J. MeCauley, S.M, being on the Bench…

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To Combat Sheep Stealing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 2

Ten detectives are doing a special couse at Sydney Technical College and will be. later sent to the country areas to combat sheep and…

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Tried To Help His Mate Finishes Up in Police Court

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 2

Before Mr. Paton, S.M. at Braidwood Court of Petty Sessions on Friday. a Mongarlowe man. Osley Mervyn Leo Casey, was charged with offensive…

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Used Bad Language to Police Aftermath of Rumpus at a Cafe

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 2

A Captain's Flat man, Joseph Davis was before the Court of Petty Session at Braidwood on Friday last, change with offensive behaviour. He pleaded…

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Constable Not Guilty of Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1951 · page 2

In Sydney this week a Criminal Court jury found Terrance Heffernan, 23, constable, not guilty of the murder of his father, Lawrence Charles…

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Murder Incorporated Dramatic Scene at Goulburn Meeting

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 August 1951 · page 4

A most dramatic and at the same time a caustic condemnation of Communism happened at a recent Goulburn meeting held by Rev. Dr. P. J. Ryan…

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Captain's Flat Assault Charges Wife's Evidence Not Admis-sible

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1951 · page 1

Judge J. G. [?] at the last Cooma Quarter Sessions told the jury to return a formal verdict of "Not Guilty" when he ruled that the wife's…

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Court in Hospital

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 September 1951 · page 3

In Wollongong Hospital yesterday, At the bedside of critically injured Kevin O’Day, a special court remanded Maxwell William Webb,…

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District Court Four Cases Listed: Not One Proceeded With. Judge Berne Has Easy Day

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 2

There were four cases set down for hearing at the District Court at Braidwood last week, but not one of them was proceeded with the whole sitting…

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