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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

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

District Court McCARRON v. Stutchbury Verdict for Plaintiff

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 1

At last District Court at Braidwood, before His Honour, Judge O'Sullivan, Robert McCarron sued Walter Thomas Stutchbury for £109/9/4, for goods sold…

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Move for More Traffic Police

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 4

the N.R.M.A. expresses pleasure at the announcement by the Minister for Transport (Mr. Sheehan) that he will ask for more traffic police in an…

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Resented P.M.'s Remarks at Braidwood Court So Permit Officer Resigned

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 1

Remarks made by Mr. A. J. Paton, S.M., in the Braidwood Court last month have led to the resignation or a Bungonia Permit…

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Police Sergeant Farewelled

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 4

Sergeant Jim Smith, who has been transferred from Corrimal to Leichi [?]ardt, was farewelled at a "smoko," organised by a committee of ten…

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Theft of Motor Vehicles

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 4

Motorists demand stronger Government action to remove the curse of the car thief from the community, said Mr. H. E. Richards, general secretary…

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Theft Of Motor Vehicles

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 3

Motorists demand stronger Government action to remove the curse of the car thief from the community, said Mr. H. E. Richards, N.R.M.A,…

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Police Control of Motorists

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 4

A small section of motorists are objecting to the proposal for the appointment or more traffic police, said Mr. H. E. Richards. N.R.M.A. general…

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Alleged Ringing-in of Dog Two Men Charged

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 February 1952 · page 2

Two men Arthur Raymond Lane, registered bookmaker and falter James Hinman, builder, were Charged before Mr. Soiling, CM., in…

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FINED £10 For Stealing a Purse

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 2

At Wednesday’s Court of Petty Sessions in Queanbeyan, before Mr. A. J. Paton, S.M., William Robert Gibson pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing…

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More Police Traffic Patrols

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. expresses keen satisfaction at the announcement by Mr. Sheahan, Minister for Transport. that 20 extra police will be…

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More Police Traffic Patrols

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1952 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. expresses keen satisfaction at the announcement by. Mr. Sheahan, Minister for Transport, that 20 extra police will be allotted for…

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Tennis Court Lighting

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1952 · page 1

At last Shire meeting the Clerk referred to the above matter. Mr. And[?]n had promised to come along to discuss this with Council. The…

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Murder Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 2

Detectives on Sunday went to a house in a lonely area of Boat Harbour near North Cronulla Beach, and arrested a man and a woman whom they…

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Five Months’ Gaol For Assault

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

At the A.C.T. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Benedykt Jasiorek, a Polo, was charged with assaulting and occasioning actual bodily harm…

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Gaol For IIIegal Use of Bicycle

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

They are making things hot for cyclists at Canberra, many cyclists having been fined for not having lights on their bikes at night. But…

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Eucalyptus Oil Theft Braidwood Case at Goulburn Quarter Sessions

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

Two New Australians who lost all their possession whilst fighting bushfires in the Braidwood district appeared in Goulburn Quarter Sessions…

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The Electoral Boys Get Tough. Enrol Correctly or Go to Court

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 2

The Gundagai "Independent" tells the story in the following breezy manner:— "The lads who compile and keep. electoral rolls up-to-date have decided ?…

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Five Years Gaol for Queanbeyan Man

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 2

In January last, Ivan Joseph McCauley was committed for trial on a charge of alleged attempt to strangle, with intent to commit…

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Five Years for Indecent Assault on Boy

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 2

At the Cooma Quarter Sessions this week before His Honour Judge O’Sullivan, Vincent Francis Bateup of Queanbeyan, was sentenced to…

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Murder Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 3

At Paddington Court yesterday, a Czech migrant, Miroslav Tumar 27, of Roslyn Gardens, Elizabeth Bay was charged with the murder of Alfred…

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