Backyard Murder
Following the finding of the body of William Toom, of Menai, in the back yard of an Arncliffe house on 22nd February, Ronald W. Simpson and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1952
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Theft of Motor Vehicles
The N.R.M.A. will persist in its campaign for an amendment of the law to stamp out car thieving, especially so-called joy-riding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Migrant Charged Three Traffic Breaches Fines and Costs £73/6/
Remanded from last Court of Petty Sessions, Wasil Jurcyskyn, pleaded not guilty at Wednesday’s Court before Mr. A. J. Paton, S.M., to a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Australians Differ Assault Charges Follow
Most of the time of the local Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday last, was taken up with the hearing of assault charges. these…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goes to Gaol On Principle
Charged with discharging a firearm! near a street, Claude Milton Luck, a Bathurst poultry farmer, was fined £5 with 12/- costs, in default 12 days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Escapee Sentenced to Ten Months
In Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions on Monday. Wilfred Basil Blake, 23, who had escaped from a Victorian penal settlement, was sentenced to 10…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan Court House
During the past few weeks the exterior and interior of the Queanbeyan Court House have received a “face Hft.” The roof and guttering have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Wonder What's a Foot
A Los Angeles message says that San Jose (California) officials announced recently that ballet classed will be compulsory at the State Police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Top Murder Novel
“Lightning Strikes Twice,” the Warner Bros murder drama which opens to-morrow night at the Star Theatre, and is based on a novel of suspense by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Court House
Renovations and painting are still being carried out in the Queanbeyan court House and last Wednesday the court-room was not ready for use…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Stop Wedding
Among recent reforms in India is the raising of the marriage age, from 12 to 14 years, for girls, One of the first to invoke this amended law was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bankruptcy Court
There was no appearance of W. L. Bradley when his name was called for his public examination set down for the above Court at Braidwood last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General Small Debts Court
There was no appearance of a man, Kolinowski, when his name was called at the above Court at Braidwood on Friday last. He was being proceeded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Recent Car Theft
It has been reported that the two youths who took the car from Wallace Street last week, both of them about 14 years old, drove as far as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Armed Police Guard Over Diamonds
At what has been called "the greatest-ever Diamond Display"—the recent International Diamond Exhibition held in Holland—the exhibits were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shared Bottle of Whiskey Man Charged with Driving Under the Influence
At the last Braidwood Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. Pocock, S.M., E. Henricks faced a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicating…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Assault Charge Man Bound Over
At Wednesday’s Court of Petty Sessions, Dorothy Maud Peck proceeded against Amos George Thompson on a charge of assault. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of Girl Soldier Charged
Yesterday police arrested Gilbert Ryan, 23,. cook of E. Coy., 13th National Service Battalion, Ingleburn, and later charged him with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →P.p. Board Loses Rabbit Case at Moss Vale Court
A Camden fanner appeared before Mr. Tuncheon, S.M., at the last Moss Vale Court of Petty Sessions, charged with having failed to suppress rabbits,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Embezzlement Charge Former Acting Crown Lands Agent in Court
A man acting ta Crown Lands Agent at Braidwood from April to September last year had embezzled £18/12/6, Goulburn Police…
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