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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1955

70 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 4

Assault on Neighbor Cost Migrant £26

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 1

An assault on his next door neighbor cost Paul Carbone of Surveyor Street £25/17/- at Queanbeyan Petty Sessions…

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Man Charged with Serious Offence at Qbn

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 1

Queanbeyan police are enquiring into an allegation of criminal assault lodged by a 24-years old old Canberra girl at the Canberra…

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Police Picked a Good Day for It

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 1

WHO SAID “a policeman’ s lot is not a happy one? While mercur[?] scared into the 90‘ s early this week these Canberra police spent part…

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Children’s Squabble Ends in Free-for-all Sm Settles Court Tangle by Fining All Concerned

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 1

Called on to settle a dispute between two migrant families at Queanbeyan Petty Sessions yesterday the magistrate (Mr. A. C, Chick) advised both parties to come to some understanding about…

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Court Told of backyard Quarrel Storm in Teacup Says Magistrate

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 January 1955 · page 2

“This case should never have come to court.” said the magistrate (Mr. A. C. Chick) before he dismissed an action and cross-action involving two charges of assault and another of malicious…

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Pay Risies for Canberra Police

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 January 1955 · page 1

Salary increases for ACT police announced yesterday range from £1/7/6 a week for first year constables to £5/16/- for a senior…

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Family of Five in 2-room Garage Court Action Over tenancy of Temp. Dwelling

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 January 1955 · page 1

A garage at present being used as a dwelling by a family of five was the subject of a tenancy ejectment case before Mr. A. O. Chick, SM, at Queanbeyan Petty Sessions…

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Exorbitant Rentals Charged on Garages, etc. Prosecutions May Follow Orders for Tenants to Vacate Temp. Dwellings

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 February 1955 · page 1

Garages and other temporary dwellings occupied by tenants and not by owners must be vacated within one month of notice by Queanbeyan Municipal Council or prosecutions will be…

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Almost Drove Into Police Motor Cyclist

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 February 1955 · page 1

As a sequel to a near collision with a police motor cyclist, Eric Raymond Gassman of Curtis Street, Queanbeyan pleaded guilty to a charge…

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Bus Driver Charged with Capital Offence Magistrate Commits Quodling for Trial

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 February 1955 · page 1

Peter Henry Quodling, 27, of Kathleen Street, Queanbeyan, was committed for trial in the Supreme Court, Goulburn, on March 1, by Mr. A. O. Chick, SM, at…

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Three Men Charged with Assault Court Sequel to Midnight Fracas

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 March 1955 · page 1

As a sequel to a fracas outside a home in Meredith Street on January 27, six men appeared in an action at Queanbeyan Petty. Sessions on Thursday. The case was part heard…

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Police Warn Sunday Shooters

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 March 1955 · page 1

Queanbeyan police have issued a warning to Sunday shooters that prosecutions will follow any detected breaches of the law…

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More Police are Sought for Qbn

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 March 1955 · page 3

On behalf of the Queanbeyan Municipal Council, Mr. J. W. Seiffert, MLA, has made personal representations to the…

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Court Sequal to 1952 Accident Shire Council Loses Claim Damaged Tractor

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 March 1955 · page 1

A claim by Yarrowlumla Shire Council for damages against Mr. J. C. Jerrnyn, of Captain’s Flat, was rejected by a jury of four at Queanbeyan District Court on Wednesday…

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Italian Accused of Assault on Young Girl

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 March 1955 · page 1

An 18-year-old Italian [?] was committed for trial at Canberra petty sessions on Thursday on a charge of assaulting [?]…

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Placed on £20 Good Behaviour Bonds 3 Young Men Convicted of Assault

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 1

“You could all have been charged with more serious charges than you were,” the magistrate (Mr. A. O. Chick) told three men at Queanbeyan Petty Sessions on…

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Canberra Man on Stealing Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 March 1955 · page 2

A Canberra man appeared before Mr. A. O. Chick, SM, at Queanbeyan Petty Sessions on Wednesday on a charge of stealing £20…

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Assault Charge Dismissed S.M. Couldn’t Decide Who Started Fight

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 1

An assault charge, the sequel of a brawl which occurred in a Queanbeyan hotel on January 22, was dismissed by the magistrate (Mr. A. O. Chick) at Queanbeyan Petty Sessions…

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Unknown Hitchhiker Could Help Police Heavy Safe Stolen from West Qbn Post Office

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 April 1955 · page 1

Queanbeyan police investing the theft of a safe from the West Queanbeyan Post Office early yesterday morning are anxious to contact a man who was refused a [?] into Canberra by…

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