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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1957

48 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3

Not Guilty of Assault

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 June 1957 · page 1

Samuel Thomas Shannon of Dodsworth Street, Queanbeyan, was acquitted on two charges…

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Working-bee at Methodist Tennis Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 June 1957 · page 1

The recently reformed Queanbeyan Methodist Tennis Club will hold its first working bee tomorrow to get the…

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£700 Theft From Local Bookmaker

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 June 1957 · page 1

Queanbeyan police, under the supervision of Detective Blissett of Cooma, are carrying out…

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Queanbeyan Men at Canberra Traffic Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 June 1957 · page 1

A heavy fine for speeding was imposed on a Queanbeyan motor cyclist by Mr. F. C. Keane, S.M., at the Canberra…

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Heavy Court Lists After Visits by Police Patrolmen

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 June 1957 · page 1

The result of more regular visits of police motor traffic patrol-men to Queanbeyan was evident in the long list of traffic cases set down for hearing before Mr. F. Spence, S.M., at the Queanbeyan Petty Sessions on Wednesday…

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Boys’ Society Hears Lecture by Police Sgt

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 July 1957 · page 2

Highlight of last week’s meeting of the Church of England Boys’ Society were an interesting talk by Sergeant Head…

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Local Drivers In ACT Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 August 1957 · page 3

Several Queanbeyan and district drivers faced traffic charges before Mr. P. C. P. Keane at the Canberra Court…

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Repairs To Court House Are Approved

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 August 1957 · page 1

Maintenance works have been approved by the Minister for Justice (Mr. W. P. Sheahan) for Queanbeyan Court…

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Local Driver Fined £18 in Canberra Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 August 1957 · page 1

A Queanbeyan motorist was ned. £18 in the Canberra Petty Sessions last week for being in charge of a motor vehicle…

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Purse and Money at Police Station

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1957 · page 1

A small purse containing money is on hand at the Queanbeyan police station, awaiting to be claimed by the…

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Traffic Charges at Local Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1957 · page 1

A number of charges against traffic offenders were dealt with by Mr. C. S. Rodgers SM, at the Queanbeyan Petty Sessions on Wednesday…

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Father & Son on Stealing Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 August 1957 · page 1

Two Canberra men were convicted on stealing charges when they appeared before Mr. G. S. Radgers S.M., in the Queanbeyan Petty Sessions on Wednesday…

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Three Youths’ Appear Before Canberra Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 September 1957 · page 1

Three Queanbeyan youths, charged with stealing tyres, tubes wheels and a gearbox were remanded in the…

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Youth Charged with Illegally Using Vehicles

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 September 1957 · page 1

A 17 years old Crookwell youth was charged at the Queanbeyan police station yesterday with illegally using…

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Youths Appeal Against heavy Gaol Sentence

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 September 1957 · page 1

Two Queanbeyan youths have been granted leave to appeal against the severity of a three months’ gaol sentence imposed on them at the Canberra Petty Sessions on…

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Money Awaits Owner at Police Station

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 September 1957 · page 1

A sum of money in a spectacle case is awaiting an owner at the Queanbeyan police station…

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£10 Fine for Stealing Coat

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 September 1957 · page 2

A man who claimed to have found a boy’s overcoat in the Showground three months after it was reported missing,…

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Men Fined for Stealing Petrol

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 October 1957 · page 2

Stealing four gallons of petrol cost one Queanbeyan man £25 and two Queanbeyan men £15 each when they appeared before Mr. F. C. P. Eeane in the Canberra…

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Men Charged After Fata Road Smash

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 October 1957 · page 1

A cyclist was killed in the Queanbeyan district’s only accident over the holiday weekend and two men face serious charges as a result of the accident…

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Man Sent to Gaol for Damaging Car

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 October 1957 · page 1

A Queanbeyan man was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment with hard labour by Mr. F. C. P. Keane in the Canberra Court yesterday…

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