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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1961

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

Police Make Enquiries Into Death

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 January 1961 · page 1

Queanbeyan police are conducting enquiries into the death of Alfred Claude (Mick) Hurst, who was…

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Police Report One Of The Quietest Holiday Periods

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 January 1961 · page 1

Queanbeyan police report the Christmas and New Year holiday period to have been one of the quietest yet experienced in the district. From Christmas Eve until last night, not one accident of any…

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Police Active Against Illegal parking

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 January 1961 · page 5

Just prior to Christmas, Queanbeyan police submitted a total of 61 breach ports concerning parking…

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Committed For Sentence On Stealing Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 January 1961 · page 4

As the result of the theft of £37 worth of good from “Carl’s Inn“ on the Federal Highway on December 22…

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Magistrate Critical of Young Motorists Queanbeyan Streets Used As Speedway

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 January 1961 · page 1

“Far too many young people in Queanbeyan are getting into cars and using the streets either as a speedway or as a trial ground.” This was stated in the…

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Theft From Dactor’s Home

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 January 1961 · page 1

Queanbeyan police are conducting enquiries into theft’s from the home of Dr. N. Griffiths, in…

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“Flat” Road Not One for Drunken Drivers Magistrate’s Opinion

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 January 1961 · page 4

Mr. A. Fordyce, S.M. told a man in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions recently that the Captain’s Flat road was not one on which a man should be…

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Man in Court on Stabbing Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 February 1961 · page 1

A man was remanded to appear at the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on February 22, when he appeared before Mr. D. G. Hughes, J.P. on a malicious…

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Allegations Of Assault Unsupported

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 February 1961 · page 4

“Two or three minutes later, Mick came back and fell the side of the house.” LYING ON THE GROUND…

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Queanbeyan Youth Charged With Assault

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 February 1961 · page 2

A 15-year-old Queanbeyan youth, appeared in the Canberra Children’s Court yesterday, charged…

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“Speed The Trouble,” Says Magistrate

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 February 1961 · page 5

Following a collision between a motor cycle and a vehicle the cyclist Ziatto Stefek, of Charles' Street…

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Two-year Bond for Indecent Assault

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 March 1961 · page 5

A man who suffered from blackouts and nervous tension resulting from injury on active service, was placed on a £100 two-year good behaviour bond, for…

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Gaoled For 12 Months On Charge Of Stealing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 March 1961 · page 6

Milan Miletic, of Hillside Hostel, Canberra, was sentenced to 12 months’ hard labour [?] Cooma Quarter…

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Police To Move On Illegal Raffles And Competitions

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 March 1961 · page 1

Queanbeyan sporting bodies and charitable organisations will be severely handicapped in their fund-raising efforts if police carry out their intention…

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Three Men Sentenced To Terms In Gaol

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 March 1961 · page 4

Gaol Sentences were imposed on three men who appeared before Mr; F. Murphy, S.M., on various charges in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday. A fourth man was…

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Scuffle In Main Street Has Court Sequel

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 March 1961 · page 4

A scuffle resulting from an argument between several airmen and local hoodlums, had its sequel in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions last week. One of the airmen,…

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Hospital Board Plans Court Action On Fees Due

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 March 1961 · page 1

Outstanding patients’ fees are still causing a great deal of concern to directors and officials of the Queanbeyan District Hospital…

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“Flat” Court, In Session OnThursday

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 April 1961 · page 6

Four cases have been set down for the Captain’s Flat Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday…

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Fined £15 On Stealing Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 April 1961 · page 2

A young man who was only arrested oil Wednesday was fined £15 and ordered to pay £3 compensation…

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Youth Fined £5 On Charge Of Assault

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 April 1961 · page 3

At the Captain’s Flat Court last Thursday, William Richard Legg, 21, a former resident of the…

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