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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1961

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Canberra Police Seek Owners For Property Held

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 May 1961 · page 2

Owners are required for property held at the Canberra Police Station. This property includes a…

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Settlement Terms Not Disclosed By Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 May 1961 · page 1

A damages claim was settled by consent in the Queanbeyan District Court…

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Police Asked For Accident Statistics

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 May 1961 · page 2

Queanbeyan Municipal Council will be asked to supply accident statistics, if available, and to comment…

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Driver Charged After Police Cycle Collis

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 May 1961 · page 1

A motorist who collided with a motor cycle ridden by Safety Bureau Officer, Constable C. McLachlan in Uriarra Road on Friday night has been charged on…

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Eight Men Charged In Raids By 21 Division

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 May 1961 · page 1

Eight men were charged with betting offences in Queanbeyan on Saturday afternoon, following, a series of raids by officers of 21 Division, Sydney. Three men were charged as…

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Warning To Children: Theft Of Explosive

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 June 1961 · page 1

A quantity of blasting powder was stolen from a magazine at the…

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Workshop Incident Has Court Sequel

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 June 1961 · page 4

A fight in a Uriarra Road workshop on April 20 this year, had Its sequel in the Queanbeyan .Court of Petty Sessions, when Jury George Milevich, of Early…

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Six Months Gaol for Drunk Driving

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 June 1961 · page 4

Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. A. Fordyce, in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, sentenced a man to six months imprisonment with hard labour, on a charge of driving under the influence…

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Heavy Court List At Queanbeyan Sittings

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 June 1961 · page 1

The increasing amount of court work in Queanbeyan was indicated on Wednesday, when a total of 65 cases were listed for hearing before Mr. A. Fordyce, S.M., at the sitting of the Court of Petty Sessions…

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Local Man Charged After Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 June 1961 · page 1

As a result of an accident In Tharwa Road on Saturday day night, a Queanbeyan man has been charged with…

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Queanbeyan As Site For Police Radio Transmitter

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 June 1961 · page 1

Queanbeyan is one of a number of areas where it is proposed to established a police radio transmitter…

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Magistrate Airs Views On Belting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 June 1961 · page 2

It was unfortunate that certain facilities were not provided for country people to follow horse racing…

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Two Fined For Stealing Rum From Hotel

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 June 1961 · page 4

A day’s solid drinking which ended with a dozen bottles of rum being stolen from the Tourist Hotel, resulted in two men being fined in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, last week…

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Australian Rules Tigers Poised For Assault On Leading Teams

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 June 1961 · page 8

Queanbeyan Tigers, expected to benefit from the bye tomorrow, are poised to pounce on the leading teams in an effort to gain the vital second place in the…

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Captain’s Flat News Claims In Workers Compensation Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 July 1961 · page 6

Included In the list of matters for hearing in the Workers Compensation Court last week, were three concerning Captain’s Flat men…

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Monster Fete At Police Boys’ Club

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 July 1961 · page 1

On July 15, 1961, the Canberra Police Boys’ Club Parents and Friends’ Association, combined with the Ladies’…

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Theft From Tennis Club

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1961 · page 1

Thieves entered the Queanbeyan Park Tennis Clubhouse on Saturday night and stole an urn and…

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Ex-Sailor In Court After Farewell Party

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 July 1961 · page 4

A sailor who had resigned from the Navy at Harman, and had just left the customary farewell party appeared in court on Wednesday before Mr. A…

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Man Appeals Against Gaol Sentence

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 July 1961 · page 4

A Queanbeyan man, who was sentenced to six months’ hard labour in the Queanbeyan Court in June…

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Youth Charged In A.C.T. With Manslaughter

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 July 1961 · page 1

A 19-year-old Queanbeyan youth was remanded to August 7 when he appeared in the Canberra Court of…

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