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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1962

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

Theft From Railway Employee

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 January 1962 · page 1

Queanbeyan detectives are Investigating a theft from a Railway employees but in the Queanbeyan Railway…

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Police Report Quiet Holiday Period in the District

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 January 1962 · page 1

The holiday in Queanbeyan and district proved to be quiet and uneventful, with the tourist traffic down on previous years and no road accidents of a…

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Youths On Car Stealing Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 January 1962 · page 1

Prompt action by three young Queanbeyan police officers has resulted in two youths being arrested on a…

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Theft From R.s.l. Club

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 January 1962 · page 1

Thiefs last night forced entry to the Queanbeyan R.S.L. Club and stole a quantity of liquors, a small…

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Youths Released On Car Stealing Charges

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 January 1962 · page 2

Two Juveniles, charged in the Children’s Court at Queanbeyan On Wednesday with stealing a motor vehicle,…

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Young Man Went “Berserk” in Police Cell

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 January 1962 · page 5

A young man who was arrested for drunkenness on Saturday morning, January 13 went beserk in the…

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Traffic Censes at Queanbeyan Court Solicitor Criticises “Blind” Intersection

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 January 1962 · page 4

The intersection of Crest Road and Uriarra Road is one of the worst in Queanbeyan according to solicitor, Mr. R. A. Allport…

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Chased by Security Patrolman Petrol Stealing Brings £5 Fine

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 January 1962 · page 5

A man who was taken into custody on Sunday night by a patrolman of the Metropolitan Security Service in Queanbeyan, was lined £5 in the Court of Petty…

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Captain’s Flat Police Officer Promoted

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 February 1962 · page 3

Advice has been received that Senior Constable E. R. Causley, of Captain’s Flat, has been promoted to the…

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Man Charged Following Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 February 1962 · page 2

A man was charged on three counts, at the Queanbeyan Court this morning and remanded to appear at…

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No Funds For New Court House Here

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 February 1962 · page 1

Nothing conclusive has been decided in respect to either the provision of a new Court House in…

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Increase in business at Court House

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 February 1962 · page 1

Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions had another busy year in 1961, a total of 611 cases being dealt with by the visiting Stipendiary Magistrate…

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Police Boys’ Club Mr. Vic. Socogio elected vice-president

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 February 1962 · page 3

Queanbeyan man, Mr. Vic Sagacio, was elected to the position of senior vice-president of the Canberra…

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Three months gaol on stealing charge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 February 1962 · page 2

A young Canberra man was sentenced to three months gaol on Wednesday by Mr. I. T. Forrest, S.M., on a stealing charge…

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Theft of wheel spat results in £10 fine

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 March 1962 · page 5

As a result of stealing a wheel spat, Robert N. Beaver, of Tharwa Road, was fined £10 by Mr. I. T. Forrest,…

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Court cases will not be withheld

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 March 1962 · page 1

It is a frequent occurrence when the Court of Petty Sessions sits in Queanbeyan, for requests to be made to…

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“Brush” with police has court sequel

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 March 1962 · page 4

Three young men were fined a total of £21 in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, as the result of a “brush” with the police on February 23…

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Bungendore police drama

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 March 1962 · page 1

Queanbeyan and Bungendore police surrounded a vacant house at Bungendore on Sunday in a search for…

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Two fined £90 after police raid on Club

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 March 1962 · page 4

Fines totalling £90 were imposed on two in the Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, following a raid by police officers of 21 Division on a Monaro Street Club on…

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Three men fail to appear in court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 March 1962 · page 4

Three men failed to appear at the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday to answer…

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