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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1962

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Second police safety bureau officer approved

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 August 1962 · page 1

The Queanbeyan branch of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W. has been instrumental in obtaining another Public Safety Bureau Officer for the Queanbeyan District…

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Police action sought on frosty windscreens

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 August 1962 · page 7

The danger involved in motorists driving vehicles while their windscreens are covered in frost, was…

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Suspended gaol sentence on five stealing charges

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 August 1962 · page 4

A young man who pleaded guilty in, the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions, on Wednesday to five charges of stealing, was given a three months suspended gaol sentence by…

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Captain’s Flat News Three charges under Liquor Act dismissed Queanbeyan Court HEARINg

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 August 1962 · page 4

Three charges under the Liquor Act, concerning offences alleged to have been perpetrated at Captain’s Flat, were dismissed by Mr. T. Forrest, S.M., in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Friday…

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Vinegar sale has sequel in Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 August 1962 · page 4

A Captain’s Flat business man had a charge off offensive behaviour proved against him in the…

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“Peeping Tom” in Court Peerd through window of Lowe Street home

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 August 1962 · page 8

A man who admitted to peering through windows of house in Queanbeyan on a number of occasions, pleaded guilty in the Court of Petty Sessions last week to a charge of…

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Brush with police has court sequel

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 September 1962 · page 9

A Canberra man Was granted a bond oil one charge and fined on two others, al a recent sitting of the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions…

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Police strength increase not warranted

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 September 1962 · page 4

The N.S.W. Police Department does not consider any further increase in the strength of general duty…

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Victorian man collapses at police station

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 September 1962 · page 2

Whilst at the Queanbeyan Police Station yesterday morning at about 11 a.m., a Victorian man collapsed and…

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Failed to give way to police vehicle

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 September 1962 · page 8

A motorist who failed to. give way to a police vehicle at the intersection of George Street and…

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Struggle with police has sequel in court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 September 1962 · page 8

A man who appeared at the last sitting of the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions, on three charges, was remanded for psychiatric examination and possible treatment…

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Kerosene theft brings £10 fine

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 September 1962 · page 8

A man who was told he was going dangerously close to being sent to gaol was fined £10 at the last…

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Bravery award to Queanbeyan police officer

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 October 1962 · page 1

Const. Kevin Rafferty, of the Queanbeyan Police Force, was presented with with a Certificate of Merit…

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Police too good for Lions Club

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 October 1962 · page 2

In an indoor bowls match at the Bowling Club last night, the Police team proved too strong for the…

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Two fined £20 for £4 fruit theft

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 October 1962 · page 6

Two Queanbeyan men charged with having stolen fruit from a Canberra roadside stall on Sunday…

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Heavy fine imposed on youth following stealing conviction

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 October 1962 · page 10

A young man who appeared at the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday to answer two stealing charges, was fined a total of £50 and ordered to pay…

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Move for new Court House and Police Station Discussion in Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 October 1962 · page 1

This N.S.W. Government is investigating the provision of a new government building in Queanbeyan to house the Court House and ancillary offices, together with the police…

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Mow charged — pulled down Festival bunting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 November 1962 · page 2

A Canberra man has been charged at Queanbeyan Police Station with offensive behaviour, following an…

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Shearer fined for stealing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 November 1962 · page 8

A shearer, Anthony James Brunner, of 12 Bournemouth Street, Bundena, appeared at the Queanbeyan…

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Several court cases adjourned to January

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 November 1962 · page 7

Several cases listed for hearing before Mr. T. P, Burns, S.M., at the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, were adjourned to the January sitting of the Court…

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