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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1965

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Gaol sentence for rail yard robbery Stockings Sold for 2/- a Pair

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 May 1965 · page 3

A man who turned 43 years of age on-Friday, spent his birthday in gaol after being…

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Queanbeyan Court Hearing Youth to stand trial for Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 May 1965 · page 1

In Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions this morning, a 16-year-old youth was committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney on a charge of murder…

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Police active against faulty tyres

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 May 1965 · page 4

Activity by Queanbeyan Police Safety Bureau officers against motorists who drive with faulty tyres is still…

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Theft from ’Flat Bowling Club

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 June 1965 · page 1

Thieves broke into the Captain’s Flat Bowling Club on Saturday afternoon and took about £6 in money…

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Popular Police Officer Farewelled

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 June 1965 · page 1

Const. Clive McLachlan (left) accepts a gift on behalf of his wife, from the Mayor of Queanbeyan, Ald. F. E. Land, at last Tuesday night’s farewell evening. Also pictured is the…

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Police Warn on Frosted Windscreens

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 June 1965 · page 1

Queanbeyan Police this week have been patrolling the Queanbeyan area early of a morning in an…

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Bouquet for police

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 June 1965 · page 1

Queanbeyan Road Safety Council president, Mr. Bill Green, on Friday night paid tribute to the Queanbeyan…

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Ex-parte hearings at Queanbeyan Court Nineteen fined £97 for traffic breaches

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 June 1965 · page 3

A total of £97 in fines was imposed on 19 motorists at last Wednesday’s Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions by Mr. D. G. Hughes, S.M. All matters were heard…

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Association dislikes court statement

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 July 1965 · page 4

Sir,— The Bungendore Progress Association, which met on Monday night last, passed a unanimous…

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Police catch ‘Peeping Tom’ Peered in motel window

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 July 1965 · page 6

A 41-year-old Queanbeyan man whom police found peering through a motel window on Tuesday night was fined £5 for offensive behaviour and £10 fir trespassing when he…

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Sequel to Police Raid Forty-two fined £170 for betting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 August 1965 · page 2

Following a raid on premises off Crawford Street, Queanbeyan, last Saturday afternoon-by local and district police,..42 men were fined total of £170 by Mr. J. Featherstone,…

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Labourer sentenced to 12 months gaol

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 August 1965 · page 3

A 31-year-old man who was told by the magistrate that if he didn’t change his habits, he would fee declared an habitual criminal, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment at…

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Minister in Queanbeyan Court buildings “depressing”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 August 1965 · page 1

The N.S.W. Minister of Justice, the Hon. J. C. Maddison, yesterday described the Queanbeyan Court House and Police Station as “depressing.”…

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Council depot petrol theft

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 August 1965 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council is concerned at the frequent. thefts of petrol from trucks parked in its…

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Woman’s purse snatched — boys in court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 August 1965 · page 2

Three juveniles were committed to an institution when they appeared in Queanbeyan Children’s Court…

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Police raid Queanbeyan premises

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 September 1965 · page 1

Police raided a house in Queanbeyan early this morning as a follow-up to raids on premises in…

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Police Raids on Two Premises

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 October 1965 · page 1

Five men were charged with betting offences following a raid by police on upstairs premises in a laneway…

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Police officer slightly Injured—man charged

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 October 1965 · page 1

A 58-year-old Queanbeyan labourer has been charged with driving whilst under the influence of intoxicating…

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Golfers Farewell Police Sergeant

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 October 1965 · page 2

About 100 members of Queanbeyan Golf Club and friends gathered at the club house last night to bid farewell to a three times committeeman of the club, Sgt. Keith Casimir…

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Small transistor at Police Station

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 October 1965 · page 1

Queanbeyan police still have in their possession a small transistor radio in a leather case, which was…

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