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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1968

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Public entitled to protection Magistrate critical of drivers who drink

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 August 1968 · page 3

“It is a most serious matter when a person is before a court on his third charge of driving under the influence in the last 11 years and at the same time holds no driving licence,” Mr. D. G. Hughes said in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty…

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Theft of school opal collection

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 September 1968 · page 1

An opal collection at Queanbeyan Primary School has been stolen from a display case during the school holidays,. Windows in the school…

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Motorist Sought by Police

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 September 1968 · page 5

Queanbeyan police are anxious to interview the driver of a Falcon vehicle and a female passenger…

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Man on Bond for Taking Police Car

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 September 1968 · page 5

A man who took a police car from the yard of Queanbeyan police station has been released on a bond by Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. D. G. Hughes…

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Magistrate : “Continual Few Drinks”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 September 1968 · page 3

A male and a female appeared before Mr. D. G. Hughes, SM in Queanbeyan Court of Petty…

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Magistrate’s warning Shoplifting Prevalent

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 September 1968 · page 7

“Shoplifting is prevalent and shopkeepers are entitled to protection ” Stipendiary Magistrate Mr. D. G. Hughes, said in Queanbeyan Court of Petty…

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Queanbeyan search Armed police at roadblocks

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 October 1968 · page 1

Armed Queanbeyan police are manning the night shift on a road block near Michelago as the hunt for the two men sought after a double killing in Sydney…

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Bored boy pleads guilty to murder

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 October 1968 · page 2

A 15-year-old Michelago Soy who pleaded guilty in Central Criminal Court last Thursday to a charge of murder, has been remanded until next Friday for sentence. he is William Robet…

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Ten Year Sentence for Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 October 1968 · page 1

In Central Criminal Court this morning a 15-year-old Michelago by was sentenced to 10 years…

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Police officer assaulted Motorist Is Fined $200

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 November 1968 · page 6

A Queanbeyan motorist who drove the influence of intoxicating liquor Canberra Avenue (ACT) and in Uriarra Road, then assaulted and resisted an…

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Police club seeks fodder donation

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 November 1968 · page 7

The Federation of Police-Citizens Clubs is seeking donations of wheat lucerne, hay or chaff to help the federation’s drought-stricken holiday…

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Court House compIex long way off

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 November 1968 · page 1

The Minister of Justice (Mr. J. C. Maddison) has advised that many other areas have precedent…

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Juveniles Charged with Theft

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 December 1968 · page 1

Queanbeyan police early on Sunday morning apprehended two juveniles following . the…

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Police warn on stealing from parked cars

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 December 1968 · page 7

Queanbeyan police have issued a warning to motorists to lock their vehicles when parking…

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Brothers cleared of stealing charges

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 December 1968 · page 7

Two brothers who took parts from a utility apparently abandoned in the bush off Tharwa Road have been cleared in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions…

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Resisted and assaulted police after arrest

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 December 1968 · page 5

A motorist who resisted arrest and assaulted police after he was apprehended for driving under the influence on March 3 this year has been fined a total of $165 in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions…

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