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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1969

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More stealing from vehicles

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 June 1969 · page 6

Queanbeyan police are becoming alarmed at the number of thefts taking place from unattended…

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Police blitz 3 bicycles on footpaths

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 June 1969 · page 1

Queanbeyan police will be making an all out blitz to cut down on the number of people,…

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Failed to feed dogs Father of Eight Sent to Gaol for Three Months

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 June 1969 · page 6

The father of eight children was sentenced to three months gaol in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday on four charges involving the…

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Police on duty 24 hours daily

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 June 1969 · page 1

Queanbeyan Police, Station is now being manned 24 hours a day, the officer in charge . Sgt. R. Aldridge, announced last night. This has been approved, following representations…

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Applications for Police

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 July 1969 · page 1

To date, five applications have been deceived from young men to undergo an examination…

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Young man charged

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 July 1969 · page 1

A young Bungendore motorist was charged with driving under the influence and failing to…

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Police examinations tomorrow

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 July 1969 · page 1

Young men desirous of undergoing examinations and medical fitness tests to join the NSW…

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Gaol for Indecent Language

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 July 1969 · page 7

A young man convicted of indecent language, said he preferred to be gaoled for 10 days rather…

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Fined $15 for Stealing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 July 1969 · page 8

In Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, a young woman was fined $15, plus $2…

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Four charged after breathaliser tests

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 August 1969 · page 1

Four men have Been, charged with having over the prescribed concentration of alcohol in their blood as a result of the visit to Queanbeyan and. Captain’s Flat at the weekend of a unit of the NSW Police Breathaliser Squad…

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Charged After Raid by Police

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 August 1969 · page 3

A man has been remanded to September 15 in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on a…

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Police officers inspected ruins

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 August 1969 · page 3

QUEANBEYAN Police Officers, Det. Sgt. J. Gudgeon and Sgt. R. Aldridge, pictured in the door way of the building as they inspect the ruins early this morning…

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Remanded on $92,000 theft from mailbag

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 August 1969 · page 1

A postal clerk-and a railway clerk have been remanded to Queanbeyan Court. of Petty Sessions on Friday on charges of having stolen $92,000 in cash from a mail bag at Queanbeyan last Tuesday, August 19…

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Bail fixed at $2,000 on mail theft charges

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 August 1969 · page 1

A postal clerk and a railway clerk were granted bail of $2,000 each, with one surety of $2,000 or two of $1,000 each in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions this morning on charges of having stolen $92,000 in cash from a mail bag at…

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Mail bag left on police station steps

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 September 1969 · page 1

[?] several postal articles left on the front door step of Queanbeyan…

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Further Stealing From Cars

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 September 1969 · page 1

Yet another instance of stealing from an unattended vehicle has been reported to Queanbeyan…

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Not guilty plea entered on mail bag theft

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 September 1969 · page 1

A postal clerk and a railway clerk were remanded to October 14 when they appeared in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions to answer a charge involving the theft of $92,000 from a mail bag…

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Electoral aspirants views Government charged with ‘taxation devilry’

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 October 1969 · page 11

Mr. Allan Fraser, Labor Candidate for Eden-Monaro, has asked the electors do they really think the Gorton Government will remit taxes on salary and wage earners and start taxing the huge fortunes being made overnight out of Australian minerals…

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Police Inquiries Into Loss of 27 Street Trees

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 October 1969 · page 1

Queanbeyan police are investigating the destruction of 27 Arizona Ash street trees in Uriarra Road and three privately planted street trees in Young Street last night…

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Man Charged Over Street Trees

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 October 1969 · page 1

A 28 year old man has been arrested by Queanbeyan police and changed in connection with the chopping down of 29 street trees in Queanbeyan last Thursday fright…

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