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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1970

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Three month’s gaol

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 September 1970 · page 2

Patrick Joseph Maher, of no fixed, place of abode, who was sentenced to two months…

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Police report 11 accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 September 1970 · page 1

Eleven traffic accidents have been reported to Queanbeyan police since Friday, they said today. The most serious was…

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$400 Theft

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 October 1970 · page 1

Property to the value of $400, owned by Mr. Clern camage, of 29 Campbell Street,…

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Property at Police Station

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 October 1970 · page 3

Queanbeyan police have on hand at the station a quantity of property which has been found…

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Variety of charges at Queanbeyan Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 October 1970 · page 13

In recent sittings at Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions, one man was gaoled and another fined for stealing, a young Canberra man pleaded guilty to charges of passing valueless cheques at the Leagues Club and another was fined and disqualified for driving under the…

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$100 Cash Theft From Dwelling

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 October 1970 · page 1

Over $100 in cash and a cheque were stolen from a house in Uriarra Road on Saturday night…

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Police Inquiries Into Four Thefts

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 October 1970 · page 1

Queanbeyan police are Investigating four theft reported over the weekend. On Friday night, between 8 p.m. and 8.15 p.m. a…

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Lost properly at police station

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 October 1970 · page 4

Queanbeyan police have on hand a number of articles found recently and handed in…

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Licensing court Rugby Club registered

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 October 1970 · page 1

Queanbeyan Rugby Union Club has been successful in an application for a conditional certificate of registration in respect to its premises at 256 Crawford Street, Queanbeyan,…

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Police Search for Car Passenger

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 November 1970 · page 2

Canberra police are reported to be searching the bush In the Honeysuckle Creek area for the…

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Theft at Garage

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 November 1970 · page 1

Thieves broke into the garage of Mr. Les Kaye, in Brook Street last night and stole tools to the…

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$50 Fine for Car Theft Attempt

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 November 1970 · page 27

Daniel John Palmer, 18. of Pollux Street, Yass, has been fined $50 in Queanbeyan Court of Petty…

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Fines $100 on DUI charge Collided with police car after 12-15 schooners

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 November 1970 · page 11

A man who admitted having consumed 12 to 15 schooners of beer before driving a car which collided with a police vehicle, was fined $100 when he appeared in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor…

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Compulsion leads to gaol term

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 November 1970 · page 8

A young man who said he had a compulsion to take and drive cars has been gaoled for six months in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on a charge of using a motor vehicle…

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Building Sits Theft

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 November 1970 · page 1

Queanbeyan detectives would like to interview anyone with information concerning the theft of 25…

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Eight charged after Queanbeyan visit by Breathaliser Squad

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 December 1970 · page 1

Eight people Have been charged as a result of a visit to Queanbeyan at the weekend; by the Police Breathaliser Squad from Goulburn…

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Police cottage

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 December 1970 · page 3

Queanbeyan is to get an additional Police Department home — at its second try—the…

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Theft of $250 Coin Collection

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 December 1970 · page 1

A coin collection valued at about $250 was stolen from the home of Mr. L. Varga,…

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Hotel Altercation Has Court Sequel

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 December 1970 · page 2

An altercation at the Hotel Queanbeyan on the evening of November 14 has had its sequel in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions with one man fined a total of $120 on five…

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Women Combine in Shop Theft

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 December 1970 · page 1

Two women allegedly combined to steal a bone lace dress valued at $16 from Tara Fashions in…

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