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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1971

77 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 4

Police District

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 November 1971 · page 1

Queanbeyan Police District is to be upgraded to a Sub-District with a resident Inspector in charge, the Mayor (Ald. F. E. Land) told the Municipal Council last night…

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Brush with Police

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 November 1971 · page 4

A brush with two off duty policemen in Monaro Street on the night of October 22 had its culmination…

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Suspended goal term for theft

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 November 1971 · page 1

In Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions this week, Kenneth Walter Davidson, 19, of Kurrajong…

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Five Year Gaol for Abduction

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 November 1971 · page 1

In Cooma Quarter Sessions on Monday, David Bracken, 29, of Tralee Speedway, Queanbeyan, was sentenced to five years gaol on an abduction charge…

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Three indecent assault charges

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 November 1971 · page 1

Queanbeyan police on Saturday charged a 34-year-old man on three counts of indecently…

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Clothes theft

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 December 1971 · page 1

Queanbeyan detectives recently arrested and charged two persons with clothes line thefts,…

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Court house and police station Minister to Inspect Site Proposals

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 December 1971 · page 3

The Minister of Justice, Mr. Maddison, will visit Queanbeyan in February next year to try to reach a determination as to the most appropriate and convenient site for a new police station and…

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Students Charged with Possession of Marihuana

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 December 1971 · page 1

In Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions this morning two Canberra students were remanded to December 15 on charges of being in possession of Indian Hemp…

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Matlock Police

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 December 1971 · page 12

Matlock police investigate the odd situation of a factory which apparently does not want its…

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Police watch on “U” turn

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 December 1971 · page 1

Police have been giving attention to illegal “U” turns at the Eastern end of Monaro Street…

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Charged after police chase

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 December 1971 · page 1

A 22-year-old man was arrested by Queanbeyan police at about 9pm on Saturday and charged…

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“Scream Bloody Murder”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 December 1971 · page 16

Some of the most brutal, bloody scenes shown on a television screen in Australia will…

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Hotel brawl— police arrest hindered

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 December 1971 · page 15

A Queanbeyan who allegedly had two girls held by the hair in a hotel brawl was fined $35 in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions…

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Drinking Driver Gave Police a False Name

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 December 1971 · page 6

Two occupants of a vehicle which ran Into a telegraph pole in Uriarra Road, Queanbeyan on December 6 appeared on several charges before Mr. D. G. Hughes, S.M., in Queanbeyan Court of…

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Court of Petty Sessions Magistrate Pedestrian Rules Really Was a Cyclist

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 23 December 1971 · page 8

A Queanbeyan master builder pleaded not guilty to a traffic charge of failing to give way to a “pedestrian” this week and the information was dismissed by the magistrate, Mr. D. G. Hughes,…

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Holiday Thefts- Police Warning

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 23 December 1971 · page 22

The number of homes robbed over the Christmas and New Year period is greater than at other times of the year, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. N W. Allan said today…

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Motorist Struggled Violently in Police Station

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 23 December 1971 · page 7

A motorist arrested for driving under the influence struggled violently and lilt a constable at the Queanbeyan police station earlier tills month. In Queanbeyan Court of…

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