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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1972

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Queanbeyan court appearances

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 January 1972 · page 6

For driving through a red light, Giovanni Musolino, 21, of Alice Street, Queanbeyan, was fined $20. He said at the time he had not seen it…

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Police Status Lifted in Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 January 1972 · page 1

Queanbeyan will shortly become the headquarters for a new police sub-district, after the arrival of a new senior officer…

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Court House Safe Fails to Open —Gelignite Blast

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 January 1972 · page 1

Thieves unsuccessfully carried out a daring attempt to blow open the safe at the Queanbeyan Court house early this morning. The Court house is next…

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Motorist ‘bashed’ only a stone’s threw from Police station

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 January 1972 · page 9

A long distance transport driver from Queanbeyan last month was convicted of unlawfully assaulting a Canberra Electricity Authority employee in July, 1971. Allen Thomas Hopkins,…

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Magistrate Slates Drinking Motorist — $450 Fines

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 January 1972 · page 10

A magistrate told a carpenter last week that he “gave the impression of being an alcoholic, and as such, was a menace on the road.” Kenneth Edward…

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Police called to investigate cruelty report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 January 1972 · page 4

Police were called on Monday to Investigate a complaint that a dog had been hit over the leg…

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D.U.I. charge: Court accepts Police version

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 January 1972 · page 4

A Snowy Mountains engineer and two witnesses, one his mother, said he was not affected by liquor. Three police officers said he was, and the magistrate agreed…

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Stole Petrol to Attend Slayed Man’s Funeral —Police Said

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 January 1972 · page 6

A Sydney youth with prior convictions for carnal knowledge, break and enter, and stealing a car, was let off because of extenuating Circumstances when he was charged with stealing…

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Matlock Police

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 January 1972 · page 14

A small boy suffering from the rare affliction of autism provides a valuable clue to a major…

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Police chief on duty

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 January 1972 · page 1

Acting Inspector F.K.D. Howard commenced duties yesterday as officer-in-charge of the newly created Queanbeyan police sub-district…

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Latest Cycle for Police

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 January 1972 · page 1

Queanbeyan Police have taken delivery of the latest model motor cycle. The cycle, a Honda 750…

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Stealing Charges Youth gaoled for 2½ years

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 January 1972 · page 13

In Cooma Quarter Sessions on Tuesday Judge Thorley sentenced a Queanbeyan youth to 2½ years gaol on two charges of breaking, entering and stealing…

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Police Warning on Thieves

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 January 1972 · page 3

Police have issued a general warning to businessmen and householders to ensure their premises are securely locked…

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Took corner at 40 m. p. h., Police witness

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 January 1972 · page 4

A young motorist, said to be still recovering from a back injury caused months earlier when a car fell on him, landed in Court to answer charges laid by police recently…

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For sentence on indecent assault charges

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 February 1972 · page 6

A 32-year-old man has been remanded to Sydney Quarter Sessions for sentence on three charges of indecently assaulting a male person in Queanbeyan late last year…

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Jockey in Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 February 1972 · page 6

Peter Tsakolas, a Queanbeyan jockey, was fined $100 last month on a driving under the influence…

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Trespass has court sequel

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 February 1972 · page 14

George Federow, 36. painter, of Curtin, A.C.T. was convicted and fined on tow charges in the…

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Three months gaol

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 February 1972 · page 21

A middle-aged man charged with vagrancy was sentenced to three months gaol by Mr. D. Leo,…

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Three charged with drug offences

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 February 1972 · page 15

Three young men appeared in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday to answer charges Involving drugs. Glen Ian McDonald, a…

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Police Help Sought with Vandals

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 February 1972 · page 11

Concerned at increasing vandalism, Yarrowlumla Shire Council has asked local Police to meet with a representative from the Council to discuss enforcement measures…

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