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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1972

140 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 7

Theft of Tool Box

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 August 1972 · page 3

A tool box and tools to the value of $100, the property of Multibricks Pty. Ltd., was stolen on Sunday night…

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Two years gaol for robbery

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 August 1972 · page 3

In Cooma Quarter Sessions yesterday a 22-year-old man was sentences to two years hard labour on a charge of assaulting and robbing a 16-year-old Caberra…

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Lost property held by police

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 August 1972 · page 6

Queanbeyan police have on hand a pocket size transister radio, a new strip heater and a pair of…

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Remanded for trial at Supreme Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 August 1972 · page 1

In Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, a 43-year-old man was committed to stand trial at the Sydney Supreme Court on a date to be fixed, on three…

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Audacious theft from sleeping train crews

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 September 1972 · page 1

An audacious thief stole wallets and money from three men while they slept in the barracks near Queanbeyan Railway Station yesterday morning…

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Court accepted evidence

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 September 1972 · page 7

A motorist who pleaded not guilty to a charge of occupying the driving seat of a motor vehicle and attempting to put it in motion while having the prescribed…

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Let tyre down on police car

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 September 1972 · page 6

In Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions last week, James William Power, 21, of Eggleston Crescent,…

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Police warning

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 September 1972 · page 1

Officer-in-Charge of the Queanbeyan Police Sub-District, Insp. Howard, has appealed to owners of Squibman .22 calibre bolt action repeater rifles to check the…

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Theft of Electrical Equipment

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 September 1972 · page 8

A hammer drill, electric testing unit and two torches, valued at $100 have been stolen from…

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Magistrate's Warning “Sailed close to conspiracy”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 September 1972 · page 8

A man charged with driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor and his witness had “sailed fairly close” to a charge of conspiracy to prevent justice, Mr. D. F. Leo, SM, said in…

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Police hold lost property

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 September 1972 · page 3

Queanbeyan police still have on hand a boys’ bicycle and a pair of roller skates handed in some time…

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Theft From Fish Shop

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 October 1972 · page 13

Queanbeyan defectives are investigating the theft of goods and cash to the value of $115 from the…

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Double Murder in “Boney”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 October 1972 · page 12

Napoleon Bonaparte is challenged by a brutal double murder laced by tribal retribution and a…

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Court House papers requested

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 October 1972 · page 6

The Mitchell Library has asked Mr. Frank Debenham for a copy of his correspondence with the…

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To serve gaol term

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 October 1972 · page 11

In Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions, a 39-year-old man has been committed to prison to serve a…

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$100 fine Female Assault

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 October 1972 · page 10

Wolfgang Filus, 22, joiner, of uriarra Road, Queanbeyan, was fined $100 in Queanbeyan Court…

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Two fined for stealing hubcaps

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 October 1972 · page 15

Two young men have been fined a total of $160 each in A Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on charges of stealing dress rims from parked cards…

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Victory to Police

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 October 1972 · page 16

Queanbeyan Police cricket team visited Sutton at the weekend with honours going to the police…

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Three charged

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 October 1972 · page 1

Three persons were arrested this morning by Queanbeyan detectives and charged with breaking,…

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Man gaoled on theft charge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 October 1972 · page 9

In Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions, man was gaoled for three months by Mr. S.M., for stealing $19. Michael Ray Glass 20…

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