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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1973

137 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 7

Remanded on murder charge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 January 1973 · page 6

A 45-year-old Queanb[?]yan man today was remanded January 23 in Canberra Court on a murder…

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Motel Theft

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 January 1973 · page 15

A cash register containing $80 in cash was stolen from the Central Motel, Antill Street, Queanbeyan,…

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Police Still Searching

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 January 1973 · page 11

Queanbeyan police are still searching for four youths who abandoned a stolen car in bush west of…

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Court House figures “like in suburbs”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 January 1973 · page 6

Statistical figures released today by the Queanbeyan Clerk of Petty Sessions, Mr. I. Forsyth, showed a 15 to 20 per cent increase in the work handled by the Court House…

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Gaol for hay theft

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 January 1973 · page 11

Two men were sent to gaol for two months in Goulburn yesterday for stealing 67 bales of lucerne…

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A suspended gaol term for assault

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 January 1973 · page 7

A Queanbeyan mars was given a six months’ suspended gaol sentence and placed on a $100 good behaviour bond by Mr. Leo, S.M., in…

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Gaol for offensive call, letter

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 January 1973 · page 7

A Queanbeyan man, 46, was sentenced by Mr. Leo, S.M., in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions to nine months’…

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$55 stamp theft

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 February 1973 · page 8

Queanbeyan detectives are investigating cases of breaking and entering, malicious damage and the…

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Adjournment Refused Court not at convenience of counsel

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 February 1973 · page 3

In Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions, Mr. D. F. Leo, SM, refusing an application for an adjournment, said he was not prepared to meet the conveniences of solicitors or counsel involved…

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Police blame parents for cycle offences

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 February 1973 · page 3

Parents are to blame for the bulk of offences involving children riding bicycles on footpaths in Queanbeyan. The Police Officer-in-ping…

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Boy charged with theft of purses

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 February 1973 · page 1

An 11-year-old boy has been charged by Queanbeyan police with thefts of purses from flats in…

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Quarter Sessions Gaoled for Car Stealing

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 February 1973 · page 16

In Coma Quarter Sessions, a 19-year-old Queanbeyan youth was sentenced to two years hard labour on charges of illegally using and stealing motor vehicles…

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Shire Yard Theft

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 February 1973 · page 3

Tools and equipment valued at $325 were stolen from the workshop in the yard of Yarrowlumla Shire…

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Dispute Ends in Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 March 1973 · page 8

A dispute about the result of a game of pool at the “Aussies Rules Club” in Queanbeyan last Saturday…

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Police Hold Property

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 March 1973 · page 1

Queanbeyan police have on hand a lady’s and a gent’s watch, together with a truck wheel, which have been…

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Thankful Police Arrived

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 March 1973 · page 5

A young man involved in a “box on” in the parking area of the Royal Hotel on the night of February 17…

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AMA police spies

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 March 1973 · page 5

The Australian Medical Association was accused this week of forgetting its ethical principles in advising…

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Murder scene

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 March 1973 · page 1

The body of Mrs. Kum Yee Pohl, 34. was found in one of the flats. She had a man’s shirt tied…

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Murder Victim’s Funeral

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 March 1973 · page 1

The funeral was held today of Mrs. Kem Yee Joyce Pohl, who was found murdered in a flat in Booth…

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Q’beyan base for police

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 March 1973 · page 1

Police from Queanbeyan are among 65 State Officers on security duty at Canberra during the three day visit of…

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