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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1973

137 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 7

Garbage can theft charge

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 16 July 1973 · page 9

A man charged with the theft of a plastic garbage can in Fergus Road last week was to appear in the Court…

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Second theft in a week

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 16 July 1973 · page 6

The premises of ACT Wreckers Pty. Ltd, in Wycombe Street, Queensland, have been…

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Police change

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 16 July 1973 · page 3

Detective Senior Constable Jude Maloney takes up duty at Queanbeyan…

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Third Offence Suspended 3 Months Gaol Term

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 18 July 1973 · page 5

A 30 year-old panel beater was fined $150 and given a three months suspended gaol sentence…

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Juveniles charged

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 23 July 1973 · page 8

Two juveniles were remanded when they appeared in Queanbeyan Children’s Court this morning…

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Attempted thefts Labourer charged

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 25 July 1973 · page 1

A 19-year-old labourer has been arrested and charged with the attempted theft of four motor vehicles…

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A.c.t. - N.s.w. Magistrate Hits Legal Loop Holes

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 25 July 1973 · page 1

The law which allows a person disqualified in the ACT to continue to drive a motor vehicle in NSW, or vice versa, has been criticised by a NSW Stipendiary Magistrate…

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Motoring “Should You Call for the Police?”

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 25 July 1973 · page 13

You’re involved in a car smash, the damage seems to be slight, but you think the other…

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In Court Heavy penalties Fined £250 on second drink driving offence

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 25 July 1973 · page 8

A 20-year-old carpenter appearing on his second charge of driving with the prescribed concentration of alcohol in the blood was fined $250 in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions…

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Queanbeyan court upgraded

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 July 1973 · page 7

Persons committed for sentence in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on criminal matters will no longer be required to attend Cooma Quarter Sessions…

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Letters to the Editor Praise for police

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 30 July 1973 · page 2

I wish to publicly pay tribute to the Police officers of Queanbeyan and Canberra for concern and efficiency in recovering my car which had been stolen. The car, a green…

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Female assault charge

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 1 August 1973 · page 13

A 19-year-old man has been changed by Queanbeyan police with assault with intent to…

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Garbage bin theft brings $70 fine

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 1 August 1973 · page 7

A 23-year-old electrician was fined $70 in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions for stealing a garbage bin worth $2.55…

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Police firearm’s

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 1 August 1973 · page 6

It is doubtful if Queanbeyan police will receive an issue of firearms until such time as it becomes…

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Shooting problems Attention Police

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 August 1973 · page 3

Sir. — About this law “No Shooting on Sundays”, well you’d be surprised to learn…

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Police rounds Children set fire to house

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 August 1973 · page 1

Two juveniles who started a fire in the kitchen of a partly completed dwelling in Early Street, Queanbeyan,…

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Theft of diesel fuel

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 6 August 1973 · page 1

A total of 158 gallons of diesel fuel was stolen from a bowser at the premises of T/A Interstate Food…

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Drank metho. Pay Up or Go to Gaol

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 8 August 1973 · page 8

A man who told the Magistrate, Mr. G. Glass, he was living in a garage in Morton Street, was allowed…

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Police seek youth

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 August 1973 · page 1

A youth allegedly involved in an indecent assault on a young woman in a flat in Tharwa Road on…

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