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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1973

137 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 7

Railway burglary charges

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 15 August 1973 · page 1

Two men have been charged by Queanbeyan Police with the theft of four large cartons of cigarettes…

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In Court Breath analysis of .275 Drank unknown quantity of Scotch

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 22 August 1973 · page 8

Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions was told that a 22-year-old barman who admitted drinking an “unknown quantity of Scotch,” had a breathaliser reading of .275. Before the court on a…

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$106 Theft From Caravan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1973 · page 6

Queanbeyan detectives are investigating the theft of $106 in cash from a caravan at the Morrissett Street…

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Four Months Gaol Disqualified Driver Tried for Licence

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1973 · page 8

In Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions, Mr. D. F. Leo sentenced a men who fried to obtain a driver’s licence while disqualified to four months hard labour…

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Breathalyser charge In Court Highest Reading of Year

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 3 September 1973 · page 10

A tennis coach was told in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions that to have the highest breathalyser reading of the year was nothing to be proud of. Mr. D. F. Leo, SM, was…

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Culpable Driving Charge Magistrate finds case not proved

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 September 1973 · page 4

A 25-year-old warehouse manager has been cleared of a culpable driving charge in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions. He is Errol John Brewer…

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Police looking for elusive Nelligen nymph

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 September 1973 · page 5

Police are investigating a report of a naked man who has been seen…

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Charged After Chase

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 12 September 1973 · page 12

A high speed chase through Queanbeyan streets ended about 8.40 pm last night when a 17-year-old…

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Bond for female assault

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 12 September 1973 · page 11

Brian Frederick Miller, of Albert Street, Queanbeyan, was placed on a 12 months good behaviour bond when…

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Boys charged $1,000 damage

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 12 September 1973 · page 12

Two 15 year-old boys have been charged by Queanbeyan police with causing damage to a trout…

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Offered police a bribe

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 12 September 1973 · page 11

It is a serious matter to ofter a bribe to police constable. This was emphasised in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions by Mr. D. F. Leo…

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In Court Disqualified in Act — gained NSW licence

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 12 September 1973 · page 11

A 68-year-old pensioner, disqualified in Canberra in 1979 for seven years on his third drink driving charge, obtained a licence in NSW by failing to reveal the convictions in the ACT…

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Referee Assault Remand

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 17 September 1973 · page 1

In Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions this morning a 23-year-old foreman was remanded to next Monday…

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Theft From Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 26 September 1973 · page 3

Queanbeyan police are investigating the theft of a television set, camera and $20 in cash from a flat at 2…

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Further Remand on Referee Assault Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 26 September 1973 · page 3

In Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Monday. Rodney William Gray was remanded to October 30 for…

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Quarry theft

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 3 October 1973 · page 16

Queanbeyan police are investigating the theft of a water pump and petrol engine valued at $211 from…

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Beer Theft Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 10 October 1973 · page 1

In Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Monday Robert Martin, of Melrose Drive, Mawson, ACT, was…

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Three months gaol Luck Ran Out

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 10 October 1973 · page 17

In Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions Mr. D. P. Leo. SM, i old Kevin Francis Thompson, 29, who he…

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$1,000 Approved for Basketball Court at Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 10 October 1973 · page 5

Mr. Ron Brewer, Member for Goulburn, said today that he had been successful in representations on behalf of the Yarralumla Shire Council for…

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