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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1974

152 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 8

Brighter looks for our police

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1974 · page 8

Queanbeyan police officers will be among 7,800 members of the State Force who will be photographed in colour…

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Police Allege Conspiracy to Defraud Bank

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1974 · page 5

Two schoolteachers have been committed for trial on charges of conspiring to defraud the Commonwealth Banking Corporation of $1200. Christopher John…

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Request to public Police Flooded with Calls

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1974 · page 3

Queanbeyan residents are asked to stop making calls to the local police over the proposed new…

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Office Theft At Tooths

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 17 July 1974 · page 1

Thieves forced entry to the office of Tooth and Co. in Uriarra Road last night…

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MAGISTRATE... Driver struck the "jackpot"

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 17 July 1974 · page 8

A young Canberra man who said lie had no previous driving offences was told he…

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Murder Charge Remand

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 17 July 1974 · page 1

The preliminary hearing of a murder charge against a Braidwood woman will be…

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Knife Allegation Assault Charges Are Dismissed

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 17 July 1974 · page 16

Two charges of unlawful assault against Henry James Martin, of Macquoid Street, Queanbeyan, were dismissed in the Court of Petty Sessions by Mr. E. A. Quinn, SM…

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Police Look For Honda Thieves

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 17 July 1974 · page 1

Queanbeyan police are investigating the break and entering and theft of a big Honda 500 motorcycle from Queanbeyan Sports in Yass Road last night or early this…

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Office-shop complex Police Want More Detail

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 July 1974 · page 7

The Police are not happy with some features of a proposed office and shopping complex that local developers…

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Murder charge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 July 1974 · page 4

[?] having feloniously and [?]iously murdered James Allan lay in wait in a shed on…

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Breath reading “enormous” Suspended Gaol Sentence for First Offender

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 July 1974 · page 5

A man with a blood alcohol level described as “enormous” was sentenced…

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“Facing Gaol Sentence” Plant Operator Told

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 August 1974 · page 7

A 19-year-old plant operator appearing on his second drink driving…

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Police Fracas

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 August 1974 · page 1

Two young men appeared in the Court of Petty Sessions this afternoon on charges resulting…

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$212 Theft at Dry Cleaners

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 August 1974 · page 1

Property to the value of $212 was stolen on Wednesday night when thieves entered the…

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Car sales planning... Police Not Happy with Development Proposals

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 19 August 1974 · page 5

An application to develop land at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Uriarra Road, Queanbeyan, for a car sales and maintenance complex has been…

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$622 store theft

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 21 August 1974 · page 16

Queanbeyan detectives are investigating the theft of money and goods to a total value of $662 from…

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Up to $20,000 District Court Power Increase

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 21 August 1974 · page 10

The upper limit of District Court’s jurisdiction in [?] is to be $20,000 instead of $10,000, [?] State Government legislation is successfully [?] the Member for Monaro. Mr. Steve Mauger,…

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Unlawful Assault

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1974 · page 7

In Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions, Mr. Luke Prus, of Derrima Road, Queanbeyan, was…

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Bond for theft of coat

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1974 · page 7

A woman who took a $24 coat from J. B. Young’s in Queanbeyan was placed on a $100 12…

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In Queanbeyan Court Second drink driving charge in 12 months

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1974 · page 7

A motorist on his second drink driving charge within 12 months was fined $240 and disqualified for three years in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions. Michael John Sutton,…

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