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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1974

152 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 8

Breathaliser charges First offenders fined $1,780 in Queanbeyan Court

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 23 October 1974 · page 11

Mr. D. F. Leo, SM, in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions fined 11 first offenders a total of $1,780 on breathaliser charges. Fines ranged from…

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Hostel theft

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 30 October 1974 · page 23

Police are investigating the theft of property valued at $300 from a hostel unit operated by…

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Punches Swung at Police

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 30 October 1974 · page 24

A disturbance in the lounge of the Royal Hotel in Queanbeyan on October 17 had its sequel in…

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Murder Inquiry

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 6 November 1974 · page 3

Police also report that a man is being questioned at Mittagong this afternoon in connection with the murder of 13-year-old Michelle Allport…

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FINED $100 for Negligence Magistrate critical of road markings

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 6 November 1974 · page 15

In Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions, Mr. D. F. Leo, SM, has…

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Gaol Warning Used firm’s money to pay accounts

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 11 November 1974 · page 3

A young married man appearing in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on a…

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Fined $35 for Theft Worth $1

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 13 November 1974 · page 20

A 27-year-old station hand who took a jar of coffee valued at $1.03 from the Owl…

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Police called to street stall

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 November 1974 · page 3

A street stall in Monaro Street was shifted at the request of police late yesterday afternoon following complaints that it was blocking the entrance to the Nova Cinema…

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B'wood murder hearing

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 20 November 1974 · page 3

The hearing began in Sydney Central Criminal Court yesterday of a charge of murder against…

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Captain’s Flat shooting Attempted murder charge remand

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 November 1974 · page 3

A 55-year-old man from Captain’s Flat was further remanded when he appeared…

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Shop Theft

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 25 November 1974 · page 7

Thieves forced their way into the “New Oasis Take-a-way Food” premises on Friday night…

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Police warning on the Perils of Hitch Hiking

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 27 November 1974 · page 3

Both NSW Police and the Transport Department will try to wipe out hitch-hiking on State roads this summer…

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‘Record worst I have seen’ — Says Magistrate

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 November 1974 · page 1

“Your record is the worst I have seen in my time,” Mr. Darcy Leo, SM, toid a young man in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions before sentencing him to a total of 18 months gaol…

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Threat lead to court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 November 1974 · page 3

Threats In three young men against a Queanbeyan police of fleer, mixed with a…

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Two On Theft Charges

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 2 December 1974 · page 7

An 18-year-old youth and a 17-year-old juvenile were remanded to December 16 this…

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Dangerous tablets stolen in handbag Police issue warning

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 2 December 1974 · page 1

Queanbeyan police today issued a warning that a handbag containing dangerous tablets had been stolen from a Sydney couple…

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Four arrested - police chose

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 4 December 1974 · page 3

A police chase yesterday resulted in an adult and three juveniles being arrested and charged with…

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Braidwood shooting Woman Sentenced to 4 Years Gaol

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 December 1974 · page 8

A Braidwood woman was sentenced to four years imprisonment in Central…

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City Court Police Allegation Knife used in club assault and robbery

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 December 1974 · page 4

Police allege a man was assaulted and robbed at knife point following a gambling dispute in a local club…

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Four in court after arrest at road block

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 December 1974 · page 4

Four persons — two adults and two juveniles — appeared in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions and Children’s Court this week after being arrested at a police road block on the Captain’s Flat Road on…

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