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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1865

4 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

The Road Murder

Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1865 · page 3

TOWARDS the close of the sitting at the Bow-street police-court on the afternoon of the 25th of April, an intimation was received by the chief magistrate, Sir Thomas Henry, that Miss Constance Kent,…

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The Road-hill Murder

Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser · Thursday 27 July 1865 · page 3

ANOTHER chapter has been added to the Road-hill tragedy. Miss Constance Kent was brought a few days ago before the magistrates at Trowbridge, and an extraordinary scene took place…

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Newcastle. Distressing Suicide of a Railway Mail-guard

Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser · Thursday 31 August 1865 · page 4

AN inquest was held yesterday forenoon, before Dr. R. C. Knaggs, coroner for the district, on the body of John Urban Vigors, one of the guards on the Great Northern…

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The Road-hill Murder

Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1865 · page 2

Constance Emilie Kent was indicted at Salisbury assizes, on June 21, for the wilful murder of Francis Saville Kent, at Road-hill House, on June 29, 1860. Mr Karslake, Q.C., and Mr Lopes appeared…

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