Big Blaze at Warrimoo. Varlow Charged and Discharged
Wm. Henry Varlow was the lessee of the only two-storied building in Warrimo—in fact, the only building outside the soldier settlements,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blue Mountains · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1920
14 stories in Blue Mountains's papers
Police Court. Magistrate Was Sceptical
For being found during unlawful hours on licensed promised, Richard James Martin, a young man, was fined 20s and 6s costs or in default…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Life's Seamy Side. at the Police Court
Harold Hayes, hotter known as "Rocky," made another how before the local Bench, on Saturday. He was charged with using indecent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bouquet for the Police
It is the unhappy lot of the police very often to dodge the roses and stop the kicks. Katoomba Council has, however, stopped out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Live Localisms. Small Debts Court
Two cases under the above jurisdiction, Hammond v. Warmold and Hall v. Parsons, were adjourned for a fortnight by mutual consent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cabbies in Court. Heavy Penalities Imposed. P.M's. Caustic Criticism
The cabbies had a "field" day on Tuesday, when night on a score of charges were levelled against local knights-of-the-ribbons by Inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Neighbors in Court Lawrie and a Lady and a Coroner Post
"Magistrate: How do you plead? Defendant: I plead guilty! Defendant, who obviously did not intend to let the matter rest just…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Walk In After the Presentation TWO K.S. Haled to Court
At about 9 p.m. on the 12th instant, Constables Langford and Cox walked into the Alexandra Hotel, Leura, and thereby hangs a tale…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Spoilers Four-footed Bushrangers Police Take a Hand
There appears to be a flaw in the municipal ordinances with regard to prosecutions for straying stock. Thus it was that at the Katoomba…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Burglary Clothing Factory Re-Visited Big Swag Lifted
Messrs. Levine and Cohen's clothing factory, at the rear of the Town Hall, Kutoomba, was hurgled for the second time on Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police
Recent burglaries have pointed to the fact that the police force of Katoomba is not sufficiently strong. There are only three constables and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stray Stock Owners Magistrate Issues Warning
Owing probably to the large number of complaints lodged by property owners of the depredations of stray stock, the list of defaulters brought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Puzzled Dairyman Hands Poser to Magistrate
Had the Government analyst been present at the Katoomba Police Court, on Tuesday, he might have solved a problem which worried John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Daring Theft and Smart Capture
On Wednesday, Mr. Walter Blattman, late of the A.I.F., now an employee of the Blue Mountains Shire Council, had plaed his bicycle by…
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