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Blue Mountains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

39 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 2 of 2

Convicted on Coining Charges Four Persons Sentenced Mountain Case

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 27 June 1933 · page 2

The Dial was concluded on Wednesday of William Henry Green. Ellen Masters McBride, Sarah Redman, and Hermann Carl Oberdorf…

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"Court of Injustice" at St. Hilda's Hall To-night

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 6 July 1933 · page 2

A special attraction has been arranged for the church social to be held in the School Hall at St. Hilda's C. of E. to-night. It will…

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A Court of Injustice Well-known Townspeople Answer Serious Charges Noxious Weeds and 'Busting' Water Pipes

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 3

On the evening of Thursday of last week, several well-known Katoomba residents were summoned to attend the Court of…

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£23 Commission Claimed Court Proceedings Over Sale of Property

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 13 July 1933 · page 3

On Tuesday last, at the Katoomba Court, before Mr. Britz, P.M., a case which created a good deal of interest…

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Breaking and Entering . Katoomba Court Case

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 14 July 1933 · page 2

Cormack Peter Smith (better known as "Skinny") and Joseph Lees, or as he is known to most townspeople, "Belgie," were charged…

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Industrial Case Magistrate's Strong Remarks

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 1

On Wednesday last in the Industrial Court at Katoomba, presided over by Mr. Britz, P.M., an action was heard by…

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Police Court Damage to a Fence Defendant Round Over

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 1

At the Katoomba Police Court on Tuesday last, before Mr. Britz, P.M., Mrs. Ort, of Westbourne Avenue, Wentworth Falls, was charged by…

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Burglary Hotel Alexandra Entered

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 20 July 1933 · page 1

The Hotel Alexandra, Leura, of which Sir. C. J. Goods, is proprietor, was broken into early on Tuesday morning, and…

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£10 Fine Os. Scales Convicted of Stealing

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 29 July 1933 · page 1

Oswald Bernard Scales (23) was charged before Mr. Britz, P.M., at the sittings of Katoomba Court of Petty…

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Alleged Stealing Local Resident Charged at Katoomba Police Court

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 4 August 1933 · page 1

Leslie Thomas Carberry (18) was charged at Katoomba Police Court on Wednesday with attempting to steal a quantity of petrol on…

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Police Prosecute Pious "Parson" Collection of Funds For-- "I Must Have Means of Sustenance"

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 17 August 1933 · page 3

The story of imposition which has set all Katoomba and Leura agog with excitement and amazement, came to a conclusion at…

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Police Court Stole a Tree ! "A Most Impudent Theft," Says P.M. Katoomba Court Case

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 29 September 1933 · page 1

A Katoomba Police Court (before Mr. W. F. Bitz, P.M.), on Tuesday, Robert Svenson was proceeded against, on the information…

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Leura Protests Against Closing of Local Police Station

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 13 October 1933 · page 3

Leura residents do not take kindly to the suggestion to leave their properties without what is considered adequate…

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Abolition of Leura Police Station Katoomba Council Protests to the Department

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 14 October 1933 · page 2

At a special meeting of Katoomba Council on Thursday afternoon, reference was made to abolition of a resident policeman at Leura and,…

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Charges of Assault Court Case From Blackheath

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 28 October 1933 · page 1

William Brown and Ernie Brown, father and son, pleaded not guilty to charges of assaulting Hector Pemberton at…

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Police Court Motor Car Case

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 2

Two cases between the same parties, were heard at Paraa- [?]atta District Court on Friday last. In the first case, H. S…

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Burglary

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 1 December 1933 · page 2

Collin's shop--the Five Ways Store--in Cascade S[?] was broken into during Wednesday night and a good deal of the lock taken…

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Acquitted! Assault Charge

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 14 December 1933 · page 3

At Parramatta Quarter Sessions last week, before Judge Barton and a jury of twelve, Robert Edgar, of Blackheath, who had…

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Police Court Cases

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 3

Considering the many thousands of visiters to Katoomba, the festive season has been particularly free from crime…

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