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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

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Dastardly Murder. Attempted Bank Robbery

The Bombala Times · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 4

In the first-class compartment^ of a passenger train, between Hornsby and Warrawee on Friday night, the manager of the Hornsby branch of…

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Cooma Police Court. Friday, 21[?] JULY. ([?] Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 July 1922 · page 2

[?] A. Philips and J. W. McIntyre were each fined 2/6, and costs 8/-, for having failed in deriver expired motor…

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Police Attacked by Mob

The Bombala Times · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 4

A mob of larrikins attacked Constables Archer and Kennedy at Alexandria last Saturday night. The policemen were on duty in…

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Orbest Warden's Court

Delegate Argus · Thursday 17 August 1922 · page 2

The adjourned Mystery Gold-mining Case was heard at Orbost, before the Warden, Mr. Elliget, P.M., on Tuesday, 8th Aug., 1922…

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Orbost Warden's Court

Delegate Argus · Thursday 24 August 1922 · page 3

From "Every Week" we take the following decision by the Warden in the Bonang mining case:—…

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Court of Petty Sessions. (Before Mr. Shropshire, P.m.) Tuesday, 5Th September

The Bombala Times · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 4

Jacob Leonard and Stanley B Clatworthy were charged with being unlawfully on the licensed premises of the Commercial Hotel, on…

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Cooma Police Court

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1922 · page 2

At the Cooma Police Court to-day, Alexander Harast, 33, labourer, a Russian subject, was charged with having on 27th May, 1919…

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Murder and Prohibition. [Published by Arrangement.] Staggering Comparison

The Bombala Times · Friday 22 September 1922 · page 4

Writing from New York, Mr. Winthrop D. Lane, in a special article to the London "Times," characterises the effect of Prohibition in America in a…

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COOMA [?] Court. Friday, 22nd SEPTEMBER. Before Mr J. L [?] P.m.; Shooting with Intent

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 25 September 1922 · page 2

Alexander Sarast, alias Harast, 23, labourer, of Russian nationality, was charged with [?] at[?]…

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6,000 Doses of Cocaine Magistrate Rebukes Trafficker

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 2 October 1922 · page 2

Enough Cocaine to supply 6,000 doses, according to an analyst, was found when a foreign seaman, a native of…

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Police Tyranny. (Published by Arrangement.) Woman in Hysterics

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 2

This is the sort of thins that occurs iu U.S.A. since Prohibition was foisted on to the people. It is taken from the New York…

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Cooma District Court. (Before Mr. Judge Hamilton) Claim for Slander and Assault

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 13 October 1922 · page 2

Alfred Raymond Stone, labourer, of Audo, sued Henry George Rolfe (mentioned as Robert Rolfe) labourer, to recover £30 for…

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Murder Will Out

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 13 November 1922 · page 2

Once upon a time there was a lady who wished to have her real age kept a secret. In order to be successful she instructed her son, in case…

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Cooma Police Court

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 November 1922 · page 2

At the Cooma Police Court on Thursday before Mr. Z. Moriarty, J. P. Tlorneas O'Brien was fined 5/-for drunkenness…

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Court of Petty Sessions. TUESDAY, 28th NOV. (Before Messrs. J. Vider and J. Plowright, J's P.)

The Bombala Times · Friday 1 December 1922 · page 4

Alick Lamb (41), shearer, residing at Walgett, was charged with assaulting Johanna Perabo at midnight on the 25th instant, at her…

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Court of Petty Sessions. TUESDAY, 5th DEC

The Bombala Times · Friday 8 December 1922 · page 4

John Dunn, an elderly, man, 76 years of age, and old age pensioner, was charged with the larceny of a pair of plumber's snips…

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