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Courts & crime, 1908

220 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 11

Another Burglary. Hardaker's Shop Broken Into

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 2

Yesterday morning when Mr. E. S. Hardaker's stationery and fancy goods shop was opened at the usual hour for business it was…

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Nowra Police Court. Tuesday, Mauch 17. (Before the P.m.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 12

Arthur Kelly v. Bert Thomson, for assault. There was no appearance of complainant. Mr Grainger, for defendant, asked for witness' expenses and professional costs for one…

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Police Court. Monday, 16Th March. (Before Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M.)

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 4

Wm. Hannon was charged with riotous behavior in Carp Street on the night of 6th March. Constable Turner gave evidence that…

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Another Burglary. Rodd and Chegwidden’s Broken Into

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 2

The second burglary within a week was attempted late on Friday night, when the shop of Messrs. Rodd and Chegwidden, in Church-street, was broken into. The…

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Alleged Assault

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 1

Quite a sensation was caused in Nowra on Sunday evening when it became known that three respectable young caen, of good character— Stanley Bice, William Bice, and Cecil…

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Police Court. WEDNESDAY, 25th MARCH. (Before Mr. H. Underhill, J. P.)

The Bega Budget · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 2

Alfred Eugene Cleaver, Bega's bellman, was charged with behaving in a riotous manner on Tuesday evening…

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District Court

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 4

A District Court is to be held in Nowra an 28th April. The last date for entering plaints will he the 10th. The only plaint entered so far is one in which Hugh…

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Police Court. Fire !

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 2

John Grant, a tramp and [?] the district, on remand, was changed with leaving a fire unextinguished on [?] the main Eden road The prisoners [?]…

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Yesterday’s Court. (Before Mr. Roberts [?] ) Small Debt [?]. Passage at Arms [?] SOLICITORS

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 2

In the case of [?]…

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Alleged Assault. Causing Actual Bodily Haem

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 7

At the Police Court, yesterday, before the P.M. and Mr G. U. Alley, J.P., Stanley Bice, William Bice, and Cecil Eauoh appeared under remand charged with having…

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Warden's Court

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 8

NOWRA, TUESDAY, March 31. Before Mr. Warden Chisholm. The Homeward Hound Mining Company, Yalwal, applied for…

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Dog in Court. an Amusing Test. Rival Owners

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 3

Mr Curtis Bennett, at the Westminster Police Court on 10th January, was called upon to decide the ownership of an Irish terrier, the rival claimants being…

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The Roughs of Paris. Canine Police Aids. How They Work

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 3

In spite of frost and snow there was a fair attendance of interested persons on the Vincennes racecourse on Monday, 6th January, when a…

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Yesterday’s Court. (Before Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.m.)police Public Court Health

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 2

Felix Wall was charged with neglecting to bury tho carcase of a calf, thereby endangering the public health. was stated that the animal in question…

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Nowra Police Court. HYAM v. LEEMING

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 1

At the Police Court, yesterday, before Colonel Chisholm, P.M., the case David Hyam r. Richard Caleb Leeming, for alleged embezslement of certain money, the property…

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Police Court. Monday, 6Th April. (Before Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M.)

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 4

L. Lazarus (first offence) was charged with allowing a horse to stray in the municipality. Fined 2s 6d and 6s costs…

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Escape From Cooma Gaol. the Nimitybelle Burglar

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 4

A somewhat sensational escape was made from the Cooma Gaol yard on Friday afternoon by prisoner named William Johnson…

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Small Debts Court

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 4

G. Boardman sued Wes. Spindler for 30s. Mr. Bland, who appeared for plaintiff, said that in August last, Spindler and a man named…

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Escape From Cooma Gaol. a Convicted Burglar

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 7

A sensational escape was made from the Cooma Gaol yard on Friday afternoon by a prisoner named William Johnson, alias William Wallace, who was sentenced at the Cooma…

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Theft of a Postal Note

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

Kenneth Henderson, 18, remanded from Nowra on 26th March by Mr. Marks, J.P, on a charge of stealing a postal note of the value of 20s., the…

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