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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1887

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Moss Vale Police Court, Wednesday, June 8. 1887. Before Messrs. F. R. Wiltshire, P.M., H. E. Kater, mid Captain Bridges

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 11 June 1887 · page 2

Charles Murphy, Frederick Freeman, and Walter Goodsen, wers each fined 10s. 6d. and 6s. 6d. costs, for using obscene language on the 24th May, at Wild'a Meadow…

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Mittagong Police Court. Monday, June 27

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. H. Childs and A. Girard, Js.P. STEALING. Edmund Ashford, of Bargo, was charged with having on the 11th June, at Mittagong, unlawfully…

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Mittagong Police Court. Monday, July 11, 1887

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 2

BEFORE MESSRS. P. L. C. Shepherd, H. Childs, and A. Girard, Js.P. John Payne was charged by Mr. Truant-Inspector Stratford with neglecting to send his boy to…

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Spring Court V. Municipality. to the Editor of the Bowral Free Press

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 2

SIR,—In your last issue you published a report of the council meeting held on the 1st of this month. Among other correspondence you state that a letter was read from me, and that it was not received, as…

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Mittagong Police Court. Monday, July 25, 1887

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and Messrs. H. Childs and A. Girard, Js.P. Bowral Municipal Council v W. A. Comer, for trespassing on footpaths; plea not guilty…

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Small Debts Court

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 2

Thos. Cope t. James Fleeton.—Claim, 30s. Mr. Oxley for plaintiff. Debt admitted; no appearance of defendant. Verdict for amount, costs of court, and one witness's expenses…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, August 3

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 3

BEFORE Messrs. F. R. Wilshire, P. M., W. Barrett, and G. Tate, J.Ps. James Johnston, charged with being drunk and lisorderly at Robertson, did not…

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Small Debts Court

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 3

Before F. R. Wilshire, P.M., G. Tate, and W. Barrett, Js. P. Mrs. D. Moffitt, administratrix in the will of the late D. Moffitt v. H. F. Ginger…

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Mittagong Police Court. Monday, August 8, 1887

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 13 August 1887 · page 3

BEFORE Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and Messrs. H. Childs and J. G[?]rard. Js.P. Ernest Roberts of Wagga Wagga, was charged with travelling on the railway without a ticket on…

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The Bowral Free Press. Do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. Saturday, August 20, 1887. Mittagong Police Court. Monday, August 15, 1887

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. H. Childs and A. Girard, Js.P. STEALING. Ambrose Prior, a lad about 18 years of…

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Mittagong Police Court. Monday, August 22, 1887

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 27 August 1887 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. F. R. Wilshire P.M, and Mr. H. Childs J. P. BREACH OF THE IMPOUNDING ACT. Snowden v. Frost. Mr. Gale for plaintiff, Mr…

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Mittagong Police Court. Monday, August 22, 1887

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and H. Childs, J.P. Ernest Roberts appeared charged with travelling on the government railways in…

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Small Debts Court

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 2

J. Israel sued a number of persons in the estate of Levy and Co. The amounts claimed were small in each case, and there being no appearance of defendants a verdict…

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Mittagong Police Court. Monday, September 19, 1887

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and Messrs. Girard, P. L. C. Shepherd, and H. Childs. Peter Charles Hewett v. G. Izzard. Mr. A. J. Cape, with Mr. Oxley, for plaintiff…

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Warden's Court

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 2

A WARDEN'S court was held at Mittagong on Monday last—the first held there. Mr. F. R. Wilshire presided. There was only one case before the court, that of an application from one Dunston to have…

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Small Debts Court

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 2

A. Hodgson v. A. Smith, £3/10/0; Mr. Gale for plaintiff. Plaintiff deposed that in December last he was owner of the entire horse, "Monarch," and the agreement with Smith was that he was to pay…

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Mittagong Police Court. Monday, October 3, 1887

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 8 October 1887 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and Messrs. H. Childs and J. Girard, Js.P. Joseph Ritter was charged with that he did, on the 17th September, drive so negligently, carelessly,…

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Licensing Court

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 8 October 1887 · page 3

WEDNESDAY next, 12th instant, is the date of the quarterly meeting of the Licening Court, at Moss Vale…

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Mittagong Police Court. Monday, October, 31, 1887

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 2 November 1887 · page 1

BEFORE Messrs. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and H. Childs. J.P. Joseph Blachford was charged with not registering his dog. Pleaded guilty and…

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A Mean Theft

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 9 November 1887 · page 1

OUR attention has been called to a very mean theft that was perpetrated in the Church of England cemetery, Bowral, during the early part of last week. Many of…

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