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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1888

111 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 3 of 6

Metropolitan District Court

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 25 April 1888 · page 1

ON Wednesday, April 18th before his Honor Judge Wilkinson, W. M. Thomas (Mittagong) sued A. G. Mackenzie and H. J. Bell (Sydney), to recover the sum of £22, being…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, April 25, 1888

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs; F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and G. Tate, J. P. BENCH OF THE PASTURES AND STOCK ACT. Mr. Yeo, Stock Inspector charged Messrs. Robert…

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Small Debts Court

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 2

R. J. Cuppitt sued G. Cupitt to recover £14/10/0 for work and labour done. Mr. Shorter for plaintiff. The defendant did not appear, and a warrant was issued for his. arrest for disobeyance of…

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Mittagong Police Court. Monday, April 30, 1888

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 1

BEEORE Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M. and Mr. P. L. C. Shepherd, J.P. [Mr. Childs was late, and the business of the court being brief, it was just concluding when he…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, May 2, 1888

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M. OBSCENITY. George Richards pleaded guilty to a charge of using obscene language at…

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Municipal Appeal Court

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 16 May 1888 · page 1

THE appeal of Mr. H. C. Manning was the only one entered against the assessment of the Bowral Municipal Council for the present municipal year. The appeal court was…

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A Dickens and a Pickwick in Court

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 16 May 1888 · page 1

DURING the hearing of a case in the High Court of Justice in London lately before Mr. Baron Haddlestone, and a jury,Mr. Dickens, a son of the famous novelist, and coun[?]el for…

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Land Appeal Court

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 23 May 1888 · page 1

On Monday last the Minister for Lands (Mr. Thomas Garrett) held an appeal court in the hall of the Chambers of Commerce, Exchange Buildings, Sydney, when the following cases…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, May 23, 1888

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and J Grice, J.P. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. Thomas Armstrong was charged by…

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Mittagomg Police Court. Monday, May 28th, 1888

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 30 May 1888 · page 1

BEFORE Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and H. Childs, J.P. The only business before the court was the consideration of a few small debts…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, May 30, 1888

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 2 June 1888 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. F. E. Wilshire, P.M., and Messrs. H. E. Kilter and G. Tate, Js.P. In the Small Debts Court, W. J. Adams sued the Sutton Forest Butchering Company, for £6. Mr…

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Licensing Court

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 2 June 1888 · page 2

The Licensing Bench, consisting of Messrs. F. R. Wilshire (chairman), H. E. Kater, and A. D. Badgery considered an application entered for the tranfer of the license of Tattersall's Hotel, Moss Vale,…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, June 6, 1888

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 4

BEFORE Messrs. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and Messrs. M. S[?]y, G. Ta[?]e, and H. E. Kater, Js.P. AN ABSCONDER…

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District Licensing Court, Berrima. Tuesday, June 5

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. F. R. Wilshire, Licensing Magistrate, and H. E. Kater, J.P. Inspector Fowler's report showed that all the hotels in the district were fairly well…

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Mittagong Police Court. Monday, June 11th, 1888

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 13 June 1888 · page 1

BEFORE Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and H. Childs, J.P. John Lillillis, was locked up on the previous Sunday morning for drunkenness and…

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Berrima Police Court. Tuesday, June 12, 1888

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and Mr. E. Carter, J.P. Archibald Bell got a drop too much on the previous night, and further misbehaved…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, June 13, 1888

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 2

THE Police Magistrate (Mr. F. R. Wilshire), Mr. G. Tate, J.P., the Senior-sergeant of police, two other policemen, three solicitors, two witnesses, and three newspaper…

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Court of Petty Sessions at Bowral

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 2

MR. McCOURT, M.P., has kindly forwarded us by post the following letter for publication:—"Department of Justice. Sir,—Willi reference…

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Court of Petty Sessions at Bowral

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 3

IN our issue of Saturday last we published a letter received by Mr. McCourt, M. L. A., from the Minister for Justice, refusing to establish a court of petty sessions in…

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Mittagong Police Court. Monday, June 25th, 1888

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 27 June 1888 · page 1

BEFORE Messrs. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and H. Childs, J.P. UNLAWFULLY CARRYING FIREARMS. George Edwards, Hemy Owen, John…

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