Mittagong Police Court. Monday, April0 1, 1889
BEFORE Messrs. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and a Girard, J.P. Constable Noble had a batch of five persons summoned for "language." They all pleaded guilty,…
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Courts & crime, 1889
95 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 2 of 5
Stealing From the Person
AT the Goulburn police court last Saturday, George Thompson was charged with stealing a £1 note from the person of Joseph Riley, of Bowral, on 20th instant…
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ON Wednesday last Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., Mr. P. H. Throsby, J. P., and Mr. G. Tate, son., J.P., took their seats upon the bench. Captain Bridges was at his post; the senior-sergeant and his…
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SOME time ago we referred to the disagreeable fact that persons were in the habit of stealing flowers from the graves in St. Simon and St. Jude's Churchyard. Mrs. Sullivan, of Burradoo Park, writes to us…
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BEFORE Mr. F. R. Wilshire P.M., and G. Tate, J.P. William Poulton was charged by Senior-Sergeant Fowler with supplying milk without…
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BEFORE Messrs. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and H. Childs and A. Girard, Js.P. John Mitchell, 11½ years of age, one of the State School children at Mittagong, was found guilty of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Bowra Free Press Do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. Saturday, April 20, 1889. Licensing Court
At the Licensing Court at Moss Vale, on Wednesday last before Messrs. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and H. E. Kater, J.P., licensing magistrates, the following business was disposed of:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bankruptcy Court. Wednesday, April 24. Public Examination
RE John Leggatt. The bankrupt appeared and amended his statement at affairs by adding a debt due to a creditor named Charker for £160. Under examination by Mr. E. M. Stephen, official assignee,…
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AT the Moss Vale Police Court on Monday, 29th April, William Chapman pleaded guilty to being drunk in Moss Vale on 27th instant, and was fined 5s. Fred. Williams pleaded guilty to being drunk…
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THE only business at the police court, Mittagong, on Monday last was the granting of a slaughtering license to Messrs Norman and Perkins. Several cases, in which summonses had been issued, were…
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AT the Moss Vale Police Court on Wednesday last James Emmett pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in Moss Vale on 30th April. Fined 5/, or 24 hours, and for using obscene language he was…
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AN Appeal Court will be held at Sydney on Monday next, before the Minister of Lands, when the proposed forfeiture of Mr. E. Y. Casburn's original conditional purchase at Wingello will be considered,…
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A MUNICIPAL appeal court, for the hearing of appeals, if any against the Bowral municipal assessments for the current year, wilt be held at Mittagong on Monday, the 27th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Tragedy at Ultimo. Murder of Wife and Child Suicide of the Murderer
SHORTLY after 11 o'clock on Saturday morning shocking tragedy was enacted at Ultimo. The scene of the murderous outrage that has resulted in the death of three…
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AT the Mittsgong Police Court on Monday last, before Messrs. Childs and Girard, Js1P., Michael Donovan, for drunkenness in Bowral on the previous Saturday, was fined 10/- or 48 hours; and for…
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BEFORE Messrs. H. Childs and A. Girard, Js.P. George Charker was charged by Mr. H. O. Rotton, forest ranger with haying on the 10th May committed a breach of the timber regulations,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The District Court Judgeship
CONSEQUENT on the transfer of Judge McFarland to the metropolitan district a short time back, the position of the southern district court became vacant and it was first intended that Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, May 29, 1889
BEFORE MESSRS. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and G. Tate, senr., J.P. Frederick Williams was charged with stealing a horse, the property of Richard Frost, of Bowral…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shocking Murder in New Zealand
A SETTLER at Kaiwarra, near Wellington, named Thomas Hawkins, has been found murdered on the road leading to his residence. He had been shot and afterwards stabbed, the body being covered with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Bowral free press. Do as adversaries do in law. Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. Saturday, June 8, 1889. Appeal Court
A court for the bearing of appeals against the municipal assessments at Moss Vale was held on Wednesday last, before Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M. James Yeo appealed against his rented property…
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