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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime
144 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 5 of 8
The New York "Sun" has an able editorial in which it [?]cks to show why some women love to attend sensational or murder trials. It says:—"Women are not stirred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Michael Christy was charged with travelling on the railway and not having paid his fare between Towrang and aless Vale. He pleaded guilty and said he thought he could pay when he arrived here…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday evening somnambulistic Berrima was roused to a state of excitement by the news that an attempted murder has taken place in the gaol. It appears that Senior-Warder Nebbitt was in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEFORE Messrs. R. S. McKenzie and J. J. Campbell, Js.P. OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—John McCann, for using obscene language, was fined £1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Monday, evening somnambulistic Berrima was roused to a state of excitement by the news that an attempted murder had taken place in the gaol. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →H. A. Walledon sued George Cunningham for £13 3/2, board and lodging. Defendant did not appear. Verdict for plaintiff for the amount claimed, with 8s costs—Free Press…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John McCann, for using obscene language, was fined £1 or seven days in Berrima. He refused to pay. [As a friend insisted on paying the fine Mr McCann secured his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Patrick Hoare, jun, charged with using obseers language in a public thoroughfare. pleaded not guilty. Defendant represented that he had two witnesses to call and they were not ready till next…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mrs. Nicholas, of Bundanoon, applied for a removal of her license to new premises. to be known as the Tourists' hotel.—Granted. Mr. Charker, of the Imperial hotel, Bowral, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. C C. Gale on behalf of the Council prosecuted a number o f ratepayers under the 10th sec. of the by-laws. he informed the bench that the council did not press for a heavy penalty where any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HAVING obtained a pass from Mr. Wilshire, we gained admittance into the Berrima gaol on Saturday last. The first thing that met our gaze on entering was the large stone walls, from which no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Patrick Hoate charged with using obscene language, pleaded not guilty. Constable Carpenter deposed that prisoner was in Waite-street between 11 and 12 p m. He was on duty in Arglest and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEFORE Messrs. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and J. J. Campbell, J.P. Jamas Maguiro, for allowing 3 horses to stray, was fined 5/- for each horse, with 5/6 costs.—Paid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the Central Criminal Court the prisoner named George Neimes was arraigned on an indictment charging him that be did, at Berrima, on July 18, maliciously wound one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A writer on the Australian Star thus cleverly individualises some of the characters who appeared in the recent murderous assault case at Berrima when heard in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wm. Jeffrey was charged with removing bark from Crown Lands. Defendant pleaded guilty. As this was the second offence the Bench in[?]ictted a fine of £3 and costs 6s 61. Levy and distress…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Smith, 34, laborer, employed by Mr. Young for suake-juieciam, was find 5s. or 48 hour of his existence to be passed chasing stray cocks [?] at Constable Carpenter's farm…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BEFORE R. S. Mackenzie, W. Foord, and J. J. Campbell, Js.P. NON-ATTENDANCE. Arthur Clayton pleaded guilty to his son not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Claim £7 5s 7d, goods sold. £6 was paid into court. Verdict for balance, and one witness 3s. T. ANDERSON V. Q. BERNIE. Claim £10…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →T. Anderson deposed that he was a farmer residing near Robertson; the information as read before the court was correct; he was the leasee of a farm culled Riversdale, about…
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