Attempted Burglary at the Royal Hotel, Moss Vale
At the recent Goulburn quarter sessions the jury disagreed in a case against George Haines for attempted burglary at the Royal Hotel, Moss…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Southern Highlands · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1899
151 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 2 of 8
Rowral Police Court. a Lady’s Gold Ring
At the Bowral Police Court on Monday, before Mr. W. Alcorn, J.P., Frederick Batiste, remanded from, the 4th inst. to allow the police to obtain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bowral Police Court. Monday, Feb. 13
BEFORE Mr. W. Alcorn, J.P. Frederick Batiste, remanded from the 4th. instant to allow the police to obtain information, was charged with having in his possession a lady's gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, February 15. (Before A.D. Badgery, G Tate, L. Samuel, and I. S. Ponder, J's.P )
Arthur Ellis was charged with stealing a heifer, the property of George Chapman. Mr. Elliott for the prosecution ; Mr.Gale for the accused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Summer Fair. Opened by Mrs. W. McCOURT
ON Wednesday and Thursday last a "Summer Fair "or sale of work was held in the Wesleyan school hall, Bowral, in aid of the trust fund. A large number of people availed themselves of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chairman of Committees. Mr. M’court Re-elected
In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, Mr. Moore, with concurrence, moved, that Mr. William M’Court should be Chairman of Committees for the present session. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Driggs Sentenced to Death
On Friday Stewart Briggs, the young man who one evening in December last shot his lover Maggie Dutt and her grandmother at their house in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licrnsing Court
A booth license was granted to William Brown (Robertson) for 2nd and 3rd of March…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Moss Vile Police Court. Wednesday, 22Nd February. (Before Meters. W. S. Casswell, P.M, and G. Tale, J.P.)
John Clout, a youth, was charged with using profane language on the Bundanoon platform on Sunday, 12th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boot Trunk Tragedy. Two Prisoners Sentenced to Death
The trial of the prisoners charged in connection with the boot trunk tragedy was concluded at Melbourne on Saturday. The jury returned a verdict of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Yarra Tragedy. Two Accused Sentenced to Death. Melbourne
The trial of Olga Radalyski, Travice Alexander Tod, and William Henry Gaze, on a charge of murdering Mabel. Ambrose Discattin, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Amusing Scene at Court
A barrister tells a good story of his own discomfiture. In examining a refactory who said he had been "ten minutes in the company " of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Theft of £50,000 in bank notes
A London cable message last month announced that £50,000 in notes had been stolen from Parr's Bank, and a week later another message stated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →(Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, March 8Th
Before Mr.W.S. Caswell, P.M., and Messrs. M.J. PArnell, J. Callen, and G. Tate, Js. P. The Moss Vale Council proceeded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Robertson Police Court. Thursday, March 9. Before Mr. Nesbitt, P.M.
John Missingham, jun., and Robert Mimmett were charged by E. Hetherington, on behalf of the trustees of the Burrawang Cemetery, with allowing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Divorce Court. Wednesday, March 22. (Before Mr. Justice Walker.) ELLIOTT v. ELLIOTT
Mr. Flannery, instructed by Mr. T. Marshall, appeared for the petitioner, Andrew Elliott; Mr. Whitfield, instructed by Mr. C. C. Gale, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court. Friday, March 24,1899
BEFORE Mr. W. S. Caswoll P.M. C. Waters v J Lindsay claim 8/10 for goods sold and delivered. Verdiet for plaintiff with 5/ costs of court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Action for Assault. a Peculiar Injury
In No. 1 Jury Court, Sydney, last week, before Mr. Justice Cohen and a jury of four the following peculiar case was dealt with:—This was an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bowral Small Debts Court Friday, March 24Th, 1899
Before Mr. W. S. Caswell, P.M. Charles Waters v. James Lindsay, claim 8s 9d goods sold. No appearance of defendant. Verdict for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Witnesses
Hitherto tho people who have been required to give evidence in police cases have been allowed no expenses for attending court. An alteration in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →