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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

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Alleged Theft

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 2

At the Bowral Palice Court on Thursday, before Messrs: W. Murray and Jos. Stokes, Js.P., Samuel Green was charged with stealing £10 in gold, the property of John…

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Alleged Stealing

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 2

At the Bowral police court on Saturday case arising oat of the recent bash fires was Ward before Mr. Maitland, P.M. Samuel Green, an old-age…

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Alleged Theft of £10

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 2

A lengthy case was tried before Mr. Maitland, P.M., at the Bowral police court on Saturday morning last, when Samuel Green an old-age pensioner, wan charged with stealing on December 31st last a…

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A French Sensation Triple Murder Charge. a Modern De Brinvilliers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 5

Almost since the beginning of the year vague rumors of a series of atrocious poisonings alleged to have been lately perpetrated in the little…

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The Arbitration Court and the Wheelers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 6

The trouble in the coal-mining industry at Newcastle was advanced another stage on Friday, when an appeal to the Arbitration Court was…

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The Story of the Blacks. Formal Trials of Natives for Murder

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 6

Daring the early years of settlement the minds of the judges and leaders of the bar were considerably exercised over the points raised concerning the…

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Divorce Court Matters As Told in London

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 5

"Could you oblige me by lending me sovereign for Christmas?—Yours always, Alice." This, request was read out in the…

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The Arbitration Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 5

The rules governing the practice and procedure of the Arbitration Court, which have been in operation since the establishment of the Court…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, 11Th January, 1905. (Before Messrs. E. Maitland, P.M., and E. Hewison, J.P.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 2

A license for a stage coach was granted to Thomas Fairley. THEFT OF HALF-A-CROWN. Wm. Edward Simpson was charged…

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Charge of Child Murder

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 6

The nurse, Edith Fillen, who was arrested on a charge of murdering a newly born male child, by drowning it in Merri Creek, was before the…

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The Leytonstone Murder Arrest and Confession

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 5

A man walked into the police station at Dover recently, and gave himself up for the murder of Helen Walden, the women who was found with her head…

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Saved by the Court Records

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 5

At the old Bafley, in September 1772. writes a contributor to St. James Budget a barber's apprentice named Male was accused of robbing one Mrs.[?]…

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Motor-car Dangers Blind Man Gets a License. Magistrate's Severe Comments

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 5

Evidence given in a motor car case heard on 27th October at the Westminster Police Court, will not serve to abate the apprehension with which many people…

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Bowral Police Court. Tuesday, Jan 22, 1905

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 2

Before Mr. Maitland, P.M. OF UNSOUND MIND. John Armstrong, a married man, residing near Exeter, was charged with being…

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Mr. M'Court Banqueted at Burrawang

Robertson Advocate · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 2

The Burrawang supporters of the Hod. Wm. M 'Court, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, tendered him a banquet at Johnstone's hotel, Burrawang, on Tuesday…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, January 25,1905. (Before Messrs. E. Maitland, P M, and E. Hewison, J P.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 2

Jack Dickson, Francis Wallace, Walter Cogan, and James Chambers were severally charged with discharging firearms in a public place without…

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Banquet to Mr. McCourt, M.P.

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 2

The principal residents of Burrawang. Wilde's Meadow, and Robertson entertained the member for Wollondilly on Tuesday, evening last at a banquet at Johnston's…

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The Bowral Free Press And Berrima District Intelligencer. Saturday, January 28, 1905. News Gleanings. Banquet to Mr. McCOURT

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 2

The Hon. W. McCourt, speaker of the Legislative Assembly, was tendered a banquet by his Burrawang supporters at Johnston's Hotel on Tuesday evening last. About 40 guests were present, and Captain…

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Moss Vale Police Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 2

Before Mr. A. Mowle, J. P., on Tuesday morning, Henry Smith, of Bowral, a groom, was charged with being drank in Argyle-street and also…

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Escape from Goulburn Gaol

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 2

While the prisoners at Goulburn gaol were at work in the gardens near the Mulwarree River on Friday afternoon one of the number evaded the…

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