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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

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Bowral Police Court. Tuesday, April 25, 1905 [?]

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 2

Mr. J. L. R. Cameron proceeded against Mr. J. G. Rose for having claimed excessive damages when impounding a bull at Bowral on 27th March Rose was lessee of an…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Friday, April 28, 1905. (Before Aubrey Mowle and A. A. Carter, J's.P)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 2

George Jones was charged with stealing one cattle dog the property of Matthew Bryan The accused pleaded not guilty. Evidence was given for…

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Apparitions of Queens. Haunted Gallery at Hampton Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 6

It is stated on what would appear to be good authority that the haunted gallery at Hampton Court Palace is to be thrown open to the…

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Mess Vale Police Court. Wednesday, 3Rd May, 1905. (Before the P.M.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 2

Arthur Wilson was charged with travelling on a carriage employed on the New South Wales Government railways without having previ[?]dy…

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Woman Charged with Murder Third Trial in New York

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 5

The jury has again disagreed in the trial of the woman Nan Patterson charged with the murder of her para mour in New York…

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Poisoner's Sentenced Husband's Callous Crime. Master and Maid Convicted

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 4

Judgment was given on Saturday, 31st December, in Milan (telegraphs the correspondent of the "Petit Journal" in that city) in a murder trial which has…

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Alleged Attempt to Murder

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 1

At the Lithgow police court on Tuesday day, before the police magistrate, Alfred Herbert Murry was charged with shooting at Clara Fellowes with…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, May lOTH, 1904. (Before Messrs. E. L. Maitland, P.M., and E. Hewison, J.P.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 2

Percival Charles Hayes (a boy under the age of 16 years) was charged with stealing three sovereigns, the property of Minnie Wilson…

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A Charge of Stealing

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1905 · page 3

Mr. James Hilton, a grazier at High Range, paid a visit to Bowral on Saturday, and purchased some supplies which he placed in a buggy in the…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, May 10. Before Messrs. E[?]land, P.P., and E. Hewison, J.P.

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1905 · page 2

P[?]al Charles Hayes, a boy under the age of 16, charged with stealing three sovereigns, the property of Minnie Wilson. Mr. Gale, who…

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Charge of Stealing

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 17 May 1905 · page 2

At the same court on Monday, before Messrs. R. S. Mackenzie and Jos. Stokes, Js.P., William Clifford pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing 6 tins of jam, 3 loaves…

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Bowral Police Court. Charge of Drunkenness

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 17 May 1905 · page 2

At the Bowral Police Court on Friday, before Mr. Jos. Stokes, J.P., Annie Brown was fined 10s, in default seven days, for drunkenness and riotous behaviour on the…

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Sir H. Maxim at Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 May 1905 · page 2

Sir Hiram Maxim relates the story of his first meeting with the King. "At Buckingham Palace I appro[?]ched the place where his Majesty stood…

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Girgaree Murder. Arrested Man Confesses

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 2

At the Benalla Police Court on Tuesday morning a man arrested the previous evening in connection with the Girgaree murder was presented…

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Alleged Murder at Sea. a Chinaman's Story

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 1

The Chinese named Eng Seng, clerk on the steamer Charon, was formally charged at Freemantle on Friday morning with having, about January 2, on…

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Moss Vala Police Court. Wednesday, May 24, 1905.(Before Massrs. A. A. Carter and Aubrey Mowle, J. P.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 2

Lily Murphy sued Samuel Walker for £1210s for board and lodging for tow children; £2 paid into court. Verdict for £10 10s and costs…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Monday. 29Th May. 1905. (Before Messrs. A[?] Mowle and E Howison, J's P.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 May 1905 · page 2

Ernest Knight was before the court charged with being a person of unsound mind. Dr. Arthur Styles Vallack, medical…

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Moss Vale Police Court

Robertson Advocate · Friday 2 June 1905 · page 2

On Monday last at the above court, before Messrs. Mowle and Hewison J's.P., Ernest Knight was charged as being a person of unsound mind…

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Charge of Attempted Murder

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 June 1905 · page 5

Alfred Herbert Murray, aged 42, engine driver, pleaded not guilty to a charge that he did at Lithgow, on May 2. feloniously wound Miss Clara…

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Youths in Trouble. Sons of a Surgeon-major. Charged with Coining. Complete Mint in a Shed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 June 1905 · page 6

Three young men of good social position and good education, the eldest only 28, stood in the dock at Bristol Police Court on March 2nd…

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