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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, April 24Th, 1907. (Before Messrs. E. L. Maitland, P.M., and T. A. Badgery. J.P.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 2

C. R. South was summoned for having allowed his cow on Sunday last to stray on the railway line at Exeter. Defendant said he was not guilty. He…

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A Federal Magistrate

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 6

It is provided in the Commonwealth Judiciary Act that jurisdiction in regard to offences against the Commonwealth may be exercised by police or…

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Lancastrains in Paris. the "Incognito" Visit. Parisians Charged

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 May 1907 · page 5

The following generalised account of the Royal visit to Paris is from "Lloyd's Weekly" of 10th February. Paris, Saturday night.—Though…

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A Freethought Bequest. Peculiar Case in Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 May 1907 · page 3

The will of the late William Jones, formerly of the Eagle on the hill Hotel, and ex councillor in the Adelaide Corporation, was under…

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The Berrima Gaol Escapee. Cant Recaptured

Robertson Advocate · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 2

The prisoner, Thomas Caut, alis Vaughan, who escaped from Berrima Gaol a few weeks ago, was re[?] at Forbes in a sensational manner on Tuesday night…

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 2

On Wednesday last, before Mr. E. L. Maitland, P.M., and Sir. E Hewlson. J.P., appeals against assessment were heard as follow:—…

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Moss Vale Police Court. (Before Mr. E. L. Maitland, P.M.) Wednesday, May 8, 1907

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 2

Edward Thomas Collins, ol Mittagong, was before the court at the instance of Lily May Watts, charged under the Infant's Protection Act with…

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The Escaped Prisoner Arrested Near Forbes. Fires Upon the Police

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 2

A sensational arrest was made on Tuesday between 6 and 7 o'clock of Tommy Cant, alias Vaughan, the noted gaol-breaker, who escaped from…

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Suspicion of Murder

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 May 1907 · page 6

Murrwillumbah, Sunday.—In connection with the discovery of a human skeleton near the railway line at Dunbible on Wednesday, and which, it is…

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Matricide Charged. Millionaire's Wife Arrested

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 May 1907 · page 5

On 18th February the New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote: Mrs. Leopold Wallau, one of the most prominent women in the wealthy…

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Warden's Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 2

The Warden, Mr. E. L. Maitland, on Wednesday last held an inquiry at the Moss Vale court house as to the surface value and rent, and the…

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Warden's Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 2

A sitting of the above court was held at Goulburn on Wednesday last before the Mining Warden (Mr. Maitland,. P.M.)' In the following…

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A Murder Mystery

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 June 1907 · page 6

Richard Brinkley, 53, a carpenter, has been committed for trial at Croydon for the murder of Mr, Richard Beck and Mrs. Anne E. Beck. and the…

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Warden's Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 June 1907 · page 2

A warden's court was held at the courthouse, Moss Vale, on Tuesday morning, when cancellation of the "authority to enter" was recorded…

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Melbourne Murder

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 6

The murder of Mr. Bernard Bauer, diamond merchant, who was battered to death by an unknown assailant in bit office, in Collins-street, loses…

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Strange Case In the Divorce Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 4

On Thursday in the Divorce Court, before Mr. Justice G. B Simpson Thomas Edwin Brown, respondent it the suit brought by Mary Brown…

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Berrima Gaol Escapee. Charge of Shooting.—heavy Sentences

Robertson Advocate · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 3

At the Bathurst Quarter sessions on Wednesday Thomas William Vaughan, who recently broke out of Berrima Gaol, was charged with having, on May 7, at Forbes,…

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Berrima Gaol Escapee

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 2

At the Bathurst Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, Thomas Wm. Vaughan, who recently broke out of Berrima Gaol, was charged with having, on…

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Police Defeated

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 6

Agrarian disturbances in Ireland have become more pronounced. A party of raiders proceeded at midnight to drive stock from a farm at Athenry…

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Incitement [?] Murder

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 June 1907 · page 6

Mr. c. C. Craig C[?] South) in the House of Comment asked whether Mr. A. Birroli Secretary for Ireland, was aware the Mr…

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