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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1910

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Bowral Police Court. Before Mr. J. Stokes. J.P.

Robertson Advocate · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 2

On Monday last John Gordon, laborer, [?] charged with begging. The evidence of Constable Somerville was to the effect that the accused was making a house to…

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The Assault on the Chinaman Blacker Committed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 4

At the Mittagong Police Court on Saturday last, before Messrs. F. H. Galbraith, P.M., and G Horton, J.P., Robert Stephen Blacker was charged…

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Bowral Police Court. Tuesday, 8Th Mar

Robertson Advocate · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 2

Before Messrs H. S. Hawkins, P.M., and H. Foord, J.P. A case was before the court from the evidence of which there appears…

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Mittagong Police Court. Tursday, 8Th Mar. Before Mr. H. S. Hawkins, P.M.

Robertson Advocate · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 2

James Nichols was charged with using obscene language. He pleaded not guilty, and was defended by Mr. M'Carthy…

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How Vale Police Court. Wednesday, March 9, 1910. (Before Mr. H. S. Hawkins. P.M.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 2

The Moss Vale council proceeded against the following persons for neglecting to pay sanitary lees :— E. J. Ford, 16s arrears and 6s 6d…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, March 23, 1910. (Before Messrs. Hawkins, P.M., and J. W. Cunningham, J.P.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 2

Wm. Jeffrey, of Wingello, was charged with having stolen from land near Paddy's River 16 sheets of galvanised roofing iron, the property of William Lindsay…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. Hawkins, P.M., and Mr. J. A. Badgery and Dr. Stevenson, L.Ms.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 2

John Murphy applied for a renewal of the license for the Burrawang Hotel.— Application granted. Mrs. O. Martin applied for a renewal of…

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Bowral Police Court. Tuesday, April 12Th. Before Mr. F. H. Galbraith, P.M. Breach of Agreement

Robertson Advocate · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 2

Bertram Vale was charged with breach of contract by absenting himself form the hired service of Sobey Lyne…

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District Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 2

The District Court was held at the court house, Moss, Vale, on Thursday last and continued on Friday before his Honor Acting Judge Harris. The legal gentlemen present…

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District Court. Alleged Slander

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1910 · page 2

At the District Court, Moss Vale, on Thursday last, before his Honor Acting Judge Harris, the tractor part of the day was takes up in a case in which Charles…

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The Venice Murder

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 2

The trial of Naumoff, Countess Tarnowska, Prilukoff (her lawyer), and Perrier (her maid), on a charge of murdering Count Kamarowski at…

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District Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 2

When our last issue went to press the case of Betts and Son v. J. C. Gay was before the court. A vast amount of evidence was taken, but, stated…

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Ghastly Murder

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 4

In a lonely, out of the way spot at Willoughby the circumstances of a foul murder came to light on Tuesday. A little girl of eight, Florence May…

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New York Murder

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 3

At the trial at New York of Albert Wolter on a charge of killing Ruth Wheeler, a typist, at his [?] Wolter swore that he had never seen Ruth…

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The Willoughby Murder

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 4

Before the city coroner, Mr. Stephen Murphy, on Wednesday, the inquiry was conducted into the circumstances surrounding the death of the little girl…

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Mittagong Assault Case. Alleged Feloniously Wounding

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 2

At the Goulburn Circuit Court on Tuesday last, before his Honor Mr. Justice Pring, Robert Stephen Blacker was charged that he did, on 4th February, at Mittagong…

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Licensing Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 2

The only business before the licensing bench, Messrs. F. H. Galbraith, P.M., and J. A. Badgery, L.M., was the reading of the licensing inspector's…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, 27Th April, 1910. (Before Mr. F. H. Galbraith, P.M.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 2

James McGuire, for allowing horses to stray in the streets of the municipality, was fined 10/- with 6/- costs of court…

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Blacker Sentenced to Death. the Assault on Ah Fung

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 2

The evidence in the case in which Robert Stephen Blacker was charged with wounding a Chinaman, Ah Fung, with intent to murder, at Mittagong on the 4th February…

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Mittagong Assault Case

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 May 1910 · page 2

The charge against Robert Stephen Blacker of feloniously wounding Ah Fung was concluded at the Goulburn Circuit Court on Friday last. The following…

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