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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

125 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 7

Silence. Boys Sentenced

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 3

Two Minneapolis boys (says the "Inter-Ocean") were recently ordered by Judge C. L. Smith in Municipal Court not to speak to each other for a…

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Mittagong Police Court. Wednesday, 3rd Jan. Before Dr. Lovegrove and Mr. Geo. Horton, J's P.

Robertson Advocate · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 2

Dick Lea and Stanley Cordon, two youths, were each [?]ned to 24 hours' imprisonment for riding on the buffers of the Coomamait frain between Picton and Mittagong…

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A Russian Murder

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 2

Prince David Dadiani has been sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, with hard labour, for instigating the murder of Prince…

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Murder in Gambling Hell

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 2

A player cheating in a luxurious underground gambling saloon at Braga led to a fight. The proprietor of the saloon extinguished the…

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The Ipswich Murder

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 2

At Ipswich (Q.) on Friday, John Gottlieb Jenner was charged with having, at Ipswich, on December 23, 1911, wilfully murdered Annie…

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Mittagong Police Court. Wednesday, Jan. 7. Before Mr. Meares. P.M.

Robertson Advocate · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 2

Henry Day and Arthur Lynch, aged respectively 19 and 21 years, ware charged with breaking and entering the premises of Miss Alice McClurg…

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To Make Court Plaster

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 3

Soak a sufficient quantity of Isinglass in warm water for twenty-four hours; expose it to heat over the fire till the greater part of the water is dissipated,…

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Moss Vale Licensing Court. Wednesday, January 24, 1912. (Before F. H. Galbraith. P.M.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 2

Mrs. A. Tyler, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Bundanoon, applied for the transfer of her license to John E. Dalley, of Annandale, and…

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Revelations. Russian Secret Police

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 3

Of all my experiences in the Russian Secret Service I recall no more interesting case than my adventure with Dmitry Bogroff, the revolutionist who…

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Tragedy in Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 6

Veron, a wine merchant, who lost a case which was heard before a tribunal in Marseiles, exclaimed when judgement was delivered, "I am ruined."…

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Told In Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 5

At the hearing of a case at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions, before Judge Rogers, the usual solemnity of a court of justice was pleasantly varied…

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Jewel Theft. Story Told to Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 4

A strange story was told at the Swindon Police Court to-day (wired the "News" correspondent on November 2), when Robert Wilson (42) and…

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Murder of a Schoolmaster

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 6

Eight boys belonging to the Meath Industrial School have been charged with murdering John Kelly, an assistant master. One boy felled Mr Kelly…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, February 14, 1912. (Before Mr. F. H. Galbraith, P.M.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 2

George Thompson was charged with being drunk and with damaging a night but in the Moss Vale lockup. He was fined 5s, in default four days…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. F. H. Galbraith, P.M.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 2

A booth license was granted to Joseph Loving, of Wilde's Mesdow, for Robertson show on 29th Feb. and 1st March from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m…

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Wanted by the Police

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 February 1912 · page 6

The police are seeking a man representing himself to be Sir Harry West. wood Cooper. It is alleged that be bigamously…

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Charged by a Bull

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 2

An old man named Stephens, I who lived by himself in a cottage abutting on a farm close to town, had a sensational experience with…

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Industrial Court, Moss Vale. Breach of an Award. L. Bowen v. Nail and Co

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 2

On Saturday last, at the courthouse, Moss Vale, the first case of an industrial dispute that has been heard locally came before Mr. G. C…

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Industrial Court, Hogs Vale

Robertson Advocate · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 2

On Saturday last, at the Court house Moss Vale, the first case of an industrial dispute which had been heard locally came before Mr. G. C. Addison, Industrial…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, Feb. 28. 1912. (Before Mr. F. H. Galbraith. P.M.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 2

Chas. Farrell, of Wingello, was charged with having been drunk at Bundanoon on 27th inst. He was fined as 6d, in default two hours in…

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