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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

125 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 5 of 7

Cadets before the Court

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

At the Moss Vale police court on Wednesday last, before Mr. F. H. Galbraith, P.M., Stanley Tickner and Oswald Parker were proceeded…

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A Plot to Murder

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 6

Washington, Aug 24—An alleged plot to murder Mr Ben Johnson, a member of the House of Representatives for Kentucky, in order to prevent…

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

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 2

J. W. Norman was proceeded against for a breach of the slaughtering regulations in allowing a dead call to be given to the pigs without…

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"Fat Lady" Charged. Unwelcome Proposal

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 September 1912 · page 4

The story of an unwelcome proposal of marriage to a professional fat lady caused great amusement at Glasgow Central Police Court on Friday (said…

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Murder of Five Years Ago. Disappearance of Will

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 September 1912 · page 4

The little town of Pauillac, in the Medoc wine country, is excited over the strange developments of a crime committed there five years ago (said…

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Mittagong Police Court. Tuesday, 10th Sept

Robertson Advocate · Friday 13 September 1912 · page 2

Before Mr. Galberlth, P.M. H.M. Hardwick, a young man, was charged with stealing [?] trunk with contests, val[?] at 43 10s. the property of…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, 11th September. (Before Messrs. C. Nall and W. Jones. J's.P.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 September 1912 · page 2

Harold Longworth and Arnold Crampton, for riding motor bikes at night on the Sutton Forest road without lights, were each fined 10/…

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Small Debts Court. Thursday, 12th September. (Before Mr. F. H. Galbraith, P.M.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 September 1912 · page 2

Jas. Collins v. G. Willis, claim £419/-, balance of account for timber sold. Mr. B. H. Paine appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. H. M. Oxley…

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New York Police

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 2

"Gyp the Blood" and "Lofty" Louis, who have been "wanted" by the police in connection with the graft investigations and the Rosenthal…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 2

At the Moss Vale police court on Saturday morning last before Mr. J. D. Wood, J.P., a man named Freeman was remanded till Wednesday…

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Small Debts Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 2

The case of Wheatley v. Oxley, claim for commission, was further a adjourned to 23rd October…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, 21st September, 1912. (Before Mr. G. R. Williams, Acting P.M.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 2

Edward Freeman, on remand, was charged with having on 19th instant assaulted and then robbed John Merrifield of certain articles and…

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Licensing Court. Thursday, 26th October, 1912. (Before Mr. Hawkins, Deputy L.M., and Dr. F. C. Stevenson. L.M.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 2

Renewals of licenses were granted to Joseph Irving, Wilde's Meadow hotel, and J. R. Harper, Surveyor-General hotel, Berrima…

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Loved the Same Man. Girl Charged with Murder

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 October 1912 · page 3

A quarrel between two eighteen-year-old girls has ended in tragedy, and one of them, Daisy Williams, found herself in the dock at Clerkenwell on…

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Charge of Murder. Parisian Drama. Girl Acquitted

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 October 1912 · page 4

The trial of Mdlle. Yvonne Berthelier the young woman accused of having shot and killed her own mother and the man named Langlois with whom…

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Camorra Sentences. Court Tragedy

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 October 1912 · page 3

PRISONER CUTS HIS THROAT. Amid intensely dramatic scenes the verdict in the prolonged Camorra trial was given to-day (said the Viterbo…

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Siam's Women-police

Robertson Advocate · Friday 11 October 1912 · page 4

Siam is one of the few countries which boasts of a corps of women-police. The members of this Amazon Guard are all old ond ugly…

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Moss Vale Police Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 October 1912 · page 2

At the Moss Vale police court on Wednesday last, before Messrs. G. R. Williams, acting P.M., and C. Nail, J.P., five persons were…

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Novel Court Scene

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 October 1912 · page 3

A trial in court at Tilsit, East Prussia, hang on the testimony of a young peasant girl of seventeen, Therese Stobbert (says the "New York…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Monday, 21St October, 1912. (Before Mr. I Cullen, J.P.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 2

Henry Price was charged with maliciously wounding his wife on Saturday last, and was remanded for eight days. Bail was granted—self…

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