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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

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Tall Man with Pointed Beard. Strange Tale of Murder Plot Suggestion at a Cemetery

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 4

"A friend of mine wants to get rid of an old woman, a relative who is in the way. My friend will give £4 if the crime is committed in the apartment; eight if it is done…

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Mittagong Small Debts Court

Robertson Advocate · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

At the above court on Tuesday last, before Mr. Edwards, P.M., Casper Martin proceeded against B. H. Greig, Bowral, claiming £7 for wood supplied. Mr. paine…

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The Late Hon. W. McCourt Memorial

Robertson Advocate · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the above was held at Bowral on Wednesday evening when it was decided to request the Moss Vale committee to send delegates to a meet…

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Moss Vale Police Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 January 1914 · page 2

At the Moss Vale police court on Wednesday last, before Mr. A. O. Edwards, P M., M. J. Gallagher was charged with false pretences, to wit,…

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The Late Hon. W. McCourt Memorial

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 January 1914 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the above movement was held at Bowral on Wednesday evening, when it was decided to request the…

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Wife Murder. a Shocking Story

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 6

Philadelphia, Jan. 20.— An extraordinary murder case has resulted in the life science at William E[?] a civil War voteran, aged 80…

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Siam's Women-police

Robertson Advocate · Friday 30 January 1914 · 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 and ugly…

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Alleged Theft of Jewellery

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 2

As the Mittagong police court on Thursday, before Mr. A. O. Edwards, P.M., Edmund Bros was committed for trial to the Goulburn Quarter Sessions on 10th…

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Family Charged. Girl As Composer

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 3

Remarkable evidence was given at Bournemouth, when Bertie Way, a retired butcher, and his wife and daughter, Elizabeth and Florence Louisa Way, were charged with…

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The "Robber's Bride." Girl's Loyalty to Confessed Thief. Will Wait at Gaol Door

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 4

Eastland Britton, the 17-year-old boy arrested in Oakland, U.S., in company with his accomplice, Millard Cooke, aged 18, confessed, say the police, to his complicity…

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Forgot Marriage Date. Sentence of the Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 3

"June 14, 1887," Philip Leborski will have to repeat ten times a day for 60 days in order to keep out of the House of Correction, by sentence pronounced upon him by…

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Bowral Police Court. an Assault Case

Robertson Advocate · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 2

At the above court on Tuesday last, before Mr. A. O. Edwards, P. M., Alfred Less charged Joseph James Ailan with assault. The defendant had a counter charge of assault…

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Editor Goes to Gaol Libel on Singer

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 4

The editor of the "Kleines Journal," Berlin, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment because of slanderous allegations concerning Fraulein Hemple, the opera star, in…

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Boy Besieged. Keeps Police at Bay for Hours

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 4

Stanley Luppi, the 18-year-old boy who wag arrested on December 6 after keeping the police at bay for hours with a revolver, was charged at Newcastle (England) with…

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Beihnd the Veil. Secrets of Russian Court. Book by Count Vassili

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 4

To many unsophisticated people, such a book as "Behind the Veil at the Russian Court," Just published, suggests all sorts of thrilling possibilities…

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Starchfield Murder

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 6

London, Feb. 24,—The police court hearing was continued yesterday of the charge against William Sarchifield of mastered his son in a railway…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, 25Th February, 1914. (Before Mr. O. A. Eiwards, P.M.) Greenbank v. Richards

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 2

Herbert Richards, on remand, was charged with having unlawfully assaulted Annie Greenbank, a married woman, at Joadja on 17th February…

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Moss Vale Police Court

Robertson Advocate · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 2

Before Mr. O. A Edwards, P.M., on Wednesday, 25th February, Herbert Richards, [?] remand, was charged with having unlawfully assaulted…

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Moss Vale Police Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 6

On Wednesday before Mr. O. A. Edwards, P.M., Elizabeth Margaret Berrell pleaded guilty to stealing a brooch of the value of 17s 6d, the…

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M'Court Memorial Fund

Robertson Advocate · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

Mr. Ebb. Davis (hon. sec.) interviewed Mr. F. A. Badgery, M.P., at Parliament House on Wednesday, to ascertain what progress he was making…

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