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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

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Fryatt's Murder. LONDON. Aug. 16

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 August 1916 · page 4

A Berne wireless message of a that Germany received Mr. Asquith's statement regarding Captain Feyatt (that Britain would not resume diplomatic…

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Goulburn Police Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 2

Before the P.M. on monday afternoon, August 31, [?] william Me Alister wsa charged with stealing £s, the property of mary aun Heare, at…

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District court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 2

At the District Court held at moss Vale on Tuesday lest, before his Honor, Judge Fitshardings, the only case listed was Howarth v…

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District Court

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1916 · page 2

At the District Court held at Moss Vale on Tuesday last, before his Honor Judge Fitzhardinge, the only case listed was Howarth v Deep. Mr. Paine appeared for the…

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Soldiers In Goulburn Hotel. a Police Court Case

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 September 1916 · page 3

At the Goulburn Police Court on Monday morning, before the P.M. and Mr. F. D. Badgery, a soldier named John Geary, who appeared…

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Whits Slave Allegations. Two Women Charged

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 September 1916 · page 4

At the Sydney, central police court on Wednesday, before Mr. Mac[?] S.M., Maud Nicol, aged 36, and May Camps, aged 24 were charged with…

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Assault at Trades Mail. Plaintiff Awarded £500

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 September 1916 · page 4

The action for £500 compensation brought by Thomas John Mohan against G. J. Stanbridge, Robert H. Yourk, H. B. St. John, and J. E…

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Forged 15 Notes. Statement in Court. Sydney

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 September 1916 · page 3

At the Central Police Court to-day four men— Henry Bradbury, Leslie Grummit, John Ferguson, and Fred. Morgan— were called in connection…

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Soldiers Pay. Traffic Wits Pawnbrokers. 320 Per Cent Charged. Melbourne

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 4

Karry Rabi[?] a pawnbroker was pro[?] against under the provisions of the War Pr[?] Act on three charges of having accepted…

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I.W.W. Members. Before the Court. Charged with Treason

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 2

Four I.W.W. members, who were arrested in Sydney on Saturday, were before the court on Monday on a charge of treason. On the…

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Tattanham Murder. Three Men Arrested

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 October 1916 · page 2

A telegram received on Saturday night by the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. James Mitchell, from Inspector Whitfield, at Tottenham,…

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Publisher Charged

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 October 1916 · page 4

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.— In the police court to-day, before Mr. H. Gilee Shaw, S.M. William Diggory Barnett, general secretary of the…

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Tottenham Murder Case. Two Men Sentenced to Death. Bathurst

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 October 1916 · page 4

The Tottenham murder case came before the Chief Justice (Sir William Cullen) at the Bathurst Circuit Court on Wednesday…

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Mittagong Police Court

Robertson Advocate · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 2

Before Mr. Arnott, P.M., on Wednesday, One drunk was fined 5s. John Barker pleaded not guilty to a charge of using indecent language on the night of…

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Mittagoog Police Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 2

Before Mr. Arnott, P.M., on Wednesday, One drunk was [?] John Barker Pleaded not guilty to a charge of using indecent language on the night of…

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Postal Official Sentenced

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 November 1916 · page 4

William George Bevitt, a letter carrier, employed at the G.P.O., pleaded guilty at the Sydney Quarter Sessions to a charge of having stolen 19 letters…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery Case at Bowral

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 December 1916 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

John Bourks, a stranger to the town, was charged at the Bowral Police Court on Saturday with [?] Patrick Hastings, of Alpine, and meeting from him his watch…

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Alleged Assault and Robbary Case at Bowral

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 December 1916 · page 2

John Bourke, a stranger to the town, was charged at the Bowral, Police Court on Saturday with assaulting Patrick Hastings, of…

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Poisoned Food. Boy of Fourteen Charged

Robertson Advocate · Friday 8 December 1916 · page 2

In the Supreme Court at Sale, Victoria, on Tuesday, Leslie Thompson, aged 14, pleaded [?] to a charge of having administered poison in a manner likely to endanger life, at…

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