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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

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After Eleven Years. Woman Reveals Secret of Murder

Robertson Advocate · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 4

The truth with regard to a murder committed eleven years ago. which has since completely [?]d the police, has now been revealed…

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Moss Vale Police Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 2

On Wednesday last, before Mr. W. S. Arnott, P.M., a cadet was fined 5/- and 3/- costs for a breach of discipline…

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Painful Scene in Court. Mr Conroy and the Judge

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 May 1917 · page 4

At noon on Tuesday the one of Conroy v. Conroy was before Mr. Justice Simpson, the Chief Jadge in Equity. The defendant is Alfred Hugh…

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Supposed Murder at Mittagong

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

The other night an excited, wild-eyed individual rushed down Main-street, Mittagong, to the police station. Presipitating himself into the sergeant's office, he seized that…

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Alleged Embezzlement. Shire Clerk Charged. and Committed for Trial Maclean

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 4

Charles Edward Hawtin late clerk of the Harwood Shire was charged at the local Police Court this morning with embessling the funds of that…

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Mittagong Police Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

At the above court on Wednesday, before Mr. W. S. Arnett, P.M. Christopher Anderson (52) was charged with shooting at Fred[?] William Wolgast,…

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Theft at Mittagong Hungry for Knowledge

Robertson Advocate · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

Some consternation was created at the Mittagong School of Arts this week by the discovery that the institution's complete edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica had been…

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Katoomba Murder. Death Sentence Passed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 4

The trial of Herbert Keith Shaw, aged 19, on a charge, of having murdered George Henry King, a commercial traveller, on April 4, at Katoomba,…

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After Eleven Years. Woman Reveals Secret of Murder

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1917 · page 4
Also in The Southern Mail

The truth with regard to a murder committed eleven years ago, which has since completely baffled the police, has now been revealed…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 July 1917 · page 2

Picton, Saturday—George Herbert Taylor, who was arrested by Sergt. Sheridan on Bargo road on Thursday last, and charged with stealing…

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Newspaper Publisher Charged. Broken Hill

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 July 1917 · page 3

In the Police Court on Friday William Diggory Barnett, secretary of the A.M. A, was, as printer and publisher of the " Barrier Daily truth." charged…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing at Moss Vale

Robertson Advocate · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

George Herbert Taylor, who was attested by Serget. Sheridan on Bargo road on the previous Thursday, and charged with stealing nine head of cattle, the property of Wynne…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 2

G. H. Taylor was also charged with that on or about 5th June he did at near Picton steal 197 sheep of the value of £300, the property…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, 18Th July 1917 Before Mr. H. H. Chippindall, P.M. Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 2

George Herbert Taylor, 38, on remand, was charged at the Moss Vale Police Court on Wednesday with stealing nine head of cattle,…

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Bank Clerk Charged

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 4

A bank clerk named Walter Leslie Gibson Dean, 35, appeared in Sydney on Wednesday before Mr J. L. King, S.M., at the Water Police Court, on…

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