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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1920

99 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 3 of 5

Breaking, Entering, and Stealing

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 May 1920 · page 2

Leonard Taylor was charged before Mr. Justice Bevan at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions on Monday with breaking and…

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Ex-Warder Charged. Alleged False Pretences

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 May 1920 · page 4

At the Goulburn Police Court on Monday, before Mr. Arcott, P.M. Richard Daniel L[?] Willis (on remand) was charged with having…

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Farewell and Presentation to Police-Sergt H E Webb

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

Mr. H. E. Webb, who for the past twelve years has been stationed as police constable first at Burrawang ans then at Robertson, was farewelled by a large and representative…

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Ex-Warder Sentenced. Three Years Imprisonment

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 4

At the Cootamundra Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, before Judge Bevan and a jury, Richard Daniel Lehane Willis, ex-warder in Goulburn gaol…

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Manias Lead to Theft

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 4
Also in Robertson Advocate

There are persons who possess a craving of great intensity, but of very restricted scope, for one very limited class of objects. These are…

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Appeal Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

The following adjourned appeal cases against the assessments of the Mittagong Municipal Council and Nattai Shire Council were dealt with by Mr Arnott, P.M., at the…

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Mittagong Police Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 July 1920 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

Before Mr Arnott, P.M., at the Above court last week, George William Arthur Curnow and Harold Henry Collingridge were charged with breaking and entering and stealing from…

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Theft of Overcoats and Hats. a Ballroom Incident

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1920 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

Before Messrs. A. J. Turner and J. Napier. J's P., at the Mittagong Police Court on Friday last, Norman Charles West was charged with stealing two gabardine coats…

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District Court. Tuesday, 3Rd August, 1920 (Before Judge Edwards)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 August 1920 · page 2

The only case set down for hearing was one in which W. K. Newbold, of Bowral, sued Gotting Bros., motor car proprietors, of Bowral…

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District Court

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1920 · page 3
Also in The Southern Mail

The Most Vale District Court was held en Tuesday last before Judge Edwards. The only case set down for hearing was one in which W. K. Newbold, of Bowral, sued…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Tuesday, August [?] TH, 1920. Before Mr. Arnott, P.M.

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 2

George Sullivan, for stealing a bicycle from [?] front of Viles' shop, Moss Vale, the property of Alan Anderson, apprentice motor…

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Moss Vale Police Court

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

Before Mr. Arnott, P.M., at the above court last week. George Sullivan, for stealing a bicycle from in front of Viles' shop, Moss Vale, the…

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Supposed Murder. Boys Body Found in Tree

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 August 1920 · page 4

The body of a ten-year-old boy named Ernest Weekes has been found by the Picton police caught in the branches of a gum tree halfway down…

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