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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

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Appeal Court

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

An appeal court for municipal and shire valuations was held at Mittagong on Thursday last before Mr Arnott, P. M. The only case where appeals had been…

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Pistolling the Police. Published by Arrangement. Women "Bootleggers."

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

The latest phase of the degrading results of Prohibition in America is reported in the New York Tribune. Says the paper:—Woman fought beside their…

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A Dealer Charged. Breach of the Act. Failed to Keep Goods

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 4

Patrick Malcahy, a dealer in secondhand goods, was charged as the Goulburn Court on Monday on two counts of selling certain wares which he had…

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Bowral Police Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

Before Mr Ebb Davis, J P., at the above court on Monday last, Thomas Henry Wilson (24) was charged with using abusive language to Arthur Pealtis in in Bong Bong…

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Bowral Police Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 August 1921 · page 2

Before Mr. Ebb Davis, J. P., at the above court on Monday last, Thomas Henry Wilson (24) was charged with using abusive…

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Prohibition. Published by Arrangement. Police "Heads" Unsympathetic

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 August 1921 · page 2

An important contribution to the question of Prohibition in America appears in the New York "World": " The Chiefs of…

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"Nation of Hypocrites" Published by Arrangement. Americans Charged

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 2

"A prominent American," says "The Scotsman," "has remarked that Prohibition has turned his countrymen into a nation of hypocrites. They have been…

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"Nation of Hypocrites." Published by Arrangement. Americans Charged

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 2

" A prominent American," says "The Scotsman," has remarked that Prohibition has turned his countrymen into a nation of hypocrites. They have been…

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Bowral Police Court. Furious Riding

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 September 1921 · page 4

The principal cases heard before Messrs. W. S. Arnott, P.M., and Aubrey Mowle, J.P., at the Bowral Police Court, on Wednesday last,…

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Mittagong Police Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

At the above court last week the P.M. spent considerable time hearing a charge of assault preferred by one youth against another, Leo Waters being the plaintiff and…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Tuesday, October 12Th. Before Mr. W. S. Arnott, P M.

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 October 1921 · page 2

Alice Lucy Grant v. Alexander Davis, detention of property. Mr. Paine for defendant. Case settled Edward Stanley Whatman, for…

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Small Debts Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 October 1921 · page 2

Oldfield Bros v. James W. Prowse, claim £5 II/6, hire of a mare from Oct. McCarthy, 1920, to March 24, 1921. Mr. McCarthy for plaintiff and…

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Moss Vale Police Court

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1921 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

Before Mr. W. S. Arnott, P.M., at the above Court on Tuesday last. Edward Stanley Whatman, for failing to deliver an expired motor driver's house to…

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Small Debts' Court

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 18 October 1921 · page 2

Oldest Bros v. James W. Prowse, claim £5 11s 6d, hire of a mare from October 16, 1920, to March 24, 1921. Mr. McCarthy for plaintiff, and Mr. Paine for defendant,—…

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SMALL Dents' COURT

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1921 · page 2

Oldfield Bros v James W Prowse, claim £5 11s 61, hire of a mare from October 16, 1920 to March 24, 1921. Mr. McCarthy for plainliff, and Mr Paine for defendant.—…

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