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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

37 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 2

Elections. Old Rolls to Be Used. No Police Collection

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 2

The State elections which are to take place in May, will be held on the roll at present in existence, together with a supplementary roll many of which appeal as though they are inspired with a view to misleading many people into thinking ill of nearly all the huge mass…

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Ball Refused. the Crookwell Case Bates Again Before Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 2

Edward Cecil Bites was further remanded at the Goulburn Police Court on Saturday on the charge of allegedly causing his wife to take…

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Old Lady Robbed. Accused in Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 2

There was a crowded court at Cessnock on Tuesday morning, when Albert Charles Reilly, on remand from Newcastle, was…

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District Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 2

The above court was held at, Moss Vale on Monday before his Honor, Judge C. White. The following cases were dealt with :—…

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District Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 2

At the District Court held at Moss Vale on Monday, before his Honor Judge C. White, the following cases were dealt with:—…

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The Monuments Our Fathers Made. Buildings of Berrima.—ii. The Court House

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 3

Close by the old gaol, hidden from the casual observer by large pine-trees, stands the imposing old court house. Commenced in 1834, it took…

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The Monuments Our Fathers Made. Buildings of Berrima.—h. The Court House

Robertson Mail · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 3

Close by the old gaol, hidden from the casual observer by large pine-trees, stands the imposing old court house. Commenced in 1834, it took…

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Sensational Burglary. MESSRS. S. Whyte and Son's Premises Raided. a Cracksman Well Suited

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 2

Either at a late hour on Thursday night or Friday morning a sensational case of burglary occurred at the premises of Messrs. S Whyte…

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The Monuments Our Fathers Made. Buildings of Berrima.—iii. The Court House. (Continued)

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 5
Also in Robertson Mail

The Berrima District Council met regularly in the Court House. Each district was controlled in those days by a body similar to the present shire…

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Victorian Police Force

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 4

Men recruited for the Victorian Police Force in future must be not less than 5 feet 9 inches high. The standard was lowered an inch after the…

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Bishop or Burglar. Magistrate Doesn't Care

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 4

The law, as personified by Mr. M. McMshon, S M, is not an ase, He made that clear at the Central Court, sydney, when he ruled that he would…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Tuesday, 12Th May, 1925 (Before Mr. G. R. Williams, P.M.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 2

For driving a motor cycle without a license in Argyle street on 22nd. February last, Norris A. Stephens was fined 20/- with 5/6 costs. Mr…

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Moss Vale Police Court. an Unfortunate Lapse

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 2

On Friday, 22nd inst, before Mr. G. R. Williams, P.M., Henry Wells, aged 30 years, was charged with stealing a leather handbag, value…

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Stole Whilst Drunk. Sad Case at Moss Vale Police Court

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 2
Also in Robertson Mail

At Moss Vale Police Court on Friday, before Mr. G. R. Williams, P.M., Henry Wells, aged 30 years, was charged with stealing a leather…

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Seven Thousand Years' Gaol. (Published by Arrangement)

Robertson Mail · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 3
Also in The Southern Mail

In a special article in the New York "Times," Al. H. Ulm says that "since the Prohibition Act became effective, 203,608 cases involving its…

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Moss Vale Police Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 2

At the police court on Tuesday last before Mr. G. R. Williams, P.M., Frank Hunt, a licensed hawker, was charged that he did at Moss Vale…

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Charged by Shark. Fishers' Close Call

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 4

While a party of men were fishing from a boat off Barrenjoey a shark was observed cruising close by. Suddenly the shark dashed at the…

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