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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

74 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 4

A Terrible Assault. Alleged Confession

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 2

"If. you hadn't come, I'd have killed him. I was just waiting for him to die." That statement is alleged by the…

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A Terrible Assault. Alleged Confession

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 2

"If you hadn't come, I'd have killed him. I was just waiting for him to die." That statement is alleged by the…

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Licensing Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 2

The application for transfer of the license, of the Surveyor General Hotel, Berrima from J W Tuck to W. E. Sweeney was granted…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Tuesday, January 12. Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M.

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 4

FUND ON LICENGRD PREMISES AFTER HOURS Ten residents of Wilde's Meadow and Burrawang were charged with…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday, January 12

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 2

B. H. Paine sued H. R. Cramp for damages caused through defendant's hot sea breaking into his garden. Defendant did not appear…

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District Court. Monday, February 1St. (Before his Honor Judge White)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 2

Stanley Griffiths v Matilda Caudill, claims £21 13/4 for rent of a cottage at Colo Vale and £3 11/6 for missing articles of furniture…

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Must Destroy Rabbits. Stock Board Prosecutes Landownebs. Police Magistrate Warns Owners That Pest Must Be Abated

Robertson Mail · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 2

At Moss Vale Police Court, on 9th February, proceedings were for the first time taken by the Berrima District Pastures Protection Board…

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Must Destroy Rabbits. Stock Board Prosecutes Landowners. Police Magistrate Warns Owners That Pest Must Be Abated

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 2

At Moss Vale Police Court, on 9th February, proceedings were for the first time taken by the Berrima District Pastures Protection Board…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Tuesday, January 9. (Before Mr. G. R. Williams, P M.) Stock Straying

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 2

Two defendants were each fined 5/, with 8/ costs. RIDING MOTOR CYCLE WITH UT LIGHT. Defendant stated that it was a new…

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Small Debts Court Tuesday, January 9. (Before Mr. G. R. Williams, P M)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 2

S. J. Woods proceeded against B. Haide [?]ine claiming £30/1/6 alleged to be due claimant that he had paid under protest in connection with…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, January 9. (Before the L M.) Transfer of Hotel License

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 4

The license of the Central Hotel, Moss Vale, was transferred from T. F. Firkins to Joseph Irving…

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Police Defy Constitution Law (Published by Arrangement.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 4

The special representative of the New York "Times" at Pittsburg recently despatched the following extraordinary message to his…

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An Unusual Case. Mayor Prosecutes Alderman for Breach of Order. Wise Words From the Court

Robertson Mail · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 5
Also in The Southern Mail

At the Moss Vale Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. G. R Williams, P.M., and Mr. Aubrey Movie, J.P., Francis George Hayes, an Alderman…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Tuesday, 9Th March

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 4

Before Mr. G. R Williams, P.M, and Mr. Aubrey Mowle, J P. John Robert Lewis was charged with being the baillie of a motor…

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Licensing Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 4

The license of the Grand Hotel, Bowral, was transferred from Frances Ellen Dodswell to James Micheal Power, formerly license…

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Police Raids. Alleged Gambling Shops. Forty Nine Men Arrested

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 March 1926 · page 4

During the week-end the Redfern and Regent street police stationsraided three alleged gambling "schools" and arrested 49 men…

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Stealing by Finding

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 4
Also in The Southern Mail

People who find things belonging to others and take possession of them are in duty bound to try and find the owners. This was forcibly…

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Theft by Salesman

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 March 1926 · page 4

John Mods Evans, aged 46 years, a salesman, pleaded guilty before Mr. Camphin, S M., at the Central Police court, on Saturday, to a charge of…

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