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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

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

Assaulting the Police. Allegations Against Bowral. Barman

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 2

Considerable, local interest was taken in proceedings at the Bowral Police Court on Wednesday, when Sergeant Beer proceeded against…

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Assaulting the Police. Allegations Against Bowral Barman

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 2

Considerable local interest was taken in proceedings at the Bowral Police Court on Wednesday, when Sergeant Beer proceeded against…

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Bowral Police Court. Alleged Assault

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 September 1927 · page 2

Considerable local interest was in proceedings at the Bowral Police Court on Wednesday, when Sergeant Beer proceeded against…

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Police Requests. More Pay—44 Hours. Conference Resolutions

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 September 1927 · page 4

The N.S.W. Police Association Conference on Tuesday carried a resolution that the allowance for constables be increased to that paid…

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Brave Girl. Confronts Thief. Man Sent to Gaol

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 October 1927 · page 2

At the Albury Police Court on Monday, Michael Conway (49) was sentenced to six months imprisonment for unlawfully assaulting…

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Ashfield Murder. Indefinite Clues. Stolen Goods Recovered

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 October 1927 · page 4

No solution ws reached over the week end of the mystery surrounding the slaying of Mary Ann Downes, whose dead body was discovered in the…

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Moss Vale Police Court. (Before Mr. Harvey, J.p.) Drunkeness

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 October 1927 · page 2

Arthur Henry Beer and Francis Shurety, charged with being drunk in Clarence-lane, were found guilty and fined 10/ or 48 hours in gaol…

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Moss Vale Police Court Tuesday, November 15Th (Before Mr G. Stevenson P.M.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 November 1927 · page 2

A young man, found on licensed premises after hours, was fined 10/ and 8s costs of court. H. S. Co[?]ston (railway…

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Shire Appeal Court Before Mr. G Stevenson, P.M.

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 November 1927 · page 2

The above court was held at Moss Vale lest week, when the following cases were dealt with:—Edward Hogan, Sutton Forest…

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Moss Vale Police Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 November 1927 · page 2

Before Messrs. E. B. Hawkins and T. B Brown, J's P., last week, Vincent Green, on a charge of drunkenness, was fined 6/, or, in default…

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Alleged Murder. Woman Found Dead. Husband Charged

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 7 December 1927 · page 4

Laurence Mary Whittaker, who resided with hat husband in Warren-road, Bellevue Hill, was found dead in a bedroom at her residence early…

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Moss Vala Police Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 December 1927 · page 2

On Tuesday before Mr.Stevenson, P.M., Edward McKenzie and Thomas Edwards were each fined £5 or one month in Goulburn gaol of illegally using a motor car…

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Unusual Police Report. (Published by arrangement)

Robertson Mail · Friday 23 December 1927 · page 8
Also in The Southern Mail

"The annual police reports of the city of Washington (capital of U.S.A.) "are more interesting than the common run," says The Despatch…

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