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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

69 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 3 of 4

Moss Vale Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 3

Before C. W. Swiney, P.M., at Moss Vale Police Court, on Tuesday, Charles Smith, of Yarra, near Goulburn, was charged with committing…

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Deputy Mayor in Court. Illegally Removing Timber

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 3

It is not often that a deputy mayor. appears in Court to answer a charge of law-breaking, but that unpleasant experience befel our Deputy Mayor…

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Moss Vale Police Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 July 1936 · page 2

Before Mr. C. W. Swiney, P.M., on Tuesday, Charles Smith, of Yarra, near Goulburn, was charged with committing an indecent…

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Stealing Charge

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 July 1936 · page 2

At the Bowral Police Court on Wednesday, William Clarence Martyn, laborer, was sentenced to six months' hard labour for stealing…

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Drunken Drivers Magistrate's Warning

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 July 1936 · page 2

Mr. Shepherd, S.M., at the Central Police Court on Monday, said it was about time that the motor drivers of Sydney learned that if…

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Forged 10/- Notes Police Warn Pubic

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 3

Detectives on Monday night issued a warning to the public, that forged ten shilling notes are being circulated. A note was received by…

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Alleged Dangerous Driving Moss Vale Man Charged

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 August 1936 · page 3

Most of the sitting of the Sydney Traffic Court on Tuesday was occupied with the bearing of a case which was vigorously contested at…

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District Court Verdict for £160 for Trespass

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 26 August 1936 · page 2

At the District Court fittings at Moss Vale, on Monday, before His Honor Judge Nield, David Crawford Fisher claimed £160 damages…

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Police Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 2

Following the arrest of a man at Bowral by Constable Smith, William Brown, of no fixed abode, was charged before Messrs. W. E. Stokes…

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Damage to Crop. Successful Claim at District Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 2

At the District Court at Moss Vale on Monday, before Judge Nield, David Crawford Fisher, of Bundanoon, proceeded against Francis…

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Stealing Charges

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 August 1936 · page 2

Following the arrest of a man at Bowral by Constable Smith, William Brown, of no fixed abode, was charged before Messrs W. E. Stokes and J…

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Moss Vale District Court Claims For Damages

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 August 1936 · page 4

Returning verdicts for the defendants in two claims and a counterclaim for damages arising out of a motor car…

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Moss Vale Police Court Trespassers Fined

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 September 1936 · page 2

Before Messrs. E. B. Hawkins and J. D. Wood. Js.P, at the Moss Vale Police Court, on Monday, six men were charged with trespassing upon…

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Military Court-martial

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 September 1936 · page 1

Most civilians are probably of opinion that there, is only one sort of court-martial by which a soldier on the active list can be…

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Appeal Fails. Assault Case at Mittagong

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 September 1936 · page 3

At the Goulburn Quarter Sessions on Tuesday Alfred Kirk, David Kirk and John Thomas Carley were unsuccessful in an appeal against…

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Intent To Steal A Calf Mose Vale Police Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 September 1936 · page 2

At the Mobs Vale Police Court, on Tuesday night, before Mr. G. 8. Goldie, S.M., Gordon Clifford White and Thomas Archibald Johnson were…

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Moss Vale Police Court Before Mr. G. S. Goldie, P.M.

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 September 1936 · page 2

On a charge of failing to register her orchard of 20 acres at Penrose, Mrs. Wood Davies was fined 10/; and costs £1, and giving an undertaking…

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Court Sits at Night New Roster Responsible. Calf-killing Case

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 29 September 1936 · page 3

The new roster for afternoon sittings only at Moss Vale broke down on Tuesday, when the court sat far into the night…

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Big Orchestra. for Police Ball

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 6 October 1936 · page 2

Not for many years have district dance fans had the opportunity of tripping the light fantastic to an orchestra of such size and modern…

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Great Throng at Police Ball. Brilliant and Colorful

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 October 1936 · page 3

There were no defaulters when the police of the Moss Vale subdivision summoned the dancers of the district to make merry at their Ball in…

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