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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

41 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 3

Moss Vale Police Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 2

On Thursday morning at Moss Vale Police Court before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M., Phyllis Della Randall…

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Sheep Stealing. Wombeyan Caves Case

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 3

At Goulbum Police Court recently before Mr. Britz, P.M., John Fleming, grazier, of Wombeyan Caves, was charged with stealing three sheep, the…

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Charge of Assault Accused Bound Over

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 3

At Campbelltown Quarter Sessions list week, before His Honor, Judge Neild, Jack Bant, of Moss Vale, was charged with assaulting a Bowral girl…

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Moss Vale Police Court Thusday February 24 Before Mr. Hardwicke, P.M

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 2

Eric Stanley Pears was charged with having i legally used a Standard motor car, the property of Charlesworth's…

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Man Sentenced Pretended to Be a Doctor Obtained Drugs

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 2

William Cochrane, 44 appeared before Mr. Hardwicke, P.M., at the Bowral Police Court on Wednesday on charges of illegally taking the…

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Attack on Police

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 3

On a charge of having assaulted a police officer while in the execution of his duty, Reginald James Malley, 25, was fined £5, or ten days' hard…

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Bowral Police Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 2

At Bowral Police Court on Wednesday before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, S.M., Clifford Joseph Shaw, of Bowral, was charged with receiving a…

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License Cancelled. Police Allege Driver Was Intoxicated

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 4

The effect of recent legislation which automatically cancels a motor driver's license for twelve months' when a conviction h recorded for…

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More Tree Murder. Mittagong This Time

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 2

At last meeting of Mittagong Council, the Mayor said Mr. Lake had interviewed him regarding the tree infront of his property and had offered…

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Military Court-martial

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 1

Most civilian 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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Statements to Police

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 1

THERE HAS GROWN up in recent years—I don't know how recent—a system of taking statements from accused…

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Family Quarrels. Bowral Court Hears About Them

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 2

A family dispute based on the tenancy of a cottage in Bowral resulted in a mother and her daughter-in-law appearing before Mr. Hardwick, S.M…

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Ra[?]way Ganger in Trouble. Magistrate Found Him Guilty of Stealing

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 2

At Bowral Police Court on Wednesday Joseph Henry Lane, railway ganger, of Bowral, appeared before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, S.M., on a…

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Moss Vale Police Court

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 2

At the Moss Vale Police Court on Thursday last, before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M., Peter White pleaded guilty to a charge of being…

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Alleged Assault. Bowral Resident Fined

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 2

At Bowral Police Court on wednesday, before Mr. Balmain, S.M., Ronald Mitchell Simpson ns charged with assaulting Mrs. Vera Florence…

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Three Charges of Stealing. Bowral Youth Convicted

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 2

At Bowral Police Court on Wednesday. Allan Delaraont, of Gordon Road, Bowral, was proceeded against on a charge of aiding and abetting…

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Charged with Manslaughter. Conflicting Evidence Before Coroner

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 2

On Tuesday, the District Coroner: (Mr. W. Terry) conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Bertie Eugene Yeo…

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Too Many Court Cases. Adjournments Granted

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 2

A lengthy case in the Industrial Court made the sitting of Mr. A. G. Hardwick; B.M., at Bowral Police Court on Wednesday a long one and…

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Lorry and Car Collide. Sequel in Court

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 2

A collision between a motor car and motor lorry in Bundaroo Street, Bowral, on 26th June, had its sequel before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, S.M., at…

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Moss Vale Police Court Before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M. Thursday, July 21

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 2

Walter James Plower Phipps was charged with failure to return a stock form to the Pastures Protection Board by…

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