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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

41 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 2 of 3

Court Pays Altered. GOULBURN P.M. Will Sit

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 2

Commencing with the September sittings, local Courts will observe a new roster. The Bowral Court will be held on…

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Police Differed. But Magistrate Convicted

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 23 August 1938 · page 2

There were peculiar features in a cue before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M. at Bowral Police Court on Wednesday. The evidence of two Police…

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Change in Court Days. Commences in September

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 2

The days on which the Court will sit at the towns in the Berrima District will be altered in September when the Goulburn Magistrate will…

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Military Court-martial

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 1

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

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Police and Hotels Mr. Morton Questions

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 2

Mr. Morton asked in the House whether the attention of the Minister of Justice had been directed to a statement by a Mr. Connolly, president…

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Should Not Have Come to Court. Dog Owners' Quarrel

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 2

Dismissing a case of assault at Bowral Police Court, on Wednesday, Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M., said he had no doubt that complainant was…

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Police Play Soccer. Great Game Promised

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 2

The soccer season is drawing to a close and the match on Saturday between a team from the Berrima District Association and New South…

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Brief mention. Mean Theft

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 September 1938 · page 2

Mr. A. E. Whatman, of Kangaloon, left some coils of wire at the road, side on Thursday evening. When he went to bring them in on Friday he…

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Police Team. Entertained by Soccer Association

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 September 1938 · page 2

There was a large attendance at the dance held by the Berrima District Soccer Association in the School of Arts, Bowral, on Saturday night…

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Not Worth Thirty Pence. "Magistrate on Greyhounds

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 4 October 1938 · page 2

Some interesting comment regarding the exercising of greyhound dogs was made by Mr. F. W. Britz, P.M., at Bowral Police Court on Friday…

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Fined for Assault Mob of Horses Causes Argument

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 4 October 1938 · page 2

Two well-known residents of Mittagong proceeded against a Bowral man at Bowral police Court on Friday, before Mr. F. W. Britz, P.M.,…

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Bribery Charge. Mittagong Besidnet Before Court

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 4 October 1938 · page 3

At Bowrel Police Court on Friday Albert George Garbutt, of Mittagong, was charged before Mr. F. W. Britz, P.M., with offering a bribe to a…

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Charges of Alleged Stealing

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 October 1938 · page 2

Claude Harold Price, who was arrested on warrant, appeared at the Moss Vale Police Court this week, before Messrs. G. Smith and H. J…

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Stealing Alleged. Moss Vale Man Before Court

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 18 October 1938 · page 2

Claude Harold Price appeared at the Mom Vale Police Court last week, before Messrs. G. Smith and H. J. Bryen, Js.P., and was remanded on…

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Bus Stands. Police Suggest Alterations

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 18 October 1938 · page 2

At the meeting of Bowral council on Wednesday night, the following Mayoral Minute was read by the Town Clerk in the absence of the…

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Drunken Driver. Goulburn Man Before Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 November 1938 · page 2

At Bowral Police Court on Friday, before Mr. F. W. Britz, P.M., Aubrey John McShane, of Goulburn, was found guilty of driving a car while…

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Falling-off in Dog Registrations. Police Seeking Offenders

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 2

To the casual observer it would appear that Bowral is rapidly earning the name of Dog Town. It is nothing unusual to have two or three…

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A Mean Theft Hospital Patients' Christmas Gifts

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 2

Every year the Matron and Staff of the District Hospital make a collection from visitors to the hospital to provide Christmas gifts for those…

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Construction of Well. Court Case at Mittagong

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 2

At Mittagong Police Court, before Mr. P. W. Britz, P.M., on Thursday. Alfred Butterfield claimed £41 8s. 6d. from Paul Holburn allegedly due to…

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Court Case Over Dead Dog. Plaintiff Non-suited

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 2

At Bowral Police Court on Friday, before Hr. F. W. Britz, P.M., George Sydney Scott, of Bowral, claimed the sum of £13 from Mrs. Sadie Ling, of…

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