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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

58 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 3 of 3

Rival Companies in Court. Cement Linings v. ROCKLA

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 2

Bowral residents will remember the rivalry between Cement Linings Ltd. and Rockla Ltd. over the contract for cement-lining the water supply…

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Bowral Police Court. No Big Cases

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 3

For the first time for many months the only cases listed at Bowral Police Court at the monthly Court on Friday were children's court matters and…

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[?] Close Scoring. Tourney on Eurobin Court

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 3

Remarkably close scoring was a feature of a men's singles tennis tourney recently conducted on Eurobin Tennis Court at Bowral , The winner, D…

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Breaking Speed limits. Motorists at Mittagong Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 2

The operations of the special motor traffic patrol stationed at Goulburn resulted in several motorists being fined at Mittagong Police Court on…

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Worse Them Assault

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 1

IN British law, a man is assumed to be innocent until he has been proved guilty. In actual fact, the reverse is often…

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Theft from Cement Linings. Important Part of Machinery

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 3

Those who watched the operations of Cement Linings, Ltd., when working on the Bowral water mains will recall how…

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Has Kink for Stealing Cars. Bowbal Youth Released on Bond

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 3

The statement of Constable Smith, of Bowral, that Norman Ross Pritzler appeared to have a kink for interfering with motor cars during…

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Traffic Cases at Bowral Court. Five Persons Convicted

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 3

At Bowral Police Court on Friday before Mr. J. Ryan, P.M., William John Whyte, aged eighteen, of Bowral, appeared on three charges…

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Motor Cycle Track at Bowral. Police Grant Permission

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 19 September 1939 · page 2

Following continued representations by Mr. Jeff Bate, M.L.A.. to the Police Department, he has been advised that permission will be granted for the…

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Street Fight Ends in Court. Melee in Bowral Street

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 2

A street fight in front of the Empire Theatre, Bowral, on 24th September, had its sequel on Friday afternoon at Bowral Police Court when one of…

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Military Court-martial

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 October 1939 · 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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Traffic Offences. Four Cases at Bowral Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 2

A Bowral youth who carried the silencer of his motor cycle in a knapsack to enable him to get an improved performance from his machine…

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Register Your Dog. Police to Take Action

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 2

The fourteen days grace allowed after the 30th September for the registration of dogs will won expire. Registrations at Bowral up to Friday last…

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Collector of Odds and Ends. Young Englishman Before Court

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 2

A young Englishman who had picked up various small articles such as keys, screwdrivers and penknives in his travels for work in New South…

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War Enters Bowral Police Court. Magistrate Helps Volunteer

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 2

At Bowral Police Court on Friday there were two cases in which military forces were mentioned. The first was one in which a young man…

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Stole From His Friend. Gives Himself Up to Police

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 2

A young man who, after stealing a sum of money from a friend at Bowral, spent it on a trip to Sydney and elsewhere and returned to Bowral and…

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Dispute Over Pound Note Ends in Court. Conflicting Evidence in Case at Bowral

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 3

Conflicting evidence of the defendant and a police constable and the request of a solicitor that a witness be treated as hostile were…

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Stole Tools. Man Bound Over at Bowral Court

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 November 1939 · page 3

At last sitting of Bowral Police Court George Watts was charged before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M., with stealing tools, the property of…

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