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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1940

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

Supreme Court Action SMITH v. Sullivan Machinery Coy

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 December 1940 · page 2

In the Supreme Court, Sydney, last week, before Mr. Justice Maxwell and a jury, William John Leonard Smith, mining engineer,…

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Feared to Face the Future Shot Wife and Children to Save Them from Poverty Alleged Admissions of Bowral Father Accused of Murder

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 December 1940 · page 4

At Bowral Courthouse on Wednesday, the District Coroner (Mr. W. Terry) held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the deaths…

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Traffic Cases Bowral Police Court

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 24 December 1940 · page 3

At Bowral Court on Friday, before Mr. H. J. Ryan, P.M., several persons were charged with breaches of the traffic laws…

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Got Off Lightiy Poultry Thieves at Bowral Court

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 24 December 1940 · page 5

Poultry stealing has been rife in Bowral during; the past few weeks and many householders have suffered the loss of birds being specially…

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Well-known Bowral Woman Accused of Assault What Happened at the Slaughter Yard Not There to Steal Fowls

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 24 December 1940 · page 2

Considerable interest centred in cases at Bowral Court on Friday, when a well-known tennis-player. Mrs. Hilds Cupitt, was sued by Mrs…

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