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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1946

27 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 2

Assault Case

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 1

At Bowral Police Court Ron Murchie, Lloyd Murchie and Hector McDonnell were separately charged before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., that…

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Better Conditions for Police. C.P. Favoure Independent Teibunal

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 April 1946 · page 4

When the Bill to give the police force access to the Arbitration Court [?] before the Legislative Assembly, the…

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Fur Robbery at Bowral Man Arrested, Charged

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 2

Five fur coats, valued at £200, wore stolen from one of the show windows of Messrs. R. S. Smith and Co., Bowral, between midnight on…

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Jan Charged at. Bowral Court Sequel to Fur Robbery

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 May 1946 · page 4

At Bowral Court on Friday morning last, before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M. John Clement Arthur Hollows was charged with having…

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Bowral Fur Robbery Eighteen Months Gaol

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 2

At Darlinghurst Police Court last week, John Clement Arthur Holloway, who had been committed for trial from Bowral Police Court on…

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Stealing of Bicycle Accessories Number of Cases Ix Bowral

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 2

A great deal of thieving of pumps and lights from bicycles was going on in Bowral, said Constable Murray during the progress of a ease at…

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Assault on Bowral Railway Porter Moss Vale Resident Fined £5

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 7

The Railway Department regarded assaults on its employees as a serious matter, said Mr. F. Baker, district superintendent, at Bowral Police…

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Police Protection? ( To the Editor.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 June 1946 · page 4

Sir—All Law abiding residents have a good word for members of our police force; even on Increase is our vary high texation, which…

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The Truth About Murder

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 June 1946 · page 4

A woman lawyer (played by Benita Granville) is the heroine in "The Truth About Murder," which has Morgan Conway and Rita Corday in…

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Saturday and Monday Over Twenty-one. the Truth About Murder. Over Twenty-one

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 June 1946 · page 4

Irene Dunne is the star of "Over Twenty-one," in which Alexander Knox and Charles Coburn have the supporting roles. Although the story…

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Publican Charged; Case Fails Alleged Overcharge

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 5

Whether an inspector under the prices regulations had made his identity known before a barmaid at the Hotel Bowral had discovered that she…

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Liquor Overcharges Federal Court at Moss Vale

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 4

Inspectors under the prices regulations who visited this district in December 1945 asked for either gin and water or brandy and water in most…

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Liquour Overcharges Federal Court at Moss Vale

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 July 1946 · page 2

Inspectors under the price regulalations who visited this district in December, 1945, asked for either gin and water or brandy and water…

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Legal Fight Over Hospital Fees King's Counsel at Bowral Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 8

Mr. Harold Harvey Mnson. well-known King's Counsel, and the Berrima District Hospital, Bowral, had a legal bout possessing unusual…

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Popular Police Sergeant

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 August 1946 · page 2

Local police and representative citizens of Mittagong made presentations to Sgt. W. H. F. de Salis on Monday prior to…

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Bargo Shooting Local Resident Charged

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 3

At Picton Police Court recently, Douglas Linehan, of Bargo, was charged with maliciously wounding Frank Lawson, of Barfjo. He was…

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Murder in the Big House

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 5

How can a condemned slayer, sitting alone in his cell on the eve of his electrocution, be murdered without even the guard outside the cell…

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Saturday and Monday You Came Along. Murder in the Big House. You Came Along

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 5

Lizabeth Scott, the tawny, hazeleyed star of "You Came Along," vocalises very effectively in her first screen role opposite Robert…

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Inadequate Police Protection in Country Districts War-time Cuts Not Yet Restored

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 October 1946 · page 2

The fact that many country districts in New South Wales were still without adequate police protection, although it had been stated that the police force…

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Local Stock Buyer Before Court Drover Claims Payment

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 2

A case of local interest was heard before Judge Nield and a jury of four, in Nowra District Court last week. John William Scott, drover, of…

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