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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

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

Widespread Search for Missing Man Blacktrackers and Police Dogs Used

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 2

Since Saturday night last a party of over 100 men has been searching in wild bush country east of Mittagong in an endeavor to locate Mr…

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Criminal Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 5

Tom Conway, Martha O'Driscoll, June Clayworth and Robert Armstrong are the cast of "Criminal Court." Writing in a trade journal…

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Wednesday, Thursday Till the End of Time. Criminal Court. Till the End of Time

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 5

The rehabilitation of three ex-marines, each with their distinct problems of settling down in civil life, is told in "Till the End of…

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Deadline for Murder

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 5

A man-about-town, who gets drawn into the search for stolen documents which would be of great value to a foreign combine, finds his path…

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Saturday and Monday Without Reservations. Deadline Koh Murder. Without Reservations

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 5

An authoress who finds the ideal man in an American marine for the stellar part in the film production of one of her hooks pets into a series…

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Licence Refused Magistrate Dismisses Application

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 2

At the Licensing Court at Moss Vale last week the Magistrate (Mr. V. E. Wills) refused the application of Donald Menzies, departmental…

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No Police at Berrima Premier Replies to Mr. Bate

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 2

Mr. Jeff Bate, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Premier in relation to his representations for the appointment of a…

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Bowral Burglaries Three Youths Charged

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 7

At Bowral Police Court on Friday, evidence for the prosecution was entered into against three defendants charged in connection with robberies…

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Police Appreciated Civilian Help Search for Missing Man

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 2

That the Police Department was grateful for the assistance rendered by civilians in the recent search for the late Mr. p. K. Cupitt is shown…

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Bowral Court Before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M.

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 2

Henry George Fulford pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of liquor at Mittageng on 8th December, and was fined £10…

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Man Fined for Cruelty Magistrate's Caustic Comments

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 4

A witness in a case at the Kangaroo Valley Police Court had, in his opinion, committed deliberate perjury, the…

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No Police at Berrima Premier Heplies to Mr. Bate

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 4

Mr. Jeff Bate, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Premier in relation to his representations for the…

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Man Charged with Manslaughter Mittagong Accident

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 5

At Bowral Police Court on Thursday morning, Raymond Maxwell Cross, of Petersham, was charged with manslaughter and with driving…

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Alleged Intent to Steal Two Men Before Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 3

At Bowral Police Court on Friday, Erie Delphis Neich and Joseph Archibald Bell were separately charged with breaking and entering the…

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Piece of Paper Puts Man in Court Breaking and Entering Charges

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 2

A small piece of paper torn from the top of a letter and given to a Bowral resident in December last led a detective to Parramatta, where he…

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An Epitaph of the Late Mr. W. R. McCourt Contributed by one of his many sincere friends and admirers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 2

The late Mr. McCourt, whose untimely death we deplore, was one of Nature's gentleman. He was always doing good for somebody or…

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Bowral Court Before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M.

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 4

In a tenancy case in which Mavis Letitia Small, of 168 Merrigang Street, Bowral, sought possession on behalf of her father of premises at…

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Quarter Sessions at Campbelltown Five Gaol Sentences

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 2

Five defendants, who had been remanded from Bowral Police Court to Campbelltown Quarter Sessions, were given gaol sentences by Judge Nield…

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Team to Play Police

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 3

A strong cricket team selected from members of the metropolitan police force will be visiting Bowral to play a match against local players…

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Timber Getters at Variance District Court Case

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 3

Two familiar figures in wood-chopping arenas in this district, Joseph Wyndham McKenzie, of Wingello, and Donald Jeffery, of Exeter,…

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