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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

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Driver Committed for Trial Sequel to Coroner's Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 7

Following an inquiry surrounding the circumstances of the death of Robert Shepherd Wilson, of Colo Vale, at the Malting bridge,…

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Youth Lost in Rough Country Police and Civilians in Search

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 4

Parties of police and civilians were engaged on Wednesday in searching for Terence Norris Cronin, aged 16 years, a Knox Grammar School pupil…

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Wednesday, Thursday Wanted for Murder

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 2

Another English film from the Archer Studios will be the feature on Wednesday and Thursday night. "Wanted for Murder" is a thriller…

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Police Fire Shots at Suspect Man Subsequently Arrested

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 May 1947 · page 2

Sgt. H. Hardy and First-class Constable G. Murray, of Bowral police, figured in a sensational chase on Friday night which ended when a…

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Bowral Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 6

The following caws at Bowral Court on 30th May were held over from last issue. Mr. A. E. Debenham, P.M, was on the bench…

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More Police Wanted

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 2

DISTURBING statements in the report presented by the Commissioner of Police to the State Premier this week were…

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Bowral Court Before Mr. A. E. Debenham, P.M.

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 2

For driving a motor lorry on 15th March, 1947, at Mittagong, without a licence, Henry Stewart McNaughton, of Mittagong, was fined £3 with…

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Malicious. Damage and Stealing Cars Damaged at Craigieburn

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 9

The aequel to the damaging of four cars parked at Craigieburn, Bowral, and the loss of a camera and a steel tape from two of the vehicles, was…

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No-Parking First Court Case at Bowral

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 8

The first court case to arise from the no-parking regulations brought in with relation to portion of Bong Bong Street, Bowral, was heard at…

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Bowral Police Fade Away Two Out of Four Left

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 6

The story of the Ten Little Nigger Boys is well known, but that of Bowral Police in recent weeks ia not so well known. The strength of the…

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Bowral Court Before Mr. A. E. Debenham, P.M.

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 3

John Bradley, 23-year-old laborer, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a push bicycle, the property of John Mackie, valued at £5 10b. He was…

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Moss Vale Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 2

A man who chocked the wheel of his vehicle and drove away, leaving, a large piece of metal he had used to chock the wheel on the roadway, was…

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Contempt of Court Bowral Resident Fined

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 6

At the conclusion of a case at Bowral Police Court on Tuesday week, the defendant, Joseph Henry Lane, who had been convicted of stealing…

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Bowral Court (Before Mr. A. E. Debenham, S.M.)

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 2

George Twitchings, of Mittagong, was fined £4, with 8s, court costs and 10s, witnesses' expenses, for travelling on the railway without…

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Special Court Price Regulation Cases

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 3

A number of local business men were proceeded against at a special sitting of Bowral Court on Tuesday, when cases dealing with price-fixing…

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No-Parking Will Remain Police Authorities Favor Continuance

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 2

At last meeting of Bowral Council, the secretary the Commissioner for Police wrote that the police authorities were of the opinion that…

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No-Parking Will Remain Police Authorities Favor Continuance

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 4

At last meeting of Bowral Council, the secretary to the Commissioner for Police wrote that the police authorities were of the opinion that…

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Socialisation & Social Security Example of Man in Gaol

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 November 1947 · page 3

"A socialisation policy is always pursued in the holy name of social security," said Mr. S. D. Dickson (C.P.,…

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Stealing Charge MAN FINED'At Bowral Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 November 1947 · page 7

At Bowral Police. Court on Friday. Stan Parkes was charged before Mr. H. Isles, S.M., with stealing. There was no appearance of the defendant,…

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Juvenile Before Local Court Charges of Breaking and Entering

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 November 1947 · page 3

Recent robbering at Mittagong, Bowral and Mose Yale are expected to be cleared up by the arrest, at Moss Vale railway Station a week…

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