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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

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

Man Before Court on Five Charges Damage to Property

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 3

At Bowral Police Court on Tuesday, Leo Peter Kane appeared before Messrs. C. J. Foran and H. S. Lamond, Ja.P., on five charges. He…

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Bowral Resident Assaulted Two Men Before Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 7

At Bowral Police Court on Friday, before Mr. G. E. Hook, S.M., Lawrence John Small and Leonard Earl Handley were separately charged…

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Court Etiquette

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 4

A man who appeared on a charge at the Canberra Court of Petty Session, was refused admission to the court by the…

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Equity Court Alleged Fraud

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 2

On 22nd December last His Honor Mr. Justice Sugerman delivered his reserved judgment in a suit in equity brought by Herbert Newman Fisher…

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Overcharge Alleged Case Dismissed at Bowral Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 9

At the recent sitting of Bowral Court, a case was heard in which Springetts Pty. Ltd., of Bowral, was charged with failing to charge the…

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Equity Court Alleged Fraud

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 2

On 22nd December last His Honor Mr. Justice Sugarman delivered his reserved judgment in a suit in equity brought by Herbert Newman'Fisher…

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Assault Cases Local Men Charged

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 6

At Bowral Police Court on Friday last, Thomas George William Gough and William David Oswald Martyn, both of Bowral, were charged with…

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Assault Case One Defendant Discharged at Bowral Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 7

There was a large attendance of the general public at the Court House at Bowral on Thursday, when evidence in the case against William…

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Fatal Accident Truck-driver Charged

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 3

After submissions had been made by Mr. G. F. O. Throsby (details of which appear elsewhere in this issue), the Magistrate (Mr. Hooke,…

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Questioned After Being Charged Objection by Solicitor

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 2

The question of the right of police to interview a defendant after he had been charged with an offence was debated at Bowral Court of…

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Porter Borrowed Eight Pounds Case at Bowral Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 2

At the last sitting of the Court of Petty Sessions at Bowral, James William Taylor, aged 19 years, junior porter, in the employ of the Railway…

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Sheep Stealing Robertson Case

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 2

Sheep-stealing is again in evidence in this district, and the latest victim of the persons responsible is Mr. E. W. Marshall of "New Park,"…

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Thefts of Bees and Material Police Officers Appointed as Apiary Inspectors

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 4

The Department of Agriculture is co-operating with the Police Department in an endeavour to suppress the…

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Truck Driver Discharged Case at Bowral Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 7

Following the conclusion of evidence at Bowral Court on Thursday lost in the case in which Raymond Small was charred with driving a…

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Bowral Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 2

Cyril Grandell pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawfully assaulting Angelo Nicholas at Bowral on 12th April, 1948, and to a further charge…

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Local Tradesmen Overcharged Special Court at Bowral

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 8

A special court presided over by Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M., was held at Bowral on Monday afternoon, when local tradesmen were charged…

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Abating a Nuisance Magistrate Grants Extension

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 4

At the sitting of the Court of Petty Sessions at Moss Vale recently, the Magistrate (Mr. G. E. Hook, S.M.) allowed L. W. R. Pemberton…

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Magistrate Resents Letter Effort to Influence Case

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 2

After he had fined a defendant £15 for a driving offences at Mots Vale Court of Petty Sessions last week, Mr. G. E. Hook, S.M., was outspoken…

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Unusual Court Case at Picton Shooting in Sanctuary

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 6

An unusual court case at Picton was reported in a recent issue of Picton Post. It was one in which Karl Cramer, of Burragorang House,…

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Bowral Resident Acquitted Not Guilty of Assault

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 4

At the Campbelltown Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, Thomas George William Gough, of Bowral, was charged with having assaulted Mr. Shand, K.C., who appeared for defendant, entered a plea of not…

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