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Southern Highlands · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

19 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Assault Case Friends in Argument

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 7

At Bowral Police Court last week, Albert Francis Wells of Braemar, was fined £10 by Mr. W. Findlay, S.M., on the charge…

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Reds Abused Lend-lease by Stealing A-bomb Data

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 7

Cargo planes full of technical and military documents, including data on the atom bomb. were cleared for Russia from…

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Stealing Charge

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 4

John James Walton of Mount Road, Bowral, for whom Mr. A. D. C. Tuthill appeared, pleaded guilty to stealing one…

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Assault Case

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 4

In a case in which Johann Albert Pfeiffer of Colo Vale proceeded against Peter Jaeger for assault, the Magistrate…

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Bowral Court Traffic Offences

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 4

Albert Lindsay James of 518 King Street, Newtown, was fined £10 for permitting Neville Lindsay Senior to drive an…

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Verbal Contract Was Binding Unusual Case at Bowral Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 2

There was an unusual case in the Small Debts Court, presided over by Mr. W. M. Finlay, S.U., at Bowral, last week. It…

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Bowral Court Before Mr. W. M. FINLAY, S.M.

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 7

Cecil Clarence Plain of Shepherd Street, Bowral, was charged with betting in the public bar of the Imperial Hotel on 21st…

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Settled Out of Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 1

An accident at the corner of Burradoo and Moss Vale Reads, Bowral, resulted in Wallace John Irving of Mittagong…

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District Court Several Cases for Hearing

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 1

The District Court held at Moss Vale last week was presided over by Judge Ansbelg-Several cases were listed for…

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Bowral Court Several Traffic Cases

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 7

The greater part of the time et the sitting of Bowral Court of Petty Sessions last week was taken op with a number of…

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Bowral Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 2

The May sitting of the Court of Petty Sessions at Bowral took two days. The Bench was occupied by Mr. W. M…

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Police Search For Child Apparently Fell Over Cliff

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 July 1953 · page 2

Mittagong and Bowral police were called out on Sunday to search the Gib for a six year old girl, who had wandered…

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Two Escapees From Berrima District Police Make Search

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 2

Two prisoners described by police as desperate criminals, escaped from a working party outside Berrima Training…

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Bowral Court Before Mr. W. M. FINLAY, S.M.

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 1

The sitting of Bowral Court of Petty Sessions occupied two days last week. Ronald Edward Eberle of…

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Sensation In Coroner's Court Witness Acts Strangely

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 8

There was sensation in the Coroner's Court at Mittagong on Friday afternoon when a witness, Harry Thomas…

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Bowral Court Mainly Traffic Cases

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 October 1953 · page 4

Last sitting of Bowral Court of Petty Session persided over by Mr. W. M. Finlay, S.M., was mainly taken up with traffic…

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Bowral Court Stealing Charges

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 October 1953 · page 9

Most of the time of the sitting of Bowral Court of Petty Sessions last week was taken Dp in hearing evidence in cases…

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Verandah Posts To Remain Court Decision Awaited

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 October 1953 · page 7

At a sitting of the Licensing Court, presided over by Mr. Bliss, S.M., at Moss Vale, on Wednesday of last week, the…

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Bowral Court

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 2

Four defendants were each fined 10/- with 12/- costs for keeping an unregistered dog. For failing to give way to a…

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