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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

35 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Stealing Charge Fined £20

Camden News · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 4

Leonard Ernest Robert Brown, of Badgery's Creek, at the Camden Court of Petty Sessions held on 2nd…

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Camden Police Found Celebrations Quiet Very Few Accidents Or Drunks

Camden News · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 4

This Christmas and New Year holiday period was one of the quietest that Camden police have experienced…

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Court Rules Not Travellers Hotel Licensee and Local Drinkers Fined

Camden News · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 2

Two local men and the licensee of the Narellan Hotel, appeared at the Camden Court of Petty Sessions…

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No Conviction on Cattle Stealing Charge Constable Praised by Magistrate

Camden News · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

At the Camden Court of Petty Sessions on 11th December, before Mr. C. N. Finlay, S.M., Stanley John Channell, of Oxley St., Camden, appeared on a charge of having stolen at Camden, on or about…

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Tennis Protest St. Peter’s Court Challenged

Campbelltown Ingleburn News · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 2

A meeting of delegates from teams which participated in the C.D.N.T.A. Mixed Night Competition was…

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Tennis Protest St. Peter's Court Challenged

Camden News · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 5

A meeting of delegates from teams which participated in the C.D.N.T.A. Mixed Night Competition was…

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Camden Courthouse and Police Station Improvements To Be Effected

Camden News · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 4

Mr. Blake Pelly, M.L.A., has made representations to the Premier with a view to improving the…

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Costly Peaches £5 Fine For Stealing Fruit

Camden News · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 10

Kenneth McKinnon, of Gray's Point Road, Sutherland, was fined £5 by Mr. C. N. Finlay, S.M., at the…

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Packing Shed Used As Residence New Australian in Court

Camden News · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 12

Despite the fact that a building permit issued by the Camden Municipal Council, for a packing shed…

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Police Warning Detonators Stolen

Camden News · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 1

Camden Police have asked as to print the following warning message relating to a quantity of detonators…

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Menangle Park News (Contributed) Tennis Court Now in Use

Campbelltown Ingleburn News · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 8

After many months of fine co-operative work on the part of local residents the Menangle Park Tennis…

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Crossed Double Centre Line Motorist Before The Court

Camden News · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 5

On a charge of crossing the double centre line on the roadway, Noel F. Walker of Trafalgar Street, Stanmore…

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Camden Police Kept Busy 16 Road Accidents During May

Camden News · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 9

In addition to the "hundred and one" other matters to which they have to attend police at the local…

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Court Told of Car Over-turning Driver Fined £7

The Picton Post · Wednesday 16 June 1954 · page 7

A motorist whose car turned over after colliding with the safety fence of Myrtle Creek bridge last…

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Man on 3 Charges of Assault Used Indecent Language

Camden News · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 2

William Colin Burtenshaw, of Boronia Street, Wentworthville, appeared at the Camden Court of…

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District Property Owners Before Court Failed to Suppress and Destroy Rabbits Fines Of £15, £20 And £25 Imposed

Camden News · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 1

At the Camden Court of Petty Sessions held on Thursday, 27th May, seven property owners in the district, were charged with failing to suppress and destroy rabbits, although each had received previous…

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Man Convicted on Stealing Charges Court Orders £50 in Fines

The Picton Post · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 3

Fines totalling £50 were ordered against Adrian James Schwartz, 37, of Hume Highway, Tahmoor, at Picton Court of Petty Sessions on July 2nd, after he had pleaded guilty to three charges, which related…

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Heavy Increase in Court Work Increased Sittings

Campbelltown Ingleburn News · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 1

The Clerk of Petty Sessions, Mr. Max Penfold, advises that owing to the heavy increase in Court…

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Heavy Increase in Court Work More Sittings

Camden News · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 7

Owing to the heavy increase in Court work in the Goulburn Magistrate's Circuit the towns of Campbelltown, Camden and Picton are to be taken from that district and a new Magistrate's Circuit is…

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Exhibition by Leading Tennis Players Hospital Court Opened

Camden News · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 1

An exhibition by four of Australia's leading tennis players marked the opening of the tennis court at Camden Hospital on Saturday afternoon last…

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