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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1962

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Gaoled for Theft

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 19 April 1962 · page 4

A man who was arrested last week as he on his way out of town with somebody…

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Denies Sheep Theft Charge

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 19 April 1962 · page 1

A man told a Magistrate in Deniliquin this week that he had taken sheep from a former employer to compensate for money he claimed the employer owed him for cream…

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Police Say Youth Drove At 70 m.p.h. In Deni. Street

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 19 April 1962 · page 4

According to police, a Deniliquin youth had driven at speeds reaching 70 m.p.h. through Deniliquin streets in September last year. Traffic policeman, Const. P. Payne, claimed in evidence at the Deniliquin Petty Sessions…

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Charged in Connection With Escape

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 April 1962 · page 5

Two men appeared in the Deniliquin Court this week in connection with the escape of five prisoners from the Deniliquin lock-up. The men, Joseph Horace…

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Three on Charge of Car Theft

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 April 1962 · page 1

Three juveniles appeared in the Deniliquin Children’s Court this week charged with the…

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Police, Ambulance Report Quiet Easter

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 April 1962 · page 1

Police and ambulance officials report the Easter-Anzac holiday period as being one of the quietest on record despite the record influx of visitors to the district…

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Will Police Be Up To Par?

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 May 1962 · page 3

A Police Golf Day will be held in Deniliquin next Friday to mark the celebration…

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Police Force is 100 Years Old This Year History of Men in Blue Is One of Australia’s Most Fascinating Stories

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 May 1962 · page 3

During the early years of tie colony of New South Wales, tie preservation of law and order was entirely a military matter, and although provision was made at different times for the appointment of watchmen, harbour guards, and a “Constabulary,” basic control remained, however, a military responsibility. ABOUT AUGUST, 1789, GOVERNOR PHILLIP APPOINTED A…

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Court Hears How Prisoners Were Given Gaol Escape Key

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 May 1962 · page 5

In a statement tendered in the Deniliquin Petty Sessions Court on Wednesday, a [?]man said that he had found two oId keys in a box in the Deniliquin lock-up’s exercise yard, and had later taken one into a cell hidden in his shoe. Roy Briggs, 48, of 11 Macauley St.,…

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Gaol for Truck Driver

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 May 1962 · page 5

At the Deniliquin Petty Sessions Court on Wednesday, Mr. Mathieson, S. M., sentenced a man…

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It Was a Fair Fight! Charge of assault dismissed

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 May 1962 · page 1

A claim by a Deniliquin man that his brother-in-law had assaulted him was dismissed by Mr. Mathieson, S.M., at the Deniliquin Petty Sessions Court on Tuesday…

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Fined £10 [?]or Stealing

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 May 1962 · page 1

Mr. Mathieson, S.M., [?]fined a Victorian man [?]£10 at the Deniliquin Petty Sessions Court…

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For Sentence on Charge of Assault

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 May 1962 · page 3

A Moama man has been committed for sentence to the Deniliquin Quarter Sessions…

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Police Force Centenary

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1962 · page 4

The year 1962 is the celebration year to commemorate the Centenary of the NSW police Force…

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Good Entries for Police Golf Day

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 May 1962 · page 1

There were over 60 entries for the Police Day Golf Tournament on the Deniliquin links on Friday. Also. 21 casual players…

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Construction of new Police Station soon

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 May 1962 · page 1

Tenders for the new Deniliquin Police Station are expected to be called soon. In a telephone interview, Public Works Department…

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“Canadian May Not Have Been Used to Aussie Beer”—police

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 May 1962 · page 1

A former Canadian charged with drunken driving may not have been acclimatised to Australia’s beer, a policeman suggested in the Deniliquin Court on Wednesday…

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£30 fine for sheep stealing to Pay Compensation

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 May 1962 · page 6

A man was fined £30 in the Deniliquin Court on Wednesday for stealing 14 sheep from a former employer. Mr. Smith S.M said…

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Police Said He Drove 70mph-£10 Fine License Cancelled

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 May 1962 · page 5

A Deniliquin youth on Wednesday denied a police claim that he had driven at speeds reaching 70 m.p.h. in Deniliquin streets in September last year. He claimed he hag not gone higher…

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Five Youths Charged

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 June 1962 · page 5

Five youths were charged by police in Deniliquin last Sunday with illegally using a motor vehicle…

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