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Courts & crime, 1947

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Police Watch Traffic Princes Highway Patrol

The Bega District News · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 3

For the past two days, traffic police have been stationed at intervals along the Princes Highway. Heavy Melbourne Cup traffic was…

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Guilty of Theft

The Bega District News · Friday 7 November 1947 · page 9

Albert Joseph King, 20, and Enos Arthur King 2[?] both steeper cutters, were fined £10 for stealing bee hives…

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To Stand Trial Long Police Court Heading

The Bega District News · Friday 7 November 1947 · page 2

What started out as a birthday [?] in the Bega Police C[?] with one of the “merrymakers” being forced to tell one of the most…

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Youth Arrested in Bega Theft at Gosford

The Bega District News · Tuesday 11 November 1947 · page 3

John Donald Glasson, 18, of Kinkumber, via Gosford, was arrested on the banks of the Bega River on Friday afternoon…

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Nine Months Gaol for Men Cashed False Cheques

The Bega District News · Tuesday 11 November 1947 · page 3

Edward Arnold Jones, alias Doyle, and James Norman Wilson, alias Rogers, who were found guilty of cashing false cheques in Bega last month, and were remanded…

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Stealing Charge Bega Arrest

The Bega District News · Tuesday 25 November 1947 · page 3

A man described as a jockey, was arrested yesterday morning and charged with stealing a betting ticket, from the coat pocket of a racing man…

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Bega Farmer in City Court Claims .Assault .By Racing Man

The Bega District News · Friday 28 November 1947 · page 3

Harold Paul D’Arcy, described as a grazier of Warragaburra, Bega, figured prominently in an assault case at the Central Court, Sydney,…

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Travelling Stock Warning Police to Take Action

The Bega District News · Tuesday 2 December 1947 · page 5

The Bega Police intend to prosecute any person droving or carrying stock without a permit. They report that many cattle-men and…

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Police Raid River Bank Four Men Arrested

The Bega District News · Tuesday 2 December 1947 · page 3

Constable Oates, Monaghan and Lewis, of the Bega Police raided an aboriginal camp on the Bega River bank, on Saturday night, and arrested three aborigines…

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Valuation Court Discussion at Berry Council Meeting

The South Coast Register · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 2

Some discussion took place at the Berry Council on Monday of last week over a matter referred to in the town clerk’s report…

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Bega Court Stealing Charge

The Bega District News · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 3

John Ernest Porter, 35, jockey, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a betting ticket worth 50/- in the Bega Court on Wednesday…

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