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Courts & crime, 1949

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Blacker Case Dismissed Though Magistrate Prepared To Convict On One Count

The Bega District News · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

Yesterday, at the Bega Court House, Mr. Bott S.M., dismissed the information against Leslie Kitchener Blacker, who was alleged to have cruelly ill-treated an animal. Blacker was alleged to have muzzled a young calf, thus…

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Cleary Remanded Coroner’s Court, January 12

The Bega District News · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

People flocked into the Bega Court House on Tuesday, when Eugene John Cleary, the 44 year old, Bega plumber, appeared before two local Justices of the…

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Blackers Call in Local Expertsm Case Concludes Before Crowded Court

The Bega District News · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 1

In the Bega Court on Thursday, the action brought by the police against the brothers Leslie Kitchener Blacker, and Raymond William Blacker, was concluded after three previous adjournments…

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Cleary Again Remanded Police Enquiries Not Yet Completed

The Bega District News · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 1

When Eugene John Cleary, 44, Bega plumber, appeared at the petty sessions, on Wednesday, before Mr. W. Cobcroft, Sgt Young for the police, said that police…

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Traffic Offences Fines at Berry Police Court

The South Coast Register · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 1

The Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. J. Fleeman, dealt with a number of cases under the Traffic Offences Act, at the…

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Cleary to Be Tried for Murder Coroner Announces Finding Before Crowded Court

The Bega District News · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 1

“I, John Robbie, find that deceased, Cyrus Mason Williams, did die from the effects of a stab wound, feloniously and maliciously inflicted by Eugene John Cleary on December 25.” The Coroner then committed Clearly for trial to the Supreme Court of New…

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Police Court Assault and Robbery

The South Coast Register · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 5

James Handley, a young man of 28 years, was charged, before Messrs. J. Leary and P. C. Wyner J’s.P., on Monday…

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Council’s Water Rates Magistrate Gives Reserved Judgment

The South Coast Register · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 5

A case that has been undicided for quite a long time reached finality at the Nowra Court, when Mr. J. Fleeman. SM, gave his…

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Cattle Stealing Guilt Young Man Convicted

The Bega District News · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 1

William George Walker, a 26 year old farmhand, who. previously had been employed by Mr. J.D. Coman, of Bimbaya, admitted at the…

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Cross Action in Assault Case Conflicting Stories

The Bega District News · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 2

When Bay "Dooley" Hazelgrove, of Canberra, one time of Bega, and Ioanis Petrohilos, Neon Cafe proprietor, of Bega, appeared before Mr. Bott S.M.,…

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Gashed Valueless Cheques Magistrate Wane’s Fine to Hurt

The Bega District News · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 2

Alan Davis Hall, of Bemboka, before Mr. Bott S.M., at the Bega Petty Sessions, last week, admitted to having signed a number…

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Berry [?] Stealing Cases Defendants Get Goal Sentences

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 1

Two strangers arrived in town at show time and made quite a haul, including gold watch, rug, bag of sugar etc, from different…

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Police Report a Quiet Show Traffic Arrangement Well Handled

The Bega District News · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 2

Sgt Young, officer in charge of the Bega Police District, stated that the show, from the police point of view was very satisfactory, and there was…

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Cleary Murder Trial Listed for Next Week

The Bega District News · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 1

Eugene John Cleary, Bega plumber, will stand trial for the murder of the late Cyrus Mason Williams, at the Central Criminal Court,…

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Police Chase in Bega Quarry Understood to Be Car Thief

The Bega District News · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 2

The police chase which took place in Bega, on Wednesday though not helped by shiny, tearing sedans, with screeching sirens, and staccato,…

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Cleary Acquitted Of Murder Charge Cuilty Of Manslaughter

The Bega District News · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 2

Eugene John Cleary, 44, plumber, of Bega was acquitted last night of murder, bt a Central Criminal Court Jury, but was found guilty of the manslaughter of Cyrus Mason Williams, at Bega, on December 25 last…

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Head on Collision Police Officers Involved

The Bega District News · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 2

A head on collision between a car and a police motor cycle and sidecar,. on the road to Wyndham, had very serious results for two police officers…

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Bailiff Has His Worries Story of Assault Accepted

The Bega District News · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 2

The tiny courthouse at Nimmitabel was crowded to capacity, on Wednesday afternoon, when Herbert Richard Miners, of Nimmitabel, appeared…

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Betting Flutters Finish in Court Aftermath of Church Street Raid

The Bega District News · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 2

The thrill of getting a run on a good goer was changed to the more sober confines of the Bega Court House, on Wednesday, when Mr. Bott…

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Police Court

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 1

..Friday—Before Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M. Breaches of the Traffic Act were mainly the cause of a…

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