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Courts & crime, 1949

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Arrested on Stealing Charge Young Man Remanded

The Bega District News · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 2

A young man, Dallas Lanceon Minty, 23, a transport driver, of Moruya, was arrested in Bega yesterday by local Police officers Oates…

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Police Court Breaches of Traffic Act

The South Coast Register · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 3

Quite a number of breaches of the Traffic Act were dealt with by Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., at the Berry police court on…

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Negligent Driving Man Fined £5 and Exes. at Berry Police Court

The South Coast Register · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 1

Frederick Shaw, of Bexley, was charged at the Berry police court on Friday last, before the Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. J…

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Bega Stabbing Has Serious Sequel Two Police Officers Feature N Inquiry and Appeal

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

A serious aftermath of the stabbing on Christmas morning, at Prospect Street, Bega, when one man lost Ms life and another was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment, was heard in Bega last Wednesday and Thursday, Two Bega police officers, Sgt. Schuback and Senior Constable Gates, were involved in…

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Shopping Queue In. Bega Police Control Chain Stone Crowd

The Bega District News · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 2

Something unprecedented in Bega’s history occurred yesterday when two Police officers were needed to control the queue of expectant shoppers who…

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Lochiel Farmer’s Unlucky Day Fined Following Collision with Police Vehicle

The Bega District News · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 2

It was Thomas Stanislaus Mc-Cabe’s unlucky day on May 27 when he was involved in.an accident on the Pambula-Wyndham Road…

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District People Appear at Supreme Court Triggell Awarded Damages

The Bega District News · Friday 28 October 1949 · page 4

Last week in Sydney quite a handful of district personalities was in attendance at the Supreme Court in Sydney, concerned in the claim for damages by Daniel! Triggell against Arthur Pheeney, well known Wolumla figures…

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Police Inspector’s Transfer

The Bega District News · Tuesday 1 November 1949 · page 2

Inspector Jim Young has recelved notification of his transfer to his now appointement, Officer-in-Charge of the West Kempsey Sub-district…

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Cattle Stealing Charges

The Bega District News · Friday 4 November 1949 · page 2

Two brothers, Cyril Victor Denny, of Candelo, 33 year old sleeper cutter, and James Clifford Denny, 18, of Wolumla, were arrested during the…

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Cattle Stealing Case Long List of Witnesses

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

In the case at the Bega Court of Petty Sessions, last Wednesday when Cyril Victor “Buck” Denny, Candelo sleeper cutter, was charged with…

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Failed to Appear in Court

The Bega District News · Tuesday 15 November 1949 · page 5

Five men who had been arrested Bega. and charged with drunkenness, failed to appear at last week’s Court of Petty Sessions held in Bega…

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Workers’ Compensation Court Matters for Determination in Bega

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

The Workers’ Compensation Commission of N.S.W. will sit at the Bega Court House, on Thursday, before His Honour Judge Rainbow K.C., at…

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Ice Works Entered Man Charged at Nowra

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

On Tuesday the ice works premises of Messrs, Hayes and Kydd were entered and a sum of £3 stolen. Investigations were carred out by…

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Commissioner of Police Here

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

Commissioner James Scott, Commissioner of New South Wales Police, on a of inspection, accompanied by Mr. Cope, secretary of the N.S.W. Police…

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Breaches of Traffic Act Defendants at Berry Police Court

The South Coast Register · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 2

At the Berry police court on Friday last, before Mr. Fleeman S.M., eight defendants [?] charges associated with…

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An Old Offender Gets Nine Months Stealing, Uttering, Forgery, False Pretences

The South Coast Register · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 3

An did offender—“old,” at least, in crime, but young in years— was sentenced to nine months’ gaol by Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M.,…

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Aborigine Receives Gunshot Wounds Police Make Arrest At

The Bega District News · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 2

When the police were called to Tarraganda, early on Saturday evening, they found an aborigine suffering from a shotgun wound' in the foot alleged to have been inflicted, by another aborigine…

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Conflicting Stories Not Accepted Magistrate Dismisses Case

The Bega District News · Tuesday 13 December 1949 · page 1

The stories of both complainant and defendant were so conflicting In a case heard by Mr. A. S. Tuncheon S.M,, at the Bega Court of…

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Magistrate’s Stern Warning Man on Serious Charge

The Bega District News · Tuesday 13 December 1949 · page 1

Mr. Tuncheon S.M., at the Bega Court of Petty Sessions, last Wednesday, said that if he convicts a white man on a charge of being In…

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Identity of Heifers Argued In Cattle Case Man Denies Offence, But Magistrate Convicts

The Bega District News · Tuesday 13 December 1949 · page 4

In the case at the Bega Court of Petty Sessions, last Thursday, before Mr. A. S. Tuncheon, S. M., in which Cyril Victor Denny, 33-year-old Candelo sleeper cutter, both the prosecution and counsel for the defence argued on…

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