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Courts & crime, 1950

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Swift Police Action Two Young Victorian Escapees Arrested

The Bega District News · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 2

The swift action of Constable, First-class, Alex Sorrenson, police officer stationed at Pambula, and the subsequent vigilance of Plain Clothes…

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Two Men Sentenced

The Bega District News · Friday 30 June 1950 · page 4

Paul Bobbin, who admitted to having received £6, stolen from an Eden hotel, on May 3, the result of breaking, entering and stealing by Neville Wade, was…

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New District Court Judge Welcomed by Mr. John H. Robbie

The Bega District News · Friday 30 June 1950 · page 2

Before any cases were heard at the Bega Quarter Sessions and District Court on Thursday of last week, Mr. John H. Robbie, Bega solicitor, welcomed His…

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False Pretences Charge Man Held by Police

The Bega District News · Tuesday 4 July 1950 · page 1

Ronald John Sheminant, a 32-years-old Englishman, who has been in Australia 12 months, and until recently a temporary resident of…

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Street Disturbance Two Men Arrested Charged

The Bega District News · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 2

At a little after 6 o’clock on Saturday night the police were called in to investigate a disturbance that had broken out in Church Street,…

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More Police for Cooma Plain-clothed and Uniform Strengthened

The Bega District News · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 1

Superintendent H. C. Randall, who is in charge of the Southern Police District of New South Wales, has been visiting Monaro during the past few…

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Damage to C.c. Power Station Employee Arrested and Charged

The Bega District News · Tuesday 12 September 1950 · page 2

Bruce Cowan-Lunn, an employee of the Bega Valley County Council, stationed at the Bemboka power station, was arrested, on Friday, and…

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Must Police Licensed Premises Hotel Licensee’s Responsibility

The Bega District News · Tuesday 12 September 1950 · page 5

The need always to police licensed premises against intrusion by people who have no lawful reason to be on the premises was impressed on…

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Wanted Own Home But Court Refuses Application

The Bega District News · Tuesday 12 September 1950 · page 2

Mrs. Ada Hardaker, a widow, who claimed ill health, applied to Mr. E. J. Forrest, S.M., at the Fair Rents Court, Bega, on Wednesday, for the…

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Before Court Eight Times This Year

The Bega District News · Tuesday 10 October 1950 · page 2

James Bond, an aborigine, at the Bega Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. M. Tunchan, S.M., on Wednesday last week, pleaded guilty…

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Grazier Issues Summons P.p. Board Chairman Charged with Failure to Destroy Rabbits

The Bega District News · Tuesday 24 October 1950 · page 2

Well-known Coolae grazier, Mr. D. A. C. Sullivan, last week issued a summons against the Chairman of the Gundagai P: P. Board Director,…

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Court Action Over Missing Gobargo Cows Missing Says Owner, Dead Says Sharefarmer

The Bega District News · Tuesday 24 October 1950 · page 4

Walter Jack Babidge, of Bunga, proceeded against William Richard Peter Fleming, of Sydney, at the District Court, held in -Bega, before Judge O'Sullivan, recently, for the recovery of £81/4/6, being monies 1 alleged owing at the…

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Police Sergeant Meets Mumbulla

The Bega District News · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 2

Sgt. Dawson, of the Cobargo Police Station, met Mumbulla Shire Council, on Monday, and gave a brief outline of his visit to the…

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Hardened Criminals Sentenced Punished for Despicable Actions

The Bega District News · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 7

Two hardened criminals, each with a very long list of previous convictions which had been accummulated from Adelaide to Sydney, were…

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Berry Police Court Busy Day in Fines

The South Coast Register · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 2

Berry Police Court, on Friday last, save the Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. J, Fleeman, the busiest day he has so far experienced…

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Police Guard of Honour Respect by Late Senior-const Board Max’s Comrades

The Bega District News · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 7

At the funeral of the late Senior Constable . Norman Boardman, one time stationed in Bega, the hearse was flanked on either side by police…

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A.p.p.u. Goes to High Court Testing Validity of Tax

The Bega District News · Tuesday 5 December 1950 · page 1

Following the passage through both houses of the Federal Parliament of the Wool. Sales Deduction (Administration) Bill, the Federal President of the Australian…

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Charged Dismissed

The Bega District News · Tuesday 12 December 1950 · page 2

Although George Oliver Walker, of Peden Street, Bega, was Charged with having wandered with an aborigine girl, he denied having been…

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Smart Police Capture Theft Reported 8 P.m.; Arrest Two Hours Later

The South Coast Register · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 1

Constable Daley, of the Berry Police, made a smart capture on Saturday night last, when two hours after being notified of the…

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Stealing Charge Melbourne Man Convicted

The Bega District News · Friday 29 December 1950 · page 2

Charged in the Bega Court of Petty Sessions before Mr. W. Cobcroft, J.P., and Mr. W. Rosevear, J. P., with stealing, following the…

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