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South Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

52 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 3

Menace of Neighbour’s Rabbits Serious View Taken by Magistrate

The Bega District News · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 2

The seriousness of rabbit free properties being menaced by rabbits from adjoining land must be taken into account in this case said Mr…

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Alleged Assault of Woman at Tathra.. Two Men Charged with Offence

The Bega District News · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 2

When Senior Constable Ralph Brodie arrived at Tathra, to investigate a telephone message that there had been an assault on a…

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Berry Police Court Friday.— Before Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M.

The South Coast Register · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 1

The Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. J . Fleeman, had a busy time at the Berry Police Court on Friday last, when the following…

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Armidale Editor Ordered Out of Court

The Bega District News · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

The Managing Editor of the “Armidale Express,” Mr. R. L. Blake, was ordered from the Court of Petty sessions by the Presiding Magistrate…

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Resentment at Alleged Police Interference Regarding Show Society’s Rules

The South Coast Register · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 1

Concern was expressed at the Berry A. and H. Association’s meeting on Wednesday night of last week, at what was referred…

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Bombala Man Before Court Charged with Driving Under the Influence

The Bega District News · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 2

Aubrey Clement Dallimore, building contractor, of Bombala, who appeared before Mr. E. J. Forrest, S.M., at the…

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Bega Police Find Man With Stab Wounds Arrested Woman Charged With Alleged Offence

The Bega District News · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 2

Bega police investigating a report that a man had been injured in a house in Bega Street, Bega, they discovered Vincent Allard suffering a wound in the Shoulder and another in the chest…

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Men on Assault Charge Ambulance Officer Claims Bashing

The Bega District News · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 1

Bega Ambulance Officer, Louis Sanders, answering a call, on Friday night, thought he was required in his official capacity…

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Pensioner Gives Evidence Tells of Alleged Assault

The Bega District News · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 2

John Ryan, a pensioner, of Bega, in the Bega - Court of Petty Sessions, on Wednesday, said that on February 23 he was…

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Record Court

The Bega District News · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 1

The list of cases set down be beard at the Bega Court of [?]etty sessions before Mr. E. Forrest, S.M. on Wednesday…

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Buckajo Man Again Arrested Police Lay Breaking And Entering Charges

The Bega District News · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 2

Released on bail on a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm on Mrs. Dorothea Gadsden recently, Kevin Arthur Shipton, 23, farmer, of Buckajo, was again arrested on Friday last and charged with breaking…

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Sent to Gaol for Brogo Theft

The Bega District News · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 1

Edwin Taylor, who gave his address as Binya, said that the portable wireless set [?] had had in his possession [?]…

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Convicted on Assault Charge

The Bega District News · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 3

James Henry Tier, % young man, who gave his address.as the Bega Hotel, Bega, was convicted of unlawfully assaulting…

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Berry’s Biggest Court Day Over Seventy Cases Bring in Over £200 in Fines

The South Coast Register · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 1

Over seventy cases were listed before Mr. J. Fleeman, SM, at the Berry Court, on Friday last. They were nearly all traffic…

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Shipton Not in Court

The Bega District News · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 2

Kevin Arthur Shipton, who was to have appeared at the Bega Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, for a…

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Man Dies—murder Charge

The Bega District News · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 4

Francis Gregory Moran, 30, of Amy Street, Erskineville, died in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday from injuries which…

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Aborigines on Assault Charge Jury Brings in Verdict of Not Guilty

The Bega District News · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 7

Clem Penrith, of Bateman's Bay, and Clifford Hayes, of Wallaga Lake, both aborigines, were charged in the. Bega…

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Ryan Faces Petty Sessions Trial Charged With Driving Under The Influence

The Bega District News · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 1

Following John Joseph Ryan's acquittal on a manslaughter charge, in which the Crown had alleged that he had been guilty of causing the death the late Joseph Plow r right, on November 25,…

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Long-term Patient in Court

The Bega District News · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 1

Mrs. Carmcocila Anita Lodge, 35, of Elwood, Victoria who had been a patient in the Bega District Hospital for over…

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Woman Roused at Midnight Told Story Of Alleged Violent Assault

The Bega District News · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 2

Hearing a rumble and a voice at approximately midnight on March 6 this year, Mrs. Dorothea Gadsden said that on investigation she found her son-in-law, Kevin Arthur Shipton, outside the house in which…

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