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Courts & crime, 1953

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Rabbit Men Impress Magistrate Roberts Convicted At End Of Long Hearing

The Bega District News · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 1

“In my opinion, both rabbit officers gave their evidence very fairly,” said Mr. D. T. Gamsey, S.M., in the Bega Court of Petty Sessions, on Wednesday, “and I was very impressed with that…

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Charged Driver Is Silent Sequel To Car Crash On Tathra Road

The Bega District News · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 1

A young man who had driven a car that had crashed into guide posts on the side of the Tathra Road and overturned on Saturday night, had nothing to say in the Bega Court of Petty Sessions, on…

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Assault Alleged by Farmer Blames Step Son

The Bega District News · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 1

[?]Two witnesses in the Bega [?]ourt of Petty Sessions spoke [?]an alleged violent encounter [?]between Fred Carpenter,…

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Cooma Wants Police Insp. Premier Requested To Change Sub-District

The Bega District News · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 2

The Premier (Mr, J. J. Cahill) has told Cooma that despite repeated Requests, the headquarters of the police sub-district will be controlled from Bega with the inspector in charge residing in the coastal…

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Oysters Cause Trouble Heavy Fines at Berry Court

The South Coast Register · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 2

Several defendants were before the Berry Police Court on Friday last, (two of them women) because of their unlawful…

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Motor Traffic Cases Big List of Offenders Before Berry Court

The South Coast Register · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 1

There was quits a line-up of traffic cases before the Berry Police Court on Friday last and looking at the cars parked on…

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Assault Proves Very Costly Substantial Amount To Be Met By Guilty Man

The Bega District News · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 7

Ken Miners, the defendant in an assault action brought against him by his stepfather, Moran’s Crossing farmer Fred Carpenter, was confronted by a total commitment of £61, made up of…

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Man Again Fails to Appear in Court

The Bega District News · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 2

A man who was charged as far back as September 30 last year for driving a car under the Influence of intoxicating…

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Brogo People Clash In Court Case Woman Charges Man With Insulting Words

The Bega District News · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 4

Mr. D. T. Garnsey, S.M., had a [?]ass of conflicting evidence to sift in the Bega Court of Petty Sessions, on Wednesday, when Mrs. Violet May Goodwin, of Brogo, proceeded against Stanley…

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Man Fails to Appear lN Bega Court

The Bega District News · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 12

When a man charged with a traffic offence failed to appear at the Bega Court of Petty Sessions this month,…

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Imposition on Surf Team Road Tax Charged

The Bega District News · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 3

Members of the team of lifesavers from the Tathra Life Saving Club who travelled to Sydney at the weekend to…

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Truck Taken From Eden Naval Ratings Charged In Bega Court

The Bega District News · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 2

After a motor truck had been taken Eden in the hours of Sunday morning, two naval ratings appeared in the Bega Court yesterday, charged with illegally using the vehicle…

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Special Court

The Bega District News · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 9

With the object of clearing up cases which have been set down for some months, and have not been completed, Mr. D.T…

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Rabbits Bring Fine Court Told Cobargo Farm Heavily Infested

The Bega District News · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 1

A Cobargo property owner, Joseph J. Heffernan, was fined at the Bega Court of Petty Sessions last week, for…

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Car, Truck, Grader In Collision Sequel In Bega Court Sees Truck Driver Fined

The Bega District News · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 6

A collision involving three vehicles last November, on the Prince’s Highway, at Brogo, was the reason for the appearance of a local truck driver in the Bega Court of Petty Sessions, on March 4,…

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Gaol Sentences For Naval Ratings Took Truck At Eden Without Permission

The Bega District News · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 7

Two naval ratings, members of the crew of a naval survey ship operating from Eden, were each sentenced to two months’ imprisonment at the April sitting of the Bega Court of Petty Sessions,…

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Tennis Court at Public School Ambitious Lighting Scheme Under Consideration

The South Coast Register · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 1

A considerable amount of thought and labour had been put into the question of the lighting of the tennis court at the Berry…

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Ratings Get Fines In Fines In Place Of Gaol Magistrates Sentence Upset By Judge

The Bega District News · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 8

A sentence of two months’ imprisonment, imposed on two naval ratings in the Bega Court of Petty Sessions last month, was quashed by Judge O’Suliivan at the Bega Quarter Sessions on…

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District Court Verdict to Grazier Damages Awarded For Sheep Killed By Truck

The Bega District News · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 7

A Brogo farmer, Austin Edwafrd Flanagan, was awarded a verdict for £325/3/- against Hayes and Kydd, transport operators, in the District Court last week, as a result of a number of sheep being killed…

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Tilba Collision Sequel Enacted in Court

The Bega District News · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 8

A collision between a car and a utility truck at the intersection of the Prince’s Highway and Bate Street,…

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