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Courts & crime, 1955

12 stories in South Coast's papers

Court Actions In Bega Follow Policeman's Work

The Bega District News · Friday 7 January 1955 · page 7

The activities of a motor cycle traffic police officer have been watched with interest, and sometimes uneasiness, by local citizens over recent weeks, and the results of his forays have…

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More Motorists Chastised in Bega Court

The Bega District News · Tuesday 15 February 1955 · page 1

There was another formidable list of traffic cases before Mr. A. O. Chick, S. M., in the Bega Court of patty Sessions last Wednesday, and the magistrate, in imposing Some of the penalties, gave warning to the defendants…

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Woman Driver Not in Court, But Convicted

The Bega District News · Friday 18 February 1955 · page 1

When the name of Annie E. Rixon, of Bega, was called at the Petty Sessions, on February 9, to answer a charge of allowing…

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Magistrate Dismisses Speed Charge

The Bega District News · Tuesday 15 March 1955 · page 1

A young man’s evidence that he was not driving at an excessive speed when his truck overturned on the Monaro Highway, near Tathra, on October 1, was accepted by the…

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Charged With Carnal Knowledge

The Bega District News · Tuesday 15 March 1955 · page 5

In the Bega Court of Petty Sessions, on Friday, Cecil Edmond Ebzery 40, labourer, of the Bega River area, faced two charges of…

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Man Charged With Murder—Narooma

The Bega District News · Tuesday 29 March 1955 · page 2

After a search had been made for two Narooma men reported missing yesterday, and the body of one had been…

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Henry on Charge of Murder

The Bega District News · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 1

After the body of Robert Timothy Bennett, of Narooma, had been found near his motor car, on Monday night, William George Henry, was charged with having…

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Changes in Police Boundaries

The Bega District News · Thursday 7 April 1955 · page 4

It has been reported that the new boundaries encompassing the Bega Police Sub-district will come into force about the…

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Many Cases Choke Bega Court

The Bega District News · Thursday 7 April 1955 · page 8

Although the list of cases to be heard by Mr. A. O. Chick, S.M., in the Bega Court of Petty Sessions, yesterday, was…

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Alleged Assault by Bega Man

The Bega District News · Tuesday 19 April 1955 · page 5

When the Bega police received a telephone call on Saturday night from a young woman, they went to a house in Hill Street,…

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N.S.W. Police Buy Motor Cycles

The Bega District News · Friday 22 April 1955 · page 1

Export orders placed with Britain for police motor cycles in many parts, of the world continue to increase…

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Eden Police Stn. Dilapidated; Imlay Protests

The Bega District News · Wednesday 27 April 1955 · page 7

A strongly worded protest will be made to the N.S.W. Department of Public Works by the Imlay Shire Council,…

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