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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

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Two Men Sentenced to Death for Murder of George Legard Two Years for Manslaughter. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 September 1921 · page 4

Charles Wentworth (27) and Samuel Hill (35) were charged at the Sydney Criminal Court yesterday with the murder of George Legard, a bootmaker,…

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Two Men Sentenced to Death for Murder of George Legard Two Years for Manslaughter Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 September 1921 · page 4

Charles Wentworth (27) and Samuel Hill (35) were charged at the Sydney Criminal Court, yesterday, with the murder of George Legard, a bootmaker,…

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Man and Wife Found Shot Worry Over Court Case Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 September 1921 · page 2

Yesterday Dr. Langley, of Ringwood, in response to a telephone message, went to the house of Leonard Maybury, Hoban-street. He found…

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Man and W.[?]e Found Shot Worry Over Court Case Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 September 1921 · page 1

Yesterday Dr. Langley, of Ringwood, in response to a telephone message, went to the house of Leonard Maybury, Hoban-street. He found…

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Burglary Reported Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 September 1921 · page 4

Burglars entered a clothing factory at Hindmarsh during the week-end and stole goods valued at £70…

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Adelaide News Police Court Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 September 1921 · page 4

A man was fined to-day for betting at the Port Adelaide races on Saturday. When a police constable, walking up behind, arrested him, he exclaimed:…

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"Fatty" Arbuckle Charged with Murder Picture Actress's Death a Gun Jollification" at San Francisco Hotel Contradictory Reports (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, September 10

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 September 1921 · page 4

A sensation has been occasioned in moving picture circles by the death of Varginia Rappe, a pretty moving picture actresss, following a supper…

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"Fatty" Arbuckle in Gaol (Continued from Page 1.) Appearance in Police Court Wife Believes Him Innocent (Reuter's Message.) San Francisco, September 12

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 4

"Crasy to Marry a Title," Roscoe ("Fatty") Arbuckle's latest comedy, has been suppressed in the cinema theatres at San Francisco and Los…

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"Fatty" Arbuckle in Gaol Evidence for Grand Jury to Be Presented This Week a Threat of Vengeance (Reuter's Message.) San Francisco, September 12

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 1

Detective Matheson, chief of detectives at San Francisco, referring to the death of Virginia Rappe and the arrest of Roscoe ("Fatty") Arbuckle (as…

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Arbitration Court Evidence on 44 Hours Week System Effect in Shipyards Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 3

The effect of the 44 hours week upon the Cockatoo Dock and Garden Island works was outlined in the Federal Arbitration Court yesterday…

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A. W. U. and Federal Court Statement Alleging Bias Repudiated by the Union Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 1

When the case in which the Australian Workers' Union is the claimant and the Pastoralists' Union the respondent was called in the Federal…

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Warden's Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 September 1921 · page 2

In the Warden's Court to-day, before Mr. A. R. Perry, Mining Warden, John Lockhart was granted six months suspension of residence…

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Beaconsfield Tragedy Murder Charge Abandoned Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 September 1921 · page 1

In connection with the charges of having murdered Frederick and Annie Sheard at Beaconsfield, on which John King and Edward Jenkins were…

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Alleged [?]Ossip Shot Dead by a Bangkok Jeweller Slayers Get 15 Years' Gaol (Reuter's Message.) London, September 13

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 September 1921 · page 4

The Bangkok (Siam) correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports:—"Pleading that shooting is a more merciful punishments than the ancient law of…

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"Fatty" Arbuckle in Caol (Continued from Page 1.) Chief Witness Disappears No Indictment for Murder Until Points Cleared Up (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, September 13

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 September 1921 · page 4

The San Francisco police and District Attorney Brady were exceedingly wrath when, after a session lasting all night, the grand jury declined to indict…

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"Fatty" Arbuckle in Gaol Manslaughter Indictment Returned by Grand Jury "A Twilight Baby" Exhibited (Reuter's Message.) San Francisco, September 14

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 September 1921 · page 1

An indictment charging Roscoe ("Fatty") Arbuckle with the manslaughter of Virginia Rappe has been returned by the Grand Jury…

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Court Clerk's Alleged Theft Audit Reveals Shortage Oe Between £300 AND £400 Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 September 1921 · page 1

As the result of an audit of the accounts of the Adelaide Licensing Court, a warrant has been issued for the apprehension of the clerk of the…

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Driving Without a Light Warning by Magistrate

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 September 1921 · page 1

In the Police Court to-day, before Mr A R. Perry, S.M., a first offender, pleaded guilty to a charge of having driver a vehicle through Argent-street…

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Bank Clerk's Alleged Theft Letter of Confession Put in As Evidence

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 September 1921 · page 1

At the Hawthorn Court on Tuesday Ian St. Barbe Bichardson, a welldressed young man, lately an accountant in the local branch of the…

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"Nation of Hypocrites." (Published by arrangement) Americans Charged

Western Grazier · Saturday 17 September 1921 · page 3

"A prominent American," says "The Socisman," "has remarked that Prohibition has turned his countrymen into a nation of hypoorites. They have been…

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