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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

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Alleged Stolen Goods Richard Kempe Sentenced to Six Months Imprisonment

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 4

In the Police Court to-day, before Mr. A. R. Perry, S.M., the case was again mentioned in which Richard Kempe (47), on remand, was charged…

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Motor Car Driver Charged with Having No Rear Light [?]Lea of Not Guilty

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 2

In the Police Court to-day, before Mr. A. R. Perry, S.M., John Alexander Wilson pleaded not guilty to a charge of having on the night of…

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Amdushing the Police (United Service Message.) London, March 5

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 1

A dozen police and an inspector, just after starting in motor cars for Dublin, were ambushed in a Tipperary street. A sergeant was killed and two…

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Murder of Alma Tirtschke Appeal Was Lodged To-day on Behalf of Condemned Man Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 4

An appeal was ladged with the prothonotary to-day on behalf of Colin Campbell Ross, who is under sentence of death for the murder of Alma…

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Missing Company Director Inquiries Not Yet Begun by the Italian Police ("The Times" Message.) London, March 4

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 1

The London "Times" Naples correspondent reports that he is convinced that after a lengthy search by motor car in the…

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Charge of Being in Possession of Quantity of Stolen Goods Heimbuck Again in Court Accused Is Discharged

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 4

In the Police Court to-day, before Mr. A. R. Perry, S.M., Feodor Heimbuck was charged on remand that on February 23 he did knowingly have in…

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Charge of Unlawful Assault Ship's Steward Before Court Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 4

Joseph Vere, steward on the steamer Woran, was charged to-day at the Port Adelaide Police Court with having unlawfully assaulted Thomas Miller, who,…

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Murder of Alma Tirtschke Appeal on Behalf of Ross Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 1

In the ordinary course of events the appeal lodged on behalf of Colin Campbell Ross, who is under sentence of death for the murder of Alma…

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Chinese Cook Charged with Wounding a Girl a Leg Amputated Accused Sent for Trial

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 1

With one leg amputated and the [?]ther powerless, Marian Oulton Dreyer, a little girl aged 10 years, was carried into the city court on Wednesday to…

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Small Debts Court Payment by Instalments Applied for by Debtors

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 1

In the Small Debts Court to-day, before Mr. A. R. Perry, S.M., Albert Richard Speck, against whom Charles Rawling had obtained a judgment in…

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Murder on the Mountains the Supposed Murderer Found Hanging in Hut ("The Times" Message.) London, March 5

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 1

The London "Times" Geneva correspondent reports that the body of a man named Faeuzpointer, the supposed Alpine murderer, has been found…

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Actress Shoots Her Husband Acquitted by Paris Jury When on Trial for Murder ("The Times" Message.) London, March 5

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 1

"The Times" Paris correspondent reports: "The eyes of all present were filled with tears when the foreman of the…

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Murder of a Film Director Letter of Confession Believed to Be From Butler (Reuter's Message.) Los Angeles, March 6

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 4

The police believe that the confession of the murder of Taylor, the film director, which was received on Saturday, is in the hand-writng of Sands,…

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Latest News Issue Affairs in Ireland (Continued from Page 1.) Attack on Tipperary Police Statement Tn Parliament (Reuter's Message.) London, March 6

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 4

In the House of Commons, replying to Lord Curzon in regard to the recent attack on Tipperary police. Mr. Winston Churchill, Secretary for the…

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Imprisonment for Theft Accused Man Described As a Menace to Society

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 2

In the Police Court to-day, before Mr. A. R. Perry, S.M., John Gunnell ([?]3), a laborer, has charged with having on March 7 stolen one pair of boots…

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Prisoner in Fremantle Gaol Shoots Warder with Revolver 7 Years' Hard Labor to Follow Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 1

John West, who is serving a threeyears sentence in the Fremantle Gaol, was charged in the Criminal Court yesterday with attempting to murder…

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Murder of Alma Tirtschke Application to Fix Date for Hearing Ross's Appeal Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 1

An application was made in the Victorian State Full Court yesterday for a date to be fixed for hearing the appeal by Colin Campbell Ross against his…

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Murder of Alma Tirtschke Appeal by Condemned Man to Be Heard Wednesday Next Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 4

The State Full Court to-day ordered that the appeal by Colin Campbell Ross, sentenced to death for the murder of Alma Tirtschke, shall be heard on…

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African Miners' Strike Rioters in Johannesburg Severely Press the Police One Man Wounded (Reuter's Message.) Johannesburg, March 7

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 1

There were disturbances yesterday in the telephone exchange and outside the fire station, caused by the strikers trying to pull out the employees. The…

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Adelaide Libel Action Settled Out of Court J. C. HOGAN v. REV. N. LOUWYCK Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 4

A. libel action brought by John Campbell Hogan, solicitor, against the Rev. Napoleon Louwyck claiming £1000 damages for libel was before the…

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