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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

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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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Alleged Betting Fraud Captain Peel Pleads Guilty Wife Must Also Be Tried Is Decision of Court ("The Times" Message.) London, March 7

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 1

There was a surprise at the Old Bailey to-day in the case in which Captain Owen Peel and his wife are chargd with an attempt to defraud…

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Man Gets Three Years Gaol for Stealing Postal Matter No Leniency Extended Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 1

Herbert Walker, a postal employee, was sentenced in the Criminal Court to three years' hard labor for stealing a letter containing £2…

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Committed on Assault Chance Man's Reported Confession Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 4

Harold Pilcher (31), who gave himself up to the police, stating that he had assaulted his sister-in-law, aged 14. in January, 1921, was to-day…

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Glenelg Beach Mystery Police Chief Questioned No Official Theory

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 4

The efforts of amateur detectives to elucidate the Glenelg beach mystery and to supersede the regular crime investigators, after the manner of…

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Grimes of Violence in London a Suspect Is Arrested for Murder of Miss Gates Dead Woman Identified (United Service Message.) London, March 8

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 4

Ronold True, an aviator, was arrested at a Hammersmith (London) theatre on Tuesday night, and was charged in the Police Court to-day, and…

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Police Lose Evidence

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 2

Evidence, in the shape of a number of opossum skins, has been removed from the police station at Dunolly. Victoria (reports the "Advertiser"). About…

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Police Lose Evidence

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 1

Evidence, in the shape of a number of opossum skins, has been removed from the police station at Dunolly. Victoria (reports the "Advertiser"). About…

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Gandhi Arrested in India Charged with Sedition (Reuter's Message.) Bombay, March 10

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 2

Gandhi, the leader of the Nationalist extremists in India, has been arrested at Armedabad on a charge of sedition…

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Gandhi Arrested in India Charged with Sedition (Reuter's Message.) Bombay, March 10

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 1

Gandhi, the leader of the Nationalist extremists in India, has been arrested at Armedabad on a charge of sedition…

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Mother Committed for Trial on Charge of Child Murder Baby's Throat Cut

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 2

An inquest was held at Moss Vale on Wednesday into the circumstances of the death of the infant child of Mrs. E. Mackay, which was found in…

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Mother Committed for Trial on Charge of Child Murder Baby's Throat Cut

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 1

An inquest was held at Moss Vale on Wednesday into the circumstances of the death of the infant child of Mrs. E. Mackay, which was found in…

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Strikers Capture Police Commando Kills Constables (Reuter's Message.) Johannesburg, March 10

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 2

At Newlands the strikers have captured 27 police. They say that they will shoot their prisoners if other police surround them. After a fight a…

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Strikers Capture Police Commando Kills Constables (Reuter's Message.) Johannesburg, March 10

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 1

At Newlands the strikers have captured 27 police. They say that they will shoot their prisoners if other police surround them. After a fight a…

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Action Against a Bank Application for New Trial Is Refused by the Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 1

During the hearing in Hobart of an application by Mr. Horace Walch, on behalf of the Commonwealth Bank for a new trial in the action of Pease…

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Murder in a London Flat Evidence Given by a Maid Who Found Mistress Dead (United Service Message.) London, March 10

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 2

True the aviator who has been arrested on the charge of murdering Gertrude Yates in her flat in London, was present to-day at the inquest. He…

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Murder in a London Flat Evidence Given by a Maid Who Found Mistress Dead. (United Service Message.) London, March 10

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 1

True, the aviator who has been arrested on the charge of murdering Gertrude Yates in her flat in London, was present to-day at the inquest. He…

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Woman Armed with a Razor Attacks Man at a Picnic Court Allows Accused to Go

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 1

When Susane Veronica Masters and Maurice Wall, brother and sister, appeared at the ballarat City Court on Thursday charged with having inflicted…

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Woman Armed with a Razor Attacks Man at a Picnic Court Allows Accused to Go

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 2

When Susane Veronica Masters and Maurice Wall, brother aud sister, appeared at the Ballarat City Court on Thursday charged with having inflicted…

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African Miners' Strike Martial Law Proclaimed Police at Johannesburg Occupy Trades & Town Halls (Reuter's Message.) Johannesburg, March 10

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 1

Simultaneously with the proclamation of martial law over the strike area a battle-occurred between a strikers' commando and the police at Benoni Springs…

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