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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

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Theft of Animals From a Hospital Were Not Inoculated

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 4

It was reported to the police on Thursday that a number of hares and guinea pigs, which had disappeared from a laboratory at Prince Alfred…

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South Australia Man Tells Magistrate That He Studies Murders Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 1

Telling Mr. L. H. Haslam, S.M., in the Adelaide Police Court yesterday morning that he made a study of murders, Charles Herbert Deckh[?]…

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Murder Charge Nurse Mitchell Remanded and Admitted to Ba[?] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 2

Nurse Hannah Mitchell was remanded for a week by the Richmond Bench yesterday on a charge of having on or about January 27 murdered…

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Body Greatly Decomposed Found on N.Z. Coast Police Conduct Inquiries Auckland[?] (N.Z.), Mareil 3

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 1

An extraordinary position has been revealed regarding a body which Was found near Cape Colville on February. 21[?] The police are reticent, but there…

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Youthful Burglars Three Sent to Gaol Fremantle

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 4

A remarkable story of youthful depravity was outlined in the Children's Court yesterday when three youths, who are already under sentence for…

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INDUSTRIAL 42 Miners Sentenced to 14 Days' Imprisonment. the Mt. Kembla Strike. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 1

There was a sequel to the long strike of Mount Kembla miners yesterday, when 42 were sentenced to [?] days' imprisonment and ordered to…

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False Story to Police Bank Clerk's Confession Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 1

Trevor Thompson, a bank clerk at Swan Hill, has confessed to the police that his story of assault by two men who [?]ound him and demanded his…

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Indecent Assault Clergyman Is Ordered to Mental Asylum. Wellington, (N.Z.), March 6

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 1

The condition of Donald Freer, a clergyman, charged with indecent assault, is such that the court proposed that he should enter a mental…

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Order of Court Sought in Award Observance. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 1

An application to restrain the Federated Seamen's Union from committing breaches of the Arbitration Court's award before the High Court…

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Dazzling Headlights Police to Take Action

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 1

In consequence of frequent complaints from the motor men on electric trams in Burwood-road and other tram routes in the eastern…

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Stranded Jugo-slavs Application to Police to F[?] Them Work

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 1

This morning [?] Jugo-Slavs, in charge of an interpreter, called at the Police Station and asked for work. The interpreter explained that as the…

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Missing White Women No Report Is Received From Police Search Party Darwin, Saturday. [?]

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 1

[?] Constables Bridgland and M'Namara, who left Darwin in the auxiliary ketch, John Al[?]e, on October 22, and who subsequently formed a…

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Money Lost at Races Leads Women Into Court Restitution Is Ordered. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 1

Two women, Mary Madden (35), and Jean Ellis (32), were yesterday convicted at the Darlinghurst Sessions of misappropriation. The women were…

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Money Lost at Races Leads Women Into Court Restitution Is Ordered. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 10

Two women, Mary Madden (35), and Jean Ellis (32), were yesterday convicted at the Darlinghurst Sessions of misappropriation. The women were…

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Police Court Cases Heard To-day

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.M., the following cases were dealt with— —Bail Estreated.—…

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Crime in Victoria Some Alleged Gunmen Before Police Court Sentences Imposed

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 4

Several well-known names were mentioned at the Prahan Court on Friday, when Charles Edward Allsop and Joseph William Gavey were charged with…

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Plea Df Leniency for Drunken Motorist Fortnight in Gaol

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 4

An electric tram proceeding west along Batman-avenue on Saturday at 7.54 p.m. collided with a motor car owned and driven by Thomas Mangan,…

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Political Murder's Another One Added to Bulgarian List. (Reuter's Message.) London, March 7

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 1

Reuter's Sofia correspondent reports:— The list of recent political murders in Bulgaria has reached an alarming…

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Police Court-proceedings

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 1

Nazza Khan, who was defended by Mr. A. F. Edwards, appeared before Mr. G. A. Stevenson in the Police Court this morning, when Sergeant…

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Blackmailing "Mr. A" Hobbs Is Sentenced to Two Years' Gaol (Reuter's Message.) London, March 9

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 4

W. C. Hobbs, a solictor's clerk, who is charged with the larceny of a cheque for £150,000 obtained from Sir Hari Singh (Mr. "A"), to-day gave…

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