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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

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Had Money in Socks Man Gaoled in Adelaide on Charge of Stealing Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 4

Suspected of having stolen money and denying all knowledge of it, Donald Russell was searched at his own request by Plainclothes-Constable…

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Troubled China Shanghai Mixed Court Handed Over to Chinese (A P.A. Message.) Shanghai, January 2

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 1

The handing over of Shanghai's international mixed court to virtual Chinese control, which took place yesterday, marks an epochmaking. change…

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Warden's Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 2

In the Warden's Court this morning, before Mr. [?]. C. Atkinson, Mining Warden. Arthur Addison was granted a suspension of labor con[?]ons for…

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New South Wales Man Who Stole Cabbages Gets Thhee Months' Gaol Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 4

At the Albury Police Court to-day Robert Gully was sentenced to three months' gaol on a charge of having stolen two cabbages worth 1/ from the…

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Denial Given by Police That Further Arrest Made

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 1

It was rumored in the city to-day that the police had made another arrest in connection with the Poolamacca tragedy. When inquiry was…

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Escape From Gaol Two Young Men at Bega Break Through Iron Bars B[?]ca

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 1

Two young men named Pilkington and Wallace escaped from Bega gaol last night by breaking through the iron bars in a window of their cell. They…

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Mr. Moss Smith in City in Company of Police

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 1

Mr. Moss Smith, the father of Joan, came in to the city this morning and spent some time in the company of Plainclothes-Sergeant Duckworth and…

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Murder of a Watchman Man Gets 20 YEARS (Special to "The Miner.") London, January 2

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 3

Rudolph Lechner, convicted of the murder of a watchman on New Year's Day, 1925, has been sentenced to imprisonment for 20 years with hard labor…

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Boy Is Fatally Wounded While Assisting Mate Frenchman Is Arrested on Charge of Murder Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 1

George Dunn (15) was shot dead in Little Burton-street, Darlinghurst, yesterday afternoon, and as a result a Frenchman was arrested and…

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Injunction to Police by London Commissioner Politeness Costs Nothing (Special to "The Miner.") London, January 2

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 3

"Complaints regarding police officers and incivility to the public are constantly reaching me. I believe that many are justified and therefore wish…

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Murderer Shoots Himself When Cornered by Police Crowd Views Gas Attack (Special to "The Miner.") London, January 2

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 3

Extraordinary scenes marked the attempts of the Paris police to arrest Maurice Rambourd, a dangerous character who barricaded himself in his…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. W. Swiney, P.M., Joseph Walsh (46), against whom there were three previous convictions,…

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Assault and Robbery Man Charged in Sydney with Offences in April, 1925 Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 1

in the Central Police Court to-day Ernest Mosman Cornell, described as an agent, was charged with having at Concord on April 17[?] 1925, when armed…

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An Alleged Assault Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 4

A dish[?]velled and agitated woman called at the Central Police Station last night and made an allegation of a serious offence committed at her home. She…

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Warden's Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 2

In the Warden's Court this morning, before Mr. C. W. Swiney, Mining Warden, Albert Christian Sparrow was granted a suspension of residence…

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Joan Smith's Death Mr. Davoren Retained for Defence of Accused Visited Gaol To-day

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 1

Mr. J. J. Davoren intimated this afternoon that he has been retained for the defence of James Hughes, who is charged with the murder of Joan…

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Incendiarism Alleged Police Make an Arrest Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 3

There was a sequel to the fires in O[?]kes building in Bathurst-street on Monday night when the police yesterday arrested a man and charged him…

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Sydney Shooting Case Frenchman Is Remanded on a Charge of Murder Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 1

At the Central Police Court yesterday Pierre Titrien Mousset [?]2[?]. a French chef, was charged with having murdered George Dunne in Little…

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Police Arrest Young Man. for Robbery Under Arms Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 1

Detectives yesterday arrested a young man at Manly who it is alleged committed a robbery under arms at Concord in April of last year when…

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Evils of Dancing Halls in Constantinople Are Closed by the Police (Special to "The Miner.") Constantinople, January 3

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 3

With a view to safeguarding th[?] morals of youths of both sexes the police are closing dancing halls started under licenses issued from Angora…

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