Sofia Chief of Police Killed by Communists London, March 6
The Sofia (Bulgaria) correspondent of the London "Times' says that Agrarian Communists hare assassinated M. Ikonomoff, the Chief of Police, who…
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Courts & crime, 1927
1,789 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 17 of 90
Plaglarism Punished by a French Court Paris, March 6
An interesting judgment was pronounced at Marseilles in favor of M. Etienne Laget, the landscape painter. M. Laget was awarded £2 10' as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grime in Chicago Bandits Rob Gamblers Police Arrest Bootleggers (Special to "The Miner.") Chicago, March 6
Armed with two machine guns nine banditn entered the gambling house of Messrs. Chelius Brothers, the largest gambline place in Chicago swept…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.Z. Railway Clerks Charged with Stealing Fictitious Names on Pay Roll Wellington (N.Z.), March 9
Two railway clerks, Cavin Watson and Hames Neilson, were charged at Christchurch yesterday with stealing sums amounting to over £5000 from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Pursue Motorist at 53 Miles an Hour Sequel in Traffic Court Adelaide
How Leslie James Anderson (17)[?] of 45 Rankine-road, New Mile End[?] while riding a motor cycle was pursued by the police patrol through the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Melbourne Tragedy Man for Trial for Murder Melbourne
Robert Brown, barman of the Wayside Inn, South Melbourne, was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of murder following the inquest into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Men Are Hanged for Murder of Policeman Vancouver, March 7
For the first time in the history of the United States four men were hanged to-day for the murder of one man. The execution took place at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Income Tax Act Incident in High Court
In the High Court of Australia yes[?]erday morning Sir Edward Mitchell[?] K.C., said: "The Income Tax Act is quite dear" (says a Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Would-be Church Wrecker Shot Dead by Police Police Trap Succeeds (Special to "The Min[?]r.") San Francisc[?], March 7
Four times in three years the [?]oman Catholic Church of St. Peter and S[?]. Paul[?] a beautiful [?] in [?] ness-avenue[?] has been bombed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Criminal Libel Woman Gets 4 Months' Gaol Adelaide
"It was a reprehensible letter," said Mr. Justice Napier in the Criminal Court to-day in sentencing Hannah Talbot, married, of Islington, to four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drunken Motorist Gaoled Knocked Woman Down Then Chased by Police Perth
In the Perth City Court yesterday Michael Grace a woolbroker, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment on a charge of having driven a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tips for Police a London Inspector Says It Lowers Dignity (Special to "The Miner.") London, March 8
"Should a policeman be tipped?" asks Sir Leonard Dunning, Inspector of Constabulary, in his annual report, referring to a letter written by Mr. C…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Company Director Gets 18 Months' Gaol Charged with Theft Sydney
[?] who is said to have [?] the [?] of [?] formed in [?] some time and was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cock[?] Police Court
In the Cockburn Police Court, before Mr. W. R. S[?] a man pleaded [?] to charges of [?] ness and [?] in a police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Stealing Young Married Couple Committed for Trial
Trene de Vigney (20). a clerk was on Wednesday at the Central Police Court charged with having stolen goods from Grace Bros., valued at £150 (says a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mysterious Assault Man Beaten in Adelaide Adelaide
As a result of a mysterious assault early on Wednesday night, Russell Genre (27), a plasterer, of Ilindley-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →False Pretences and Theft Adelaide Man Gaoled Adelaide
In the Adelaide Police Court to-day Harold Cole was charged with having passed a valueless cheque for £10, stolen a diamond ring valued at £10,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Plausible Criminal Sent to Gaol for Five Years (A.p.a. Message.) London, March 10
An extraordinarily plausible man, able to instinctively divine when a woman is ameanable to his advances," is how Si Henry Dickens, the Common…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Fascisti Leader Is Fined for Assault Resented a Deputation (Special to "The Miner.") London, March 3
Standing outside his Kensington office, carrying a sword and brandishing an empty revolver, Colonel Henry Rippon Seymour, chief of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Patient Removed From Ballarat Hospital Police Are Inquiring Melbourne
The Melbourne police are inquiring into the disappearance of a woman patient from a Ballarat hospital. A man was seen to enter the hospital and…
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