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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1928

2,221 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 112

Alleged Plot to Murder President of Turkey Three Bandits Hanged (A.p.a. Message.) London, January 18

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 6

A Constantinople message states that the notorious Circassian bandit Hadji Samy and two confederates, who secretly landed at Smyrna with the…

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Reformatory Escapees Police Recapture Two at Point of Revolver Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 4

John Joseph Hall, aged 19 years, and Leo Lovitt, aged 23 years, who escaped from Castlemaine Reformatory on Monday, were recaptured in…

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Industrial More Trouble Reported at Breadcarters' Office Police Called in Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 1

On Wednesday police had to be called to the office of the Breadcarters' Union at the Trades Hall when several men dashed into the office…

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New South Wales Police Arrest a Woman for Robbery of a Bank Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 1

The Commonwealth Savings Bank at Taranto was broken into on Wednesday night and a cash box containing £54 stolen. Later a woman was…

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Assault on Policeman Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 1

After being fined for assault yesterday, John Harding attacked a policeman who was leading him from the room. The policeman was knocked…

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Assault on Policeman Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 2

After being fined for assault yesterday John Harding attacked a policeman who was leading him from the room. The policeman was knocked…

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Assault at Dance Hall Defendant Fined 30/

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 1

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. W. Swiney, D.S.M., John Llewellyn Dally (21), pleaded guilty to a charge of having on…

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Assault at Dance Hall Defendant Fined 30/

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. W. Swiney, D.S.M., John Llewellyn Dally (21), pleaded guilty to a charge of having on…

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Attempted Murder Italian for Trial Cairns

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 1

Romulado Panza, an italian was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of having attempted to kill Gabrezzio Crappa, at Worwee, on…

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Attempted Murder Italian for Trial Cairns

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 2

Romulado Panza, an Italian, was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of having attempted to kill Gabrezzio Crappa, at Worwee, on…

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Police Arrest Two Men for Alleged Vagrancy

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 1

This afternoon a man of 27 and a youth of 20 years, recent arrivals from Sydney, were arrested in the Central Reserve by…

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Reformatory Escapees Police Recapture Two at Point of Revolver Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 6

John Joseph Hall, aged 19 years, and Leo Lovitt, aged 23 years, who escaped from Castlemaine Reformatory on Monday, were recaptured in…

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Jewel Robberies Two Men and Woman Remanded in Police Court Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 1

Detectives investigating the recent city jewel robberies on Friday night conducted a number of raids and detained two men and a woman. They…

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Clerk's Alleged Theft Large Sum Involved Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 4

In the Central Police Court to-day Janies Kenny (47), clerk, was remanded till February 21 on £1000 bail on a charge of having stolen £5265 8/…

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Murder of Footballer Verdict Challenged (A.p.a. Message.) London, January 20

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 1

There has been a somewhat sensational development in the case of the alleged murder of the footballer Lewis on October 29. There is a definite…

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Prisoners Revolt in an Indian Gaol Fight with Warders (A.p.a. Message.) Calcutta, January 21

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 1

A serious revolt among Indian prisoners broke out at the Naini Central Gaol. Allahabad. The prisoners fought with armed warders for several hours…

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Textile Workers' Union Meeting Ends in Brawl with Police Intervention Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 1

The Textile Workers' Union meeting at the Trades Hall yesterday ended in a brawl. First two women delegates started to fight…

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Bottle of Beer Is Thrown From Stadium to Blende-st. Police Action Urged

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 3

The consumption of liquor at the Stadium on Saturday nights is becoming a menace, and unless the Trades Hall Trust suppresses the nuisance some…

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Attack on a Woman Man Police Arrest Dies Later in Hospital Auckland (N.Z.), January 23

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 1

While a woman was out walking at Devonport on Saturday night a [?]an struck her with an iron bar three times across the bridge of the nose…

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Murder of Taxi-driver Declaration of Innocence by the Arrested Man Knows the Murderer But Cannot Tell Name (A.p.a. Message.) London, January 20

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 1

A message from Limoges says that a crowd of angry farmers shouting "Death to Barataud," and "Take him to the guillotine," surrounded…

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