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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

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Installation in Saddle of Electric Battery Claim for Work Done Dismissed by Magistrate Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 4

Alleged to have been engaged to install an electric battery in a saddle Percy Walsh, trading as Walsh Radio and Electric Service, Sydney, sued…

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Melbourne Procession Collides with Police Melbourne, Thursday Night

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 1

Though permission for the holding of on unemployed procession through the city streets was refused by the Police Commissioner, about 200 men and…

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Government Relief Instruction From Sydney to Inspector of Police

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 2

A public meeting convened by the Mayor will be held at the Town Hall at 7.30 o'clock to-night to protest against the decision of the State…

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Fourth Share in Ticket Subject of Court Case Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 1

Before Mr. Justice Harvey in the Equity Court to-day William Henry Cook, ot Woolangabba, near Narr[?]., laborer, sought an injunction to…

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Request to Court for Removal of Liquidator Judge's Comment Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 4

In the Equity Court to-days during the continuance of the hearing of the application for the removal of the liquidator R. W. Nelson of George…

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Sydney Will Case Court Finding Favors the Two Beneficiaries Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 4

After having been before the court for some considerable time, the case in which Bruce and Myreen Saywell appealed against a provision in the will…

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Bristol Unemployed Collide with the Police Fierce Fighting Ensues More Than 30 INJURED London, February 24

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 4

Six thousand unemolmoyed at Bristol, incited by Communistic speeches, who attempted to march into the council chamber headed by red flags, as a…

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Police Court Fined on Two Charges

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 3

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. G. S. Goldie, S.M., Joshua Groves Pedler (45) pleaded not guilty to a charge of drunkenness…

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French Murder Case Man and His Sister-in-law Sentenced to Death (Special to "The Miner") Paris, February 26

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 8

Antoine Martin and his sister-in-law, Isabelle, have been sentenced to death for the murder of the woman's husband. Brutality and ingratitude were features…

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French Murder Case Man and His Sister-in-law Sentenced to Death (Special to "The Miner") Paris, February 26

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 1

Antoine Martin and his sister-in-law, Isa belle, have been sentenced to death for the murder of the woman's husband. Brutality and ingratitude were features…

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Theft of Stud Bulls Two Men Gaoled Perth, Thursday Night

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 6

John Kilfoyle, part-owner of Roseburn Station, and Ernest Weiland were charged at the Wyndham Quarter Sessions with the theft of stud buils…

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N.S.W. Transport Act Carrier-fined £25 To-day in Water Police Court Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 6

A fine of £25 or 71 days' hard labor was imposed on Joseph Albert Dobson, a carrier, in the Water Police Court to-day, for carrying goods for…

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Man Gets 20 Years' Gaol for Manslaughter Comment by the Judge Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 6

Montefiore Snellgrove (46). laborer. was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment to-day for the manslaughter of Leslie Francis Harford at Highbury…

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Statement by President of Police Association Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 6

Sergeant Gavin, the president of the Police Association, referring to a statement in the Upper House by Mr. Farrar, a former Minister for Labor,…

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Pentridge Gaol Sensation Young Prisoner Shot Dead While Attempting to Escape Two Warders Wounded Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 7

A prisoner was killed, a warder shot and grievously wounded, and another warder also wounded in a sensational affair at the Pentridge Gaol this afternoon.. The police have been instructed to preserve the strictest secrecy regarding the affair, the cause of which is still a mystery…

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Alleged Begging of Alms Man Leaves with Swag Provided by the Police

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 1

A prominent figure about the streets for many months, a man clad in an old grey sweater, grey trousers, and with long shaggy…

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Police and Unemployed in Conflict in Victoria an Eviction Resisted Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 6

In a wild fight between the police and unemployed at Reservoir to-day a sho[?] was fired by the police before order was restored. The police were in…

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Resentment at Bankstown Regarding the Rioting Comment by Mr. Childs on Attitude of Police Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 8

Last night's riots at Bankstown have provoked strong comment by prominent towns people who resent the visits of both the contending parties. The…

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N.S.W. Lottery Fourth Share of Ticket Subject of Court Case. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 6

Before Mr. Justice Harvey in the Equity Court to-day William Henry Cook, of Woolangabba, near Narrabri, laborer, sought an injunction to…

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The State Arbitration Bill an All Night Sitting of Legislative Council Industrial Arbitration Accorded to the Police Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 6

The Legislative Council sat from 4.30 p.m. yesterday till 3.30 a.m. to-day debating the Arbitration Bill, and the Government suffered five defeats…

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