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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

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Gaming Act Case Magistrate Defers Decision

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 1

Harry Mendelson was charged in the Police Court to-day, before Mr. G. S. Goldie, S.M., with having on December 10 suffered gaming to be…

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Police Activity

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 2

Police raiding squads were again active on Sunday morning when visits were made at South Broken Hill to the Alma Cricket Association…

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National Park Murder Corrimal Suspect Released Scratched Face Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 3

After being questioned at length at the detective office to-day, a man who was detained yesterday at Corrimal in connection with the…

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No Evidence Offered in Court Cases

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 2

Gilbert Barrie Nelson (28), a laborer, was charged in the Police Court, before Mr. G. S. Goldie, S.M., this morning with having on…

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Notice to Improve Dairy Case is Adjourned in Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 2

Reuben George Torrington was charged in the Police Court to-day before Mr. G. S. Goldie, S.M., with having on September 29 failed to comply…

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Many Charges Against Man Remanded In Court Till To-morrow

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 2

Fred Barned (27), a station hand, was charged in the Police Court to-day before Mr. G. S. Goldie, S.M., with having on December 31 driven…

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National Park Murder Police Description Of Wanted Man

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The man fo[?] whom the police are searching in connection with the murder of Bessie O'Connor in National Park on…

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Alleged Attempted Assault SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 4

After inviting a girl of 17 to a party at a house in Gresvenor-street, Waverley, last night, a young man is alleged to have attempted to assault…

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Policeman Is Insulted Man Fined To-day In Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 2

In the Police Court to-day, before Mr. G. S. Goldie, S.M., Leo Joseph Hayes (32), a carrier, was charged with having on January 3 used…

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Police Discredit Story

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A message received from Toowoomba states that as the result of further inquiries the police now discredit the story of…

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Radio Fittings Stolen Seven Arrests For Theft SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 3

For some time past a quantity of stock from a radio factory at Surry Hills has been mysteriously disappearing. The police were informed,…

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Police Appeal to Public

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Police Department announced to-day that the man wanted in connection with the murder of Elizabeth O'Connor at…

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Conditions at Dairy Owner Fined £3 in Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 1

The adjourned case in which Reuben George Torrington, a dairyman, was charged with having on September 29 failed to comply with written…

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Police Report for 1932 Increase in Cases in Broken Hill Less Crime

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 3

An increase of 366 cases on the number dealt with in the police courts in 1931 is shown in the annual report for the Broken Hill…

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Station Hand's Troubles Case Dismissed By Magistrate Other Charges

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 3

In the Police Court this morning, after two adjournments, the cases in which Fred Barned (27), a station hand, was charged with…

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Police and Soldiers Clash

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 2

KINGSTON (Jamaica), January 3.— Soldiers of the Northumberland Fusiliers caused a disturbance on Monday night. After one of their comrades…

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Man Cut with Chopper Chinese Arrested And Charged SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 1

A desperate fight between a Chinese, who was armed with a chopper, and a European, took place in Sussex-street, last night. John…

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Motor Traffic Cases Station Hand In Court CONVICTED

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 1

In the Police Court this afternoon the cases in which Fred Barned (27), a station hand, was charged with breaches of the…

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Aftermath of the Granites Undesirables At Alice Springs Police Action Alice Springs

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 3

Due to the deliberate loitering in Alice Springs of 8 or 10 unemployed who have remained from the aftermath of The Granites gold…

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Gaoled for Stealing Bicycles Missing In Sydney Master Mind Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 1

In the Burwood Police Court to-day Ernest Francis Westbrook (29), laborer; Frederick Beattie (36), a gardener; and Bruce Beattie…

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