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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1933

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Timber Stolen at Balmain Returned After Police Act SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 1

When demolishers of a building at Balmain returned to the job this morning they estimated that over £80 worth of timber had been removed…

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Man for Trial for Murder Woman Stabbed With Knife "I Loved Her" Launceston

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 4

"I loved her, but she was making a fool of me." According to the police this statement was made by Reginald Waters when he was arrested on a…

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Solicitor Released From Gaol

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 3

CANBERRA, Saturday.—It is revealed that the release from the Geelong Gaol of Walter John Toohey, formerly a well-known Melbourne…

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Solicitor Released From Gaol

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 3

CANBERRA, Saturday.—It is revealed that the release from the Geelong Gaol of Walter John Toohey, formerly a well-known Melbourne…

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Murder Charge Against Man

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Eric Ronald Craig (26) was charged to-day with having at Waverley on December 9, 1932, feloniously and maliciously…

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Lost Property Not Claimed Good Stock At Police Station

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

Almost every day articles which have been found by citizens or policemen in the streets are handed in at the Police Station. The remarkable…

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Lost Property Not Claimed Good Stock At Police Station

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

Almost every day articles which have been found by citizens or policemen in the streets are handed in at the Police Station. The remarkable…

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Recent Sydney Murders Suspect Arrested At Paddington Police Active Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

Early this morning detectives surrounded a house at Paddington and detained a man in connection with the murder of Bessie O'Connor…

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Explosion at Glebe Attempt To Blow Up Petrol Tanks Police Belief Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

With a deafening roar which Caroused residents over a wide area, a bomb exploded at the premises of Independent [?]…

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Terrorism in India Police Arrest 26 Suspects (Special to "The Miner.") CALCUTTA, January 6

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

An exceptionally smart piece of detective work in Calcutta this week insulted in the arrest to-day of 26 suspects, including two absconders…

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Death of May Miller Man Charged With Murder Police Efforts Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 3

Leaning quietly against the rail of the dock in the Central Police Station to-day, with his chin resting on his hands, Eric Roland Craig, aged…

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Two Men Escape From Gaol

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Two prisoners named Ernest Dannock (24) and Charles Williams (25), who escaped from the Sale Gaol on…

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Murder Charge Against Man

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Eric Ronald Craig (26) was charged to-day with having at Waverley on December 9, 1932, feloniously and maliciously…

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Firemen's Tennis Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 1

The tennis court in Blende-street, which was bi[?] by firemen from the Central station and other volunteers, has been completed for some time…

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Court Cases Adjourned

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 3

Walter A. Gardiner pleaded not guilty before Mr. G. S. Goldie, S.M., in the Police Court this morning to a charge of having erected a building at…

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Hotelkeeper Is Fined Insulting Words To Police Sergeant

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 3

Elizabeth Topar Friend was charged before Mr. G. S. Goldie, S.M., in the Police Court this morning with having on November 26 used…

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Registration Opposed W.I U. and Federal Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 3

The following is reprinted from the W.I.U. newspaper:— At a special meeting held yesterday members of the W.I.U. locally…

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Four Months Gaol Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing Another Case

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 3

In the Police Court before Mr. G. S. Goldie, S.M., to-day, Frederick George Lemon (48), a carpenter, on remand, was charged with having…

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Theft From Hotel

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 2

The sum of £4 14/9 was stolen from the bar of the Royal Hotel, Oxidestreet, during the absence of Mr. I. Davey, the licensee, last night. A…

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Murder of May Miller in Sydney Park Accused Man Charged and Remanded SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 4

The Central Court was crowded to-day when Eric Ronald Craig (25), salesman, was charged with having at Waverley on December 9 last year…

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