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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

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Damage Claim Fails Police Officers Acted In Course Of Duty ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 1

That Inspector John Robert Johns and Detective Francis Lawrence Herman had broken and entered the house of former Constable George Whelan,…

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Captured By Police!

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 1

The discovery of a centipede about nine inches long, and with a thick body, at the Police Barracks last night caused a good deal of talk among…

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Police Drag Natives Into Court Pitiful Scenes At Darwin (Reprinted from Yesterday's Latest Edition.) DARWIN

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 6

Pitiful scenes were witnessed in the Darwin Police Court to-day when the five Caledon Bay aborigines who were brought to Darwin by Mr. Fred Gray…

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30-Year-old Tree Chopped Down by Police

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 2

Another Argent-street landmark wag removed this morning when the sole remaining pepper tree in front of the Police Station was cut down…

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Hairdresser Sued Mannequin Awarded £130 By Court MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 3

Finding that her hair had been damaged by excessive heat while being permanently waved, Judge Moule, in a reserved judgment,…

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Stealing Charge Woman Remanded Without Bail

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 3

Nellie May Mack, an invalid pensioner, who was stated by the police to live in what is known as Broken Hill's "Gun Alley," appeared in the…

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Death From Bite; Court Refuses Compensation

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—In May, 1930, Percy Walter Woollett, (50), employed at the University as an attendant in the animal house, while…

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Doctors Differ Evidence At, Inquest Brush with Police Armidale

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 3

Dr. Richard Bentley Lynch, of Glen Innes, stated in court that Sergeant Willls had approached him after a post-mortem and told him that if he…

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Vengeance Trail Ends With Murder Of Relative (Special to "The Miner") PARIS, April 11

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 4

After eight years on a vengeance trait Jules Lissoiv (65), a retired Belgian merchant, shot his son-in-law, Albert Van der Vost, in broad…

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Alleged Stealing of Cheques

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 April 1934 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning before Mr. S. A. Thornton, J.P., Colin Henry George Carnie (20), laborer appeared on three charges of stealing…

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Alleged Stealing of Cheques

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 April 1934 · page 8

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. S. A. Thornton, J.P., Colin Henry George Carnie (20), laborer appeared on three charges of stealing…

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Blacks on Murder Charge Humanely Treated

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 April 1934 · page 6

CANBERRA, Saturday.—The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Perkins) stated last night that he was satisfied that the five blacks recently, charged…

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Radded by Bandits Police Station In Indiana (Special to "The Miner.") New York, April 18

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 April 1934 · page 1

In one of his boldest escapades, the notorious bandit John Dillinger early to-day, raided the police station in Warsaw, Indiana, to gain possession…

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Theft From Visitor Woman Fined In Court To-day "Drink Was to Blame"

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 1

How Nellie May Mack invited Agnes Brown to her home in Crystalstreet on April 12 for a cup of tea and then stole a 10/- note and 2/6 in…

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Supreme Court List

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 1

A Bitting of the Supreme Court will open at the Courthouse to-morrow when Mr. Justice Milner Stephen will preside…

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Dead Calves Dumped Dairy Employee Fined In Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 2

Douglas M'Cuish, a dairy employee, was fined in the, Police Court this morning when the appeared on a charge of depositing dead calves…

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Body Line Is Condemned 'Sheer Murder,' Says H. K. Foster Selector Sees Larwood (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, April 15

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 1

H. K. Foster, a former captain of Worchestershire, speaking last night at the dinner of the Gloucestershire Club, said: "Body-line bowling is not…

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Life Sentence for Murder

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday. — At the Cairns Circuit Court Giovanni Lacona was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder, of Niccola Mamone. The…

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Tribute to Police Force

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At the annual Police Conference to-day the Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) said that there was a fast growing recognition…

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White Gloves for Judge No Criminal Cases In Circuit Court Community Praised

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 2

Acknowledging the presentation of a pair af white gloves as a symbol of the absence of crime in the city, and the fact that there were no criminal…

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