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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

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Claimants for Car Each To Get Part Magistrate's Order Bellingen

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 April 1934 · page 1

An extraordinary, action wassettled by the local magistrate (Mr. S. J. Bliss) to-day when he ordered that a motor car which was the subject of…

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Man Drowned in Dam Police Recover Body To-day

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 April 1934 · page 1

The dead body of Alfred Stanley Isaacs (41), a married man, who resided with his wife and four children at 114 Wills-lane, was recovered…

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Attempted Murder; Woman Sentenced

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday. — Margaret Emily Bovey (37) was found guilty of unlawfully attempting to kill and was sentenced to three years'…

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Jewellery Theft at Ballarat Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 4

Shattering a window with an iron bar, which he dropped in his flight, a thief stole £200 worth of diamond rings at 1.30 a.m. to-day from the…

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Slipped Into Tank Police Theory In Drowning Case

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 1

Police officers who were engaged in the dragging operations for the recovery of the body of Alfred Stanley Isaacs (41) which was taken from…

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Claimants for Car Each To Get Part Magistrate's Order (Reprinted from Yesterday's Latest Edition.) BELLINGEN

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 4

An extraordinary action was settled by the local magistrate (Mr. S. J. Bliss) to-day when he ordered that a motor car which was the subject of…

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Man Trapped by Police Factory Breaking Alleged ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 1

Facing the levelled revolvers of three detectives a man who is alleged to have leapt out of a house in George-street, West Thebarton, and…

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New Guinea Battle Police Party Attacked 17 Natives Killed (Reprinted from Yesterday's Latest Edition.) CANBERRA

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 4

A detailed report of a buttle between a police party and natives in the wilds of Now Guinea has been received by the Federal Government. It…

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Plotters Gaoled Threatened King Carol Vain Plea to Court (Reprinted from Yesterday's Latest Edition.) BUCHAREST, April 22

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 4

Colonel Precup, who in 1930 brought King Carol back from Paris by air to sit on the throne, made a strong plea for…

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Safe Blown Next Gaol Ballarat Court Theft

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 3

BALLARAT, Wednesday. —Risking dotection from warders on duty in the Ballarat Gaol, immediately next door, safeblowers broke into the Supreme…

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Assault on Constable Motorist Arrested At Perth PKRTH

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 3

Aa a result of an affray between traffic constable and a motorist in Mount's Bay-road, Perth, a man was arrested on a charge of assault…

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Return Emden Bell, Says Ex-police Chief

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Addressing the first annual meeting of the New (South Wales Police Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Association former…

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Bandits Fight Police Four Killed; 6 Wounded Dillinger Escapes (Reprinted from Yesterday's Latest Edition.) New York, April 23

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 4

John Dillinger, America's' most notorious bandit, had a spectacular encounter with the police in the early hours of…

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Police Raid Soldiers Club In Adelaide Breach of Law Alleged Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 4

Jibed by cries of surprise and disapproval and the indignant comment of one man, "Could not you leave us old diggers alone on Anzac night,"…

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Wreath Gives Offence Police Take From Cenotaph (Reprinted from Yesterday's Latest Edition.) MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 6

Because it was considered that the wording of a card attached to a wreath placed on the Cenotaph to-day was not in accord with the…

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Bank Bandits Captured Big Police Search For Dillinger Gang (Reprinted from Yesterday's Latest Edition.) New York, April 24

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 6

In a most amazing way John Dillinger, America's most notorious bandit, has all the countryside from Chicago West to St. Paul's, and from…

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Cuban Ex-president Charged with Murder

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 April 1934 · page 3

NEW YORK, April 25.—Federal agents have attempted to serve a warrant containing a charge of murder on General Gerardo Machado, but the…

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Cuban Ex-president Charged with Murder

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 April 1934 · page 11

NEW YORK, April 25.—Federal agents have attempted to serve a warrant containing a charlie of murder on General Gerardo Machado, but the…

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Raid Causes Criticism S.A. Police Chief Was Unaware ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 April 1934 · page 6

After a special meeting of the Cabinet yesterday at which the Commissioner of Police (Brigadier General R. L. Leane) was present the…

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Had Court Keys Girl Friend Of Dillinger Her Loyalty to Bandit (Special to "The Miner") New York, April 27

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 April 1934 · page 7

Keys that would fit locks on the Hollywood Detective Bureau were possessed by Evelyn Frechette, the bandit Dillinger's girl friend, when…

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