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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1934

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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 1

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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Money Got by Fraud Woman Bankrupt Charged SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 1

Mrs. Aimee Belle Edols appeared before the Central Summons Court to-day to answer a charge of having obtained by fraud credit for £3000…

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Local Police Searching For Stolen Car

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 1

The Broken Hill police are keeping an active lookout for a motor car which was stolen in Adelaide and is believed to be heading for Broken…

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Small Court List To-day

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 1

Monday Is generally regarded as a busy day for Police Court work. To-day was an exception, and, in all, proceedings lasted about 10 minutes…

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Mt. Lyell Men Court Reduces Basic Wage 2/11 a Week Less Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 3

The Full Court of the Arbitration Court, in a reserved judgment, prescribed a basic wage of £3/2/6 a week for employees of the Mount Lyell…

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Traffic Act Breaches Big Police Court List To-day

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 1

In one of the busiest days in the Police Court for many weeks Mr. G. S. Goldie, S.M., on his last day on the bench had many minor traffic offences…

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Assault on Constable Strack With His Own Baton Adelaide Case Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 4

During a struggle at Brompton on Saturday afternoon Constable F. Sharman, of Hindmarsh, was struck on the head several times with his…

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Illegal Use of Cars Police Recover Two Vehicles

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 2

Motor car thieves are again causing the police concern, and owners of vehicles much inconvenience. Two cases were reported last night, but…

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Strange Death of Woman Suicide Is View Of Police

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A medical examination made of the body of the woman found in the scrub near Heatherton Sanatorium, at…

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CHARGES Of THEFT Woman Bankrupt Discharged (Reprinted From Yesterday's Latest Edition.) SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 4

Mrs. Aimee Belle Edols, who was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of having obtained credit by fraud, was in the Central Summons…

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Flood Damage to Hotel Licensee Or Owner Responsible? Court Case Adjourned

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 3

A repercussion of the heavy rains in November last when flood wators swept down Stephens Creek and filled the rcsorvoir was provided in the…

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Had Counterfeit Coins; 12 Months' Gaol

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday. — At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Frederick Jumes Maxworthy (21) was sentenced [?] [?] [?]soment for [?]…

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Car Theft Is Admitted Orphan Youth For Sentence ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 3

How an orphan youth aged 18 had been intercepted by the police at Mingary, about 250 miles from Adelaide, while making a dash for the country…

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Cyanide in Court Man's Warning To Judge SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 May 1934 · page 6

During the trial at the Quarter Sessions of George Cook (59) on a charge of making and having counterfeit coins in his possession, a man rose in…

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Welcome to New Magistrate

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 1

Mr. R. A. Donaldson, S.M., presiding for the first time at the sitting of the Police Court this morning, was welcomed by the police and legal…

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Recent Robberies Cleared Up Two Men Sentenced Tb Imprisonment Two Women Released As First Offenders

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 1

Recent robberies at the shop or Mrs. E. Boulus, Oxide-street, and from the homes pf Messrs. P. O'Malley, Wolfram-street, and P. Pavlich. Beryl-street, have engaged the attention of the police day and night for some time. Success attended their inquiries yesterday when…

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Police Search for Car Thief Find Car Abandoned And Undamaged

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 1

The inconvenience that car thieves cause owners of vehicles and the police was demonstrated yesterday when officers raced over hundreds of…

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Police Seek Owners of Recovered Property

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 1

The police aro seeking the owners of a tyre pressure gauge, vulcanising patches, tube valves, pliers, and a receipt book. The articles were stolen…

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District Court Cases Heard To-Day Board Not Paid

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 1

Judgmen for £20 was given in favor of Marin Cetinich, a foreigner, in the District Court this morning when he claimed the amount for…

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Charge of Murder Trial Opened At Wagga "Human Glove Case " (Reprinted from Yesterday's Latest Edition.) WAGGA, Tuosday

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 4

"This is a case of purely circumstantial evidence, but this clrcumstantial evidence is such that there is no doubt that the man was murdered…

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