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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

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Woman Dies From Wound Husband Charged With Murder SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

Maude Joel (38), wife of a hotel proprietor at Darlington, was found last night in an unconscious condition with a wound in the back. She was…

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Charters Towers Murder Still Unsolved

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday.-Charters Towers police are investigating a theory that the murder of William Mackie in Lissner Park on Christmas…

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New Suprkie Court Judge

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.-Mr. H. S. Nicholas M.L.C. was appointed a Supreme Court judge by Cabinet. Mr. Nicholas will fill the vacancy on the…

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Aged Man's Lapse Fined £3 For Theft to Pay 5/- a Week

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 2

A fine of £3—in default, six days' imprisonment, was inflicted on an eideny man in the Police Court this morning by Mr.R. Donaldson, S.M…

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Bank Robbers Cornered Gun Battle With Police WINNIPEG. December 31

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 3

Canadian mounted police, with a posse of woodsmen und. trappers, after a two days' hunt overtook two bandits who had robbed a bunk in the…

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Monkeys As Witnesses Murder Problem In India LONDON, January 2

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 3

Two performing monkeys may be the chief witnesses for the prosection at the trial of two natives charged with the murder bf a…

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Woman Dies, on Launch Police Seeking Another Woman

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Mrs. Gladys Bunting (40), of Moonee Ponds, a member "of a moonlight excursion, died in a launch on the…

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Thefts From Flats Police Recover Property SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

After uniting a man last night Sydney detectives recovered stolen property valued at nearly £800, including a string of small pearls worth…

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Beath in Police Cell Lismore

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 4

.Alfred Alexander Hinde (40), who had been arrested on a charge of drunkenness, died in a Lismore police cell. Shortly after he. had been…

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Tibooburra Court Drover Fined For Breach

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 2

For bringing' 38 horses into New South Wales without having first obtained a permit under the Pastures Protection Act, a drover was fined…

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An Oversight Rectified Silverton In Local Police District

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 1

The publication in the latest "Government Gazette" of the inclusion of Silverton in the Broken Hill police district, has cleared up a peculiar…

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Albury Murder Mystery

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday.— The C.I.B, has been in communication will Scotland Yard recently in connection with the pyjama girl murder mystery…

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Albury Murder Mystery

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

SYDNEY, Saturday.— The C[?].B. has been in communication with Scotland Yard recently in connection, with the pyjama girl murder mystery…

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Man Claims Gaol Is His Home

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 2

Sergeant Baker, cross-examining elderly defendant on a vagrancy charge at the "City Court: Where is your home?…

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Man Claims Gaol Is His Home

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 2

Sergeant Baker, cross-examining elderly defendant, on a vagrancy charge at the City Court: Where is your home?…

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Developments Expected in Inverlock Murder

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Saturday.— As a result of their inquiries the police are now hopeful that they will be able to identity the young man who…

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Developments Expected in Inverloch Murder

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday.— As a result of, their inquiries the police are now hopeful that they will be able to Identify the young man who…

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Theft Affects Hospital Mercury Stolen In Adelaide ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 6

The police are investigating the extraordinary theft of 141bs. of, mercury, from a room at the physics department of the University last night…

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Theft Affects Hospital Mercury Stolen In Adelaide ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 6

The police are investigating the extraortlinary theft of 141bs. of mercury from a room at the physics department of the University last night…

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Police Suspicious in Man's Death

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 1

SYDNEY. Saturday.—As the result of the discovery of poison in the [?]omach of Edward Boyce, 40, returned soldier, whose body was found in the…

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