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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

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Charged with Wounding His Mother

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday. — In the Central Criminal Court.to-day Henry Bernard Fulton (23) was charged with. having feloniously wounded…

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Man Found Hanged in Long Bay Gaol

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—George Henry Davis (45) was found hanged in a cell at Long Bay Gaol yesterday. He had torn a towel into strips and…

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Bank Teller Admits Theft of £1650 Victor Harbor, Friday.—

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 3

William James Reed (38), employed by the Union Bank of Australasia, Victor Harbor, as teller, was arrested by Mounted-Constables- Dodd and…

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Sobriety Test Police Opinion Preferred an Appeal. Dismissed Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 3

"I would rather have the opinion of a.sergeant of police on whether a man is drunk than that of four doctors," said Judge Edwards in the Quarter…

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Stavisky Frauds 19 Persons Charged (Special to "The Miner.") PARIS, March 14

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 6

Nineteen people will be prosecuted as a result of the magistrate's inquiry into the Stavisky scandals…

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Stavisky Frauds 19 Persons Charged (Special to "The Minor.") PARIS, March 14

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 6

Nineteen" people will be prosecuted as a. result of the magistrate's inquiry into theStavisky scandals…

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Tales Worth Telling. Capid is a great court [?]

Western Grazier · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 3

A president in a man who hellers that e.e.y [?] An married men are heroes, although it often [?]…

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British Actor Charged with Theft

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 3

NEW YORK, Mareil 13.-George Arthur Brest, better known by the screen name of George Arthur, who was formerly a British stage…

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Police Seizr Counterfeiting Plant

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 1

SYDNEY. Monday.— Raiding a house in Albion-street, Surry Hills, on Saturday the police seized a neatly contrived cbunterfeitin plant, A…

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Dispute Over Greyhound Settlement Out Of Court " MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 3

A dispute described by Judge Winneke as "only a dog flight" between husband and wife about tho ownership and win[?] of the…

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Prisoner Bites and Strikes Police Sergeant

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—During a struggle in the-back of a police def partaient car on Saturday night, Sergeant Clarke, of North Sydney, had…

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Income Tax Decision Of High Court MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 3

In a judgment delivered in the Hight Court on Saturday, Mr. Justice Starke decided that a divorced woman must pay income tax on alimony, even…

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Grazier Acquitted of Sheep Stealing

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— At the trial of Forbes of George Limbers, grazier, who was charged with sheep stealing, the accused was found not…

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Duke Charged with False Pretences (Special to "The Miner")

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 4

LONDON, March 18.-Tho Duke of Manchester has been arrested on a charge of having obtained £650 by falso pretences from Thomas Sutton,…

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Tramway Men's Case Argument Before High Court SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 4

The Higa Court to-day commenced the hearing of an application concerning the question of whether the Federal Arbitration Court has power…

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Croydon Gold Theft Story Told In Court 3 Men Charged London, March 19

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 4

"The Croydon gold theft was as dramatic as an Edgar Wallace novel," said the prosecutor in the Police Court proceedings to-day…

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Bathurst Gaol Disorders

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—It is reported that serious trouble is rampant in the Bathurst Gaol and that prison authorities are making strenuous…

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Inspector Robson's Career One Of State's Brilliant Detectives Broken Hill's New Police Chief Sydney, Thurday

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 3

Inspector Stuart Robion, officer in charge of the Regent-street division, who has been appointed to the charge of the Broken Hill division, has had a long and varied career in the service of the N.S.W. police force…

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Boy Shot with Bullet From Own Rifle How Victim Met Death After Long Police Chase Had Threatened His Father

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 1

A post-mortem examination conducted to-day is stated to have revealed that the bullet which caused the death of Bertram Alfred O'Sullivan (14½), near the Abattoirs late yesterday afternoon was of 22 calibre, and came from…

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Federal Police for Victoria

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 March 1935 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. — The Federal Government has decided to establish a corps of Federal police officers in Victoria for the protection of…

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