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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

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Transport Act Flouted Man Fined £20 In Court To-day Drove Mates to Work

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 3

For carrying fellow workers to their place of employment, and thus contravening the Transport Act, a miner was fined £20, with 8/- costs,…

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6 Suspects Detained Police Hope To Clear Up City Robberies

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 1

The police hope as a result of raids made in various parts of the city to-day, and the s[?]bscquent questioning of six men, to…

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Found Guilty of Murder Woman Sentenced To Death LONDON, April 16

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 3

By a mnjority verdict of six to five, Gertrude de[?]1a Mare (27), a housekeeper, was found guilty and sentenced to death at Guernsey for the murder…

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Much Stolen Property Recovered Men Remanded In Police Court To-day

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 1

Many undesirables who recently visited Broken Hill, according to Detective-Sergeant Duckworth, have taken the police hint to move on The police claim that they now have at the Central…

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7 Men Before Court All Are Remanded

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 1

The seven men concerned in the arrests by the police appeared before Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the Police Court this afternoon…

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Police Action Criticised Man Hit With Handcuffs MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 3

Strong criticism of a constable's action in striking a man in the face with a pair of handcuffs was made in Brunswick Court to-day by Mr. J…

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Murder on Warship Insanity Plea Rejected

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 April 1935 · page 6

Leonar[?] Albert Brigstock, aged 33, stoker petty officer, Nelson-road, Chatham, who was found guilty of the murder of Potty Officer Hubert Sidney…

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Murder on Warship Insanity Plea Rejected

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 April 1935 · page 6

Leonard Albert Brig stock, aged 33, stoker petty officer, Kelson-road, Chatham, who was found guilty of the murder of Petty Officer Hubert Sidney…

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Wireless Act Breach Five Men Charged In Sydney SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 April 1935 · page 1

At the Central Police Court before Mr. Harrison, S.M., Walter Bedford (25), radio mechanic, was charged with a breach of the Wireless…

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Wireless Act Breach Five Men Charged In Sydney SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 April 1935 · page 7

At the Central Police Court before Mr. Harrison, S.M. Walter Bedford (25), radio mechanic, was charged with a breach of the Wireless…

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Greek Rebels Sentenced to Death (Special to "The Miner")

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 3

ATHENS, April 22.— The court martial on officers who took part in the recent revolt in Greece passed the death sentence on General Papoulas,…

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Betting on Race Results in N.s.w. Gaol

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Prisoners in the Long Bay Goal are reported to receive the results of important race meetings long before the…

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Unlicensed Wireless RadioMechanic Before Court SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 4

In the Central Police Court to-day Walter Bedford (26), a radio mechanic, appeared on a charge of having at Camelia on April 6 without…

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CONTEMPt of Court? Sydney "Sun" And Editor Cited SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 1

In the High Court to-day application was made before Mr. Justice Evatt to cite the Sun newspaper and its editor (Thomas Dunbabin) for…

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Walked Off Court Crowd Upsets Menzel Was Leading at Time (Special to "The Miner.") ROME, April 22

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 4

Roderick Menzel, the Czechoslovakian tennis champion, whose temperamental outbursts earned him much publicity on his recent visit to…

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Bombing Outrage; Man Charged

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—In connection with the bombing outrage perpetrated in a residential in Dowing-street, Moore Park, on Monday…

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Young Man Remanded on Murder Charge

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 4

BALLARAT, Thursday.—Thomas Haggerty, aged 21, gardener, who appeared in the Ballarat Police Court charged with having murdered…

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Police Seek Man and Girl

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday.—The police in several States have been asked to try to locate John Francis O'Halloran, aged 20, of Clayfield, Brisbane, and…

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Police Ball for Hospital Hope To Raise £300

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 2

The local police aim at raising £300 for the Hospital by a ball they plan to hold on June 19. Elaborate preparations have been…

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Degrees Of Murder Flan Urged English View

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 April 1935 · page 3

DIVISION of the crime ot murder into varying decrees was advocated by Dr. Huch A. Grierson, medical officer of Brixton Prison, in…

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