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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

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Police Suspicious in Man's Death

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

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

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Crowd Storms Fascists Sm[?] Way Through Police Guard

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 1

The police had, to control a crowd of 20,000. people in the centre of Manchester late in the night after Sir Oswald Mosley had addressed a…

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Crowd Storms Fascists Smash Way Through Police Guard

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

The police had to control a crowd of 20,000 people in the centre of Manchester late in the night after Sir Oswald Mosley had addressed a…

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Lindbergh Baby Murder Trial Hauptmann Is the Man" New York, January 4

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 1

At the trial of Bruno Hauptmann [?]or the murder of the Lindbergh baby, Colonel Charles Lindbergh held the attention of the breathless court-room…

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Lindbergh Baby Murder Trial Hauptmann Is the Man New York, January 4

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

At the trial of Bruno Hauptmann or the murder of the Lindbergh baby, Colonel Charles Lindbergh held the attention of the breathless court-room…

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S.A. Police Parade At Barracks For Former Governor

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 3

THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Sir Archibald Weigall), Lady Weigall, and Miss P. Weigall visited the police barracks on Thursday, when Sir Archibald inspected a parade of the force. In this general view. Sir Archibald is…

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S.A. Police Parade At Barracks For Former Governor

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 3

THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Sir Archibald Weigall), Lady Weigall, and Miss P. Weigall visited the police barracks on Thursday, when Sir Archibald inspected a parade of the force. In this general view, Sir Archibald is…

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Was Victim of Per Vert Police Theory in Girl's Death Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 6

Examination by the Government Pathologist, Dr. C. H. Mollison, of the body of Ethel Bellshaw, aged 12, of Carwiu Meadows, who was found…

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Reported Murder of Missioner

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Reverend Father Mossheisser, who is attached to a mission station in New Guinea, is reported to have been murdered by…

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Young Woman's Allegations of Assault Tells Court What Happened After Dance Following Wedding Defendants Committed for Trial

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 1

A young woman's allegations that she was assaulte d by two men who accompanied her home after a dance on the night of December 26 were recounted in the Police Court to-day before Mr.,R. Donaldson, S.M. The happenings allegedly followed a wedding breakfast and dance which were held…

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"Plague Germ" Murder Doctors Accused In India

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 3

One of the most sensational murder trials ever, held in India has been opened at Alipore, where three doctors and the stepbrother of a…

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Unlicensed Drivers Three Men Fined In Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

Three cases of unlicensed drivers of motor vehicles were dealt with by Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the Police Court this morning…

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Man's Theft of Shoes Sentenced To Six Months' Gaol Second Charge Dropped

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 1

William John King (20) was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the Broken Hill Gaol in the Police Court this morning by Mr. R…

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Alleged Theft of Shoes Man Remanded in Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 4

William John King (20), a laborer, was charged before Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the Police Court this afternoon with having on January 4…

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New Clue for Police The Albury Murder SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 3

Unexpected visits by DetectiveSergeant M'Rae to Wagga and Albury, from which he continued on to Melbourne to-day, have led to the…

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Shots Fired at Wilcannia Two Foreigners To Be Charged

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 1

The quiet of Wilcannia in the early morning of January 2 was disturbed by stones rattling on a shop front and then three revolver shots. The…

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Mrs. Coleman's Property Police Searching For Will

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 1

The discovery yesterday by Constables Flanagan and Zahn of £40 in bank notes and a bank pass book with a credit balance of £870 at the…

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Notes Missed Incinerator Many Placed In Circulation New Mystery for Police Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 1

A sensational discovery has been made that at least part of the £1,750,000 Bank of New Zealand notes placed…

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Ill-treatment of Horse Saddle Sore On Withers Rider Fined in Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 1

Following complaints made by the public that people who were in the habit of hiring out horses for riding purposes were cruelly ill-treating the…

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Inverloch Murder New Theory of Police Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 3

Detectives who are investigating the murder of Ethel Belshaw (12), at Inverlock on New Year's Day, are asking any motorist who gave a lift…

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