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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1935

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Charged with Assault Two New Arrivals Remanded

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

Two recent arrivals, William Harold Waters (35), a miner, and Leslie Whittaker (32), a miner, appeared before Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the Police…

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ASSAULT [?] MAN Police Arrest 2 Suspects

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

Said by the police to be making their way to South Australia, two men were arrested near Silverton early this morning and later charged witn…

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Thrown Into River Woman's Story To Police MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 3

Found leaning against the railing of the Melbourne Grammar School at St. Kilda-road, with her clothes soaked. Mrs. Phyllis Austin, of Prahran,…

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Captured by Storekeeper Thief Held Till Police Arrive SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 2

Early yesterday morning Benjamin Lansdowne, a storekeeper at Thirroul, was awakened by the ringing of a burglar alarm. The only weapon in…

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Court Cases Adjourned

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 1

The following cases were adjourned in the Police Court to-day before Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M.:Giovanni Pan[?]a, charged with…

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Unlicensed Public Car Man Fined £10 In Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 1

A fine of £10, with 8/- costs, by Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M. in the Police Court to-dayion a man for carryingpassengers to the racecourse while…

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Rode Cycles on Footpath Brothers Fined In Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 2

Before Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., In tho Polleo Court to-day, two brothers wore fined 20/- each, with 8/- costs, for riding bicycles on a footpath in…

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Police Meet Rebuffs Inverloch Case Inquiries "Showed Terror" Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 3

A scathing attack on the attitude towards the, police of many of the people interviewed by the officers in the…

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Court Order Defied Farmer Seht To Gaol SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 4

James Patrick Hoban, of Goono Goonoo-road, Tamworth, was place m gaol to-day for detying an order by Mr. Justice Lukin in the Bankruptcy…

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Swam Into Surf to Evade Police

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In the Central Police Court to-day a man was charged with having Jumped through the window of the Police Department…

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Anger Shown by Hauptmann Lindbergh Baby Murder Memory Lapse Flemington (New Jersey). January 28

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 4

"I cannot remember," said Bruno Hauptmann; sometimes in a shout, sometimes in a whisper, to hundreds of…

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Four Months'gaol for New Arrivals Entered Guilty Plea on Assault Charge

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 3

Despite the fact that they pleaded with the magistrate to impose a fine on them two men were sentenced to four months' imprisonment in the Broken Hill Gaol by Mr. R. Donaldson,S.M. in the Police Court this morning on a…

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Warder Remanded for Alleged Murder

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 6

ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday—With his hat drawn over his eyes, John M'Quade, aged 38, prison warder, was charged in the Police Court with…

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Mylor Murder Inquest New Witnesses To Be Called

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 5

When the inquest into the death of Mrs. Dora Annie Figg is resumed at Stirling on Tuesday after a month's adjournment, it is…

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Shot French Colonel Five Years' Gaol For Lieutenant TUNIS.(Nth. Africa) Jan. 29

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 6

A sentence of five years' imprisonment was imposed on Lieutenant Cabannes, a French Army officer, who shot dead Colonel Caillon at an…

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Lesson Given in Slang Magistrate Shows Annoyance MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 5

Mr. J. W. Clarke. P.M., received a lesson in Australian s[?]ng when a youth, who had been fined for riding a motor cycle in a manner dangerous…

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Acquitted of Murder Lost Control Of Actions

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 4

A jury of ten women and five men at Hamilton Sheriff Court, Scotland recently acquitted, by a majority of one, a girl mother whose defence to…

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THE [?] MURDER. [?] With [?]

Western Grazier · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 2

A [?] attack on the [?] many of the people interested by the flowers in the [?] to the [?]…

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Alleged Confession Of Murder Young Man for Trial Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 3

A statement alleged to have been made by Charles Jeffrey Jones admitting that he had shot James Albert Ross was produced by the…

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Alleged Confession Of Murder Young Man for Trial Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 3

A statement alleged to have been made by Charles Jeffrey Jones admitting that he had shot James Albert Ross was produced by the…

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