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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

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Sad Plight of Girl Income Collapsed; Theft Followed SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 6

Anna Plavin (18) pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day to three charges of housebreaking. Detective Hughes informed the…

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Modern Police Methods Const. Hamilton's Lecture

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 3

Members of the Y.M.C.A. Prospectors' Club listened last night to a very interesting talk given by Traffic Officer Hamilton on the subject…

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Modern Police Methods Const. Hamilton's Lecture

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 1

Members of the Y.M.C.A. Prospectors' Club listened last hight to a very interesting talk given by Traffic Officer Hamilton on the subject…

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Motorist Fined for Dangerous Driving Magistrate Comments on Seriousness of Practice

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 1

Not accepting Sydney Joseph Donnellan's explanation for his erratic driving in Beryl-street the magistrate (Mr. R. Donaldson) in the Police Court to-day found a charge of dangerous driving proved against him. He was fined 40/-, with 8/- costs…

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Tibooburra Court Cases Dismissed

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 1

Two young men; Leonard Kelly and Peter Manoel, appeared before Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the Tibooburra Police Court last week to face charges…

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Doctor's Trial for Murder Over 100 Witnesses (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, March 2

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 4

England's biggest murder trial in recent years— that of Dr. Buck Ruxton— began to-day at the…

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Wanders to B. HILL 800 Miles With Laundry In Van Strange Tale in Court Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 3

The story of a man, who instead of delivering laundry in Rose Bay, found himself in Broken Hill, 800 miles away, was told…

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An Attempted Theft Man Gaoled For Six Months

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday. — At the Quarter Sessions yesterday William James Ashcroft (26), laborer, was sentenced to six months imprisonment…

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Inspection of Police District

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 1

Superintendent Toohill, who is on a tour of the Broken Hill police district, has visited Ivanhoe, and reached White Cliffs last night. He planned…

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Dies Of Poisoning When Due In Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Wednesday. — Ethel May Earle, widow, of Beatrice-street, Prospect, died in the Adelaide Hospital of poisoning. Having been…

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Court Case Adjourned

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 2

A prosecution under the Plant Disease Act of 1824 was instituted in the Police Court yesterday afternoon by Health Inspector D. H. Wallace…

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Court Case Adjourned

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 2

A prosecution under the Plant Disease Act of 1914 was instituted in the Police Court yesterday afternoon by Health Inspector D. H. Wallace…

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Suicide Pact Case Nine Months' Gaol For Man MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 7

A sentence of nine months' imprisonment was imposed yesterday on Edward Miller (89), of North Fitzroy, motor engineer. Miller had…

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Suicide Pact Case Nine Months' Gaol For Man MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 3

A sentence of nine months' imprisonment was imposed yesterday on Edward Miller (39), of North Fitzroy, motor engineer. Miller had…

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Well Sodeman Die? Court Dismisses Appeal MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 3

The appeal of Arnold Sodeman against the sentence of death imposed opon him recently on a charge of having murdered a six-year-old girl,…

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Will Sodeman Die? Court Dismisses Appeal MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 7

The appeal of Arnold Sodeman against the sentence of death imposed upon him recently on a charge of having murdered a six-year-old girl,…

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Of New South Wales Young Man Released As First Offender Convicted for Theft, But S.m. Suspends Sentence

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 1

A sentence of three months' hard labor was imposed on a 22year-old youth by Mr. R. Donald son. S.M., in the Police Court to-day. However, on defendant entering into a recig[?]nce in self of £10 to be of good behavior for 12 months, the magistrate…

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Alleged Illegal Sale of Liquor Keeper of Assyrian Club Before Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 1

Denying that Constable Shelley paid him 10/- for a bottle of Arak, but that he gave it to him out of friendship. Tony Nassar (21), a native of Assyria, gave his evidence in the Police Court last night in the case in which, he was charged with selling liquor…

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Police Search for Missing Man

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Police searched throughout the night for William Morris (25), of Balm[?] went to his father's week, [?] at…

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Shop Assistant Charged Unlawful Sale of Liquor Alleged Hearing Is Adjourned

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 4

Police evidence concerning an alleged purchase of a bottle of Arak at a shop, in Argent-street was given in a case heard in the Police Court yesterday afternoon before Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M. The…

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