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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

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Promotions Too Slow Police Association Protest SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 4

Addressing the animal conference of the Police Association to-day, the president (Mr. C. L. Gavin) said that never in his 21 years' service had he…

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'The Plod' Distributors Again Before Court No Case to Answer, Argues Mr. Davoren

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 3

Permission to insert further particulars in the charge against one of the alleged distributors of "The Plod" was given Mr. M. Austen Brown in the Police Court to-day by Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M. The magistrate then restated the charge to the defendant,…

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Food Relief Frauds Lead to Court Father And Son Fined And To Make Restitution

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 1

Addressing William EdmundHogan (58) in the Police Court. late yesterday afternoon when he appeared to face four charges of having attained Government Food Relief under false pretences, the magistrate (Mr. R. Donaldson) pointed out how seriously the…

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"The Garden Murder" a Problem For Punters

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 5

There is a definite—almost military —uniformity in the titles of these Philo Vance detective yarns; but none at all in their internal…

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Albert Park Drowning Police Now Seek Youth MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 2

The police are now seeking to ascertain the identity of a youth who with Jean Hall (18), of South Melbourne, victim of the Albert Park…

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Youth Stole Bicycle Fined £3 In Court To-day

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 2

Pleading guilty to a charge of stealing a bicycle, a 19-year-old youth was fined £3, with 12/- costs, by Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the…

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Good Name of Police Force Acting Premier Will Protect SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 6

Speaking at the annual, dinner of the New South Wales Police Association Superintendent Collings said that the police thanked the…

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Six Months' Gaol "Mean Offence" Says S.M.

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 1

Describing the offence as a particularly mean one, Mr. Donaldson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day, sentenced Joseph Henry Blight (36), laborer, to…

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Carrying Capacity of Dunlop Station Land Court Dismisses Appeal by Companies

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 3

A case of outstanding interest to Braziers in the western division districts was recently under review by the Land and Valuation Court (Mr. Justice Pike) as the result of an appeal by the Dunlop Pastoral Co. Ltd. against the Bourke Land Board's…

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Woman's Confession of Murder (Special to "The Miner.")

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 3

NEW YORK, April 23.—New York's most sensational murder since the Tittorsou tragedy was revealed to-day when Mrs. Loretta Kruger, a…

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Woman's Confession of Murder (Special to "The Miner.")

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 3

NEW YORK, April 23.—New York's most sensational murder since the Titterson tragedy was revealed to-day when Mrs. Loretta Kruger, a…

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Man Guilty of Assault Five Years' Gaol Ordered SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 3

"I understand that an Act of Parliament will be passed shortly to deal with persons of your class; but, for the protection of little children, I…

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Two Alleged Vagrants Recent Arrivals In Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 1

Two men—one who had been in Broken Hill only 20 days and the other about a month—appeared in the Police Court to-day before…

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Won Fame in Force Ex-Detective In Court SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 3

The case against John Eills Fludlay, a former detective, Ernest Plorce Coombe, an agent, and Charles Richard Tanser (50), an agent, who…

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Suspected Persons Sent to Gaol Seen By Watching Police Looking Into Cars Intention to Steal, Says Magistrate

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1936 · page 3

Commenting that the frequency with which articles were being stolen from cars was too great, the magistrate (Mr. R. Donaldson) in the Police Court to-day sentenced two local residents to one…

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Suspects in Court Looked Into Motor Cars Watched by Police

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1936 · page 1

Stated to have acted suspiciously in Oxide-street last night and looked into several motor cars, two cousins appeared in the…

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Double Murder Charge Another Remand In Brisbane Case BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1936 · page 1

The trial of Herbert Kopit, 23, laborer, on two charges of murder and one of attempted murder, will begin in the Brisbunc Police Court on…

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An Alleged Murder Disappearance Of Fisherman an Ex-employee Charged

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 April 1936 · page 4

PORT LINCOLN, Tuesday. The small courthouse was crowded to capacity when Mr. S. M. Skipper began the hearing to-day of the…

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Wasted Time of Police Man Charged Under Old English Law SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 April 1936 · page 3

At the Newtown Police Court to-day Leslie Raymond Dudman (19), a laborer, was remanded until May 6 on a charge of having unlawfully…

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Rebellion in Gaol Help Of Police In N.Z. Auckland (N.z.), April 20

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 April 1936 · page 2

A spirit of rebellion is seething in the Mount Eden Gaol, and yesterday serious trouble broke out resulting in every available policeman in the city…

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