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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

723 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 12 of 37

Artist Charged with Uttering

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—In the Central Police Court to-day Horace Siernkor Quinn (41) artist, was charged with having at Wellington'on May 7, 1936,…

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Road Tax on Bicycles Police Conference Suggestion SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 1

THE police conference decided to ask that bicycles be brought under the sole control of the police. It was explained that in country…

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Police Reject S.P. Betting Motion "Decent People Would Turn Against Us" SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 6

A MOTION? that the Government be asked to licence starting price betting shops was defeated at the New Soutjh Wales Police Association Conference to-day after a debate during which it was alleged that…

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Alleged Theft of Posts

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 1

Charged with having yesterday stolen 40 mulga fencing posts front Yalcowinna Station, the property of Keith Brougham, Kenneth Hearne…

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Alleged Theft of Posts

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 7

Chanced with having yesterday stolen 40 mulga fencing posts from Yalcowinna Station, the property of Keith Brougham, Kenneth Hearne…

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Detonators Stolen Police Fears

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 7

SYDNEY, Saturday.— Breaking into a magazine at Greenwich, thieves stole 2756 detonators belonging to the Water Board. Police fear that…

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Detonators Stolen; Police Fears

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday.— Breaking into a magazine at Greenwich, thieves stole 2756 detonators belonging to the Water Board. Police fear that…

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Youths Charged with Robbery

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 4

MELBOURNE. Monday.—Allegations that James Ezekeil Dugan (18), of Footscray, had stated after his arrest that he carried a pistol as be…

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Two Young Men Released On Court Bond

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 1

Two young men were released on bonds to be of good behavior for 12 months when they appeared before Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the Police…

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Mr. Abbott Sworn in As N.t. Police Chief

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 3

DARWIN, Tuesday.—In the presence of the superintendent (Mr. Stretton) and the chief clerk (Mr. Giles), Mr. Abbott was sworn in as…

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Collapses in Burning Home Woman Rescued By Police SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 1

MRS. Eva Dawes, who is suffering from a chest complaint, was alone in her house at Marrickville last night when fire broke out. Mrs. Dawes,…

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Tasmania Murder Mystery Two Men Shot At Close Range Bodies Found on Lonely Road Hobart

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 1

IN one of the most mysterious murders Tasmania has known two men were shot dead on a public highway near the lonely bush township of Moina, on the north-west coast to-day. Four cartridge shells such…

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Alleged Theft in Company Two Youths Before Court MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 4

FEAR that [?] would be attacked by a man be had seen at Luna Park, was the reason given by James Ezekial Dugan (18), of Footscray,…

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Rabbit Trapper Charged With Murder Amazing Murder of 'Red Max' Trialopens in Paris (Special to "The Miner.") PARIS, April 28

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 1

ONE of the most sensational of many murders recorded in London's cosmopolitan area,…

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Murder Mystery in Tasmania Police Hopeful of an Early Arrest Launceston

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 8

Detectives investigating the strange murder of two men on the Shetfield-Moina road on Monday expect to make an early arrest. With Sergeant D. H. Whittle, ballistic and finger-print expert, a big squad of detectives…

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Dramatic Arrest By Police In Tasmania Remand Granted Launceston

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 1

AT the same time as the funerals of the two victims of the Moina shooting were taking place at Sheffield yesterday afternoon, detectives were usherins a man into a police car at the scene of the…

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Man Found Guilty Of Murder Banished to Devil's Island Paris, April 29

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 1

FOUND guilty of the murder at Soho of Max Cassel on January 24, 1986, Hoger Vernon was to-day sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment…

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Police Still Working on Yarra Murder

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Saturday. — Detectives trying to solve the mystery crime revealed by the discovery in the Yarra on Easter Monday of the…

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Tasmania Murder Mystery

Western Grazier · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 2

In one of the most mysterious murders Tasmania has known two men were shot dead on a public highway near the lonely bush township of…

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