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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 16 of 37

Police Net Closing On Wanted Man PENRITH

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 7

THE police net is closing in on the lower Blue Mountains, where they believe the man for whom they are searching in connection with the…

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Police Sales Next

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 May 1937 · page 3

At 11 a.m., next Saturday a sale will be held at the Central Police Station of prpperty in possession of the police. One bag of blankets, two strings of…

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Sydney Murder Suspect Found Unconscious on River Bank Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 May 1937 · page 4

SIX days after the finding of the body of Ernest Harry Brown, the victim of the sensational border murder, the dramatic police search came to an…

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Alleged Assault on Hotelkeeper Hearing Adjourned

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 4

A CASE in which a young man is charged with alleged assault on a hotelkeeper arising out of a disturbance at the Southern Cross Hotel…

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Murder Charge on Provisional Warrant

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — In the Central. Police Court, Harold Thomas Mullen (36), a laborer, was charged by provisional warrant…

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Denies Killing Husband Woman's Trial For Murder SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 1

IN the Central Criminal Court yesterday before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers, Annie Kathleen Northcott was charged with having murdered…

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Police Order Removal Of Wireless Sets SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 4

POLICE on Saturday ordered the removal of all wireless sets from hotel bars in the Cessnock district. The move, which is designed to…

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Bank Clerk on Theft Charge

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 June 1937 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In the Central Court to-day John Horsfall Lawrence (36), clerk was charged with having between January 1 and May…

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Woman Acquitted Of Murder Of Husband SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 June 1937 · page 4

INspite of unhappiness in her married life due to the mnnner in which her husband treated her Annie Kathleen Northcott (38), in evidence,…

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495 Court Cases This Year

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 June 1937 · page 4

An extraordinary number of cases have been a feature of the activities at the Courthouse [?]o far this year. To the end of May 495 cases had…

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Usher's Story of Theatre Assault Struck by Man Who Forced Way Into Queue

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 June 1937 · page 1

A married man before Mr.R. Donaldson S.M., in the Police Court to-day denied that on Saturday night he tried to force his way through a queue outside Johnson's Theatre to get his ticket. He admitted having delivered a blow at the doorkeeper of the…

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Charged with Murder in Queensland

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 June 1937 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—In the Central Court to-day Harold Thomas Mullen was remanded to St. George Police Court, Queensland, on a charge…

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Man Savagely Attacked Assault In Park MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 June 1937 · page 4

NEARLY naked and bleeding from head wounds, a man staggered into a house in Jolimont terrace, Jolimont, late at night and said he…

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Visit to Theatre Proves Costly Man Fined for Assault on Theatre Usher and Police Constable

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 1

THE visit of a young man with his wife and two children to Johnson's Theatre last Saturday night, from which arose a disturbance over his position in the queue, had its sequel before Mr. R. Donaldson,…

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Bank Teller Sent To Gaol For Stealing £633 Sudden Yield to Impulse Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 3

"IT might be said, speaking quite in the abstract. that the responsibility for crimes of this sort rests on those who think that betting shops benefit the community," said Mr. J. W. Nelligan, who…

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Bank Teller Sent To Gaol For Stealing &633 Sudden Yield to Impulse Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 3

"I[?] might be said, speaking quite in the abstract, that the responsibility for crimes of this sort rests on those who think that betting shops benefit the community," said Mr. J. W. Nelligan, who…

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Police Sale Proves Attraction

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 1

"Gone—fist second and last time —gone. That's the cheapest thing you've ever bought," said the auctioneer, Detective Ramsey, at the…

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Police Sale Proves Attraction

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 7

"Going—first, second and last time —gone. That's the cheapest thing you've ever bought," said the auctioneer, Detective Ramsey, at the…

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High Court Orders New Scriven Trial MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 6

By a unanimous decision the Full Bench of the High Court to-day upheld the appeals of Rupert Davies (28), of…

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High Court Orders New Scriven Trial MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 6

By a unanimous decision the Full Bench of the High Court to-day upheld the appeals of Rupert Davies (28), of Colling…

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