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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1937

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Injured in Smash Two Men Under Police Guard ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 6

Crawling on his hands and knees among the trees of the Botanic Park, a man, bleeding from head injuries, received in a…

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Injured in Smash Two Men Under Police Guard ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 6

Crawling on his hands and knees among the trees of the Botanic Park, a man, bleeding from head injuries, received in a…

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400 Miles After Wife Chase Ends In Court MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 3

A HUSBAND'S story of a 400mile drive through the night from Griffith (N.S.W.) in pusuit of his wife and another man was…

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400 Miles After Wife Chase Ends In Court MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 3

A HUSBAND'S story of a 400mile drive through the night from Griffith (N.S.W.) in pusuit of his wife and another man was…

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Changing Position of Police Stripes

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 2

Although Sydney police officers have changed the position of their stripes and are wearing them above the elbow, the change in Broken Hill…

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Alleged Theft of Boat Man Remanded At Darwin DARWIN

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 1

A SEARCH for a missing skiff and a missing husband, which began with the arrival from the south last month of an irate wife, was brought…

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Maryborough Murder Mystery Horse Of Dead Man Found Trailing Suspect Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 3

A NEW turn was given to the Maryborough mine shaft murder investigations to-day by the discovery near Avoca of a horse owned by the murdered man, and which may have been ridden by the…

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Ramshackle Court For Murder Trial BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 5

AT Mungindi, where Harold Thomas Muller is being- tried for the murder of Ernest Henry Brown at St. George on or about…

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15-Year-Old Hollywood Shooting Police Expect to Make Arrests Mysterious Murder Of Film Star (Special to "The Miner.") Los Angeles, June 9

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 1

AFTER 15 years the mysterious murder of William Desmond Taylor, a Hollywood sensation of 1922, appears likely to be solved. The police announce that they are planning several arrests to-day or to-morrow…

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Detectives Want Mystery Cyclist Search for Suspect in Shaft Murder Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 6

DETECTIVES investigating the murder of John Woods (56), prospector, of Mountain Hut, began a new phase of their search from St. Arnaud at noon to-day. They are now only one and a half days…

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Ex-Trade Union Men Sentenced to Pay Death Penalty for High Treason (Special to "The Miner"). LONDON, June 9

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 1

A SECRET trial before the dreaded Special Tribunal in Berlin has resulted in two former Trade Union leaders being sentenced to death, a…

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Boxer Shot Dead Two Men Face Murder Count "Fired Only to Frighten" Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 3

WHEN Patrick Doyle (26), mechanic, and Robert Henry Gartner (30), laborer, appeared in the Criminal Court to-day charged…

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Gaol For Daughter Of Baronet

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 June 1937 · page 2

A daughter of a baronet was sentenced to 15 months' hard labor at the Old Bailey. She was Ethel May Olive Price…

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The Maryborough Murder

Western Grazier · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 2

With the identification Monday afternoon of the man whose body was found late Sunday in a shallow shaft in a paddock half a mile from…

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Jury Fails to Agree in Murder Case

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—The jury in the case in which Patrick Doyle was charged with the murder of Frederick Henry Hartup, after being locked up…

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Jury Fails to Agree in Murder Case

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—The jury in the case in which Patrick Doyle was charged with the murder of Frederick Henry Hartup, after being locked up…

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The Millie Creek Murder Alleged Statement By Accused

Western Grazier · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 2

A statement alleged to have been made by Harold Thomas Mullen [?] laborer, was tendered by the police at St. George Court Monday [?] Mullen…

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Man Detained In Shaft Murder Case MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 6

LATE to-day police inquiring into the murder at Maryborough of John Wood, whose body was found last Sunday in…

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Man Detened In Shaft Murder Case MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 6

LATE to-day police inquiring into the murder, at Maryborough of John Wood, whose body was found last Sunday in…

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News In Brief Newcastle Police Coup

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—Warned by the Sydney police to be on the lookout for a certain car, Newcastle police, patrolled all roads and last…

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