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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 5 of 37

Sydney Harbor Mystery Murder Alleged Against Man SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 1

Detectives investigating the death of Miss Grace Maude Eves (40), whose body was found at midnight on January 20 in the harbor at Manly,…

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Papuan Native to Be King's Medal For Police Services CANBERRA

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 1

Senior Sergeant Gaiberi, a full blooded native of Papua, is included in the New Year's honors list. He is to receive the Kings Police Medal…

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D. Munro in Court Assault Charge By Wife F. Henneberry Mentioned Sydney, Tu[?]sd[?]y

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 3

David Hugh Munro, commonly known ns "Darby," jockey, was sent into the witness box at the Central Summons Court to-day, and denied…

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Copper Stolen From Mine Youths Convicted In Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 2

TWO youths were convicted on a charge of stealing copper when they appeared before Mr. R. Donaldson. S.M., in the Police Court to-day…

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Fowls in Cow Bails Woman Fined in Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 1

THE owner of a local dairy, who was before the Court last Tuesday, and fined £3 for having used a milk bucket for laundry purposes, was…

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D. Munro in Court Assault Charge By Wife SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 4

David Hugh Munro, commonly known as "Darby," jockey, was sent into the witness box at the Central Summons Court to-day, and denied…

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Woodcutter Charged with Shooting Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 1

Charged at the City Court with having shot Mrs. Ida Reynolds, of Nilma North, with intent to murder, John Evison, 44, woodcutters of Nilma…

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Hit Police and Threw Bottles Man Fined £12 for Assault Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 5

BY fighting, throwing bottles, and making a dash for freedom, Freaerick Christopher Horewood, manufacturer, of Angas-street, Adelaide, offered desperate resistance to two policemen who tried to arrest him…

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Daring Theft in Sydney Bank

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Picking up a bankbook containing £40, which a clerk from a business firm had placed on the teller's counter, a thief said…

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Port Phillip Disaster Captain's Story To Marine Court MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 6

How he gave one warning blast on the siren as he saw the Karakiri loom across his bows was told by Captain Arthur Hansen, master of the…

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Fired Shot at Police Charge Against Stock Buyer Questioned About Bigamy Wellington (N.z.), February 5

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 3

DRAMATIC events in the back blocks at Taranaki were described to-day in the New Plymouth Court when William Joseph Fox, a stock…

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Decision Reserved in Police Appeals

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Police Appeals Board to-day reserved its decision at the conclusion of the hearing of the appeals of Sergt. Chuck…

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Decision Reserved in Police Appeals

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—The, Police Appeals Board to-day reserved its decision at the conclusion of the hearing of the appeals of Sergt. Chuck…

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Bookmaker Goes to Gaol As Protest

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 1

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), February S. —After having served, two months imprisonment as a protest against the New Zealand Government's refusal to…

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Not Guilty of Assault Charge Against Man And Woman

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 3

DETAILS of un alleged assault, it which a married woman stated that another woman and a man had knocked her down and punched her…

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Police Charge Against Man Dismissed By S M.

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 1

Stating that there was no case on the evidence of the prosecution that defendant had no visible means of support, Mr. E. Donaldson, S.M.,…

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Foreigners at Variance Alleged Assault In Hotel

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 4

ELIA Ratelli proceeded against Jack Cunial before Mr. R. Donaldson S.M., in the Police Court this afternoon alleging assault and insulting…

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Warden's Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 3

James William Parr was granted suspension of residential conditions of his mining tenement for 6 months when he made application before Mr…

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Chief Justice Recalls Youths' Murder Trial "Only Case That Ever Kept Me Awake"

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 4

LORD Hewart, Lord Chief Justice, of England, recently revealed The drama behind the cold phrase read in every murder trial report—"Counsel for the prosecution." The drama behind a murder trial of two youths 22 years of ago…

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Not Given Opportunity to Reply to Charges Gase for Dismissed Police Before Appeal Board Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 4

THE Deputy Commissioner of Police (Mr. Lynch) told the Police Appeals Board to-day that he had acted under the instructions of the Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) when he dismissed members of the force following the report of the starting price commissioner. Judge…

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