Grazier Remanded in Court
Louis Christian Sauerbier (26), grazier, of South Australia, was charged before Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day with…
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Courts & crime, 1938
652 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 12 of 33
News In Brief Theft Of Salmon
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Thieves stole 5700 tins of salmon valued at £260 from the store of the Downs Distributing Co. Ltd., Sussex-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Packsaddle on Trial "Pidgin" English In Court DARWIN
THE trial of Packsaddle, a Melville Island native, who is charged with assaulting a white woman, was continued before Judge Wells in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charge of Speeding S.M. Comments in Court Sydney
In the Traffic Court to-day, Peter Neild Whitehud, an English motor racing driver, who won the Grand Prix at Bathurst last Monday, was…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A message from Narrandera states that police throughout the border towns are searching for Mavis Murray (19), who has been…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—Frank Donald Green (35), a laborer, did not appear at the Redfern Court to-day to answer a charge of having in his possession…
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NARRANDERA, Saturday.—After a retirement for several hours the jury returned a verdict of guilty at the trial of Henry Thomas Mansell…
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LONDON, April 25.—It was believed that an aeroplane was used on Saturday in a daring raid on Chilham Castle, Canterbury, the residence of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Woman Arrested By Russian Police LONDON, April 25
ACTING on instructions from White hall, the British Ambassador in Moscow (Viscount Chilston) has vigorously protested against the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Take Action Unruly Crowd At Speedway SYDNEY
SEVERAL stones, lumps of earth, and small pieces of wood were thrown in the direction of police and railway officials by a crowd which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder of Kitchen Maid Ex-Houseman At School Pleads Not Guilty Crowded Court Sydney, Tueaday
LEONARD WILLIAM ROBERTS (33), formerly houseman at the Broughton School, Newcastle, appeared before Mr. Justice Owen and a jury in the Maitland Circuit Court to-day on a charge of murder…
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PUBLIC interest was still intense when the trial of William Leonard Roberts (33), former houseman at Broughton School, Newcastle, on a charge of having murdered Dorothy May Everett (27), kitchen maid at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Set Wrong Course Court's Finding On Grounding Of Morinda SYDNEY
A Commonwealth Court of Marine Inquiry found that the grounding of the steamer Morinda on Malo Island, New…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Magistrate's Warning To Cyclists
"FINES of 40/- for riding bicycles at night without lights have been going on for some considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Broughton School Murder Case Detective Tells of Talks with Former Houseman Sydney
EVIDENCE that Leonard William Roberts (33), former houseman at the Broughton School, told him that he had lifted some clothing from the face of Dorothy May Everett and had "Seen that it was Dot," was given…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Manuel-Edwards Prohibition Refused By Supreme Court
IN the Supreme Court on Thursday Mr. J. B. Shand, barrister, applied to the Supreme Court on behalf of Thomas Robert Edwards, draughtsman, of Broken Hill, for a prohibition to restrain Charlotte Rose Manuel,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Found Not Guilty of Murder Counsel's Plea in Newcastle Case Sydney
WHEN the trial of Leonard William Roberts for the alleged murder of Dorothy May Everett was resumed in the Maitland Circuit Court to-day Mr. Clancy, K.C., who appeared for Roberts, suggested to the jury that if they…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ineffective Brakes On Motor Cars Taxi Driver Fined £5 In Police Court
FOR having driven [?] street with [?] tive brakes on March 11, Thomas James Prisk, a taxi driver, was fined £5 with 8/- costs by Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day. Prisk pleaded not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Courtesy Squad
SYDNEY, Monday.—The police courtesy squad officially commenced duty to-day fhen they set out on foot and motor cycles watching, for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Found Guilty of Assault Man Must Pay Compensation SYDNEY
At the Quarter Sessions to-day William Maxwell (36), glassworks machinist, pleaded guilty to common assault on Charles Garvey, war…
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