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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

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Guilty Of Negligent Driving Bus Driver Fined £5 in Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 1

A BUS driver was fined £5, with 8/- costs, by Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day when he was found guilty of a charge of negligent driving. George Alexander Hall was charged with having on February 12 driven a bus negligently in…

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Larceny Is Alleged Former Manager In Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 1

THOMAS Manson Warley (26) was remanded until 10 a.m. to-morrow by Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day, when he was…

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Stop Press Newcastle Murder Case

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 1

SYDNEY.—Leonard William Roberts (34), was charged in the Newcastle Police Court today with having feloniously and…

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"I Loved My Wife" Murder Charge Against Young Husband SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 3

IN the Central Criminal Court, Dudley Lorraine O'Brien (22), baker, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having murdered his wife, Margaret…

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Newcastle Murder Case Inquest Witness Arrested Trial Is Likely Next Month Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 4

THERE was an unexpected development to-day in the Newcastle girl murder mystery when Leonard William Roberts, a witness at the inquest, was arrested on a charge of having murdered Dorothy May Everett on…

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Cronulla Gunman Dies Of Wounds Shot by Police in Shack Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 1

Adrian William Jones (31), who was arrested yestorday afternoon in a cottage at Fisherman's Bay, Port Hacking, died…

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Black Held For Assault

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 1

PACKSADDLE, the notorious aboriginal, who has been committed for trial for the brutal assault on two white women at…

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Broker Will Serve Term In Gaol New York, March 15

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 1

RICHARD WHITNEY, five times president of the Stock Exchange, dramatically pleaded guilty to-day to a charge of grand larceny…

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Not Guilty of Murder Young Husband Discharged SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 4

IN the Central Criminal Court, Dudley Lorraine O'Brien (22), baker, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having murdered his wife, Margaret…

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Court To Settle Land Dispute

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 4

THE hearing of an application by Thomas David Wallis for registration of mining tenement No. 2718 situated at 66 Thomas-street, Broken…

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Attempted to Sell British Plans Gaol Ordered 3 Plotters (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, March 14

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 4

AT the conclusion 'of the British espionage trial at the Old Bailey to-day, three of the four accused men were sent to gaol for having attempted to supply a foreign power with secret armament plans…

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Unique Charge Made ln Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 1

IN the Police Court this morning a man was ordered two months' imprisonment for having carried two stones with…

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Alleged Theft Of Screenings

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 2

William Joseph O'Connor (26), lorry driver, appeared before Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day charged with having between…

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Magistrate Decides Local Land Dispute

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 1

FINDING that the applicant had every legal right to be granted his application for mining tenement 2718, situated at 66 Thomas-street,…

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News In Brief Alleged Murder

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—A remand was granted at the Criminal Court, when Alfred Spicer (64), gardener, appeared on a charge of having on…

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Barber in Court Serious Charge Made Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 3

AT the Paddington Police Court to-day Cyril Dudley Pendergast (29), a hairdresser, was charged with…

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Poverty Leads to Murder Mother Shoots Her Six Children (Special to "The Miner.") New York, March 17

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 1

MRS. Lillie Curtis (38) shot dead her six sleeping children in their home in a Texas town. She spared the seventh, who was the eldest and…

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Whitney Admits Second Theft

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 6

NEW YORK, March 17.—Richard Whitney, a leading New York stockbroker, pleaded guilty to a second charge of grand larceny involving…

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Police Dog Finds Child

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Elsic Simpson (9), of Bankstown, who was lost all night in the scrub at Chullora, was found…

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Former Clergyman in Court Scene

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 6

SYDNEY, Saturday. — The Rev. Alfred Morris, who had a brush with the police regarding the alleged treatment meted out to gunman…

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