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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1938

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Men Injured Near Stadium Foreigner Charged In Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 3

TWO men were injured as the result of a disturbance outside the Stadium on Saturday nignt. One of theirs Michael Isaac Martin, was…

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Was Policeman Hindered? Police Court Charge Adjourned

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 3

THE hearing of a case in which a man is charged with having hindered a policeman in the execution of his duty was adjourned until 10 a.m. on Wednesday by Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day to give…

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Police Search for Killer Man Stabbed Through Heart SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 3

BELIEVED to have been stabbed through the heart with a bread knife, Jules Armour Maltby (46) was found dead in a bed at his home…

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Magistrate Criticises Police Methods SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 1

DECLARING that the police method was open to grave abuse, Mr. Arnold, S.M., at the Paddington Police Court…

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Theft From City Council Former Employee to Pay £20

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 1

FINES of £10 on each of two charges, in default 20 day's imprisonment in each cate, the terms to be cumulative, were imposed on William Joseph O'Connor (26), a lorry driver, formerly employed by the Municipal…

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Actuated By Blind Jealousy Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Manslaughter Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 4

"THE Crown allegation is that accused was actuated by blind jealousy," said the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. McKean) stating the…

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Marine Court Inquiry Into Rodney Disaster

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Evidence that some minutes before the launch Rodney overturned water came over the sponson as she listed was given…

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Policeman Was Hindered Man Fined 50/- In Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 1

"T FIND that the acts detailed by Constable Henry amount to an arrest, and the facts as related by him give the true version of what took…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Man Charged With Manslaughter. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 3

AN allegation that he had deliberately forced a motor cyclist into the kerb with a result that he crashed and was fatally injured was made…

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Man Remanded To Sydney On Murder Charge BEGA

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 4

Eric Chatfield (20), able seaman, was charged to-day with the murder of Jules Amour Maltby at the latter's home at Pagewood on Sunday…

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Elderly Man on Trial Alleged Murder Of Child SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 3

Albert Spicer (65). gardener, was charged in the Central Criminal Court to-day with the murder of Marcia Hayes (6), whose body was found in…

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Policewoman Told Future Woman Fined £5 In Court ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 5

FORTUNES which partly came true were told to two policewomen by a woman fortune teller in…

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Man, 65, Sentenced To Death Guilty of Murder of Child; Body Found In Creek SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 6

ALBERT SPICER (65), gardener, was found guilty by a jury in the Central Criminal Court to-day of the murder of Marcia Hayes (6), whose body was found in a bag in South Creek near Windsor on Christmas Day by…

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News In Brief Murder Charge Trial

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 3

PARRAMATTA, Friday. — The coroner committed Eric Alexander Smith (20), sheet metal worker, for trial on a charge of having murdered…

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Rush of People Caused Capsize Rodney Owner Tells Marine Court SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 6

Senior ship surveyor, Robert Stanley Westhorpe, giving evidence at the Marine Inquiry regarding the Rodney elaborated on his earlier evidence…

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Warden's Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 4

In the Warden's Court yesterday afternoon the Mining Warden (Mr. R. Donaldson) granted an application by Thomas Lees Conroy, Hugh…

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Circuit Court on

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 1

Mr. Justice Milner Stephen will preside at the Circuit Court to be held at the Courthouse next Tuesday. Courthouse officials have not…

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Traffic Charge Dismissed Police Case Not Proved

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 1

THE case in which Maurice Joseph C. Mullins was charged with having driven a motor car at a speed over 30…

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Sale Of Goods At Police Station

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 2

Four bicycles and a bicycle frame will be offered for sale at the sale of unclaimed property to be held at the Police Station on Saturday morning…

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The Rodney Disaster Master Guilty Of Neglect Marine Court Binding Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 3

The Marine Court to-day found that the capsize of the launch Rodney with the loss of 19 lives was due to the neglect of the master (Charles Henry…

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