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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

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Police Trace 3000 Men In Search For One

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday. ALTHOUGH police have been unable to identify the body of the young…

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Dangerous Driving Alleged Hotelkeeper In Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 3

THE licensee of the Mount Gipps Hotel, Sidney Albert Fahlbush, appeared before Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., in the Police Court today charged with having driven a motor car in Oxide Street in a manner dangerous to the…

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Dumosa Murder Mystery

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 3

Continuing their inquiries in the hope of learning the identity of the Dumosa dam murder Victim. Detectives A.Ramsey and L.Liddy are…

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Manslaughter of Police Constable Laborer Gaoled SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 4

IN the Central Criminal Court today Leslie William Murphy (28), laborer, was charged with the manslaughter of Constable Lionel George…

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Whips Police with Belt Woman Removed From Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 2

A BLANK cartridge pistol was fired and police were whipped with a belt by a young woman in an amazing scene at Bury Police Court (Eng.)…

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Charged with Maiming Bull

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday— In the Bungaree Court yesterday Raymond Clarke, dairy farmer, was committed for trial on a charge of having…

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Charged With 5060 Murders MADRID, June 14

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 5

NINE women have been arrested and charged with 5000 murders during the civil war. They have allegedly confessed…

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Convictions Exposed After Court Outburst PERTH

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 5

THERE was an unusual developmant in a conspiracy. trial in the Criminal Court when a prisoner made accusations against a detective and…

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Court Awards £3400 to Film Actress Alleged Breach Of Contract

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 2

MISS Elizabeth Allan was awarded £3100 damages and costs recently in her action against a film company for…

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Bequest for Soldiers Court Ruling On 22-Year-Old Will MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 5

TWENTY-TWO years after the death of the benefactor, returned soldiers wounded in the Great War Will receive a bequest of £500, plus…

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Inquiry Sought Into Police Appeals Act

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.— After lengthy discussion the annual conference of the Police Association carried a resolution that a Parliamentary select…

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Bones Not Those of Murder Victim

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—There are no —further details so far concerning the recovery of the bag containing human bones found on the banks of Cooks…

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Stole From His Father Nine Months' Gaol For Man SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 4

In the Paddington Police Court today Albert George Tyler (31), a wool presser, pleaded guilty to having stolen a suit of clothes and suitcase…

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Drove Gar While Drunk Motorist To Pay £35 Fine Missed Gaol Because Married

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 3

"I FEEL that I am failing in my duty to the public in not sending you to gaol, but it has been stated that you are a married man with a family. The only thing I can consider is whether or not to send you to gaol," said Mr…

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Man For Trial On Murder Charge BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 4

Derwent Evans Arkinstall (18) electrician's apprentice, was committed for trial at the Brisbane Police Court today on a charge of having…

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Triple Murder Charge Woodcutter On Trial HOBART

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 8

SIX months after he was married Cyril Estcourt (22), woodcutter, was alleged to have shot dead his wife and two men…

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Two Years9 Gaol And £2000 Fine For Judge (Special to "The Miner.")

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 8

NEW YORK, June 20.— Imprisonment for two years and a fine of £2000 was today imposed upon Judge Martin Thomas Manton of the Federal…

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Judge Disbelieves Police Evidence

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 4

BEGA, Friday.— Saying that he did not believe one word of their evidence, Judge Nieldiny in the Bega Appeals Court yesterday, attacked…

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No Evidence to Offer on Murder Charge

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 June 1939 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.— At the Sale Police Court yesterday Arthur Ernest Staunton (62) was charged with having murdered Mervyn Dallas…

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Stop Press Police Dragging Sea for Woman's Body

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 1

Launceston.— Aftetr a woman's handbag and a note had been found at the foot of a cliff within a few yards of the sea police…

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