Murder Mystery for Johnson's
Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Sullivan, Ralph Bellamy and Alan Baxter are featured in "Let Us Live," which will conclude its season at Johnson's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1939
596 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 18 of 30
Gaol for Drunken Driver Three Former Convictions SYDNEY
WITH three previous convictions for a similar class of offence and at present under disqualification for driving under the influence of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mother On Trial For Murder Distressing Case Says Counsel Adelaide
DESCRIBED by counsel for the Crown as a most distressing case, the trial of Evelyn Merle Meynell (21), married, of Knoxville, on a charge of having on May 20 murdered John William Meynell, her nine…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.— Mother of seven children, ranging from 17 years to 19 months Mrs. Vera Chappelow (33) was sentenced…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mail Theft Sequel DetectivesSued BRISBANE
ALLEGING that two detectives had wrongfully and maliciously caused him to he arrested and charged with the theft of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Not Guilty of Murder Jury Acts On Suggestion By Judge ADELAIDE
FOLLOWING a suggestion, by Mr. Justice Richards, the jury in the Criminal. Court today returned a verdict…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Trace of Man Police Are Mystified at Menindee
THE disappearance of Fred Pritchard (50) from Menindee on Tuesday morning has completely mystified police at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Hunt Own Car
IT was a feverish 21 hours for Carmarthenshire police searching for a stolen car. But there was more to it than that;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fifty Unlicensed Wireless Sets Owners Fined in Court; Time to Pay 121 More Cases Tomorrow
[?]IFTY prosecutions against people who maintained wireless sets, on their premises without being in possession of a broadcast listener's licence were launched In the Police Court today before Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M…
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SYDNEY, Mon[?].—When Frederick Benney (18) appeared before the Quarter Sessions today on a charge of breaking and entering the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Human Bones in Box Grim Exhibits At Murder Trial DUBBO
When the case in which Albert Andrew Moss is charged with having murdered Timothy 'O'Shea was resumed at the local court today the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vandalism Prevalent Police Issue Warning
WHILE the various progress associations and Council are doing their best to improve the appearance of the city by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Matter Should Se Determined By Arbitration Court Railway Commissioner On Broken Hill Line Dispute SYDNEY
THE Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan), referring to the railway trouble at Broken Hill, said that recently the Australian Railways' Union had, submitted claims to the Board of Reference which included…
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DUBBO, Friday.â Evidence that Albert Andrew Moss (61), who has been charged with murdering Timothy O'Shea (55) at Narromine last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Police Ball
The annual police carnival hall is being arranged to take place at the Palais de Danae on Tuesday, August 22. The police force put much effort…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Was Not Under Influence Court Clears Woman ADELAIDE
BROKEN pieces of a whisky flask with the neck portion and the corie and seal still intact, which were produced in the Traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Racecourse Case Year's Gaol For Men ADELAIDE
IMPRISONMENT for 12 months was imposed on Allan Thomas Edward Hewitt, 32, commission agent, of Sturt Street, city, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lord's Son Gaoled Ringleader In Theft LONDON. July 7
DESCRIBING. Victor Frederick Cochrane Hervey (23), a son of Lord Hervey, as the mainspring of two robberies, in.which jewellery worth £5360 was stolen, the judge in the Old Bailey sentenced him to three years imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maori Faces Attempted Murder Count Involved In Car Collision
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday. —A sequel to a remarkable fatal motor, accident recently was the appearance in the Auckland Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lived Like Hermit; Story In Court SYDNEY
When Cecil Fernley Lovett (34), laborer, was charged at the Newtown Police Court with having been responsible for damage at the residence…
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