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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime
596 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 30
A COURT order was issued today attacking the person of Charles Bedeux, wealthy American efficiency expert and the Duke of Windsor's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BRISBANE, Monday.—A man was arrested yesterday morning and charged with wilful murder following the discovery of the frightfully…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →IN the Central Police Court today Nicola Romeo Truda, said to be the son of an Italian baron, was charged with having falsely pretended to Sarah…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE story of a dispute between a father-in-law and a son-in-law was told in the Police Court Monday afternoon to Mr. A. B. Collins. S.M., when an assault charge against the father-in-law was heard. The magistrate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ALLEGED to have slain two persons, one an elderly spinster and the other a girl of 17, a chimney sweep appeared before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Norman Neddris (21) was committed for trial from the Tumut Coroner's Court on a charge of murdering Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A WARNING that a gang of safe-blowers may be "Working" the country districts of New South Wales was given today by the local police. They advise shopkeepers and others owning safes to see that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →APOLICE chase through the main streets of Swan Hill and into New South Wales ended in the capture of three youths. The youths, who are aged between 16 and 17 years, are alleged to have stolen a light sedan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.— From the witness box today George Green, chimney sweep, denied that he had murdered Mrs. Annie Wiseman (62),…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CANBERRA, Saturday.—It is expected that at an early date the Attorneyr-General (Mr. Menzies) will submit proposals to the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AFTER an address by defending counsel (Mr. Leo Little), to the jury, that lasted more than two hours, Mr. Justice Lowe in the Criminal Court today indicated in his summing up at the Glenroy murder trial, that in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Eric Campbell, the well-known solicitor and Sydney businessman, appeared before the Full Court today to show cause…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Bail was refused when Leslie William Murphy (24), laborer, and Stanley Arthur Bayment (28), laborer, were charged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged.to have ridden a motor cycle in Oxide-street last night while under the influence of liquor, Thomas Bernard McNamara appeared before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Thursday.—Police and civilians are searching the rugged border country above Yangan near Warwick, for a mystery prowler…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Police Commissioner (Mr. Mackay) and two friends had narrow escapes from drowning last night. It appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GREAT daring and cunning were displayed by a thief who robbed the same house twice last night. The first time the nocturnal prowler broke into the house it was unoccupied, but on the second occasion he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →pOLICE and a trustee company are finding it difficult to establish the real identity, contact relatives, or learn details of the former life of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →PUZZLING features are associated with the disappearance last Tuesday of Gaynor Elaine Carnie, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →STATING that there was not sufficient evidence of identification, Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., in ihe Police Court today dismissed a charge against Stanley Walter Plater (40), of being on enclosed premises without the…
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