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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime
447 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 23
The killing of fishermen and merchant seamen in the circumstances of the recent German air raids on shipping was not war, but murder, said the Prime Minister. (Mr. Chamberlain) in a review of the war in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ALLEGED to have obtained nearly £1700 from two Austrian refugees by false pretences, William Young, 67, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Quarter Sessions today Peter Plavin (19) and his brother. Edward (18) were sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment for breaking into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mrs. Lilian Agneta Hay, 42,collapsed in Miles Street, Mount Isa, on Saturday morning and died before an ambulance arrived. Her throat was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"IT has been the law for 46 years and I don't feel a proper person to change it. I cannot overlook the decision of the Full Court," said Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., in the Licensing Court today when he ruled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The story of a police chase after a motorist who travelled over the South Hill and several streets in South Broken Hill at a fast speed was told to Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., in the Police Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THOMAS John Ley, a former New South Wales Cabinet Minister, and his son, Keith, were sued for libel and slander in the King's Bench…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stating that such conduct would not be tolerated Mr. A. B. Collins, S.Mt, told a pensioner, who had 32 previous convictions. that he deserved no sympathy. He fined him £7 in all, and ordered him to enter into a bond of £25 to be of Rood behavior for 12…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Permission for material alterations to be made to the bar of the Royal Hotel, Oxide Street, was granted by Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →C.R. Bro. G. L. Virgo presided over a very large attendance of members of Court Stewart Branch of the A.O.P. on Tuesday evening at Tait's,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FAVORITISM by a union representative was alleged in the Arbitration Court yesterday by a manufacturer charged with a breach of an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Principals in what has become known as the "hotel suicide pact" case were sentenced by the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A FTER a retirement of the full six hours, a jury in the Criminal Court failed to agree last night in the case in which James Simpson, of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Commissioner of Police (Mr. MacKay) has given his approval to the laying down of the pedestrian traffic lanes in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Federal Government has decided to create forthwith a native constabulary in the Northern Territory. The aboriginal police will have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WITH the refusal of direct aid and the announcement that the passage of foreign troops to Finland would never be permitted, the question is being asked whether the Swedes have not in fact sentenced the Finns to death…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On the application of Mr. J. J. Davoren, who appeared for the defendant, Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., in the Police Court today adjourned an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"These floats are a menace. I have pointed the dangers out before when dealing with such cases," said Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., in the Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →STATING that he did not think the police had manufactured the language, Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., in the Police Court today fined a young man £2 for having used indecent language in the Police Station on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN the Central Court today Mervyn Ronald Greedy (20) fitter and turner, was remanded on £200 bail to appear before the Central Criminal…
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