Guilty of Assault on Girls
SYDNEY, Monday.—At the Quarter Sessions today John Ker Dunlop (75) and Thomas Palfrey (74) pleaded guilty to having assaulted girls. The…
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Courts & crime, 1941
659 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 14 of 33
Police News
Inspector C. J. Homann, officer in charge of the Broken Hill Police District, left for Sydney at the week end to attend a conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Gaol Escapees Blacktracker In Search CAMPERDOWN. May 25
A black tracker was engaged today in the search for Ronald Francis O'Keere (36). and his brother. Thomas (23), who escaped from the Warrnambool gaol on…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Police are investigating the cause of a fire which damaged a residential in Boyce Street, Globe, owned by Miss Catherine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Travelling Police Station Has Wireless
The only one of its kind in Australia, the travelling police station operated by Constable J. Buck, and which serves the people of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sessions and District Court
An appeal against the granting of a licence to Joseph Salvatore Guidi to open the Tivoli Theatre as a picture house will be contested at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Police Ball
Once again the committee of the Police Ball has commenced activities, and they are busily engaged on preparations for their forthcoming…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Remanded for Sentence Youths Charged; Breaking- Entering
TWO 20-yesr-old youths were remanded for sentence until next Thursday by Judge Barton in the Court of Quarter Sessions today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Ball on June 24
The annual Police Ball will be held at the Palais de Danse on June 24. The proceeds on the function will go to meet, the balance owing on the X-ray plant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Horse Stealing Charge Against Horse Breaker Accused Claims Arrest Due to Misunderstanding
CLAIMING that his arrest was the result of a misunderstanding in the identification of two horses, a well-known horsebreaker, Cecil Charles Richards, denied a charge of horse stealing in the Court of Quarter Sessions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Horsebreaker in Court Alleged Theft Of A Horse
THERE was as possibility of a mistake having been made in the ideatification of two horses when a police [?] questioned…
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An intimation that she would look after the youth was given by Mrs. Ellen Allan, godmother of George Henry Moody (18). who appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Police Ball
The committee of the Police Carnival Ball are again busily engaged in the preparation of their forthcoming ball, which will be held at the Palais de Danse on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Charged With Bigamy Remanded For Judgment
A man who was charged in the District Court yesterday before Judge Barton with bigamy, was remanded for Judgement until today at 10 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girl's Story of Alleged Assault Young Man Before Quarter Sessions
HOW she had allegedly been attacked twice and later allegedly assaulted by Benjamin John Rebbeck (19), laborer, was told by an 18-year-old girl at the Querter Sessions today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"It Was All A Mistake" Horsebreaker On Charge Of Horse Theft
Claiming that a mistake had occurred and he hod pointed out one gelding something similar to the one in the charge and had not claimed the half-draught belonging to the Yancannia Pastoral Company, was made by Cecil Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girl Alleges Assault By Man Young Man Charged In Court
The story of how a girl had been allegedly chased and assaulted twice in the same night by the same man was told in the Quarter Sessions yesterday before Judge Barton. Benjamin John Rebbeck (18) was charged with having, on March 16,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six Months' Gaol For Laborer; Mate Released On Bond
Six months' imprisonment with hard labor was ordered George Henry Moody (20), laborer, by Judge Barton, in the Court of Quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Builders Oppose Court Conference
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The decision of a section of members of the Chamber of Manufactures not to attend a conference called by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth Charged With Serious Offence Accused Makes Statement From The Dock
IN an unsworn statement from the dock, Benjamin John Rebbeck said an 18-year-old girl, whom he is alleged to have assaulted, sought his attentions. Rebbeck was charged with having…
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