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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

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Quarter Sessions And District Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 1

THE Court of Quarter Sessions and District Court will open at the Courthouse tomorrow at 10 a.m. Judge Kinsela will preside for the…

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Police Want More Powers to Stamp Out Immorality Sydney, May 22

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 2

The New South Wales Police Department claims that nothing has been done about its application to both the Commonwealth and State Governments for…

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Gaol Strike Settled

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 1

BATHURST. — It was announced last night that the sit-down strike athone prisoners in the Bathurst Gaol had been settled and disciplinary…

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Aboriginal on Charge of Assault

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 1

BEFORE Judge Kinsella and a jury in the Court of Quarter Sessions this afternoon George Cabbage, an aboriginal, was…

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Dempseys in Divorce Court New York, May 24

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 4

Suits for divorce on the grounds of misconduct by Jack Dempsey and Mrs. Dempsey will be heard simultaneously in the New York Supreme Court,…

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Conviction Confirmed But Fine Reduced In Cose Heard In District Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 3

A FINE of £3 imposed on Cecil Richards by Mr. R. Soiling, S.M., earlier in the year when Richards was convicted on a charge of using indecent language was reduced to £1 when Judge Kinsella, in the District Court today, heard an…

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Aboriginal Found Not Guilty On Charge Of Assault On Girl

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 May 1943 · page 3

AN aboriginal, George Cabbage, who had been charged with indecent assault against a nine-year-old aboriginal girl, was acquitted in the Criminal Court today. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty after an…

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Court Powers and Union Membership

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 May 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY. — In the Arbitration Court yesterday Mr. Justice O'Mara expressed the opinion that the court had power to direct employees to join…

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Love Letters Make Dreary Patch in Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 May 1943 · page 3

A DREARY patch in the District Court today was the reading through of a bundle of love letters, each many pages in length. After the…

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Police Court Charge Against Man Fails

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 28 May 1943 · page 4

In the Police Court yesterday morning, before M. R. Solling, S.M. William Andrew Culpin was chanced with using threatening words to his wife. Elaine…

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Out of Court Settlement

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 28 May 1943 · page 4

A settlement was reached out of court yesterday in the case in which George Papegelts sued Patrick J. McManus for £400 damages for negligence. The terms…

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Judge Kinsella Hears Many Petitions For Divorce In the Divorce Court yesterday Judge Kinsella heard many petitions foe divorce. Sutton v. Sutton

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 28 May 1943 · page 3

The first case taken yesterday morning was that in which Hymls Jonas Sutton petitioned far divorce from Isobel Newton Sutton on the grounds…

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Boy Alludes Police

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 May 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Pointing to Toby at the back of the studio children shouted "there he is" when Radio Announcer J. Dunn commenced to read a police…

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Man For Trial On Murder Charge

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 May 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY. — Tormented, by the thought that he may transmit T.B. to his wife, Herbert George Of t (31) strangled her, according to police…

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For Trial For Murder Of Wife SYDNEY, May 28

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 29 May 1943 · page 1

Giving evidence at the inquest today into the death of Doris May Ott (25), whose body was found in a bedroom at Great Buckingham Street, Redfern, on…

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Theft From House

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 May 1943 · page 3

ADELAIDE.—The theft of £161 has been reported to the police by Cleveland William Perry. The money, consisting of one £1 note and 32 £5…

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Engineer Charged With Wife Murder

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 June 1943 · page 1

MELBOURNE.—Slashed across the throat with a razor at a home in Ballarat early today, Mrs. Clarice While (30), mother of four children, was…

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Murder Charged SYDNEY. May 31

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 1 June 1943 · page 3

Richard Aglus (38) who, on February 10. called at the Darlinghurst Police Station and said his best friend. Angelo Azzopardi (36) had been shot by two…

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Alleged Theft From City Dwellings

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 June 1943 · page 3

Four boys have been apprehended by Det-Sgt, D. Truman and DetConstable K. Buckland in connection with thefts from houses in Chapple…

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Spanish Police Arrest Jews

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 June 1943 · page 1

LONDON, June 1.—Spanish police have arrested about 300 Jewish and Arab youths and deported most of them to Spanish Morocco, says "The…

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