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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1943

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Murder Of Boy SYDNEY, March 8

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 1

The post-mortem examination revealed that 11-years-old Albert Crutcher, whose body was yesterday found in a brick kiln in Granville had been…

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Alleged Vagrant in Court

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 3

A man who was charged in the Police Court yesterday morning before Mr. M. J. D. Austin, Deputy Magistrate, was told to leave the town. He was…

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Man on Remand Again Before Court

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 3

A man who was on ball on an indecent language charge came before the Police Court yesterday on another indecent charge. He was also charged…

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Full Court Ruling on Price Fixing

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY.—The State Full Court ruled today that price fixing regulations do not apply to suits made to order. The court upheld the appeal…

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Companies Offer Three Weeks' Holiday Mass Meeting To Be Held This Morning Local Dispute Not Yet In Arbitration Court

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 3

The local mines dispute did not reach the Arbitration Court yesterday. Instead, the parties met in conference with the Conciliation Commissioner, Mr. D. V. Morrison, as chairman, and the companies' representatives made another offer. The…

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No Price Fixing On Made To Order Suits Full Court Upholds Appeal Against Six Months' Imprisonment Sydney, March 8

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 1

An important judgment relating to the Price Fixing Regulations was delivered by the State Full Court today, when it held that suits made to order are not…

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McNULTY. CASE No Action Against Police Commissioner SYDNEY, March 10

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 4

No action is to be taken by the state Cabinet against the Police Commissioner, Mr. Mackay in connection with the McNulty case. The Ministers were of the…

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Men on Stealing Charge

Western Grazier · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 1

On Saturday morning before the local Police Court, Phillip King, employed at Avenue Station, was charged with stealing a tarpaulin from the Water…

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Traitor Sentenced to Death

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 1

CAPETOWN. March ll.—Sidney Robert Lebrandt, 30, pro-German boxer, has been sentenced to death on a charge of treason. Lebrandt,…

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Miss E. Clark Victim of Theft

Western Grazier · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 1

When Miss Emmie Clark, who is resident in Hay, last £21 when a thief entered her bedroom, a cheque for her father (Mr. W. Clark, Volo, Cobar…

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Trouble at Parramatta Gaol Sydney, March 11

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 1

During a disturbance at the Parramatta Gaol over the week-end a warder, William James Hogg was stabbed in the back of the neck. He is now in the…

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Policing Police Sydney, March 11

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 1

With the object of enforcing discipline among members of the police force in the area six police inspectors have been appointed to police the metropolitan…

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Inquiry Wanted On Administration Of Police Dept

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY.—The secretary of the Police Association (Mr. C. J. Cosgrove) has forwarded a letter to the Premier (Mr. McKell) setting out the…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 1

In the Licensing Court today John Thomas Lees applied for permission to make alterations to the Criterion Hotel. The application was granted…

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Men Smoked in Bakehouses; 2 Fined in Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 3

IN the Police Court this morning before Mr. R. Soiling, S.M., Horace Clem Blackwell, bakehouse assistant was charged with smoking a cigarette…

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Police Court

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 3

These matters were dealt with in the Police Court yesterday by Mr. R. Soiling, S.M. Edward Millstead was charged with…

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Murder of Constable Charged Melbourne, March 15

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 1

On a charge of murder, Norman Morris Searle (25), of Burnley, a fitter and turner, was committed for trial at an a inquest today on Senior Constable…

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Man Charged With Killing Homing Pigeon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 2

ADELAIDE.—Herbert Abbott, 73, retired, of Myall Avenue, Kensington Gardens, was charged in the Adelaide Police Court…

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Man In Gaol Aids Our War Finances

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE,—One supporter of the Federal Government's wartime finances is serving a long sentence in Coburg Gaol…

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Theft of Cycle Man Claimed He Was Unlucky

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 3

In the Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. R. Soiling. S.M., Francis Joseph Scarce was charged with stealing a bicycle, the property of…

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