Police Court a Drover Fined
At the Wilcannia Police Court, last week, before Mr. R. W. S. Kelly, P.M., Charles Alfred Bishop was fined £2, with 1/- costs, for travelling sheep within the…
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Courts & crime, 1944
800 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 40
Woman On Murder Charge BRISBANE, March 30
Alma Morgan (23), was charged in the Police Court today with having murdered Robert L. Norwood, a United States army aergeant. at Brisbane on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Army Officer Charged Sportsmen in Salvage Corps Sydney, March 30
During Court Martial proceedings to-day, a former officer of the Army Balrage Corps, since invalided out of the Army, admitted that he had encircled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thief Gets £750 Haul In Smash-Grab Theft At Local Jewellers
AS a result of a smash and grab raid at F. H. Wicks' jewellery shop. Argent Street, last night, or early this morning, about £750 worth of jewellery was stolen. The thief, or thieves, broke through one of the large grilles which are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mother Wants Son To Face Murder Charge SYDNEY, March 29
Eight years ago Boyd Sinclair was charged with having murdered John' Smillie a taxi driver, but since then Sinclair has been confined in a criminal…
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ADELAIDE.--Following the death of his brother in the Murray Bridge Hospital on Saturday. Simon Karpany, 55, was charged by police at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crossing Smash Bereaved Husband Carried Into Court SYDNEY, April 3
With two broken arms and a broken leg. Raphael Italiano (63) a laborer, of Brooklyn, was carried into the Coroner's Court on a stretcher today to give his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ozone Unusual Murder Mystery
New showing at Ozone is an unusual murder mystery. "Grand Central Murder." Theis stars Van Heflin and Patricia Dane, among other well known players…
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BRISBANE.—Alma Muriel Morgan (23). domestic duties, who pleaded not guilty, was committed for trial in Brisbane yesterday on a charge of…
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"ADELAIDE.—The decomposed body of a 46-year-old woman was found by police today in a lonely farmhouse near Morphett…
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When police visited farmhouse situated in a remote part of the Morphet vale district today, they found the body of Mrs. Doris Bertha F[?]ny Elliott (36)…
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ADELAIDE.—Donald Carpany, an aboriginal, died in the Murray Bridge Hospital from gunshot wounds after having been shot by his brother,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Park Murder Accused's Alleged Statement Brisbane, April 5
Following the finding of a man named Albert Edward Marshall under a tree in Newstead Park list month with injuries to the head and his subsequent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Holiday Regs. Arbitration Court Ruling Melbourne, April 6
To become entitled to extra pay for Christmas Day, 1843, and New Year's Day, 1944, the Full Arbitration Court decided today that it had to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Americans Criticised In Coroner's Court SYDNEY, April 3
American authorities had adopted an "unwarranted attitude" towards the inquest of Arthur Samuel Knight, of Alter[?] said counsel at the Coroner's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Remanded For Murder MELBOURNE, April 6
At the City Court today, Cecil Bobbs (37), of New Lambton, N.S.W. was remanded until April 13, when he appeared on a charge of having murdered Pearl…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Offence In Gaol More Imprisonment for Youths London, April 6
Convicted at the Darlinghurst Session today of having indecently assaulted a youth in a cell at Long Bay Gaol, Thomas Hu[?]es (19), was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Station Black Causes Sensation; Fined In Court
An aboriginal from Roto Station in the Ivanhoe district, caused a sensation at the Co-Operative Stores in Argent Street about 10 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Charged with Wife Murder
PERTH.—After an inquiry at Perth yesterday the acting coroner (Mr. T. H. Hannah) found that Florence Adelaide Bainbridge, 24,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farewell Planned for Court Official
Today was the last day in Broken Hill for Mr. M. J. D. Austin, who has been C.P.S. and chamber magistrate at the Courthouse for the past two…
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