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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1944

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Licensee Charged SYDNEY, January 24

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 25 January 1944 · page 1

After a hearing extending over several days. Mr. Scobie, S.M. in the Licensing Court today, reserved his decision in the case in which Mrs. Alexandrina…

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Police [?]Ews

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 January 1944 · page 2

Advice has been received from Sydney of the a pointment of Sergeant First Class[?]R. Gorman as Station Sergeant at Central Police…

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Woman Assaulted U.S. Soldier for Court Martial Brisbane, January 24

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 25 January 1944 · page 4

Joseph L. Ford, an American soldier, was today handed over to the United States authorities for trial by Court Martial when charged at a Brisbane…

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Police Changes

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 1

Sergeant First-Class R. Gorman, of Sydney, has been appointed station sergeant at the Central Police Station. He will replace Inspector…

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Woman's Death On Station; Man Charged

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 1

FOLLOWING the death of the wife of a station owner in the Ivanhoe district car[?]y on Monday, a man has been arrested and…

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No Fresh Clues In Adelaide Murder

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 1

ADELAIDE.—The police are understood to have no fresh clues to the identity of the murderer of Phillip John Beattie, of Campsie,…

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Purge of Fascist Security Police

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, January 25.—A purge of Italian security police has been completed by the Fascist Ministry for the Interior in German…

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Police Inquiring Into Man's Death

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY.—A postmortem examination is to be held on James Davies (67), of Arncliffe, whose body was found on a vacant allotment. Davies…

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Pilot Faces Court Martial

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 1

MELBOURNE, January 25. Circumstances in which a man lost both his feet and a girl lost her arms when they were struck by a cable…

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St. Warden's Adelaide Trip Owner And Carrier Charged MELBOURNE, January 25

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 4

The transport of the horse Saint Warden from Melbourne to Adelaide at Christmas time allegedly in contravention of the National Security Land…

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Police Inquiries Into S.A. Murder

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 1

ADELAIDE. —Detectives investigating the South Park murder appear more hopeful today of solving the crime than at any stage of the…

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Magistrate Hears Of Disturbance In Local Hotel Parlor

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 3

AN incident at the Willyama Hotel on the evening of December 30 when it was alleged that, following a dispute, a man broke a glass and jabbed it into another man's face, was described to Magistrate R. W. S. Kelly in the…

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Woman's Death Near Ivanhoe Man Arrested and Charged

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 3

In connection with the death at Necarbo Station, near Ivanhoe. of Mrs. Franziska Crossley (48) wife of the owner, a man has been arrested. The…

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Alleged Murder Of Station Man's Wife

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 1

Further details concerning the death of Mrs. Franziska Hilka Crossley (48), at Necarbo Station on Monday, reveal that her jaw was…

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Murder Theory Rejected Sydney, January 25

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 4

Detectives today rejected the theory that James Davies (67), of Arncliffe, whose body was found on a vacant allotment last night, had been murdered…

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White Australia Policy Supreme Court Judge's Remarks Sydney, January 26

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 1

Because Australia was committed to certain obligations under the Lend-Lease agreement with the United States. It was to be hoped that these obligations…

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Football Incident Recalled In Court; Police Charge Fails

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 3

A FOOTBALL incident in the League finals in Broken Hill last year, was the centre of a good deal of crossexamination in the Police Court this morning, when Alan Burke, well-known football umpire, was charged with using…

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Shearing Contract Dispute Magistrate's Decision

Western Grazier · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 2

The Magistrate, Mr. R. W. S. Kelly, gave his decision yesterday in connection with the case in which the A.W.H. proceeded against Vernon Everard Perkins…

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Committed For Trial Sequel to Hotel Assault

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 4

Archibald James Gillespie was committed for trial at the next Quarter Sessions by the S.M., Mr. R. W. S. Kelly, in the Police Court yesterday, when…

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Woman's Death Near Ivanhoe Man Arrested and Charged

Western Grazier · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 1

In connection with the death at Necarbo Station, near Ivonhoe, of Mrs. Franziska Crossley (48), wife of the owner, a man has been arrested. The…

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