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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1945

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Dog Poisoner at Work; Police Active

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 3

IN the last few days three valuable dogs belonging to Broken Hill residents have died in agony after having been given poison baits…

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Judge Berne Hears Remitted Issues in Divorce Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 3

JUDGE BERNE presided in the Matrimonial Causes Jurisdiction of the District Court today. His Honor heard evidence in remitted issues on divorce. Best v. Best…

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Slang Terms In Court Case

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 6

PETITIONER in a divorce case in the District Court yesterday caused much amusement by his use of slang terms during his evidence…

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Aliens And Service High Court Decision

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 1

Sydney, April 10.—Foreign countries whose nationals were conscripted for military service in Australian might retaliate against the Commonwealth. This opinion…

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Police Theory In Murder Case

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY.—A Police Department spokesman said today that juveniles were responsible for onethird of Sydney's crimes last year…

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Airman Charged with Serious Offence

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 1

ADELAIDE.—In a melee in a flat yesterday afternoon between a woman, her son, and a male boarder the boarder was stabbed six times in the…

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Two Men Shot Soldier Charged

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 3

Sydney, April 11.—Ball was refused when Francis Alexander Walls (46), a soldier, was remanded without ball to April 19 at the Central Police Court…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 1

In the Licensing Court this morning, before Mr. G. S. Berry, licensing magistrate, the transfer of the licence of the Imperial Hotel was granted…

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Magistrate Orders Forfeiture Of Liquor Taken From House

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 8

FORFEITURE of liquor found on premises at 30A Iodide Street when the police raided them on February 9 was asked for in a case before the Police Court this morning. Mr. G. S. Berry, S.M., heard the evidence and…

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Girl's Father Freed On Murder Count

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 7

NEW YORK, April ll. — Judge Lester Patterson, in the Bronx County Court, not only freed a man charged with manslaughter, but declared that…

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Court Direction on Dispute

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Judge O'Mara issued a summons out of the Arbitration Court yesterday calling on the DirectorGeneral of Manpower (Mr. Fuhnell),…

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Failure To Lodge Taxation Returns; Cases Before Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 7

BUGBEAR of most wage earners, taxation returns, caused several offenders to appear in the Police Court before Mr. G. S. Berry, S.M., today. In most cases the defendants had failed to furnish…

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Magistrate Refuses Military Release

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 5

An application by Albert James Hocking for exemption from a military call up was heard by Mr. G. S. Berry, S.M., in the Police Court…

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Trial For Man On Theft Charges

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 3

Before Mr. G. S. Berry, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday Eric David Betts, a 20-year-old laborer, was charged with having broken into the walehouse of the…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 4

In the licensing Court yesterday before Mr. G. S. Berry, Licensing Magistrate, the transfer of the license of the Imperial Hotel was granted from George…

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Ward[?] Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 2

In the Warden's Court today, before Mr. G. S. Berry, mining warden, Robert Robinson and Raymond Arthur Burns made application for the…

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Court Stories of Assaults

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 1

THE story of a struggle between two roen, one of whom is crippled in the left arm, was told today in the Police Court, before Mr. G…

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Cro Assault

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 1

In the Polic[?] afternoon, before [?] assault case wa[?]ies concerned [?]…

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Murder Case Fails Father And Son Acquitted

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 1

Melbourne, April 13.—Thomas Henry Kirwin (55) and his son Henry Thomas Kirwin (24), or Kooweerup, are charged with the murder of the former's brother…

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Warden's Court Application For Mining Lease

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 1

In the Warden's Court yesterday before Mr. G. L. Berry, mining warden. Robert Robinson and Raymond Arthur Burns made application for the lease of…

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