Man Gaoled for Assault on Girl
ADELAIDE.—Sending Leslie Walsh, 23, of Bewes Street, Adelaide togaol for two years for…
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Courts & crime, 1946
1,191 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 60
Man on Murder Charge Gets Bail
SIDNEY.—In the Supreme Court yesterday Michael Courtney Bereyne Allen, of Crow's Nest, was granted £500 bail by…
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NEW YORK, March 18.—A sea captain with an extraordinary resemblance to Mr. Churchill today walked into the lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria and asked to see the real Churchill. He is Lt.-Cmdr. Mark Huber,…
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Sydney, March 19—The story of how another man, not the one accused of the crime—Robert Bathgate—had told her he had shot Lulgi Orilga and Mrs. Ethel Welis, known as Ryan in 1935, was told in the Criminal Court today by Mrs. Emily Thomas, a widow of…
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LONDON, March 19.—Mr. O. F. Bowler, when applying today for the compulsory winding-up of six goldmining companies, North Kalgurli United, Gold Development Limited, Commonwealth Mining and Finance Limited, Murchison Gold Development…
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Inspector B. R. Gorman, officer in cause of the Broken Hill police district, left for Tibooburra yesterday. He will return later in the week, accompanied…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goods in Possession Charge Fails in Court; Police Story of Watch
A GOODS in custody charge brought by the police against a 39-year-old laborer in the Police Court yesterday afternoon failed, the magistrate, Mr. H. Isles, holding that he was not satisfied that defendant had…
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Sydney, March 20—The State Full Court of Criminal Appeal today reserved judgement on the appeal for a new trial by Eric Kelly, whose death…
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Sydney, March 20.—A Bill to bring the police force under the Industrial Act was introduced in the Leglislative Assembly today by the Premier Mr. McKell. He…
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Sydney, March 20.—William Robert Bathgate (47), a farmer, of Forbes, was today found guilty and sentenced to death for the murder of the Italian…
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SYDNEY.— Despite, the absence of official figures it is estimated that about 100 uniformed, m[?] have resigned from the New…
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NOVEL, legal point on possession of property suspected of being stolen, or unlawfully obtained, was argued in the…
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LONDON, March 20—"Mr. Claude de Bernales cannot be found in London tonight," states the "Daily Mail," which attempted…
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When a man appeared before Mr. H. Isles, S.M. in the Police Court yesterday afternoon he was committed to a bond of £20 on a vagrancy charge…
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LONDON, March 20.—A.triple bigamist who pretended to have lost'a leg and "sent only one sock to the laundry to sustain the…
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LONDON, March 21.—Picking up a toy pistol at the Liverpool Police Court hearing of charges against six men of having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Homma To Be Shot; Condoned Bataan Death Murder
TOKIO, March 21.—Gen MacArthur today ordered the execution of Lt. Gen. Homma, Japanese "conqueror of the Philippines," after, reviewing the decision of the Manila Military Court which had ordered…
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Inspector B. R. Gorman, officer in charge of the Broken Hill police sub-district, returned from Tibooburra last night. He has…
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ADELAIDE—"After I had given Brennan wine he came back to my cabin like a mad dog, pasted me round and knocked…
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NEW DELHI, March 22.—British troops with fixed bayonets cordoned off a procession through Old Delhi today of about 100 Indian policemen, who are hunger-striking for increased wages and arrested 86…
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