Police Transfer
The Police have been advised has the appointment of Senior. Constable O'Brien of Kew to take over from Constable Maddern at Tibooburra has been…
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Courts & crime, 1946
1,191 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 13 of 60
Local Police News
Inspector J. Canning, of the Central Police, left for Menindee this morning on inspection duty. Sgt. D. Kelly, officer in charge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stop Press Brewery Case in Court
SYDNEY—In the Arbitration Court two engineering unions involved in the strike at Tooth's Brewery gave an assurance that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Appeal For Help In Clearing Gangster Murder
SYDNEY—An appeal to any member of the public likely to be able to assist them to come forward and do so in strict…
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NOW that the Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Australian Society of Engineers have agreed to abide by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Judge Hits At Magistrate For Secret Court
LONDON, April 4.—A magistrate who convened a secret sitting of the Court to try a case in which he was interested was…
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ADELAIDE.—A kettle of boiling water had been thrown over him, Jeffrey Hugh Harpur, tram conductor, of…
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Sydney, April 3.—At the Paddington Court today Mavis Dorothy Burton (18) was remanded until April 12 on a charge of breawing, entering and stealing from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →B.h. Gaol Not Likely to Reopen
THE Broken Hill Gaol, closed during the war periods, is not likely to be reopened. This was stated today by Mr. R. W. S…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death Sentences on Japanese Soldiers Commuted; 2 Yrs. GAOL
RABAUL.—Sentences of death passed by the War Crimes Court here upon two Japanese soldiers last December have been commuted by the AdjutantGeneral to two years' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Seeking Two Italian Escapees
CIVIL and military police are searching for two Italian prisoners of war who escaped from a camp…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killers Break Out of Gaol
WASHINGTON, April 3.—Two killers broke out of the death cell at Columbia Gaol after seizing the guns and uniforms of two…
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Brisbane, April 4.—Lou Yuen (35), a kitchen hand, was today acquitted of the murder of George Sue Bow after he had pleaded guilty to the charge last year…
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LONDON, April 4.âThe murderer of Frank Everett (The Duke) a taxi-driver, whose body was found on Lambeth Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Morris in Court Again
Sydney, April 4—Awaiting trial on a charge of murder, Douglas Ronald Morris (26) a journalist, was in the Central Police Court today charged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bunnerong Dispute No Shift Work Till Court Investigates
Sydney, April 4.—Bunerong maintenance men will not be asked to do shiftwork until the matter is investigated in the Court. The secretary of the NSW Labor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Evidence in Court Case (To the Editor)
Sir,—I refer to an Adelaide press report in your paper on Tuesday, April 2, under the heading of Assault Charge Against Broken Hill Man, and as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Ward And High Court
Melbourne, April 7—Although he was not a lawyer, he challenged some of the High Court decisions as contrary to commonsense and to the will of the…
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Sydney, April 9 — After being acquitted on a charge of murder at the Central Criminal Court today, Edward James White (65), a wharf…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Breaches of the Taxation Act Many Citizens Heavily Fined In Police Court
THE "man who comes round" was active again in the Police Court this morning when Mr. J. L. Bourke, an officer of the Department of Taxation, proceeded against several taxpayers for failing to furnish returns…
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