"I'll Shoot" Son Gives Evidence At Murder Inquest
Wellington (N.S.W.). May 27.—A 14-year-old boy whose rather is charged with murder told the Coroner today that just before he had seen a man shot dead…
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Courts & crime, 1946
1,191 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 20 of 60
Case For Forty Hour Week Union Officials Before Arbitration Court
Melbourne, May 27.—The work of ship builders was arduous, [?]isky and laborious, but although they had worked up to 70 hours a week during the war there had…
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Sydney, May 27.—A city bank manager told the Quarter Sessional jury today that when ordered by a man to give him £3000 he proposed that the intruder…
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Wellington (N.S.W.). May 28.—Henry Noe! Grace (45) farmer of Apsley was today committed for trial on a charge of having murdered Henry Tavener at…
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Sydney, May 29.—Charged with wounding Detective Sergeant Thomas Wilson yesterday with intent to murder, Gail Herald McFarlane (19) American…
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LONDON, May 29.—Leonard Holmes, a former soldier, whose murder of his allegedly unfaithful wife raised the issue of…
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Police have recovered the [?]less set stolen from Cakebread's Argent Street shop on Saturday last.It was found in Railway Town…
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Sydney, May 29.—William Robert Bathgate (47) was found not guilty in the Quarter Sessions today of having murdered Luigi Orilga at Forbes in 1935, but…
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SYDNEY—Although he was found not guilty, yesterday on a charge of having murdered Luigi Orilga, William Robert Bathgate…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Searching for Missing Dog
Local police have been asked to assist in the recovery of a wire-haired fox terrier which broke loose from the Sulphide St…
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SYDNEY.—Although all available police in the metropolitan area have been flung into the search, there is still no trace of…
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SYDNEY.— Following the seizure by the police of seven pistols, two rifles and a quantity of ammunition three men have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Big Theft Ship's Fireman For Trial
Sydney, May 30.—A ship's fireman was today committed for trial at the Central Police Court on a charge of stealing a suitcase containing 1,000…
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Melbourne, May 30.—With stab wounds in the abdomen and face Robert Henry Carnegie (42), business man, of St. Kilda, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Following All Clues In Mystery Death Of Two Girls
SYDNEY—Police investigations into the sudden death at Goulburn last Saturday of Audrey Cameron (20) have been intensified following a preliminary report to the C.I.B. by the Government Analyst that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Castigates Union Men For Strike Acts; Physical Violence Used
SYDNEY.—Members of the Federated Ironworkers' Association had used physical violence to intimidate other workers during the steel shipping and coal strikes last year the Full Bench of the Industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Boys' Club Win at Soccer
In a soccer match played at the Proprietary Dam, this afternoon Police Boys Club, 4 goals, defeated Marist Bros., nil. Goalkickers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mrs. Livesey's Case in Bankruptcy Court
SYDNEY.—On the petition of a creditor, the estate of Mrs. Florence Elizabeth Ethel Livesey was sequestrated by Mr. Justice Clyne in the Federal Bankruptcy Court…
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Sydney, May 31.—Two houses breakers who made a sensational escape from a black maria while being taken from the city to Burwood Court on January 25 appeared at the Quarter Sessions today, handcuffed together and closely [?]arded. Darcy Erckial Dugan (25) and Harry James Mitchell (21) both pleaded guilty to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Theft of Poultry
Six fowls (three hens and three roosters) were taken from a fowl yard at the rear of the Miners' Arms boarding house, Crystal…
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