Police News
Constable W. J. Fuller, from the metropolitan district, has arrived in Broken Hill and will take up duty tomorrow…
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Courts & crime, 1947
1,357 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 14 of 68
Three Young Men On Murder Charge
Brisbane, February 27.—Three young men were charged with the murder or Flora Prior (domestic), on February 25. They appeared at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Warn on Motor Lights
Local police are issuing a warning to all motorists to respect traffic regulations regarding glaring headlights reminding them that lights must be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Radio for S.a. Police
ADELAIDE.—The latest development in radio transmission will be used officially for the first time in the Commonwealth by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Criminal Escapes From Police Van
Sydney, February 27.—While being transported from Long Day to Parramatta Gaol Kevin Lenore Diggins (22) escaped from the police van…
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LONDON, February 26.— Fifty thousand people, demonstrating for payment of overdue money to ex-prisoners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Frequency Modulation System For S.A. Police
Frequency modulation, the latest development in radio transmission, will be used officially for the first time in the Commonwealth by the new…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Demonstrations in Belgium Police And Citizens Clash
Brussels (Belgium), February 27.—Although one demonstrator was reported killed in a riot, the Ministry of Interior spoke-man said that there were no deaths. The trouble occurred when about 50,000, demonstrating for payment of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accountant Sentenced to Three Years
Sydney, February 28.—James Anthony Creach (37), accountant of Vaucluse was today sentenced to three years gaol on a conviction in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Bogged Alms Gaol For Six Months
In the Police Court yesterday before the Deputy S.M. (Mr. J. B. Hodgson). John McDonald was charged with that morning he had begged alma in Argent…
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In the Police Court, before Mr. W. Cox, J.P., this morning an invalid pensioner, who appeared on a charge of having been found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Effort to Settle the Building Strike Judge Taylor Begins Hearing In Court Today
FOR the third time since its commencement in September last the dispute between the Master Builders' Association and the Building Trade Employees' Union was before Mr. Justice Taylor in the…
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BRISBANE.—Reginald Wingfield Spence Brown, 49, developed a sexual passion for a young stenographer, and killed her after…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Threat Leads to Year's Gaol
NEW YORK, March 3.—An ex-convict has been ordered a year's gaol for threatening film star Rita Hay worth and her baby…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Women In Gaol Sub-Normal
SYDNEY.—A survey carried out by the Department of Education shows that 40 per cent of women prisoners in N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Murder of Girl
Brisbane, March 3.—The failure of a man to commit a criminal assault led to his murdering 2 girl, It was alleged in the Criminal Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Long Chase By Police Alter Thieves
SYDNEY—After the police had fired several shots early today a man emtrged from the scrub at Gladesville with his hands raised…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nazis Sentenced to Death
Warsaw, March 4—The Peoples' Court sentenced to death Ludwig Fischer, former Governor of Warsaw, who is alleged to be responsible for the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ritualistic Murder Government Intervention
London, March 4.—The House of Commons intervened dramatically to save five Gold Coast natives found guilty of ritualistic murder on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Murder Of Brisbane Girl
Brisbane, March 4.—A police interview with Brown was described by Detective Sergt. Stewart Kerr today at the trial of Reginald Wingfield…
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