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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime
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LONDON, January 16—A hushed, tightly packed West London Police Court listened to a sensational story of how a former New South Wales Minister for Justice, Thomas John Ley, was alleged to have lured a man to his death by an involved plot in which a cook was dressed up as a rich lady. Ley stood in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney, January 16.—A man charged with housebreaking, Neville Leslie Hutchinson. claimed he had made between nine and eleven thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A STRANGER to Broken Hill, who told the police he came here to see his sister whom he had not seen for 18 years, was sentenced to three months gaol by Mr. H. Isles, S;M., In the Police Court this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SYDNE Y—The Central Police Court was crowded today when police gave evidence on charges of armed robbery at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. M. A. Davidson has received the following from the Premier (Mr. McKell):— "With reference to your personal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Staling that he had taken the cha[?] to feed two horses that he had brought into town. a young man was fined £1/10/- by the Stipediary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A quantity of tobacco and between 36 and 401b. of tea were stolen when thieves entered the store of Mr. C. E. Smith, corner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charged with having stolen methylated spirit from the store at thc Menindee Aboriginal Reserve, Anzac Williams (25), an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thomas Martin Dowe (30), a visitor from Griffith, was charged in the Police Court yesterday before Mr. H. Isles. S.M., with vagrancy. He pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Los Angeles, January 17.—Found guilty of contributing to the delin quency of a 14-yr.-old boy. former world tennis champion, William Tilden was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Members of the local branch of the Police Association are still awaiting advice as to when the recent pay increase will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney, January 17.—A man who hod been charged with having murdered his wife hod been undergoing treatment from mental specialists, said a witness in the Burwood Coroner's Court Today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →For having stolen a quantity of methylated spirit from a room at the Aboriginal Station at Menindee on January 16,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BRISBANE- Reginald Wingfield Spence Brown (40), accountant, pleaded not guilty when he was charged in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New York, January 19—the fight for the Governorship of Georgia entered a new phase yesterday when M. E. Thompson, who had been sworn…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney, January 20.—Charged with theft and illegally using vehicles Keita George Hope (23), was committed for trial from the Central Police Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thieves took a first aid kit, a pair of battery clips, tin of fuses and other articles from a car parked near the Trades Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, January 19—One of the biggest man hunts in Britain has ended with Arthur James Anderson, the convict with "the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Police Court yesterday, Anzac Williams (25), an aborigine, was charged before Mr. H. Isles S.M. with having on January 16 at Menindee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEW YORK, January 20— Edward Thorpe, 38-year old cook, who mumbled in his sleep, "I forgot to cut the sear…
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