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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1947

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Child Of Twelve Alleges Rape Man Charged In Auburn

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 25 January 1947 · page 1

Sydney, January 24.—Alleged to have been criminally assaulted by a man in a storm-water channel in Auburn this afternoon, a 12-years-old girl was…

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'Dahlia' Murder Clue

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 1

LOSANGELES, January 26.—"I know who killed Beth Short (the "black Dahlia"), and if the reward is big enough 1 will talk." This statement was made to Los Angeles police on…

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Attempted Wife Murder Alleged

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 1

Sydney, January 26—At Kogarah Police Station yesterday Ashton Arnold Roden Kewl was charged with maliciously wounding with intent to…

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Helped In Murder Of Matteotti

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 5

ROME, January 26.—America Dumini, Mussolini's chief of secret police, on trial with four others for the murder of the…

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Police Seize Guns From Youths

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 1

Police action will pobably be taken against youths found yesterday with rifles in their possession. The fire arms were…

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Minister Loses Home on Court Order

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY.—By consent, the New South Wales Minister for Health (Mr. Kelly) was at Central Summons Court ordered to vacate…

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Not Murder Clue

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 1

Sydney, January 26.—Police investigations early this morning into a report by a taxi-driver that a man whom he drove to Newtown Cemetery a…

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Murder of Girl Alleged

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 3

Brisbane, January 2[?].—A charge of wilful [?]dee against 49-year-old [?]tant Reginald Wingfield Spence Brown, will be heard in the City Police Court…

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Police Action Against Youths Likely

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 2

Following complaints received by the police from property owners, action was taken on Sunday when youths were apprehended for having firearms in…

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Murder Upsurge Sweeps Japan

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 6

TOKIO, January 28.—The upsurge of murders and thefts now sweeping Japan is due to "the terrible inflation and demobilised…

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Gruesome Proof of Matteotti Murder

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 1

LONDON, January 28.—Pieces of the body of Matteotti, Italian Socialist leader, were shown to Faseist chiefs in 1921 as proof…

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Man Dead In Cell At Long Bay Gaol

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 8

SYDNEY.—Remanded at the Kogarah Court on Monday on a charge of having wounded his wife…

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English Wife Of Moslem Leader Taken By Police

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 8

LONDON, January 28.— Police at Lahore yesterday arrested Lady Elizabeth Victoria Noon, 30-year-old English wife…

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MacArthur's Challenge Rejected By War Crimes Court

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 2

New York, January 27.—A defence counsel challenge to General MacArthur's right to establish the charter of the Far Eastern War Crimes…

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Matteotti Murder Story

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 1

London, January 28.—Pieces of the body of Matteotti. Italian Socialist leader, were shown to Fascist chiefs in 1924 as proof that he had been…

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Britain Blamed for Murder of Slav Consul

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 4

BELGRADE (Yugoslavia), January 29.— British authorities were entirely to blame for the death of the Yugoslav Consul in a Naples (Italy) prison camp, according to General Velebit…

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Wholesale Poisoning Of Airport Employees Police And Medical Investigation

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 3

Paris, January 29.—Police and medical experts have begun a full-scale investigation into 300 cases of poisoning among Le Bourget airpost employees,…

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Woman's Story of Alleged Assaults Two Men Before Court; Sequel To Hotel Meeting

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 8

STORY of an alleged criminal assault on a 37-year-old married woman in the Proprietary Dam on Saturday, January 18, was told in the Police Court today before Mr. J. B. Hodgson, acting S.M…

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First Woman Magistrate

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 1

Paris—Madame Raymonde Lefdvre, who has been appointed to the Bench in the Court, of Appeals at Caen, is the first woman to receive such an honor…

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Three Confessions To Black Dahlia Murder Have Police Puzzled

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 1

LOS ANGELES, January 30.£Californian police investigating the mutilation and murder of Elizabeth Short, attractive 22-year-old brunette, known as Black Dahlia," have two self-confessed "killers" in…

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