Court Evidence
The evidence of a woman in an assault case yesterday was that she first met the men concerned at the Pig and Whistle Hotel…
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Courts & crime, 1947
1,357 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 68
Activities in and Around Wilcannia Cases In Police Court Licensing and Petty Sessions
Before Mr. Hodgson, Police Magistrate, at the Wilcannia Police Court, on Tuesday last, several matters affecting hotels were dealt with. In the Court of Petty Sessions, three remand cases were heard. The prosecution was conducted by Sergeant W…
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MELBOURNE.— Constable Leslie Thomas Harley was dismissed by the Police Discipline Board from the…
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POLICE report on the five which destroyed Youldoo Station homestead, 20 miles from White Cliffs, on January 21, indicates…
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Melbourne, January 30.—Melbourne's "Chinatown" has been subjected to an intense search by a large body of detectives and police since the murder last night of Yung Shing (53), bosun of the freighter Fort Abitibi. Shing was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Take Clergyman From Melee At Church
LONDON, January 30.—Two policemen led the Rev. W. St. Clair Taylor, General Director the National Union of Protestants, from Saint Mary Le Strand Church, near Australia House, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Safe Blower Dies After Police Shoot
Melbourne, January 30.—A man shot by the police investigating the alleged attempt to blow a safe at Balwyn Theatre on January 18, died in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Dynamite Police H.Q. Preparations To Defend Town In South America
Lapoz, (Bolivia, Sth. America), January 30.—At least 10 police were killed and 50 injured when striking miners at Potosi dynamited police headquarters on Tuesday night, says the newspaper "I La Razon". The miners' casualties are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Men For Trial On Capital Charge £200 Bail Each For Supreme Court Attendance In September
On the capital charge of rope, two young men were committed for trial of the sitting of the Supreme Court at Broken Hill in September by the Acting S.M., Mr. J. B. Hodgson from the Police Court yesterday. Boil was fixed of £200 each, with…
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LONDON, January 31.—Magda Fontangcs (37), who claims to have been Mussolini's mistress, has been sentenced to 15 years'…
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Los Angeles, January 31—A man and a woman yesterday each claimed that they had committed the sadistic murder of Elizabeth Short—"The Black…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mysterious Message In Melbourne Murder Case
Melbourne, January 31.—Police investigation the Flinders Street extension murder received a mysterious anonymous message last night. They went to a city…
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LA PAZ (Bolivia), January 31.— At least 10 police were killed and 50 injured when striking miners at Potosi…
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Melbourne, February 2.—Police allege that the young Chinese chinese last night with the murder of a countryman has been permitted to remain…
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The following transfer of police in the Broken Hill police sub-district have been announced:— Constanble E.J.Beh of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sudden Death Of Sgt. Malton Of The Central Police; Court Tribute
FOLLOWING a sudden collapse at his home between 10.30 and 1 p.m. on Saturday, the death occurred of Sergeant First Class Charles Patrick Malton, assistant officer-in-charge at the Central Police Station. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Polish Security Police Arrest Clerk In The British Embassy Office
LONDON, February 2.—The arrest by Polish security police of Marie Malinowska, a Polish woman employee of the British Embassy in Warsaw, "on a serious charge," has caused a sensation in British and Polish…
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Melbourne, February 3.—Chan Ewan (31), Chinese stall holder, Fitzroy, was charged in the City Court today with the murder of Young Shing (53)…
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BRISBANE.—A man accused of the murder of a 19year-old stenographer told the police that injuries to his hands were caused when he was attacked in the street by two men…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Black Angel" Of Ravensbruck Death Sentenced
HAMBOURG, February 3.— Carmen Mory, the "Black Angel of Ravensbruck." was sentenced to death for the second…
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