Man Charged with Traffic Breaches
At 2.45 o'clock this afternoon a motor car travelling along Argent Street collided with Mr. T. Stone's utility which was…
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Courts & crime, 1947
1,357 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 68
A.n.a. Secretary on Theft Charge
MELBOURNE.— John Parker. (45), of Glen Iris, was charged at the City Watchhouse last night with having stolen cash,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brown Pleads Not Guilty Murder Of Miss Armstrong
Brisbane, February 3.—Wingfield Spence Brown, accountant. (49), pleaded not guilty to a charge of murdering Bronia Mary Armstrong (19)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Story OF Letter to Chifley
SYDNEY.—It was alleged in the Central Police Court today that Philip Dudleigh Walker (49) accountant, wrote to the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mrs. Livesey In Court Paid Lot For Advice
Sydney, February 3.—Mrs. Florence Elizabeth Ethel Livesey told the Bankruptcy Court today that £55 owing to Farmer and Co. Ltd. was for two suits…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Police Pay Last Respects To Sergeant Malton Of Central
LOCAL members of the N.S.W. Police Force paid their last respects to First Class Sergeant C. P. Malton this morning When they marched from the Commercial Hotel corner to the Crystal Street Station in front of…
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Brisbane February 4 — The Case against Wingfield Spence Brown, accountant (49), of murdering Bron[?] Mary Armstrong (19), was continued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Charged On Four Counts
A man was reprimanded and charged with driving while under the influence of liquor, negligent driving, falling to step after an accident, and driving in…
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Melbourne, February 4.—Detectives investigating the murder of a Chinese seaman last week made a second arrest today following a raid on a city…
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MELBOURNE.—Chan Kwan, 31-year-old Chinese staliholder, of Gore Street, Fitzroy, appeared at the City Court charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Answer Call to British Ship
SYDNEY.—Four blasts from a siren and the hoisting of a "police required" signal from the mast of the British naval supply…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Water Police Called No Arrests Made
Sydney, February 4.—Four blasts on the [?]iren and the hoisting of the "Police Wanted" signal at the mast of the British naval supply ship "Empire Charman"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Reconstruct Death Of Stenographer In Brisbane Office
BRISBANE.—Miss Armstrong, the murdered stenographer, was attacked in Brown's office about 4.15 p.m. and screamed loudly. There were sounds of a violent struggle, and then the sounds died away…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Negro Saved From Lynching Had Shot Police Chief
Osawaromie (Kansas), February 4. — A middle aged negro who shot and killed the city's Chief of Police was dragged by the sheriff's deputies from an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Evidence Of Jealousy Of Former Minister At Chalk Pit Murder Trial
LONDON, February 4.—Evidence of Thomas John Ley's jealousy of Mrs. Maggie Evelyn Brook, 66, was given when the Chalk Pit murder trial was resumed in West London police court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A.C.T.U. Will Leave Court If Wage And Hours Case Heard Together
Melbourne, February 4.—Following long consultations with their counsel, the interstate executive of the A.C.T.U. today decided that it could not continue with its…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →African Tribesmen Arrested Charged With Murder Of Bushmen
Johannesburg, February 5. — Police have discovered the bodies of fifteen bushmen in the wild desert land of South-west Africa. They charged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nazi Spy Sentenced
New York, February 5.—Teodoro Lau, paymaster of the Nazi spy ring which operated in the United States before Pearl Harbour was sentenced to ten years gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Doctor's Evidence at Murder Hearing
Brisbane, February 5.—Dr. Sherwood Arthur Ho[?] said in the Brisbane Police Court today that never at any time did he see any intimacy between Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Recover Stolen Typewriter
Police today recovered a portable typewriter stolen from the office of the Town Employees Union on December 21. A table…
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