Court Martial Concerning Dutch Officer's Death
Batavia, April 5.—An Australian Court Martial from Sydney is likely within a few days to begin the hearing of a case on Mor[?]al Island in which it has been…
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Courts & crime, 1948
1,223 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 19 of 62
Alleged Theft Of Cordials
Four dozen bottles of cordials were stolen from a shed at the Turf Oval at the week-end. They were the property of the women's…
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Seven players will appear for the first time on Broken Hill Repertory stage in the second play to be presented this year—"Murder…
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SYDNEY—Within a few hours of reporting to police yesterday, that he had Leen assaulttrd and robbed of £234/10/ of…
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Constable R. Wild,.who has been on annual leave resumed duty at Central Police Station yesterday. He visited Singleton and the North…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Theft Of £7,000 At Qsld. Home
BRISBANE. — Thieves stole £7000 in notes and silver when they broke into the home of R…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Strike In Egypt Arms Used In Conflict
Cairo, April 6. — Five thousand troops with fixed bayonets following a day at wild looting and demonstrations last night clamped down en Alexandria with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Bashings Alleged By Man On Rape Charge
Sydney, April 7. — Allegations that detectives had bashed him to make him confess to the rape of a girl, were made by Leslie Wilfred Ward in the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →E. J. Rowe Freed Apologises To Court
Brisbane, April 7. — Queensland Industrial Court today freed E. J. Rowe (A.E.U. Councillor and member of the Communist Party) who had been in…
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Sydney, April 8—John Daniel Robertson (35), diver, of Waverley, who was sentenced at Mackay (Queensland) in March, 1939, to 10 years for rape was…
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Judge Lamaro will arrive in Broken Hill on April 20 to hear the District Court appeal of Joseph Boulus, junr., against Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lewis Ordered to Appear in Court
Washington, April 8. — Attorney General (Mr. Tom Clark) has ordered the United Mineworkers' leader. John L. Lewis, to appear in court to show…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Hoaxed About Gaol Escapees
ADELAIDE—Police are being hampered by hoaxes. In their search fer the two escapees from Adelaide Gaol…
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Melbourne, April 9.—Richard Murray Hughes (23). clerk, charged with stealing £175, believed he could beat the bookmakers and took the money to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aborigine in Court
Philip Johnson, an aborigine, was before Mr. M. C. Hawes, Acting S.M., in the Police Court yesterday for vagrancy and drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lodge Officer Sent to Gaol For Theft
MELBOURNE. — George Victor Trebilcott (54), of Silverdale Road, Ivanhoe, formerly secretary of Good Samaritan Tent, No. 4 of the…
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A MAN was sentenced to six months' hard labor by Mr. Bott, S.M., in the Police Court today…
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Nuremberg, April 11.—The Americans War Crimes Tribunal, after the "biggest murder trial in history," has sentenced to death by hanging fourteen former…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Sentenced To Six Months Gaol Theft Of Sum Of Money
Joseph Dyson, a stranger to Broken Hill, and a man with a record for which he had served a total of 12 months imprisonment in W.A., was sentenced to six…
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An assoult charge Ethel Head v. Nick Sargent was adjourned in the Police Court today until the next sitting…
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