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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

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Girl Committed for Murder Trial

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 1

Lithgow, March 20.—The District Coroner (Mr. D. M. Cregan) on Friday committed seventeen-year-old Ruth Cherie Lothian for trial on a charge of…

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Owner Charged Torn In Barita Doping Inquiry

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 1

Sydney. March 20.—The A.J.C's. hearing of the Barita appeals took a surprise turn late on Friday when the chairman. Mr. A. C. Potter, announced that the…

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District Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 8

The adjourned sitting of the District Court will be held at the Courthouse on Tuesday. April 26. Judge Berne has indicated that…

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Police Haul; 7 Arrests

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 3

Sydney.—Stolen goods worth about £1200 were recovered yesterday when the police arrested seven men in the city and suburbs…

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Journalist Charged in Federal Court Party to Release of Information Alleged

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 1

Canberra, March 21. — John Harold William Farland, journalist, pleaded not guilty in the Special Federal Court today to a charge of being a party to the disclosure of secret information by a Commonwealth typist. The typist is Arlie Kathleen…

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Murder Trial Adjourned

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 6

Sydney, March 21.—The trial of two men charged with murder was adjourned in the Central Criminal Court today until April 4 because the Crown…

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Twelve Years Gaol For Manslaughter

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 1

Sydney, March 21. — Eugene John Cleary (44), plumber, was sentenced to 12 years gaol by Mr. Justice Clancy in the Central Criminal Court today…

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"Tiger" Parkes Waits In Gaol

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 7

Melbourne.—The Migration Minister (Mr. Calwell) refused to comment on the case bf the U.S. Negro boxer, "Tiger" Parkes…

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Bad Place for Police Chief

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 6

Hanlan (Kentucky), March 20—The tough little coal town of Evarta yesterday last its fifth police chief since August when the Harlan Circuit Court jury…

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Man's Collapse in Court

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 1

Sydney, March 21.—Frederick William Akers Eustace Street. Manly, collapsed on the floor or Manly Court today after the registrar in divorce. Mr. Dangham…

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17 Ejected From Church By Police

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 2

London, March 21.—Police forcibly, removed 17 men and women, including a priest, who interrupted an Anglican service at St…

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Court Gives Girl Marriage Permission Parents Had Refused

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 3

Sydney, March 21.—An Australian girl was given permission to marry the son of a Maori chieftain by Mr. Hodgson (S.M.) in Central Summons Court. The…

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Charged Over Motor Cycle

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 7

A 31-years-old man has been charged with illegal use of a motor cycle which disappeared from the Zinc Corporation car park on…

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Comic Court for Cup Likely

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 8

Sydney. Trainer Jim Cummings said today that Comie Court was a possible runner in the Sydney Cup…

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Paper Proprietors to Appear in Court

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 4

London, March 22.—The proprietors of the London morning paper "Daily Mirror"—which has a circulation of four million copies daily—has been…

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Barrier Miner Friday, March 25, 1949 Same Persons Better In Gaol

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 2

CAPTURE of drug pedlars is bad news for addicts who dealt with them, or so they think; but most people will…

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Summons Served On McPhillips Contempt Of Court

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 1

Melbourne, March 24.—An officer of the Security Service today served a summons on the Assistant Federal Secretary of the Federated Ironworkers…

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Union Resents Theft Charges

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 March 1949 · page 2

Adelaide. The Miscellaneous Workers' Union State secretary (Mr. C. S. Bevan) said that an inference that employees at Laundries and Dry Cleaners Ltd. were responsible for thefts could be…

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Fijians on Murder Charge

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 March 1949 · page 5

Sydney. In the Central Court today three young Fijian seamen were remanded without barl until April 1 on a charge of having…

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"Daily Mirror" Editor Gaoled Contempt of Court

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 26 March 1949 · page 3

London. March 25.—The King's Bench Divisional Court today sentenced the editor of the London "Daily Mirror."[?]vester Bolan, to three months…

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