Stop Press Murder or Suicide
Tokio—The body of Shadanohi Shimoyama, chairman of the State Rail Corporation, was found under a suburban railway bridge…
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Courts & crime, 1949
1,212 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 27 of 61
Mobile Court
Prague, July 5.—Czechoslovakia's Communist Government has introduced a mobile court, with judges who go.right into factories and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →H Court Upholds "Freeze" Act U[?]unimous Verdict By J[?]ges; Ironworkers Will Enter Appeal
[?]ydney.—The Commonwealth Govt. freezing of unic[?] funds legislation is valid. This was decided unanimously by the High Court in Sydney today. The court refused an application by three militant unions for a rule nisi…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Challenge To Arbitration Court's Order For Return Of Union Moneys Withdrawn Judgment Today At 11 O'clock, Deadline For Union Compliance
Sydney, July 5.—A High Court judgment to be delivered at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning will determine the validity or otherwise of an order by the Federal Arbitration Court Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaol for Nazi Fiends
Berlin, July 6. — Convicted for responsibility for the killing of 10,000 Germans, two men and a woman have been imprisoned…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Man Now In Goal Guilty Of Assault
Melbourne.—A man sent to gaol for five years last week for robbery in company with violence was found guilty in General…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germans Sentenced for War Killings
London, July 7—Convicted of responsibility for the wartime cuthanesia killing of 10,000 Germans, two men and one women were imprisoned at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stop Press Must Stay in Gaol
Canberra.—The Attorney General (Dr. Evatt) in a telegram rejecting the protes[?]s by the Miners' Federation and the Waterside…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Queensland Police Chief Resigns
Brisbane—The Queensland Commissioner of Police (Mr. C. J. Carroll) has resigned because of ill-health. Mr. Carroll was appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Why Police Have Had Busy Year
UNTIL a copy of his annual report is available in Broken Hill it will be impossible to say whether the Commissioner of Police (Mr. J. F. Scott) is content with the amount of crime in New South Wales. Presumably he is not, for that…
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Sydney, July 7.—Cases involving three unions and 13 union officials on contempt of court charges are expected to be finalised in the Arbitration Court tomorrow. Just before the court adjourned late this afternoon Mr. Dovey, K.C. (for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Surprise of U.s. Court
Washington.—Many New Dealers are complaining bitterly that the Supreme Court judges Presidents Roosevelt and Truman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Sequel to Wild Holiday by Jackaroo
Melbourne.—After a six weeks' holiday in Melbourne and Sydney on valueless cheques, a Queensland jackaroo has "returned home with mother." Francis Gerard, Watson, 20, of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Demonstration Outside Court
About 50 Communists demonstrated outside the Arbitration Court this afternoon against the gaoling of union officials. They were composed mainly of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ku Klux Klan Sent To Gaol
Birmingham, July 10.—A Ku Klux Klan leader was gaoled for refusing to produce a membership list for the special Grand Jury…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Vice Consul Beaten By Com. Police
Shan[?]hai, July 10.—William Olive. U.S. Consul in Shanghai, was arrested and b[?]aten on Thursday by Communist police. Consul officials say the after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Sergeant Kicked in Pants; Woman to Pay £1
Colac.—A woman football fan who kicked the sergeant in charge of Colac Police Station (Sergt. J. Casey) because he barracked for the other team, was fined £1, in default three days' imprisonment,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Officials Gaoled for 12 MONTHS Guilty Of Contempt Of Court; £2000 Fine Inflicted On Union
Sydney.—The general president of the Miners' Federation (Idris Williams) and the general secretary (George William Sweeney Grant) were each sentenced to 12 months' gaol by Judge Foster in the, Arbitration…
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Sydney. — Communists are better organised than any other political party in Australia, but their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Explosives In Car After Police Gun-point Arrest
Sydney.—After two men had been captured at gun point b[?] detectives outside a Bellevue Hill home, two loaded pistols, gelignite,…
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