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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime
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Following the theft of a large quantity of petrol from a derailed timber truck near Silverton on December 28, Albert Watkins (41), contractor, of Silverton, was fined a total of £100 on two charges, one of stealing 660 gallons of petrol valued at £90/15/-, the property of the Silverton Tramway Co., and also…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Robert Geoffrey Young (20), laborer, of Silverton, and Albert Watkins 400 contractor, of Silverton, were charged with having stolen 660 gallons of petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney, February 14.—Two men charged with cons[?]acy to assault were remanded at the Quarter Sessions to appear for trial when called upon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney, February 13.—A 19-years-old leper girl who absconded from Prince Henry Hospital last Friday night was detained by police at Harden late…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. A. N. Bott, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday, stood the following cases over until later in the session: A small debts case of Josephine Mudge v. Peter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne.—Solicitor for Mrs. O'Keefe, Mr. J. Carey, intends issuing a High Court writ challenging the Commonwealth's power to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Washington, February 14.—At Washington a police guard has been placed around the Hungarian legation following a threat on the life of the Hungarian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne, February 14.—Through the Commonwealth Crown Solicitor, the Minister for immigration (Mr. Calwell) is to be advised…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Albert Fenton, laborer, was fined £15 by Mr. A. N. Bolt. S.M. in the Police Court yesterday for having stolen four bags of cement and a drum of petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →James Wallace Nancarrow, laborer, of 35 Cummins Street, was remanded in the Police Court yesterday to a charge of having allegedly stolen £88/7/1 from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Stewart McKenzie was committed for trial by Mr. A. N. Bott, S.M., in the Police Court today to the next Quarter Sessions beginning on March 1 on a charge of breaking, entering and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Appearing before Mr. A. N. Bott, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday. John Stewart McKenrie was committed for trial at the Court of Quarter Sessions on March 1 on a charge of breaking into A. H. Grant A Son's ice factory on Oxide Street on January 13 and stealing a sum of money…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brisbane.—The Police last nigrht arrested a youth and charged him with the murder of George Henry Yeates (43),…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Melbourne, February 16.—Sydney Hoban (22), of Ascot Valt. appeared in the Criminal Court today, charged with the murder of his step-father. He…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Johannesburg, February 15.—Our African was killed and four wounded when police opened fire on a large group of Africans who stoned them…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. M. Andrews, license of the Queen's Head Hotel, called at the "Western Grazier" office on Saturday last to report the theft of the hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FILM STAR ROBERT MITCHUM and actress Lila Leeds are in Los Angeles County Gaol serving a 60-day sentence on a drug charge. Airmail pictures show Mitchum drinking soup in his cell and Lila polishing a garbage can. Mitchum…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Without proceeding to conviction Mr A. N. Bett, S.M., in the Police court yesterday discharged William Young, a 31-year-old miner, upon his entering into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An application by Elliot Sylvester O'Driscoll before Mr. A. N. Bott, S.M., in the Warden's Court today for an extension of a term of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A sentence of 12 months' hard labor was imposed on James Wallis Nancarrow in the Police Court today by Mr. A. N. Bott, S.M., after Nancarrow had pleaded guilty to stealing £88/7/1 from…
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