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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

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Court Remand

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 1

James Leonard McQuillan 26-year-old lorry driver of Rowe Street, was further remanded till May 19 by…

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German Police Shoot to Kill

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 1

Bonn, Suriday.—The Essen police fired to break up a demonstration today by 30,000 Communists. One youth was killed, two were injured, and, one…

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Fined for Iron Theft

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 2

Ernest Walter Dart, who admitted stealing 32 sheets of galvanised iron valued at £10 was fined £20 by Mr. D…

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Demonstration In Germany Youth Killed; Police Injured

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 1

Essen (Germany), May 12—Police fired on 30,000 Communist youths to break up a demonstration against the imminent…

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Expenses For Police To Assist In Holiday Costs

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 1

Sydney, May 12.—The N.S.W. Government will assist police in the far west of the State to enable them to provide a holiday at the…

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£20 Fine For Stealing

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 1

A miner who pleaded guilty to taking 32 sheets of galvanised iron from a boundary rider's hut on Purnamoota Station on April 20…

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Alleged Theft of Nickel Stock

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 3

Ne[?]castle.—Police charged two men with having stolen £7000 worth of nicket pelleta from the'…

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Court Seauel to Road Smash

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 1

Charges of negligent driving against Cyril Zammit and Morris Edwin Owen were heard jointly by Mr. D. T. Garnsey, S.M., in the Court of Petty Sessions today. The charge resulted from an accident on the Menindee Road near Quondong on December 23 when William Joseph Baker, of Gaffney Lane, was killed instantly and…

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Big Theft From Train

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 1

London, Wednesday. — £11,000 in £1 notes was stolen from mailbags on a Brighton-London train…

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Gaoled for Vagrancy and Stealing

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 5

A vagrant who was arrested yesterday on two charges of stealing was sentenced to imprisonment with hard labor by Mr. D…

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Drivers Charged Following Triple Fatality

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 3

Two drivers who were involved in a collision on the Menindee Rood on December 23 which resulted in three deaths, were charged with negligent driving in the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday before Mr…

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Police As "Citizens"

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 6

Sydney. — A deputation asking for political and civil rights for police will be nent to the Premier (Mr…

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Traffic Offenders Before Court

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 2

In the Court at Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr. D. T. Garnsey. S.M., dealt with a number of minor traffic offences. Varying…

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Police Ask for Action on Road

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 2

Sydney.—The roads of New South Wales were becoming slaughterhouses, Mr. E. S. Lewis said to fellow officers. Mr. Lewis (Balmain), a…

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Watersiders Ballot Court Holds Inquiry

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 1

Sydney, May 14.—Mr. Eric Miller, Q.C., in the Federal Arbitration Court today alleged irregularities,…

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Interesting Story Tugwell Case Before Court

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 5

Adelaide, May 14.—When Victor Nell Tugwell (29). plumber, of Mount Barker, was charged in the Police Court (and remanded to…

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Steelworkers Try Yo Coerce Court; Walk Out Threat

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 2

Washington, Wednesday. — The United Steelworkers' Union threatened today to walk out quickly if the Supreme Court declared illegal President Truman's seizure of the steel mills. They will also walk out…

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Sentenced to Death

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 1

Perth. — Karol Tapci (22); a Czech migrant, employed as a hotel yardman at Wubin, 150 miles…

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Corrupt Police

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 1

New York", Thursday. —Four more New York policemen have been dismissed today…

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Court Hears

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 1

Further evidence was heard today by Mr. D. T. Garnsey, S.M., in negligent driving charges arising out of the Menindee road crash on December 23, 1951,…

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