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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1952

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Police News

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 8

Constable E. Dehn, of Tibooburra, was notified of the sudden death of his brother as Muswellbrook,…

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Baby Left On Train Man Charged With Abandoning

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 1

Sydney. January 9.—The mother of a six-month-old baby, which was found abandoned in an electric train at St. James Station on…

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Police Sergeant In Hospital

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 1

Sergt. W. S. Hancock, of Menindee, was brought [?] to Broken Hill this morning and 1 ter was admitted…

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Former Test Captain in Divorce Court

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 6

Sydney, January 9.—Former Australian Test cricket captain, Herbert Leslie Collins (63), today obtained an order in the Divorce…

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Two In Court On Crutches Injured In Cycle Crash

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 6

Bathurst, January 9.—Arthur Baston and John Hilary Williams, timber-getters, of Kirkconnell, near Bathurst appeared on…

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Crime Leader Pales in Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 3

New York, January 10—Frank Costello, who rules a New York underworld empire of which Al Capone never dreamed, was a pale, scared man as he faceds a…

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Court Told of Kidnapping of Child

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 3

Sydney, January 10.—A child had been kidnapped while her father was in gaol, Mr. H. A. Millar, barrister, said in the Equity Court on…

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Dog Freed of Murder

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 6

New York, Sunday.—Till, a large but old boxer dog was tried at Salida, Ohio, on a charge of having murdered…

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Court at Menindee

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 3

The Coroner (Mr. C. K. Ward) conducted an inquest at Menindee today into the death of xa 27-year-old…

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McDERMOTT Inquiry Judge Clears Police Officers of Imputations of Misconduct

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 1

Sydney, January 13.—There was no foundation or any imputation of misconduct against Detective Inspector Calman or any other police officer connected with the Lovers case, Mr. Justice Kinsella said in his…

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Charge of Murder

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 1

New York, Monday. — Capt. Franklin B. Weaver, master of the Isbrandtsen Line's freighter Flying…

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Japanese Stragglers Murder

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 3

Manila, Monday. — The Defence Department announced today that soldiers had been sent to Lubang…

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Daring Theft in Tram

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 8

Sydney. — A young man snatched an attache case containing £82 from a theatre employee in a…

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Police News

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 1

Sergt. E. J. Lyons, of Broken Hill, left for Menindee today to take charge of that station pending the…

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Police Seek Man

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 1

Local Police, are at present seeking the whereabouts of Eric Bellingham Cairnes, a native of North Richmond, Victoria, who is…

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Committed For Trial On Murder Charge

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 4

Brisbane, January 16.—Osman Elmas, 36 years old Albanian, was committed for trial at Mareeba Court of Petty Sessions on a charge…

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Police Hunt for Murderer

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 8

Brisbane.—Detectives have questioned Finch Hatton's 300 inhabitants in their search for the killer of a…

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Egyptian Police Held by British

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 1

Cairo, Wednesday. p An Egyptian police general, three officers, and more than 100 policemen were held for questioning by British troops, who today raided two villages, when seeking…

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Licensee Broke Court Undertaking

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 3

Sydney, January 16.—The Full Bench of the Licencing Court this week ordered Cyril Gardner Maloney, licensee of the North…

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Honeymoon murder mystery

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 4

From H. MONTGOMERY HYDE, M.P. LONDON: Perhaps the most sensational case Sir Travers Humphreys had to try during his first year on the Bench was that of a young Chinese named…

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