2 Gaol Escapes in S. Aust
Adelaide.—Not long after a man escaped from Yatala Gaol yesterday guards at Gladstone Gaol overpowered…
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Courts & crime, 1953
1,390 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 15 of 70
Nine Years Gaol For Criminal Offence
Adelaide, March 11: In the Criminal Court on Friday Frederick Thompson (29), laborer, of Adelaide, was…
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Brisbane.—Arthur Ernest Halliday, 42, plumber, charged with having Murder[?] Athol Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Feud with Police in New York City
New York, Sunday.—New York's cops, under fire for beating up citizens, charged six citizens with beating up cops. Top scorer for the citizens…
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Wollongong.—Police allege a man threw a knife at a woman at Coalcliff. He then set fire to the furnishings of a house belonging to the woman's son, the police say…
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Edward Tolcher. who escaped from Yatala Gaol. Adelaide, was considered a model prisoner…
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In the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, a 25-year-old laborer was ordered to pay a total of £45 in fines and costs on charges of unlawful assault and malicious damage…
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Adelaide, March 2.— Thomas Murphy (44), laborer, was refused bail when he appeared in the…
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New York, Monday.—Three men confessed today that a mechanic had paid them on the "instalment plan" to kill his wife. They were arrested on…
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Melbourne.—Police in Murray River grape-picking areas showed pickers lists of known criminals. They warned the pickers…
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London, Monday.—A warrant has been issued in Bonn (West Germany) for the arrest of General Hans…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vandalism Must Stop Say Police
Police are determined to stamp out vandalism in Broken Hill and have issued a stern warning to offenders. The officer in charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Upsets in Persia Army And Police Chiefs Dismissed
Teheran, March 2. —Premier Mossadeq dismissed his army and police chiefs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Doyle Planned His Surrender with Police Secret Arrangements Made With Supt. Ramus
Sydney, March 2.— Bankrupt investor Reginald Doyle told the Bankruptcy Court today that his solicitor, Phil Roach, and Chief of the C.I.B., Supt. Ramus, set the time for…
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The Broken Hill Water Board has reported that about 50 sleepers and some wooden pipes were stolen…
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Sydney. — Eric Michael Curry, 31, labourer, of Irving Street. Chippendale, was placed, on a £100…
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POLICE BLACKTRACKER Alec, who accompanied the police party to the Ernabella Mission to investigate a monor disturbance among the natives, poses with his gin alongside their small tin hovel after, his return to Oodnadatta. Alec is wearing long whites and white shirt, and Det.-Sgt. M. Eaton says he…
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A 58-year-old man, John Sluice, of 17 Long Street, was yesterday remanded in the custody of a Victorian…
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Munich, Wednesday.—A German denazification court today exonerated Col.-Gen. Alfred Jodl of the crimes for which the Allies hanged him at…
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Mudgee.—Stanley Gates, of Mudgee, collapsed in the witness box while defending himself at Mudgee Quarter…
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