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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1953

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£2,679 Dental Bill Court Application Dismissed

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 2

Sydney, March [?]—A £2,679 bill for dental surgery to a man and his daughter in Los Angeles, U.S., the subject of…

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Alleged Theft

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 3

A 25- year- old motor driver was remanded in the Court of Petty Sessions to-day on a charge of stealing…

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Alleged Theft

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 3

A 25- year- old motor driver was remanded in the Court of Petty Sessions to-day on a charge of stealing…

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Dog Home to Gaol

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 9

Sydney: A man found in the Dogs' Home on Wednesday night went to gaol for six months…

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Dog Home to Gaol

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 9

Sydney: A man round in the Dogs' Home on Wednesday night went to gaol for six months…

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Life Gaol and Heavy Fine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 8

New York, Friday. — A Federal Court judge added a 10,000-dollars (about £4460) fine to the life sentence he…

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Life Gaol and Heavy Fine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 8

New York, Friday. — A Federal Court judge added a 10,000-dollars (about £4460) fine to the life sentence he…

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Sex Gang in Iowa Horrifies Police

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 8

Des Moines (Iowa), Friday.—Police are breaking up a youthful sex gang, whose girl members solicit from older men in the street. The County Prosecutor…

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Sex Gang in Iowa Horrifies Police

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 8

Des Moines (Iowa), Friday.—Police are breaking up a youthful sex gang, whose girl members solicit from older men in the street. The County Prosecutor…

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Former Local On Bigamy Charge To Appear In B.H. Court

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 1

Adelaide, March 6.—In the Adelaide Police Court today Lais Bartholomew (23), late of Broken Hill, was…

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Man Is Charged with Son Murder

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 1

Sydney.—A 66-year-old man was charged with having murdered his 35-year-old son, who had been on week end leave from Parramatta Mental Hospital…

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Remanded on Theft Charge

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 2

A 25-year-old motor driver (Clarence Campbell Crouch) was remanded in the Court of Petty Sex[?]ions on…

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Murder Suspect Improves

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 2

Melbourne.—Lionel Richard Lee, who has been unconscious in St. Vincent's Hospital since last…

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17 Charged Raid on Billiard Saloon

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 1

Seventeen men will appear in court following a police raid on an Argent Street…

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Local Police Made Raid

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 8

Inspector Byers, who [?]s second-in-charge of the Broken. Hill police district, said today the raid on Brown's…

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Theft From Dwelling

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 1

A 25-year-old motor driver, Clarence Campbell Couch, of 97 Blende Street, was given a suspended sentence of one month's imprisonment with hard labor on a charge of stealing a sum of £30, the property of Mrs. Irene Colley, of 191 Newton Street, on March 6…

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Gambling Raid Lands 17 Men in Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 7

Fines, costs and money forfeited, totalling in an all £159/18/-, was imposed on 17 men by Mr. D. T. Garnsey, S.M., in the Court of Petty Sessions this morning…

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17 To Appear Before Court Today Sequel To Billiards Saloon Raid

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 4

The 17 men who were apprehended at an Argent Street billiards saloon on Saturday morning will…

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Murder Suspect Recovering

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 6

Melbourne.—Lionel Richard Lee the man who has been under Police guard at St. Vincent's Hospital…

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Court Sequel to Billiards Room Raid Magistrate Inflicts Heavy Fines; Manager, Bookie Pay £30 Each

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 1

Ten men and a 17 years Old youth appeared before Mr. D.T. Garnsey, S.M., in the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday as a result of a police raid on a billiards saloon on…

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