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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Disguised Police

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

Brisbane: The police are using every known crime technique to catch flood looters in the stricken areas of northern N.S.W. Special police have been detailed…

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Lesson to Police

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

Sydney: Mr. Anderson, S.M., dismissed a traffic breach charge against a taxi-driver because the…

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Triple Murder in Drab Flat

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 1

London, Sunday: Detectives burst into a drab tenement flat in Tron Square, Edinburgh, today and found a…

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Police Warn in Rhyme

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 3

London, Sunday: Nursery rhymes are being used by Shropshire police to combat the country's crime wave…

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Claim Arb. Court's Use Gone

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 7

Melbourne, February 28.—A.C.T.U. members claim the Arbitration Court…

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Nine Months Assault Gaol For Assault

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 3

Sydney, Feb. 28.—A former boxer was gaoled for nine months at the Quarter Sessions for having…

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Police Transfer

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 12

Constable M. Trevor, of the Central Police, has been transferred to the Sydney metropolitan area…

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District Court Actions

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 6

The following cases are listed for hearing at the sitting of the District Court before Judge Brennan:—…

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Actu Executive Confer on Court Decision

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 1

Sydney, March 1. — Interstate executive representatives of the A.C.T.U. conferred by phone today on the Arbitration…

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Murder And Suicide Hit With Cricket Ball May Have Been Primary Cause

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 4

Sydney, February 28.—The tangled emotions of a man who changed his name to Aab because he though applicants for the Fleet Air Arm were chosen in alphabetical…

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Theft Charge in Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 1

Evidence in the case against Kenneth Raymond Henderson and Jack Denton who are charged with…

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Assault Case Adjourned

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 2

William Coulthard (24), who was charged with having assaulted a female and committed an act of…

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Murder Charge

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 5

London, Tuesday: George Alexander Robertson (40), was charged in the Edinburgh Police Court today…

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Man Gaoled for Assault

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 12

A young man was sentenced to 15 months goal by Judge Brennan in the Court of Quarter Session today after he had pleaded guilty to assaulting an 18-years-old…

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Two Men on Theft Charge

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 1

Kenneth Raymond Henderson and Jack Denton were charged with breaking and entering with intent to…

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Not Guilty of Assault and Robbery

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 2

A jury in the Quarter Sessions Court yesterday found Kevin Edward Ireland not guilty on a charge that he assaulted Edward Dixon and robbed him of a wristi[?]t watch…

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Remanded On Murder Charge

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 4

Sydney, March 1: A Sydney 24-year-old laborer was remanded to March 29 in Central Court today on a…

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Suitor to Ric for Murder

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 4

Ottawa: A court at Cornwell, Ontario, found Second-Lieutenant Peter Balcombe, of the Canadian…

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15 Months for Assault

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 1

Convicted of assaulting a female and committing an act of indecency, William Coulthard was…

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Police Ban on Traffic

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 1

The officer in charge of police (Inspector Dogan) said today that special arrangements had been made…

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