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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Man Charged With Threats To Horse Trainer

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 2

Sydney, March 24: Two men had forced a well-known Sydney race horse [?] into a car and had…

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Police Search for Killer

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 1

Brisbane: Detectives investigating the murder of wealthy newsagent William Dingwall (50) at Mount Morgan on Monday, have appealed to motorists to describe recent hitch-hikers to them…

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J. G. Arthur Tells Court Of Financial Trouble

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 1

Sydney, March 24.—Joshua George Arthur, the former State Minister for Mines, said today he was unemployed and his only income was the Parliamentary pension of £9…

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Murder Charge

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 6

London, Thursday: A court remanded in custody for a week London artist William- Hepper (62) on a…

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Sent to Gaol

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 6

LORD MONTAGU, who was sentenced to 12 month's gaol on charges of indecency…

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Peer's Son in Gaol

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 8

Perth: A peer's son was sentenced to nine months gaol in Perth Criminal Court for gross indecency…

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Peer's Son in Gaol

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 8

Perth: A peer's son was sentenced to nine months' gaol in Perth Criminal Court for gross indecency…

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Police in Raids

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 2

Sydney: Detectives during the night raided criminals haunts throughout Sydney in…

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Police in Raids

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 2

Sydney: detectives during the night raided criminals' haunts throughout Sydney in…

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Police Boys Dance

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 1

Tonight at the Police Boys' [?] will be held [?]…

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Murder Charge Af ter Man Found Stabbed

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 1

Adelaide: A man found stabbed to death on a vacant allotment on the corner of Henley Beach and Tapley Hill roads, Fulham, early today, has been identified as John Barry Lawson (20), of Spring Street, York…

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Gunman Dies in Struggle with Police

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 3

London, Friday: A gunman in a London jeweller's shop hold-up accidentally shot himself dead while grappling with a policeman…

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Gunman Dies in Struggle with Police

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 3

London, Friday: A gunman in a London jeweller's shop hold-up accidentally shot himself dead while grappling with a policeman…

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U.K. Woman Magistrate

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 9

Sydney.— English woman magistrate Mrs. C. H. Crews, who has just arrived in Sydney, plans to spend seven…

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Alleged Theft of Metal

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 12

Detectives have questioned several boys and action will be taken against them for the alleged theft of brass…

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Police Sacking

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 12

Seoul, Sunday: President Syngman Rhee yesterday dismissed the chief of the South Korean National…

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Police Hunt for Suspect

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 1

Brisbane: Police today searched for a man with a bandaged arm seen riding a bicycle near Albion Park…

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Matter Of Damages Against Policeman Court Refuses New Trial

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 1

Sydney, March 26.—Judge Redshaw in the District Court, Darlinghurst, today, refused a new trial of on action in which a Broken Hill miner was awarded £550…

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Murder Story in Locker

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 1

Sydney: Ronald Vincent Holl (24), Charged with the murder of a C.S.I.R.O. scientist, Olaf Perkman (40), had…

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