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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Woman Remanded in Murder Case; In Collapsed State

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 4

Melbourne: A 56-years-old widow, charged with the murder of Lewis Frank Probert, proprietor of the Waldorf Hotel, St. Kilda, last Saturday, was granted bail of £300 in the City Court yesterday…

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Theft Alleged

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 4

Sydney: Police at Ryde Court charged a grocer with having stolen £668/11/4 from his employers…

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Assault Alleged

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 3

A 32-year-old laborer who was alleged to have assaulted a woman was remanded till March 11 by Mr. Fischer, S.M., in the Court of Petty Sessions today…

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Theft of Machine

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 1

A small adding machine was stolen from the store of Joseph McLellan, of 284 Bromide Street, between 10…

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Royal Commission Demand Allegations of Corruption in N.s.w. Police Force

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 2

Sydney: Demands for a Royal Commission into alleged bribery and corruption in the N.S.W. police force were made by Liberal Party members today. They said the operations of illegal starting price…

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"Duped" Into Meat Theft

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 5

Sydney: Police said in Burwood Court that a man who stole meat to help pay his wife's medical expenses…

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Remanded On Assault Charge

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 4

In the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, a 32-year-old laborer. James John Walt, of 54 Crystal…

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Mother of 4 Before Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 5

Sydney: The mother of four children was charged in the Lidcombe Court to-day with having started two…

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Police Suspicion of Thallium Murder

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

Sydney: The body of a wealthy, N.S.W. grazier, who died five years ago, may be exhumed at a country cemetery next week as a result of C.I.B, inquiries…

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Theft at Hotel

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 4

Detectives are investigating a theft of £30 from a guest at the Willyama Hotel…

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Three Ratings Charged

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

London, Tuesday: The Admiralty announced last night that three young ratings have been charged…

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Police Guns Missing

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 12

New York, Tuesday: The Pinkerton Detective Agency, one of the oldest in the United States, reported to…

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Contempt Of Court By Newspaper?

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

Sydney, January 10.—Mr. Justice McLelland in the Equity Court today granted a rule [?] directing…

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Limited Royal Commission Is Possibility Govt. MPs Comment On Police Probe Move

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

Sydney, Jan. 19: Some Government Members believe State Cabinet may order a Royal Commission into the circumstances of the suspension and resignation of the former…

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Pnpeline Worker Charged With Assault And Robbery

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 10

A 23-year-old laborer employed on the Umberumberka-Radium Hill pipeline was yesterday remanded…

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Three Ratings Charged

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 12

London, Jan. 20.—The Admiralty has announced that three young ratings have been charged following…

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Butler Murder

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 1

MRS. ETHEL BUTLER and her daughter, Lois, arriving at the Coroner's Court in Sydney for the inquest into the death of her other daughter, Shirley Butler (21)…

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Fanatical Hatred Blamed for Murder

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 4

London: Police believe that someone with a fanatical hatred of dancing murdered a woman…

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Local Police Inquiries

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 1

Broken Hill police received information that a car which had been stolen from Gawler, yesterday, had been…

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Woman on Theft Charge

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 1

Melbourne: A married woman, formerly employed as a wages clerk, by an engineering firm, was charged…

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