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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1954

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Butcher Teaches Murder, Robbery

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 3

New York, Monday: A Brooklyn butcher, accused of masterminding a teenage "murder school," was arraigned on murder charges today with two of his "pupils."…

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Murder and Suicide in Street

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 1

Newcastle February 15. —A young migrant stabbed a woman to death and…

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Subpoena for Police Chief

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 1

Sydney, February 15.—The Police Commissioner (Mr. C. J. Delaney) has been subpoenaed to appear and produce certain…

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Remanded Assault, Charge

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 4

In the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday a 26-year-old laborer, George Herman Reeh. was remanded by Mr…

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Ipswich Murder Tangle

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1

London, Tuesday: The husband of one of the "Old Folks' Home" murder victims is on his way home from…

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Police Boys Club Is Making Progress

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1

Broken Hill Police Boys Club compared very favorably with clubs in most other centres, with the possible exceptions of the big club at Maitland,' Wollonong, and…

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Baby Taken to Burglary

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 7

New York, Wed.: The burgling Robinson family bad a logical explanation for taking their six-months-old…

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Man for Trial for Murder

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 3

Sydney: "I decided to shoot him because I knew I could not beat him with my fists." The Parkes Coroner's Court today was told a man charged with…

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Was Man's Suicide Link With Murder

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 11

London, Wednesday: While police are seeking to close the file on Ronald John Chesney, a bearded adventurer, who shot himself yesterday in the woods near Cologne,…

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Bout in Court for Wrestlers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 11

Melbourne: The Victorian Amateur Wrestling Association proposes to take legal action against its…

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Murder Tangle Worse

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 6

London, Thursday: A solicitor's account of a telephone conversation with a double murder…

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An Alleged Murder

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 1

Sydney: A 55-years-old woman cancer sufferer was charged in a hospital tonight with murdering her…

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Murder Jangle Worse

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 6

London, Thursday: A solicitor's account of a telephone conversation with a double murder…

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Escaper Goes Back to Gaol

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 1

Melbourne: A young convict who escaped from the Bendigo Gaol on Monday night was taken back by…

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Brutal Murder on Narrandera Night Train

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 1

Sydney: A middle-aged mon was found brutally murdered in a train which reached Central Station today. His body, covered with a blanket, was discovered by a guard…

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Brutal Murder on Narrandera Night Train

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 8

Sydney: A middle-aged man was found brutally murdered in a train which reached Central Station today. His body, covered with a blanket, was discovered by a guard…

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Six Years Gaol Sentence

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 9

Sydney, Feb 21: A woman was sentenced to six year's good by judge Holden in the Darling[?] Quarter…

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My[?] of [?] Murder

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 1

Sydney, Feb. 21: Only 12 Seouth-West mail train passengers had come forward in response to a…

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Police Search for Murderer

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 3

Sydney: Detectives investigating the Perkman murder in the south-west mail train early on Saturday are searching every foot of the line between Goulburn…

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Reds Get Gaol or Russia

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 6

New York, Monday: Six Communists convicted of conspiracy in Detroit at the weekend were given the…

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