Warden's Court, Silverton
ON Friday, before Mr. Warden Gower, Wm. Davis sued the Lone Star Silver Mining Coy, for £28 due as wages for acting as manager of that company's mine…
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Courts & crime, 1889
172 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 9
Marriage or Gaol? ADELAIDE
James (Weston, a sailor, was charged at Port Adelaide yesterday with violently assaulting and ravishing a girl named Elizabeth Ann Lackman. Although,…
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The sailor, Weston, has been committed for trial for indecently assaulting Elizabeth Ann Lackman, at Port Adelaide, the parents refusing to allow the prisoner to…
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MR. GOWER, P.M., desires that all concerned may be acquainted with the fact that, in consequence of the Licensing Court, announced to be held in Broken…
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William James alias Onion, well known to the police, and James Quinton, a new man to them have been arrested for the recent burglaries in and about the city…
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THE present contractors, Messrs. Walter and Morris, have been asked to tender for two more additional cells, 12ft x 16ft. each a hospital building, with necessary…
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MR. W. P. TOMPSON, J.P., presided in the local police court this morning and meted out petty sessional justice to three individuals who had managed to get…
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A gaoler named Dick has been sentenced to death at Mudgee sessions for an attempt to murder Warder Jenkins. Dick handed a written statement, saying that…
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BEFORE Messrs. J. J. Williams and Thomas Simpson, Js.P., two drunks were brought up this morning. One of them having no previous record was…
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ON Thursday, before Mr. Gower, Arthur Nicholls, represented by Mr. Welsh, summoned Henry Lane and William Kirbey, of Silverton, to have it…
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ON Saturday, before Messrs. Glower, P.M, and Crommelin, J.P., Edward Murphy, charged with using obscene language in the Royal Hotel. Burke-street, on the 5th…
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ON Sunday morning it was discovered that the premises of Messrs. Boan Bros., drapers, Argent-street, had been broken into during the night and the till…
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THE police court was crowded this morning when Joseph Josephs and Lena Wilson were presented before Mr. W. P. Tompson, J.P., conjointly charged with…
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MR. WYMAN BROWN, M.L.A., is still moving in Sydney to secure the appointment of a magistrate for Broken Hill alone. His latest communication on the…
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A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a solicitor named Frederick J. Bradley. He is charged with the larceny of £2000 which he held as trust fonds…
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The jury has been unable to agree at the trial of Isaac Sawyer, for the murder of a hawker named Hans Lund, near Young, some time back. The prisoner…
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MR. CANE, the Sheriff's Officer, is making all the necessary arrangements for the opening of the Circuit Court in the Carrington Hall on Tuesday morning. His…
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ON Friday, before Mr. Gower and Dr. Thompson, J'sP., D. Davis was charged with a breach of the Hawkers' Act in not having his name painted on his…
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William and Patrick Noonan, father and son, and John Maloney, have been committed for trial at Warrnambool, on the charge of assaulting Constable…
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ON Friday, before Mr. Gower L.M., renewals of publicans licenses were granted to Albert H. De Baun, in respect of the Silverton Hotel George Jas. Conley, in…
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