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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1889

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Silverton Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 2

ON Thursday, before Mr. C. A. Ring, J.P., William Rector, for being drunk and disorderly, also for using indecent language and resisting the constable in the…

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In Pitiable Plight. the Police to the Rescue

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 2

IT is pleading to find that the guardians of the public peace are not always the hard-hearted men which their occupation is supposed to make them. The members…

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Silverton Police Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 3

ON Friday, before Messrs. Gower P.M, and Ring J.P., William Davis, for drunkenness in Burke-street on the 16th instant, also for using obscene language,…

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Warden's Court, Silverton

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 2

ON Friday, before Mr. Gower, warden, James Martyn sued the Aldinga S. M. Company for wages, £30 14s 6d. Mr. Welsh was for complainant, and Mr…

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Silverton Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 May 1889 · page 3

ON Monday, before Mr. Ring, J.P., John Jackson was charged with being drunk, and disorderly in Bourke-street on the 18th inst., also with using obscene…

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Charge of Cattle-stealing

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 May 1889 · page 2

SENIOR-CONSTABLE MASON, of Purnamoota, brought James Coleman as a prisoner before the local court yesterday, charged on remand from the Purnamoota court…

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"Jack the Ripper." The Melbourne Police Warned

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 May 1889 · page 3

Great excitement has been caused in the city and suburbs by the spreading of a report that the Melbourne police have been instructed by headquarters to keep a…

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Silverton Summons Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 2

ON Thursday, before Mr. Gower, P.M., Charles Porter was charged with assaulting Otto Erickson, near Smith's Hotel, on the 18th instant. From the evidence it…

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Warden's Court, Silverton

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 2

ON Thursday, before Mr. Warden Gower, the case of R. S. Wilkie v. The Aldinga Silver Mining Company, being a claim for wages amounting to £36, was heard. Mr…

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Humor in Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 May 1889 · page 2

MR. GOWER, P.M., has a dry kind of humor for which he finds occasional service while on the bench. This morning he was more than usually humorous,…

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Assessment Appeals. The Court Postponed

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 May 1889 · page 3

THIS afternoon Mr. Gower, P.M., announced from the bench that the hearing of the appeals from the municipal assessments recently completed, stands…

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Mr. Parnell Before the Court. His Extraordinary Admissions. Another Version of the Case. AUCKLAND

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 May 1889 · page 2

It will be remembered that under the headings "Parnell a self-accused Liar," "The leader of the Irish party proves himself a liar," several journals recently…

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The Murder of Dr. Cronin. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 3

A detective named Coughlin, has been arrested as having been implicated in the murder of Dr. Cronin, the secretary of the American Irish Society at Chicago…

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For Contempt of Court. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 3

The Chief Justice yesterday afternoon delivered judgment in the cases of A. D. J. Daly, a solicitor, and S. V. Winter, one of the proprietors of the Herald,…

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The Murder of Dr. Cronin. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 4

A detective, named Coughlin, has been arrested as having been implicated in the murder of Dr. Cronin, the secretary of the American Irish Society at Chicago…

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The Murder of Dr. Cronin. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 2

Regarding the statement that the Clan Na Gael, the secret American-Irish society, is responsible for the death of Dr. Conin, it is now reported that the Clan…

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The Murder of Dr. Cronin. LONDON, Tuesday (midnight.)

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 3

Coughlin, the Chicago detective, has been formally charged with the murder of Dr. Cronin, and MCGeehan and Sullivan with abetting. It is reported that…

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For Contempt of Court. MELBOURNE, Tuesday

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 4

The Chief Justice yesterday afternoon delivered judgment in the cases of A. D. J. Daly, a solicitor, and S. V. Winter one of the proprietors of the Herald,…

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That Police Magistrate

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 May 1889 · page 2

THE Government seems to have forgotten that a promise has long been standing that this town, the third in population in the colony, shall be…

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Guilty of Murder. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 May 1889 · page 2

John Anglin, charged wit[?]the murder of his wife near Melbourne on Christmas day, was yesterday found guilty, but was strongly recommended to mercy, as…

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