Suicide or Murder? MELBOURNE
The dead body of a man with his throat cut was found yesterday near the railway line, North Melbourne. It is not known whether this is a case of suicide or…
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Courts & crime, 1890
357 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 18
This Morning's Police
IN the Police Court this morning, before Mr. W. Tompson and J. S. Armstrong, Js P., Thomas Neylan was fined 10s. or four days, for being drunk in a public…
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It is believed that Mr. Rogers, Q.C., will be appointed chairman of the newly constructed Land Court and that his colleagues will be Mr. Brandis and either…
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Mr. F. E. Rogers, Q.C., has been appointed President of the Land Court. The two other members of the court are Messrs. Freeman, Under-secretary of the…
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THE Warden's Court was held yesterday at the new courthouse; Mr. A. N. Barnett (Warden) presiding. Two cases were dealt with, which both involved the…
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MR. A. N. BARNETT presided in the Warden's Court, Silverton, yesterday, and dealth with the following cases:— R. S. WILKIE V. M. FITZPATRICK…
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JOHN FISHER, a colored man, was this morning charged on remand with stealing £20 from the person of Wm. Kershaw, at the Gladstone Hotel,…
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IN the Small Debts Court this morning, an Italian named Michael Angelo Bertolini, proceeded against a countryman named Parlatto for £10, the damage done…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Holt Hill Wreck. The Court Suspends the Master's Certificate. ADELAIDE
Mr. Justice Bundey, with Captains Gibbons and Malyard as nautical assessors, sat in the Court of Marine Inquiry yesterday to investigate the circumstances…
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IN the Warden's Conrt yesterday, another case was heard in which the obligations of a business license were involved. This was that of J. R. Stewart v. William Orr,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →3rd Edition. the Westminster Club Scandal. Revolting Details. the Withesses Differ. Parke Sentenced to 12 Months. [By Cable.] London, Thursday (night.)
During tie hearing of the charge of criminal libel against Ernest Parke, editor of the North London Press, brought by the Earl of Euston, some of the-witnesses for,…
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A full confession will probably be made by Martin Bourke, one of the three men sentenced to imprisonment for life for the murder of Dr. Cronin…
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The attention of the Attorney-General at Sydney has been directed to a paragraph which has appeared regarding the case of Richard Donnelly, convicted at…
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THE quarterly Licensing Court for the Broken Hill district was held this morning before Mr. A. N. Barnett, P.M., and Messrs. W. Tompson and Z. Lane, J.P.'s…
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THE Municipal Council sat last night as a revision court for the purpose of revising the ratepayers' rolls. There were present —Aldermen Z. Lane (Mayor), Morgan,…
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Two miners, arrested at Sandhurst, for burglary, have made confessions accusing each other of the murder of the night watchman at the United Devonshire…
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THE adjourned sitting of the Licensing Court was held to-day, Mr. Barnett, P.M., and Mr. W. Tompson, J.P., presiding…
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A LETTER has been reccivrd by the Registrar of the District Court, Silverton, from the Department of Justice, Sydney, to the effect that the dates for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Pigeon-stealing. Youthful Offenders
ARTHUR FOREST, Harry Mann, and Charles Fisher, all aged about 13 years, were charged in the Police Court this morning before (Mr. Barnett, P.M.) with…
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An extensive robbery of tobacco has taken place at the establishment of Mr. Douglas, tobacconist, Flinders-street…
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