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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1890

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 July 1890 · page 3

Two martyrs to the wandering propensities of their goats appeared at the Police Court this morning, before Mr. Badham, P.M. at the instane[?] of Inspector Alker…

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Police Court. [Before Mr. Badham, P.M.]

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 July 1890 · page 2

John Munyard, charged with indecent behaviour, was fined £1 or seven days. Ann Curtis was charged with the larceny of one pair boots, value 10s. 6d.,…

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The Grenadier Guards. Court-martial Held. Four Soldiers Sentenced. Colonel Maitland Reduced to Half-pay. [By Cable.] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 July 1890 · page 3

Four members of the Second Battalion Grenadiers were found guilty of mutiny by the court-martial, the Duke of Cambridge (Commander-in-Chief of…

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The Grenadier Guards. Departure for Bermuda. a Public Demonstration. Exc1ting Scenes. Petition in Favor of the Four Men Sentenced. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 July 1890 · page 2

The Second Battalion Grenadier Guards, ordered to Bermuda, left London yesterday. Their departure was witnessed by thousands of spectators,…

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Victorian Politics. Facing Retrenchment Piuckily. Proposed Increase in Pay of Police. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent, MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 July 1890 · page 2

The chief feature of the business in the Assembly to-day will be the continuation of the debate on the second reading of the Railway Construction Bill…

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Suspected Murder. Fisherman Found Shot Through the Head. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 2

A fisherman named Mcdonald has been found dead in a hut at Tyntynder, near Swan Hill, on the Murray. He is supposed to have been murdered, being shot…

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The Swan Hill Murder. Further Particulars. Police on the Trail. [By Telegraph.] From Our Owm Correspondent. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 July 1890 · page 2

It is now a matter of certainty that the man Donald Macdonald, a fisherman on the Murray River, near Swan Hill, was foully murdered. A former associate of…

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Breaking Gaol. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 July 1890 · page 2

Two prisoners escaped from Parramatta gaol on Saturday, but were recaptured after an exciting chase…

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Suspected Murder. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 July 1890 · page 2

George Avery, a swagman, of Camperdown, died under peculiar circumstances yesterday. On Saturday night he and another swagman slept under a shed at the…

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Alleged Criminal Assault. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 July 1890 · page 2

Thomas Penberthy, a stonemason, has been charged at Port Fairy with committing a capital offence on Ann Wharton, 60 years of age, a married woman…

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Attempted Criminal Assault. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 July 1890 · page 3

Ernest M'Carthy has been arrested for attempting to criminally assault an aboriginal woman named Eliza Murray at Birregurra…

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An Awful Murder. Shoots Him Through the Heart. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) AUCKLAND

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 July 1890 · page 3

An atrocious murder was committed at Mangawbere, in Kaipaya, N.Z., yesterday by a foreigner. George Funke, a German, was causing a disturbance on board a…

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Charge of Conspiracy. Delaying Justice. Action of Police Severely Commented On. [By Telegraph.] (From Own Our Correspondent.) MELBOURNE, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 August 1890 · page 3

The case in which Stoddart, Nicholson, and Fenton, men well known in Adelaide, are charged with conspiracy to obtain large quantities of hay, bran, &c., by…

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The Victorian Police. Increase in Pay. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 August 1890 · page 3

A large number of the police force complain that they should be compelled to pay 2½per cent to the superannuation fund from their salary. This payment…

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Killing Aboriginals no Murder. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) ADELAIDE, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 August 1890 · page 3

The Governor is considering the report of Mr. Justice Pater on the case of Rodney Claude Spencer, recently sentenced to death in the Northern Territory for the…

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Unemployed Agitation. Fight with the Police in Melbourne. Four Men Arrested. Gillies' Effigy Narrowly Escapes Burning. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 August 1890 · page 2

The unemployed agitation reached a climax yesterday. The Socialists and unemployed are in the habit of gathering on the wharves Sunday after Sunday,…

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Unemployed Agitation. the Firebrands Before the Court. Let Off with Fines. Cheered by Sympathisers. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 August 1890 · page 3

The unemployed and socialistic firebrands were brought before the City Court this ofternoon. It was proved in evidence that the crowd had tried to push…

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Warden's Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 August 1890 · page 2

IN the Warden's Court yesterday, before Mr. A. N. Barnett, Robert Henry Fisher sued Albert Edwin Webber for trespass on lot 20, section 44, town of…

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Police Court. Thursday, August 7. (Before Mr. Charles Badham, P.M.)

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 August 1890 · page 2

W. J. WESTON and Grace Weston, on remand, were charged with the larceny of an order for £27 16s. 6d., two sovereigns, two £1-notes, and some silver from Mr…

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Warden's Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 August 1890 · page 3

MR. BARNETT delivered the following decisions in the Warden's Court this afternoon:—In the case of Ind v. Watson, in which the plaintiff sought…

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