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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime
357 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 12 of 18
Bridget Mary Hern, a domestic servant, caught a housebreaker in her employer's house at East Melbourne yesterday. She detained the ruffian and handed him over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The case of Rodney Claude Spencer, sentenced to death for the murder of an aboriginal in the Northern Territory, will not be considered by the Executive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The police force is to be increased by 50 constables, which will involve an extra expenditure of £5000 yearly, and there will then be one constable for every 752…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A LAD 15 years old was brought before the bench this morning, charged with using obscene language. The lad admitted he was out earning his own living, and on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GEORGE CAMPAIGN was charged at the Police Court this morning with ussaulting John Fielder on the 5th instant. He was represented in court by Mr. Abbott,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the close of the Criminal Sittings on Saturday, Judge Boucaut commented favorably on the gratifying absence of serious crimes. William P. Stoneham…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The directors of the South Wales railways have decided to resume the running ef trains on Tuesday, under heavy police protection. The men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. BADHAM'S action in the case of a boy who was brought before the Police Court yesterday, charged with having used obscene language, is worthy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs. Mirams, Doherty, Hedrick, and Holton, officials of the Premier Permanent Building Society, were committed for trial to-day on the charge of falsifying the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charles Gould, who recently purchased the Whakatau run for £50,000, has been found shot dead on the estate. He only took possession last week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News from America states that a great railway strike is threatened in the United States. The difficulty has arisen through the dismissal of several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some few months ago a seaman named Theodore Hansen was found guilty of the manslaughter of Hugh M'Kinnon, second mate of the ship Lucania, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At 10.30 o'clock last night, a tragedy was enacted at Marlborough-house, Parliament-place, East Melbourne. Edith Judd, aged 35, widow and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Before the Full Court yesterday an application was made by Mr. J. E. Iveson, calling upon Mr. William Welsh, solicitor, of Broken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THOMAS TRE[?]EAR v. William Eardley.— Unlawfully receiving goats on the way to pound. Dismissed. D. Farrell v. Julia Renmert.—Wages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the Police Court this afternoon, William G. Phillips charged John M'Namara with unlawfully damaging his fence by driving his teams through it on the 15th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Italian named Victorini Parletti committed a murderous assault on a fellow-countryman named Bartolomeo Presa at Trentham on Monday by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William Archibald Austens aged 22, was brought up at the Port Fairy Police Court yesterday on suspicion of the murder of M'Donald, the fisherman, found dead in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William Laffin was found dead in a hut at Lillydale on Sunday, and at first it was thought that death was due to natural causes, but a close examination of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In connection with the American railway strike a serious affair is reported from Albany. In consequence of the men's behaviour, the…
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