Police Court Statistics
MR. BADHAM, P.M., speaking from the bench recently furnished statitics of the business, transacted at the local court during the year, and although…
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Courts & crime, 1891
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Murder in Melbourne. An Eastern Merchant Shot by his Partner. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE, Wednesday Afternoon
An extraordinary shooting occurence took place in Lonsdale-street this morning. Two fairly wealthy Assyrians, wholesale fancy warehousemen, named…
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MESSRS. C. L. C. Badham, P. M, and G. A. Mills and R. B. Pell, Js.P., disposed of the business at the Police Court this morning, which consisted only of several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 6 p.m. Scotch Railway Strike Directors Confident of Victory. Rioters Sentenced. [By Cable.] London, Wednesday Evening
The directors of the companies affected by the strike in Scotland are confident of being able to work the line without granting the demands of…
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MINOR cases only were disposed of at the Police Court this morning, Messrs. C. L. C. Badham, P.M., and G. A. Mills, J.P., presiding. For using obscene language,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 6 p.m. Procuring Abortion. a Mayor Sentenced for Complicity. [By Cable.] London, Sunday Evening
The Mayor of Toulon, France, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for complicity in procuring abortion…
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THE quarterly Licensing Court for the district of Broken Hill was held at the Court this morning, before Messrs. C. L. C. Badham (chairman), Z. Lane, and G…
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A LARGE amount of miscellaneous business was disposed of at the Police Court this morning, and, in order to expedite matters, several small debts cases were…
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THE adjourned quarterly meeting of the Licensing Court was held to-day, and voluminous evidence was taken in support of and against the several applications,…
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In connection with the shipping difficulty in England it is reported that a number of "free" laborers who offered service have been brutally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Violent Assault. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. NEWCASTLE, Monday Afternoon
Joseph Weir was fined £10 or four months in gaol on Saturday for having violently assaulted Sergeant Thompson while being placed in a cell at the lookup…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News From New Guinea. Horrible Murder of a Miner. Cannibal Feast on his Heart and Liver. Villages Burnt by the Miners Surrender of Three of the Murderers. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. BRISBANE
The ketch Victor arrived at Cooktown on Saturday from Hawara, with 20 New Guinea diggers. She brings news of the murder of Bill Beckham by the Papuans…
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THE quarterly Licensing Court for the district of Broken Hill, consisting of Messrs. C. L. C. Badham (chairman), and Z. Lane and G. A. Mills, members, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Peak Mill Murder. [By Telegraph] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY
It is reported in Dubbo that Hansen, now awaiting his trial for the Peak Hill murder, has confessed the crime. According to his statement, the little German…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Peak Hill Murder. Confession of Hansen. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY
The authorities confirm the rumor that Hansen, the Peak Hill murderer, confessed on Monday to visiting Justice Dalhunty Hansen asked for an…
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THE Municipal Council sat as a Revision Court last night for the purpose of hearing applications from householders to have their names placed on the municipal roll…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horrible Murder. a Jealous Lover Cuts His Sweetheart's Throat, And Attempts Suicide. From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURSE
The Darling Gardens, Clifton Hill, was the scene of an atrocious murder late last night Louisa Marks, aged 24, a servant, and John Wilson, aged 23, a tram…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brutal Murder. A letter-carrier Kicked to Death by Larrikins. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE
At midnight last night a murderous aftack was committed on two lettercarriers in Swanston-street, and one of them named Charles Cameron, aged 25,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Large Fire. a Corner Block Destroyed. the "Barrier Miner.'' Narrowly Escapes. a Mountain of Flame. Heroic Firemen and Police
IT is with something like humble thanksgiving that the proprietors of this journal are able to chronicle the narrow escape from the fire fiend last night of these…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 6 p.m. the Labor Movement. Trouble with the Scotch Strikers. Police Sent to London Docks. a Row Anticipated. [By Cable.] London, Monday Evening
At a meeting of trades unions held in Edinburgh it was determined to subscribe funds freely to assiss the railway employes on strike in Scotland…
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