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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1891

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Licensing Court. Friday, July 24. (Before Messrs. Badham, Lane and Mills.)

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 July 1891 · page 2

THE quarterly licensing court was opened this morning, when the following applications were dealt with:— RENEWALS…

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Burglary in Argent-street

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 July 1891 · page 2

OF late the town has been clear from acts of house or shop breaking, and owners of premises may have, on that account, become rather lax in their inspection of…

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Theft from the Laurel Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 July 1891 · page 2

JACOB WILLIAMS and James Lambert appeared, in answer to their bail, at the Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. L. C. Badham, P.M., charged with…

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Duties of the Police. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 July 1891 · page 2

SIR,—After reading your leader re late trials, one is led to inquire after viewing presents events, what things are coming to on the Barrier when its citizens move about…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 July 1891 · page 3

MESSRS. Badham, P.M., and Mills, J.P., presided in the Police Court this morning. William Opie was charged by Catherine Ball with using insulting language. Mr…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 July 1891 · page 2

MARK WAKE, licensee of the South Broken Hill Hotel, was charged at the Police Court this morning, before Mr. Badham, P.M., with Sunday trading…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 July 1891 · page 2

THE Licensing Bench, consisting of Messrs. C. L. C., Badham, P.M., Z. Lane, and G. A. Mills, dealt with the following cases to-day:—Alec. Marshall applied…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1891 · page 2

MESSRS. Badham, P.M., and W. G. Gibson, J.P., presided at the Police Court to-day. The following cases were dealt with:—…

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Police Court. (Continued from First Edition)

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1891 · page 4

THE case of E. Dinham-Peren, District Court bailiff, against George and William Davie, for assault, was continued. Ann Davis, mother of the defendants, was…

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High Court A. O. F. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 August 1891 · page 2

The High Court of the Ancient Order of Foresters assembled on Monday in London. The proceedings opened with the customary formalities. In the evening…

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The Child Murder. a Mother Shields Her Son. and Gets a Life Sentence. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 August 1891 · page 2

Mr. Justice Grantley, the presiding Judge at the Leeds Assizes, who sentenced Walter Turner to death for the murder of Barbara Waterhouse, a child of…

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Whitewasing the Police. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 2

The two policemen, Cattle and Bradbury, have been acquitted of perjury in connection with the arrest of the woman Alice Millard, who was taken into custody…

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Police Court. Police Cases

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 August 1891 · page 2

MR. BADGAM, P.M., adjudicated in the Police Court this morning. One inebriate, who had a previous conviction recorded against him, was fined 20s., in default…

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Murder foy a Black. "The Pursuit. The Murderer Shot. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 August 1891 · page 3

Mr. J. G. Knight, Government Resident in the Northern Territory, has forwarded to the Minister for Education and the Northern Torritory (Mr. J. G. Jenkins)…

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Another Burglary. A Sewing-Mechine Warehouse Entered

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 August 1891 · page 2

THE premises of Mr. J.M'L, Sutherland, Oxide-street, agent in Broken Hill for the wertheim Sewing Machine Company, were burglariously entered some time…

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Irish Police Control. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 August 1891 · page 2

The Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland speaking at Plymouth, said he would never consent to the Irish police being placed under the…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. Badham, Lane, and Mills.)

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 August 1891 · page 2

GEOEGE J. MORGAN applied for a conditional license for premises to be erected at the corner of Sulphide and Argent streets, next the MINER office. Mr…

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Unlicensed Premises. Mayor and Town Clerk in Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 August 1891 · page 2

AT the Police Court this morning George John Morgan, Cuthbert Allison, and P. A Howells, the first described as the Mayor, and the second as the town clerk…

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Birth Concealment. Police Court Proceedings

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 2

THE case of supposed infanticide, recorded in last night's MINER, has now resolved itself into a charge of concealment of birth. This morning the…

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A Murderous Assault

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 August 1891 · page 3

ARGENT STREET NORTH was this morning the locality of a disgraceful row, which eventuated in the serious injury of a man named Henry Roban, a German, and the…

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