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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1891

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 September 1891 · page 2

MESSRS. C. L. C. Badham, P.M., and J. J. Williams, J.P., attended at the court this morning. Mary Chester, for being drunk, disorderly, and using…

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Petty Debts Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 September 1891 · page 2

IT has hitherto been the custom for the registrar of the Petty Debts Court to allow the police court reporters access to the book containing the decisions in all…

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Silverton Warden's Court. [By Telegraph.] Silverton

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 September 1891 · page 3

At the Warden's Court, before Mr A. N. Barnett, Warden, in the case Hoffmann v. Lewis, August Hoffmann sued Charles W. Lewis "for that at div[?]rs times…

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Police Court. Robbery of Forty-six Pounds

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 2

AT the Police Court this morning, before Messrs. Badham, Pell, and Williams, J.s.P., John Egan was charged with stealing £46, the property of Arthur…

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Savings Bank Defalcations. Phil s Before the Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 2

HENRY JAMES PHILLIPS surrendered to his bail at the Police Court this morning to answer a charge of embezzling the sum of £15, the property of the Government, on…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 2

THOMAS PERRY was charged this morning with vagrancy. He alleged, in excuse, that he had been working at the British mine and had left, being affected by the…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 September 1891 · page 2

MESSRS. Badham, P.M., and Pell, J.P., attended at the courthouse this morning and imposed fines ranging from 2s. 63. to 20s. on various persons charged with…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 September 1891 · page 2

MR. BADHAM attended at the courthouse this morning. Robert Phillips, charged with lun[?]cy, was remanded for eight days for medical observation and treatment…

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Warden's Court. Block [?] in Dispute

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 September 1891 · page 2

MR. WARDEN RODGERSON attended at the court to-day to adjudicate in the cases of Trebold v. Ashley and Trebold v. Mitchell. In both cases the plaintiff…

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Warden's Court. (Continued from First Edition.)

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 September 1891 · page 4

The hearing of the Block [?] case was continued all the afternoon. A. N. Barnett, Warden for the district, stated that he knew the property in question…

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Warden's Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 October 1891 · page 2

MR. A. N. BARNEIT (Warden) presided this morning, when the case of Hansey v. Young was heard. This was an action for trespass on certain Crown lands,…

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Police Court. Minor Offences

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 October 1891 · page 2

MR. BADHAM attended this morning and dealt, with four persons charged with drunkenness, imposing fines or alternative terms of imprisonment. James Scott, for…

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Surry Hills Murder. Dalton Sentenced to Death. [By Teiegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 October 1891 · page 3

Maurice Dalton, aged 72, was tried at the Criminal Court for the murder of his wife under brutal circumstances in April last. The murder occurred after a quarrel…

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Murder in South Australia

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 October 1891 · page 3

AN inquest was held at Dalhousie Springs on September 29, before Mr. Hewish, J.P., on the body of Thomas Horne, who was murdered by a native named Tommy,…

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Court Vagaries

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 October 1891 · page 2

THE vagaries of the Petty Debts Court are always evident. Said a plaintiff this morning:—"I asked the defendant for the money, your worship, and he told me…

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Murder of Count Esterhazy. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 October 1891 · page 3

Count Esterhazy, a member of the Austrian nobility, has been missing for several days. His carriage has now been found floating in the River Danube, near…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 October 1891 · page 2

MESSRS. Badham and Mills attended at the police court this morning. James Green pleaded guilty to charges of obscene language and refusing to pay for…

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A Boy Gaol-breaker

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 October 1891 · page 2

WILLIAM GEORGE, DICKER, a lad of between 14 and 15 years, who was on remand for stealing a saddle and bridle from a farmer at Glenburnie, escaped…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 October 1891 · page 2

THE quarterly Licensing Court was opened to-day, Messrs. Badham, Lane, and Mills on the bench. The licensing inspector's report, which was read, showed…

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Police Court. Wages Case

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 2

THE adjourned case of Crak[?]r v. Braid-wood, under the Masters' and Servants' Act, again came on for hearing this morning at the Police Court. The…

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