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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1891

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1891 · page 2

AT the Police Court this morning Mr. Badham, P. M., imposed a fine of £2 2s. 6d., with an alternative of one month's imprisonment, on a man named Blanch…

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Quarter Sessions. Afternoon Sittings. the Ore-stealing Case

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 4

IN the case of Harris, the jury returned into court after an absence of about two hours with a verdict of not guilty on the first count, but guilty on the second…

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Court Improvements

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 2

MR. MALCOLM REIL'S tender for additions to the Broken Hill Courthouse has been accepted, the price being about £2000. The tender of Mr. David Swift for the…

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District Court. Afternoon Sittings

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 3

BOWKER v. M'Grouther and Flood.— Claim for £39 6s. 8d. for quantity of cement. Mr. Edwards for plaintiff, Mr. Hall for defendant. In this case plaintiff…

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District Court. Afternoon Sittings

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 4

BOWKER v. M'Grouther and Flood.— Claim for £39 6s. 8d. for quantity of cement. Mr. Edwards for plaintiff, Mr. Hall for defendant. In this case plaintiff…

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District Court. Afternoon Sitting

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 3

IN the case of Tytherleigh v. Pound and others (in part reported in to-day's first edition), there being no other evidence offered for the plaintiff Mr. Hall called…

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District Court. Friday, March 20. (Before His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge). Mining Appeal Cases

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 2

Hawthorn and Wife v. Jackson.—This was an appeal from the Warden's Court regarding the possession of portion 143, parish of Picton. Mr. Hall for appellant,…

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District Court. Friday, March 19. (Before His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge.) Civil Cases

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 2

J. N'Neice v. J. Kerin.—Claim for £114, breach of agreement. Mr. Hall for plaintiff; Mr. Armstrong, instructed by Mr. Jhonson, for defendant. After…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 March 1891 · page 3

IN the summons division of this court the following additional cases were heard this afternoon. before Mr. Badham. P.M. ARMSTONG v DOBBIE…

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To-Day's Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 March 1891 · page 2

THE prisoner's dock was filled this morning,and the form in front wasalso crowded, when Messrs. Badham, P.M., and Mills, J.P., took their seats on the bench…

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Horrible Murder. A Miner Kicks His Wire to Death. The Effects of Drink. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 March 1891 · page 3

A frightful and brutal murder is reported from Walhalla, a mining district in South Gippsland. A miner named Cornelius Harrington, working in the…

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Stray Notes. Shareholders and Ore Stealing

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 March 1891 · page 2

THE MINER'S observant contributor "Autolycus" took out from his Pedlar's Pack last night an article with a somewhat fine point. It was in connection…

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Warden's Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 March 1891 · page 3

THE Warden (Mr. A. N. Barnett) sat this afternoon, when the following cases were dealt with:— Williams v. Wiedenhoffer.—This was…

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Soiled Doves in Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 March 1891 · page 2

THE three men, Frost, Doutfire, and Montgomery were again before the Court this morning on the charge of destroying the furniture of Susan Fisher, or Clynes, the…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 March 1891 · page 3

MR. C. L. C. BADHAM meted out justice to three lawbreakers this morning. A man named Kemp, for being drunk and disorderly and using indecent language,…

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Murder by Italian Navvies. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 March 1891 · page 2

A number of Italian navvies, at a place in West Virginia, have murdered one of their gangers, whom they accused of expressing approval of the…

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Small Debts Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 March 1891 · page 3

VERDICTS for the plaintiffs for the amounts stated were given in the following undefended cases, by Mr. Badham, P.M., this morning:—…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 April 1891 · page 2

THE following cases were heard this morning before Mr. Badham, P.M.:— ALLEGED LABCBNY. Henry Harrison and John Duncan were…

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Assault with a Hammer

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 2

IN the Police Court this morning, before Mr. Badham, P.M., a case adjourned from Thursday, in which Francis Richard Spinks, 51, barber, was charged with…

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A Murder Confessed. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 2

A man named Black, at Nyngan, who was recently arrested on suspicion of having murdered a man found dead in the bush near there, has made a confession to…

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