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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1891

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The Sanitary Fees. An Impartant Case. £28 Per Week Charged for Removing Nightsoil from One Building

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 2

A CASE to which considerable public interest attaches was commenced in the Police Court late yesterday afternoon, and proceeded with after an adjournment…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 2

THE following cases were dealt with this morning:— DRUNKENNESS. F. Booson, who also nsed obscene…

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The Nyngan Murder. Confession of the Murderer. Settling the Question of Unionism

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 2

IN our first edition on Saturday we published a telegram from our Sydney correspondent to the effect that Michael Black had made a full confession of the…

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Plot to Murder the Czar. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 April 1891 · page 2

It is reported that another plot has been discovered at St. Petersburg to murder the Czar of Russia…

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South Sea Atrocities. Massacre. Murder, and Cannibalism. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 April 1891 · page 3

News has been received of further atrocities committed at the Solomon Islands. One was a most horrifying massacre of two boats crews of a French…

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A Terrible Tragedy. Wife Murder and Suicide. a Well-to-do Selector Beats His Wife to Death. Then Shoots Himself. Six Little Orphans. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. BRISBANE, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 April 1891 · page 3

A terrible tragedy was reported from Warwick, on the Darling Downs, this morning. The scene of the occurrence was Lucky Valley, 12 miles from…

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An Assault Case

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 April 1891 · page 2

AN assault case preferred by Mrs. Julia Howard against Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and James Simpson, was called on for hearing at the Court this morning. Mr…

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Stray Notes. Breaking Gaol

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 April 1891 · page 2

SUB-INSPECTOR SAUNDERS, on the eve of his departure from Broken Hill for a sixmonths' holiday, has resurrected the story about prisoners walking through the side…

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Warden's Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 April 1891 · page 2

THERE was only one case seb down for hearing in the Warden's Court yesterday, that of Sparks v. Pearce, which was an action for trespass on an unsurveyed…

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Stray Notes. Court Delays

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 2

THERE is no doubt that the duties at the local police court have increased to a very large extent of late, and the police magistrate has to be commiserated on the…

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The Ballarat Tragedy. Johnston Sentenced to Death. "No Hope of Reprieve." [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 2

James Johnston, the Ballarat auctioneer, who, towards the end of last year, slew his wife and family at Ballarat and then tried to end his own existence by taking poison,…

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Police Court. Minor Offences

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 April 1891 · page 2

THE usual number of Monday morning's drunks faced Mr. Badham, P.M., at the Police Court this morning, and were fined in varying amounts. One individual, who…

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The Manipur Revolt. Murder of the British Prisoners. Sickening Atrocities [By Cable] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 April 1891 · page 2

Revolting details are to hand concerned the murder of Mr. Quinton, the British Commissioner in Assam, and his companions, who were captured by the…

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Tragedy in Tasmania. Terrible Murder and Suicide. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. HOBART

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 April 1891 · page 3

A terrible tragedy was enacted at Sandy Bay on Sunday. A widow named Annie Davidson, residing at the Bay, was found lying dead in her bedroom with…

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The Pastoral War. Stealing a March on the Unionists. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondents. MELBOURNE, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 April 1891 · page 3

Mr. Mitchell, secretary of the Victorian Pastoralists' Association, received the following telegram from Brisbane this morning:—"Advices from the Barcaldine…

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Horrible Murder. a Woman's Skull Batt[?]red In. the Husband Suspected. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 April 1891 · page 3

A horrible murder occurred yesterday afternooon at Foveaux street, Surry Hills. The body of a woman named Catherine Dalton, aged 55, was discovered lying in…

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The Pastoral War. Conspirators in Court. Freedom of Contract Rejected. [By TELEGRAPH.] From Our Own Correspondents BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 April 1891 · page 2

The attention of the Government has been drawn to the utterances of Vosper, who was committed for trial for publishing seditious articles in the Republican. He…

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Police Quarters

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 April 1891 · page 2

THE old police quarters in Blende-street are now abandoned, and of the wooden cells there one has been dispatched to Round Hill and the other to Alma. Use…

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The Pastoral War. Stealing a March on the Unionists. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondents. MELBOURNE, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 April 1891 · page 4

Mr. Mitchell, secretary of the Viotorian Pastoralists' Association, received the following telegram from Brisbane this morning:—"Advices from the Barcaldine…

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The Surrey Hills Murder. Arrest of Dalton. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 April 1891 · page 3

Dalton, the Foveaux-street murderer, was arrested at Dawes Point, Sydney, yesterday morning. When charged with the murder he merely smiled. The…

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