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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1892

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Sheep Stealing

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 2

JAMES SKETCHLEY was charged, before Mr. C. L. C. Badham, this morning, with stealing one sheep, the property of Richard Gainor, Poolamacca. Constable…

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Police Court. Looting at the Fire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 2

THIS morning, before Mr. Badham, P.M., James Stevens and Arthur Wallace were charged with stealing wine from Sayers' Hotel during the fire last night. The…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 January 1892 · page 3

AFTER the usual Monday morning cases of inebriety and "language" had been disposed of to-day by the police magistrate, a variety of charged occupied his…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 January 1892 · page 4

J. WRIGHT was charged with assault by his wife. The offence was alleged to have been committed on Wednesday last, and arose out of the circumstance that…

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Barrier Mine[?] Monday, January 11, 1892. Self-murder

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 January 1892 · page 2

MAN from the cradle to the grave is an imitative creature. One boy apes the circus performer or anybody or anything else that has last taken his…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 January 1892 · page 4

J. WRIGHT was charged with assault by his wife. The offence was alleged to have been committed on Wednesday last, and arose ont of the circumstance that…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 January 1892 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. Badham, P.M., this morning, M. Dwyer and A. M'Clennan were each fined 10s. of threo days for drunkenness. Edward Dowling, who…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 January 1892 · page 2

JAMES SKETCHLEY was brought up, on remand, this morning, charged with stealing sheep, the property of George Gaynor, of Poolamacca, on January…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 January 1892 · page 2

A QUARTERLY licensing court was held to-day, Messrs. Badham and Mills presiding. The following renewals were granted:— W. Cole, Merthyr Tydvil; J. Cosgrove,…

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Murder in West Australia. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 January 1892 · page 3

A young man, the son of Mr. Canning, member of Parliament, has been brutally murdered by blacks on the Upper Ashburton. From the scant information…

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Stray Notes. Professional Self-murder

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 January 1892 · page 2

THE MINER'S editorial writer the other day dealt with the subject of self-murder. The haman race, and the British race particularly, he thought, must be…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 January 1892 · page 2

ROBERT COPELAND was charged before Mr. Badham this morning with drunkenness and obscene language He had been before the bench on the previous…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1892 · page 2

AT the Police Court, this morning, before Mr. C. L. C. Badham, Patrick O'Mara was charged with stealing a station order of the value of £28 2s. 1d., the property of…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 2

Two small boys were brought before the Bench this morning charged with stealing gingerbeer from a person named Forwood. It appeared that the staff had…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 2

GEORGE A. ROBERTSON waa again brought before the bench this morning, charged with being identical with Alfred Olney, for whose arrest a warrant had been…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. Badham this morning Thomas Stanley, a respectable looking young man, was charged with assualting one D. Duncan on his own premises. He…

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Police Court. (Continued from First Edition)

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 3

MRS. EGERTON, step-mother of the accused, Lily Egerton, charged with riotous behavior, gave evidence for the defence. In cress-examination she stated…

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A Mean Theft

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1892 · page 3

HENRY CHARLES BIGGAR, a respectable-looking young man, was charged at the police court this morning with stealing the contents of the hospital box from the…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 2

IN the summons division of the Police Court this morning, Patrick M'Namara, of the Centennial Hotel, pleaded guilty to a charge of Sunday trading, and was…

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Attempted Burglary. Messrs. M'Lean Brothers and Bigg's Entered

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 2

THE premises of Messrs. M'Lean Brothers and Rigg, at the rear of Ross' Hotel, were burglariously entered early on Sunday morning, and had it not been for…

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