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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1892

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 July 1892 · page 2

MR. W. JOHNSON, S.M., presided this morning. Nellie Stone, against whom three previous convictions had been recorded since the beginning of the…

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Municipal Appeal Court. Proprietary Mine Appeal

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 July 1892 · page 3

THE hearing of the appeal by Mr. John Howell, general manager of the Broken Hill Proprietary mine, againit the municipal assessment on that property, was…

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Municipal Appeal Court. Proprietary Mine Appeal

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 July 1892 · page 4

The hearing of the appeal by Mr. John Howell, general manager of the Proprietary mine, against the municipal assessment on that property, was…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 July 1892 · page 3

OWING to the main building of the Courthouse being required by the Land Appeal Court, the Police Court was this morning held in the jury room. Mr. W. Johnson,…

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Lard Appeal Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 July 1892 · page 2

THE Land Appeal Court commenced a sitting in tte courthouse this morning There were present--Mr. Alexander Oliver (chairman), and Messrs. Stephen…

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Municipal Appeal Court. Proprietary Mine Appeal

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 July 1892 · page 4

The hearing of the appeal by Mr. John Howell, general manager of the Proprietary mine, against the municipal assessment on that property, was…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 July 1892 · page 2

At the local Police Court yesterday, Robert Thomas Coulter, licensee of the Victoria Hotel, Mount Browne road, was committed for trial at the…

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District Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 July 1892 · page 2

His HONOR JUDGE GIBSON will open the District Court on Saturday morning, the 23rd instant, at 10 o'clock, and will sit a full day. Professional…

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Land Appeal Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 July 1892 · page 3

THE business of the Land Appeal Court, which yesterday commenced its first sitting in Broken Hill, was concluded this morning fat 11 o'clock…

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The Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 July 1892 · page 4

As reported to an earlier edition the Bench granted the application of the losses of the Coffee Palace for a license. The following evidences additional to…

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Licensing Court. The Coffee Palace Case

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 July 1892 · page 3

The adjourned quarterly meeting of the Licensing Bench was held to-day, Air. W. Johnson, S.M, and Mr. Mills, J.P., constituting the bench…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 July 1892 · page 2

THE adjourned quarterly meeting of the Licensing Court was held this morning, Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., and Mr. Mills, J.P., constituted the…

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Murder and Piracy in the Pacific. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 July 1892 · page 2

Two men belonging to the American schooner Undine have been arrested at Ascension Island and sent on to Manilla on the charge of murdering…

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Municipal Appeal Court. The Proprietary Appeal. Assessment Reduced by Nearly Two-Thirds. From £3600 to £1318

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 July 1892 · page 3

THE adjourned hearing of the appeal by John Howell, general manager of the Proprietary mine, against the municipal assessment on that property was…

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Proprietary Assessment. Supreme Court to be Moved

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 July 1892 · page 2

As might have been anticipated, the decision given by the court of appeal for municipal assessments, in the case of the Proprietary Company, did not…

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Abigail's Bank. Accused Before the Court. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 July 1892 · page 4

Before Mr. G. W. H. Addison, S.M., to-day, Francis Abigail, la[?]e chairman of directors of the Australian Banking Company, was presented and charged…

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District Court. (Continued from Second Edition.)

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 July 1892 · page 4

Mrs. Davis gave corroborative evidence. Plaintiff (re-called) stated that many of the neighbors asked him if it was a fact that the bailiff was in his house. John…

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District Court. (Continued from First Edition.) Defended Cases

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 July 1892 · page 4

A. S. Doolette v. F. Maleezek.—Claim, £12 15s., for money lent. Mr. Greaves for plaintiff. Defendant stated that the money was advanced in connection with…

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While London Sleeps. Night Charges in a West End Police Station

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 July 1892 · page 4

To the inquiriug mind at home Vinestreet will prove a myth It does not appear in any ordinary list of streets, or on any ordinary pooket map of London…

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District Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 July 1892 · page 3

THE adjourned quarterly sitting of the District Court was held this morning, his Honor Judge Gibson presiding. John Ryan v. Richard Williams and…

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