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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1892

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Tragedy in Tasmania. Murder and Suicide. [By Telegraph.] Hobart

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 February 1892 · page 3

An affair of a tragic nature is reported from the Mount Sorrell railway line, which is at present in course of construction on the East coast. It appears that a…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1892 · page 2

MR. RODGERSON presided at the Police Court this morning. William Carr was fined 10s. or three days for being drunk and disorderly; £2 7s. 6d., or a month in…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 February 1892 · page 2

MR. RODGERSON, P.M., presided this morning, and dealt with the following cases:— William Richmond, miner, was charged…

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A Chinese Mixed Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 February 1892 · page 4

A STRANGE or rather unique institution is the Mixed Court of Shanghai. The court is constituted to administer justice in the settlement of all the cases in which…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 February 1892 · page 2

MR. RODGERSON, P.M. presided this morning, and dealt with the following cases:— Richard Coad sued Richard Guy for…

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The Paris Murder. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 February 1892 · page 3

Lieutenant Anastsy, who murdered the Baroness Dellard, an aged lady, at her residence in the Boulevard du Temple, Paris, in November last, under sensational…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 March 1892 · page 2

M[?]. Mills and Piper, Js. P., presided at the Police Court this morning, and d[?]t with the following cases:— Bonj[?] S[?]ll pleaded guilty to…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 March 1892 · page 2

MR. BADHAM, P.M., presided in the Police Court this morning, and dealt with the following cases:— William Nelligan was charged with…

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The Windsor Murder. [By Telegraph.]

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday Afternoon. It is believed now that the woman found under the hea[?]thstone of a house in Andrews street, Windsor, as reported…

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Mysterious Murder. a Woman's The[?]at [?]Ue. and Her Remains Bur[?]ed Beneath the Hea[?]th. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 3

Still another has to be added to the long list of Melbourne's mysterious h[?], A di[?]boli[?]al murder has just been brought to light at 57,…

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The Italian Assault Case

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 2

VINCENT GARIBALDI was again charged, before Mr Badham, this morning, with assaulting a countryman named Antonio Masseroni, some days ago. Mr. Jhonson…

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Melbourne's Mystery. the Murder at Windsor. Had the Murderer a Female Accomplice? [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 3

The facts that had been gathered respecting the atrocious and most mysterious murier of a handsome woman, whose body was found cemented under…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 4

AT the Police Court this afternoon the hearing of the summons cases was continued. Mary Anseline sued Mary Sutton for using insulting language…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 2

IN the summons division of [?] Court this morning a number of[?] were proceeded against by the [?] inspector for driving through [?]…

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The Windsor Murder. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 4

Matters in connection with the tracking of the perpetrator of the Windsor murder are so far advanced that a warrant is to be issued later on to-day for the arrest of…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 March 1892 · page 4

AT the Police Court this afternoon the hearing of the summons cases was continued. Mary Anselme sued Mary Sutton for using insulting language…

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The Windsor Murder. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 March 1892 · page 3

The inquest on the body of the murdered woman, Mrs. Williams, was proceeded with to-day. The evidence of Captain Firth, who was a passenger by…

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The Windsor Murder. [By Telegram.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 March 1892 · page 4

Matters in connection with the tracking of the perpetrator of the Windsor murder are so far advanced that a warrant is to be issued later on to-day for the arrest of…

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The Windsor Murder. Murderer and Murdered Married Six Weeks. (By Telegraph] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 March 1892 · page 3

How remarkably cold-blooded the murder at Windsor was each inquiry of the detectives show; and it must be said here that the police have done some…

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The Windsor Murder. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 4

The Inquest on the body of the mur[?] [?], Mrs. Willi[?], was proceeded with to-day. The evidence of [?] [?], who was a [?] by…

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