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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime
599 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 30
A harrowing tale has been pieced together by the police of Brunswick, one of Melbourne's poor northern suburbs. It is of a terrible case of starvation,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Denham Villa, at Rainhill, the scene of the Deeming butcheries, has been completely demolished in accordance with the instructions of the owner, and the site…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. L. C. Badham, P.M., John Doone, for being drunk, was fined 20s., with 2s. cab fare, or seven days in the lockup;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Following is a lift of the criminal [?] was down for hearing before his [?] the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick [?] at the Circuit Court, which opens…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following is a liet of the criminal cases set down for hearing before his Honor the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Darley, at the Circuit Court, which opens…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HIS Honor Sir Frederick Darley, Chief Justice, arrived by the express this morning. The Circuit Court will open to-morrow at 10 a.m., and it is expected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deeming, alias Williams, now complains that the manuscript which he has been busily engaged upon, and which, it is understood, is his life's history, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Criminal Sittings of the Circuit Court opened this morning before his Honor the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Darley. Mr. Nugent Robinson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →JOHAN JACOB STRAHLE was placed on his trial at the Circuit Court this morning for the attempted murder of Thomas Corcoran, at Pack[?]addle, on February 1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terribly heartless murder was committed in M'Crae strees last evening, a well-to-do miner, named Michael Gearin, having been struck down with an axe…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT the police court this morning, before Mr. Badham, John Byrne was charged with the larcency of a looking glass, the property of Mary Sutton. The accused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Court, presided over by the Chief Justice, sat until a late hour last night. ATTEMPTED RAPE. William Morgan, charged with attempted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The hearing of the charge of embezzlement against Hindson was continued. Frederick McLean, of the firm of McLean Bros, stated that he had paid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON the termination of the criminal calendar yesterday evening, the civil sittings of the Sopreme Court commenced before his Honor Sir Frederick Darley,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE hearing of the civil cases, Merrifield v. Simpson, Johnson, and Company, was continued this afternoon before the Chief Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The session of the Supreme Court at which the case of Deeming, alias Williams, has been sat down for hearing opened this morning, when notification was given that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deeming's trial for the murder of his wife at Windsor has been postponed till Thursday next, on the application of Mr. Alfred Deakin, who appears for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →JOHN BALL appeared before Mr. Badham this morning, and was fined £5 for using obscene language, with the alternative of three months'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Edward Deeming has engaged a firm of solicitors to defend his brother Albert on the English charges of murder, &c, laid against him. Affidavits as to Deeming's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As a possible explanation of the motive of the Windsor crime, the relatives of Mrs. Williams assert that when she left England with her…
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