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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1893

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Called Back. Wanted for Stealing Moneys

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 3

ON Saturday afternoon two intending passengers by the steamer Innamincka were arrested at Port Adelaide by Detective Segerlind and Constable…

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A Curious Burglary. Two Men Enter a Bookmaker's Bedroom

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 3

AN extraordinary experience at the hands of burglars was reported yester day by a bookmaker named James Hamilton, of 317 Smith-street, Fitzroy…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 February 1893 · page 2

MR. A. N. BARNETT, P.M., presided this morning. Thomas Allan was fined 2s. 6d. for being drunk and 10s. for having used obscene language—in…

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A Frustrated Burglary. Fierce Fight with the Police. A Constable Seriously Injured. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 February 1893 · page 4

As Constables Coleman and Lynn, of the Glebe division, were on duty this morning they noticed five men loitering in the vicinity of a large…

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The Tibooburra Murder

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 February 1893 · page 2

OUR Wilcannia correspondent has already reported by telegraph that John Bell, a cook at Naryilco, had been committed at Tibooburra for…

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Alleged Assault

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 February 1893 · page 4

Is the Police Court this afternoon, before Messrs. A. N. Barnett, P.M., and Pound, J.P., Robert Elliott and Michael Delowrie were charged,…

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"Called Back." Accused before the Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 February 1893 · page 4

IN the Police Court to-day Thomas O'Rooke and William Rodgers were charged with the larceny of the sum of —32 2s. 6d, the property of "No. 1…

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Siverton Warden's Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 4

THE adjourned decision in the case of Bernardo Caelli v. Richard Wells Vivian, (which was on for hearing before Mr. Barnett on February 10,…

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The King Ward Election. The Appeal to the Supreme Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 2

As stated in our Sydney telegrams yesterday afternoon, the Supreme Court has granted a rule nisi, upon the application of Mr. John Travers,…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 2

MESSRS. A. N. Barnett, P.M., Pound, and Simpson, Js.P, presided this morning. George Gordon, cab preprietor,…

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Alleged Assault

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 2

IN the Police Court this morning, before Mr. A. N. Barnett, P.M., Eleanor Scott was charged, on remand, with having on the 19th instant…

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In Goulburn Gaol

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 2

Mu. A. J. O'Connell, secretary of the Broken Hill branch of the A. M. A., has received a letter from an official of the Shearers' Union at Goulburn,…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 March 1893 · page 2

MR. A. N. BARNETT, P.M., presided this morning. Joseph Pengelley appeared, on remand, charged, on suspicion, with being of unsound mind…

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The Police Force

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 March 1893 · page 2

DURING the late strike it became evident to the authorities that the number of the police who had formerly acted as guardians of law and order in Broken…

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A Footscray Mystery. a Man Arrested for Wilful Murder. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 March 1893 · page 2

Matters have taken quite a new turn in connection with the alleged tragedy on the banks of the Saltwater River, near Footscray, on Friday night…

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Tragedy in Adelaide. Attempted Wife Murder. The Husband Suicides. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 March 1893 · page 4

A shocking domestic tragedy happened during last night at the southern suburb of Hyde Park. A young man named George Smith,…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 March 1893 · page 2

MESSRS. Barnett, P.M, Mills, and Pound, Js.P., presided this morning. Samuel Jay was arraigned on three charges, namely, drunkenness, obscene…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 March 1893 · page 2

MESSRS. Mills and Pound, Js.P., presided this morning. John Longman, on remand, was charged with drunkenness, obscene…

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The Burning Fatality. Conduct of the Police

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 March 1893 · page 2

AT the termination of the inquest upon the North Broken Hill burning fatality yesterday afternoon, the foreman of the jury (Mr. P. M'Mahon) stated that…

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A Remarkable Case. An Attempted Murder. Another Woman Dies from Shock. [By Telegraph.] Launceston

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 March 1893 · page 2

A very remarkable case occupied the attention of the police court here during yesterday. An old man named Edward Ackerman, 80 years of age,…

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