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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1894

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 4

IN the Police Court to-day Messrs. A. N. Barnett, P.M., and G. A. Mills presided. Thomas C. Gilbert was fined 10s. for…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 1

IN the Police Court to-day Messrs. A. N. Barnett, P.M., and G. A Mills presided. Thomas C. Gilbert was fined 10s. for…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 3

Air the Police Court this morning, before Messrs. G. A. Mills and A. C. Topperwien, justices, George Gorry and John Grose were charged, on remand,…

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Contempt of Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 2

AN unusual incident occurred in the Petty Debts Court yesterday. A man named John Cahill was being sued for a small amount by Messrs. Fox and…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 3

MR. A. N. BARNETT presided at the Police Court this afternoon. Michael Ryder was charged with assaulting Joseph Woodburn, a miner,…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 4

OWEN O'NEYL, licensee of the Gladstone Hotel, South Broken Hill, was charged with keeping his house open during prohibited hears on Christmas…

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Alleged Indecent Assault

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 2

FREDERICK DRYER was charged with indecently assaulting a girl named Elizabeth Beard, aged 12 years and 6 months, at West Broken Hill, on…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 1

OWEN O'NEIL, licensee of the Gladstone Hotel, South Broken Hill, was charged with keeping his house open during prohibited hours on Christmas…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 2

MESSES. G. A. Mills, A. C. Topperwien, and C. J. Pound were the presiding justices at the Police Court to-day. James Fanning, charged with being…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 3

MR. A. N. BARNETT, P.M., presided this morning. Two "drunks" were each fined in a small sum."…

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The Murder at Thursday Island. The Police Just too Late. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 2

In connection with the murder at Thursday Island of the Japanese woman by a Japanese who is alleged to be insane, it has transpired that the…

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The "Push" Evil. Serious Assault at a Sydney Hotel. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 2

A quarrel of a serious character occurred last night at the Star Hotel, Surry Hills, the principals being the barman, Patrick Carroll, and a…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 4

IN the Police Court this afternoon, Mr. A. N. Barnett, P.M., presiding, a number of cases were dealt with under the municipal bylaws…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 3

MESSRS. A. N. Barnetts P.M., and G. A. Mills, J.P., presided this morning. Frederick Dryer, on remand, was charged with having, on December 14,…

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Alleged Assault by the Police

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 3

CONSTABLES Yates and Hynes were proceeded against by Sub-inspector Johnston at the Police Court to-day on a charge of unlawfully assaulting…

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The Alleged Assault Bt Police. (Continued from Second Edition.)

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 4

SENIOR-CONSTABLE SMITH and Constable Hickey and the two accused gave evidence to the effect that Daly had been very violent and had blood on his…

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Police Court. Before Mr. Barnett, P.M., to-day

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 3

Agnes Martin was charged with using obscene language in Iodide-street after leaving a cab. Mr. Hancock defended the accused, who…

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Licensing Court. The Tramway Hotel

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 3

AN adjourned sitting of the Licensing Court was held this morning, Messrs. A. N. Barnett (chairman), G. A. Mills, and C. H. Armstrong (members)…

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Sensational Burglary. An Inmate Shot. No Hope of Recovery. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 4

A highly sensational burglary occurred at Williamstown at an early hour this morning. It appears that two young men,…

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The Williamstown Burglary. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 3

Isaac Crawcour, the young man who was shot while effecting the capture of a burglar at his father's pawn-broker's shop at Williamtown…

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