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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1894

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The Conspiracy Case. Found Guilty and Sentenced. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1894 · page 1

The jury which had been locked up all night in the charges of conspiracy against Black, Smith, and Thomson, of South Melbourne, returned into…

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Arming the Police. Dibbs' Action Criticised. Crick on the South Tragedy

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1894 · page 2

Mr. Haynes moved the adjournment of the House in order to refer to the action of the Colonial Secretary in ordering the arming of the police. He…

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The Melbourne Murder. Resumption of the Inquest A New Witness. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1894 · page 4

The inquest on Eugene Possett, who was murdered at North Melbourne, was resumed to-day before Dr. Youll, City Coroner. James Charles Watson…

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Labor Day. Anarchists Roughly Treated in London. The Washington Demonstration. Coxeyites Dispersed by the Police. Unemployed Riots in Ohio. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1894 · page 2

The celebration of Labor Day yesterday in Great Britain and on the Continent was (as already cabled) generally of a quiet character. The…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 1

MR. A. N. BARNETT, P.M., presided this morning. Cases under the Licensing Act were dealt with as reported in the First…

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The Melbourne Murder. Conclusion of the Inquest. Verdict of Wilful Murder Against Accused. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 4

The inquest on Eogene Possett, the victim of the North Melbourne murder, was, resumed and concluded to-day. There was a large attendance of curious…

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The Melbourne Murder. Resumption of the Inquest A New Witness. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 1

The inquest on Eugene Fossett, who was murdered at North Melbourne, waa resumed to-day before Dr. Youil, City Coroner. James Charles Watson…

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A Goldfields Mystery. An Expectant Bridegroom Found Shot. Murder or Accident or Suicide? [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 2

A profound sensation was produced at Eaglehawk yesterday by a mysterious tragedy surrounded by some peculiarly distressing circumstances…

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The Babeaba Tragedy. Police Court Proceedings Concluded. Commins and Lee Committed for Trial. Remoyed to Tamworth Gaol. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Satarday

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 2

The preliminary, hearing of the charge against Cummins and Lee of the wilful murder of Mr. M'Kay was concluded at the Barraba Police Court…

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The Melbourne Murder Conclusion of the Inquest Verdict of Wilful Murder Against Accused. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 1

The inquest on Eugene Possett, the victim of the North Melbourne murder, was resumed and concluded to-day. There was a large attendance of curious…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 May 1894 · page 3

MR. A N. BARNETT, P.M., presided this morning. A first offender, charged with being drank and disorderly, was fined in a…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 May 1894 · page 4

IN the Police Court this afternoon, Mr. A. N. Barnett, P.M., presiding, the hearing of the case against Lucy Roberts, charged with larceny, was…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 May 1894 · page 4

A SPECIAL sitting of the Licensing Court was held this afternoon, Mr. A. N. Barnett, chairman, presiding. H. E. Bright was granted…

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Alleged Singular Assault. Attempt to Kiss a Woman

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 May 1894 · page 3

In the Police Court this morning, before the police magistrate, Geswald Vincenti, an Italian, whose left eye wore a sable appearance, had…

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The Eaglehawk Tragedy. Murder or Suicide?

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 May 1894 · page 3

THE later inquiries of the police go to show a greater probability of the mysterious death of Henry Nichol Mathieson at Eaglehawk (Vic.) being…

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A Peculiar Predicament. Involuntary Theft of a Buggy [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 May 1894 · page 3

A well-known Prssbyterian minister Presiding in the western suburbs found himself in sn awkward predicament on Saturday afternoon. He came into…

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The Labor War. Another Train Seizure by Coxeyites. The Police and Coalminers in Conflict. Fifteen Strikers and a Woman Shot. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 May 1894 · page 2

A despatch from New York reports that a band of Coxeyites seized a train at Tacoma, in Washington Territory, in the north-west; but 100 marshals…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 1

IN the Police Court this afternoon, Mr. A. N. Barnett, P.M., presiding, the hearing of the case against Lucy Roberts, charged with larceny, was…

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The Murderous Assault at Bowden

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 3

DETAILING the circumstances of the murderous assault at Bowden, near Adelaide, referred to in yesterday's messages, the Advertiser says:—…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 1

A SPECIAL sitting of the Licensing Court was held this afternoon, Mr. A. N. Barnett, chairman, presiding. H. E. Bright was granted…

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