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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1895

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Police Court. The Explosives Case

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 March 1895 · page 3

MR. G. A. MILLS, J.P., presided this morning. George Read, on bail, charged with drunkenness and indecent conduct in Argent-street on…

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2nd EDITION Miner Office, 4 p.m. Alleged Burglary at Wilcannia. Two Men Committed for Trial. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 4

At the police court to-day, before Mr. [?]harles Robertson, P.M., Joha Ottaway and John Smith were committed for trial at the Court of Quarter Sessions to…

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Tragedy in the West. An Attempted Murder and a Suicide. [By Telegraph.] Perth, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 2

A telegram from Geraldton reporta that a Chinaman, a resident of that place, shot at a yoong woman named Gertrude Chipper, and that, having…

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3rd EDITION Mi[?] [?] 6.30 p.m. Latest Cable News Police Corruption in New York. LONDON, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 4

As the result of the evidence taken by the committee which has been inquiring into the alleged corruption in the New York police, 25 prominent members of…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 March 1895 · page 2

MESSRS. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., and H. E. Bright, J.P., presided this morning. Elizabeth Delaney, for being drunk,…

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Stealing Explosives. LONDON, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 March 1895 · page 4

"Baron" Sternberg, convicted of stealing explosives with the design of using them in anarchist outrages, has been convicted by a Belgian court and…

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Alleged Robbery. Two Men Charged

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 March 1895 · page 2

IN the Police Court this morning, Matthew J. Lynch and John Sheehan were conjointly charged with the robbery of £13 in notes, 3s. or 4s. in…

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Alleged Burglary at Wilcannia. Two Men Committed for Trial. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 March 1895 · page 1

At the police court to-day, before Mr. Charles Robertson, P.M., John Ottaway and John Smith were committed for trial at the Court of Quarter Sessions to…

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A Ghastly Discovery. Murder Suspected. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 March 1895 · page 3

The suburb of Montague, situated between Sonth Melbourne and Port Melbourne, which was the locale of the recent tragedy of which the widow…

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Latest Cable News. Police Corruption in New-York. LONDON, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 March 1895 · page 1

As the result of the evidence taken by the committee which has been i[?]quiring Into the all[?]ged corruption in the New York police, 25 prominent members of…

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2nd EDITION Miner Office, 4 p.m. the Montague Mystery. Murder Theory Discredited Body Gnawed by Rats. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 March 1895 · page 4

The result of the police inquiries and doctor's post-mortem examinations on Stephen Cole, of Montague, who was found dead under circumstances reported…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 3

MESSRS. H. E. Bright and J. Dunstan, jun., Js.P., presided this morning. James Beynon, alias Driscoll, was charged with unlawfully assaulting…

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Stealing Explosives. LONDON, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 1

"Baron" Sternberg, convicted of stealing explosives with the design of using them in anarchist outrages, has been convicted by a Belgian court and…

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The Montague Mystery. Murder Theory Discredited Body Gnawed by Rats. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 1

The result of the police inquiries and doctor's post-mortem examinations on Stephen Cole, of Montague, who was found dead under circumstances reported…

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District Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 March 1895 · page 3

His Honor Judge Gibson opened the District Court this morning for the purpose of dealing with the undefended cases. There was only one…

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Quarter Sessions. (Continued from Second Edition.) Alleged Indecent Assault

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 March 1895 · page 4

COUNSEL addressed the jury at some length in the charge against O'Brien. His Honor, in his summing up, said that numbers of girls left in the bush…

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General Cable News. Alleged Theft of French War Plans. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 March 1895 · page 2

It is alleged that a packet of plans for the mobilisation of the French forces on the Alpine frontiers have been stolen by spies…

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Murder in the West. The Murderer Condemns Himself to Death. And Executes the Sentence. [By Telegraph.] Perth, Monday Night

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 March 1895 · page 2

The painful story of a tragie occurrence comes from the Murchison district. John Sutherland and Henry Auguste Miller were miners at…

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District Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 March 1895 · page 4

THE District Court Buringa vera resumed at the conclusion of the Quarter Session. H. M. Jones T. Mary Asne Ellis.— Claim, £17 2s. 10d. for manufacturing…

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Licehsing Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 March 1895 · page 4

MESSRS. Barnett (chairman) and Mill[?] and Bright (members) presided to-day A billiard license was granted to W. Kast, hairdresser, South Town. An…

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