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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1896

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 April 1896 · page 4

MESSRS. G. A. Mills, C. J. Poand, and H. E. Bright, Js.P., presided to-day Senior-constable Smith prosecuted. There was a very heavy charge-sheet;…

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Police Court. a Boy Committed for Breaking and Entering

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 April 1896 · page 1

MESSRS. J. Dunstan and H. E. "Bright, Js.P., presided in the Police Court to-day. Senior-constable Smith prosecuted. A lad named Frederick Carter, aged 13,…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 4 p.m. the Cacique Disaster. Inquiry by the Marine Court. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 April 1896 · page 4

An investigation into the running down of the yacht Cacique by the steamer Burrumbeet in Habson's Bay was commenced to-day by the Court of…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 1

MESSRS. G. A. Mills, C. J. Pound, and H. E. Bright, Js.P., presided to-day Senior constable Smith prosecuted. There was a very heavy charge sheet;…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 3

MESSES. J. Dunstan and H. E. Bright, Js.P., presided this morning. Seniorconstable Smith prosecuted. William Gray pleaded guilty to…

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Circuit Court. The Criminal Calendar

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 2

HIS Honor Chief Justice Darley, accompanied by Mr. M'Arthur, Jndge's Associate, and Mr. H. M. Hamilton, Crown Prosecutor, arrived…

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The Cacique Disaster. Inquiry by the Marine Court. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 1

An investigation into the running down of the yacht Cacique by the steamer Burrumbeet in Hobson's Bay was commenced to-day by the Court of…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 2

ME. J. DUNSTAN, J. P., presided this morning. James Meehan, who had been pre vionsly convicted, was find 10s., or…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 4

James Elfenbein was charged with having, in September last, ab Wilcannia, stolen one cow, the property of William A. Grenicke. On a second…

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Circuit Court. Opening of the Sessions

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 2

THE Circuit Court was opened in the courthouse this morning, his Honor Chief Justice Darley presiding. Mr. M'Arthur was Judge's Associate, and…

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The Circuit Court. The Milparinka Robbery Case

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 4

THE hearing of the charge against Knight and O'Connor of robbing the Boyal Standard Hotel, Milparinka, was began at noon…

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The Afghan Murder in West Australia. Rumored Attempt to Poison the Ctondemned Man

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 3

EYER since Mr. Jostice Stone in the Criminal Court on Wednesday passed the death sentence on Goulam Mahomet for the murder of…

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Circuit Court. The Milparinka Bobbery Case. The Accused Acquitted

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 4

THE trial of Knight and O'Connor for robbery from the Royal Standard Hotel, Milparinka, was continued before the Chief Justice and a jury of…

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Circuit Court. Martin Sentenced to Four Years

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1896 · page 4

In the Circuit Court this afternoon, in the case of Alfred Martin, charged with larceny, the jury after an hour retirement, returned a verdict of guilty…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1896 · page 4

James Elfenbein was charged with having, in September last, at Wilcannia, Stolen, one cow, the property of William A. Grenicke. On a second…

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Circuit Court. Last Night's Proceedings

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1896 · page 2

WHEN the MINER went to press last night, the jury had been locked up for an hour on the Wilcannia alleged cattlestealing case, and another jury had…

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The Circuit Court. The Milparinka Robbery Case

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1896 · page 4

THE hearing of the charge against Knight and O'Connor of robbing the Royal Standard Hotel, Milparinks, waa begun at noon…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 4 p.m. the Circuit Court. Alleged Larceny. The Case Against Martin

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1896 · page 4

WHEN the First Edition of the MINER went to press the Chief Justice and a jury of 12 were engaged in hearing the charges of larceny from his employer,…

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A. W. Macdonald Charged with False Pretences. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 April 1896 · page 2

Mr. Horace Rounsevell, solicitor, accompanied by Ferdinand Biermane, has attended at the police court office, and there filed an information against…

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Circuit Court. The Civil List

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 April 1896 · page 2

Bowden v. the Proprietary Co. THE hearing of the action of J. J. Bowden v. the B. H. Propertary Company, in which £2000 is claimed for…

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