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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1896

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1896 · page 2

MR. A. N. BARNETT, P. M, presided this morning. Senior-constable Smith prosecuted. Wilson King pleaded guilty to being…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1896 · page 1

MR. A. N. BARNETT, P.M., presided to day. Senior-constalla Smith prosecuted. Four "drunks" (first effenders)…

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Theft of a Thermometer

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1896 · page 4

WHAT appears to be a particularly mean theft was perpetrated at the post-office between Sunday and Monday morning In the yard at the rear are…

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Scenes in Court. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1896 · page 2

In the Central Police Court yesterday Mr. Moore, solicitor, continued addressing the bench while the magistrate was speaking to the…

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The Fire on the Cintba. The Marine Court's Inquiry. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1896 · page 2

The Court of Marine Inquiry finds itself unable to give a decided opinion regarding the cause of the fire which lately occurred on the steamer Cintra…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1896 · page 2

MR. A. N. BARNETT, P.M., presided this morning. Senior constable Smith prosecuted. William Field pleaded guilty to…

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Theft of a Thermometer

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1896 · page 1

WHAT appears to be a particularly mean theft was perpetrated at the post-office between Sunday and Monday morning. In the yard at the rear are…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1896 · page 4

A SPECIAL sitting of the Licensing, Court was held to-day, Messrs. A. N. Barnett and G. A. Mills presiding. Renewals of hotelkeepers' licenses…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 January 1896 · page 2

MR. A. N. BARNETT, P.M, presided this morning. Senior-constable Smith pro[?]ted. Francis R. Spinks was charged with…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 January 1896 · page 1

A SPECIAL sitting of the Licensing Court was held to-day, Messrs. A N. Barnett and G. A. Mills presiding. Renewals of horelkeepers' licen[?]s…

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The Municipal Elections. Revision Court. The Voters' Rolls: Further Retrenchment

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 January 1896 · page 2

THE court for the revision of the municipal rolls for Sturt, King, Burke, and Wills wards was held last night. Present: All the [?]ldermen…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 4

MESSRS. A. N. BARNETT, P.M., and C. J. Pound, J.P., presided today. Senior-constable Smith prosecuted. A "drunk" (first offender) was…

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The Death of Prince Henry. a Mourning Court. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 2

Prince Henry of Battenbarg, who contracted fever while engaged in the Coomassie campaign, and whose death at sea has been reported, was at the…

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Alleged Murder of a Bride in a Cab. Her Husband Attempts Suicide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 2

A TRA[?]EDY took place in E[?]sex-road, Islington, on Wednesday night of a shocking character (says a London paper of December 27). Two young people were being driven…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1896 · page 2

MR. G. A. MILLS, J.P., presided this morning. Senior-constable Smith prosecuted. Catherine Coulson was fined 10s.,…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 January 1896 · page 4

MR. A. N. BARNETT, P.M., presided this morning. Senior-constable Smith prosecuted. A "drunk" was fined in a small sum…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1896 · page 4

MR. A. N. BARNETT, P.M., presided to-day. Senior-constable South prosecuted. Three "drunks" were dealt with…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1896 · page 1

MR. A. N. BARNETT, P.M., presided this morning. Senior-constable-Smith prosecuted. A "drunk" was fined in a small sum…

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The Murder of a Tourist

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1896 · page 3

THE trial has just concluded at Sanct Polten, Hungary, of two young men— a workman and a farm servant—for the murder of an unknown tourist…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1896 · page 4

A SPECI[?]L sitting of the Licensing Court was held to day, Messrs. A. N. Barnett and G. A. Mills presiding. An application was reade for the…

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