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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1898

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The Very Latest. Five Thousand Men to be Landed at Cuba. Alleged Spy Sentenced to Death. Dares the Spaniards to Shoot Him. [Reuter's Messages.] the Invasion of Cuba. U. S. Troops to Be Landed. to Co-operate with the Insurgents. London, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 April 1898 · page 2

President M'Kinley, yielding at last to the pressure of the Jingo party, will land 5000 men of the United States army in Cuba to co-operate with General Gomez,…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 April 1898 · page 4

Is the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Makinson, P.M., William J. Ambrose was fleed 5s.—in default, 24 hours—for being drunk and disorderly in the bar of the…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 April 1898 · page 4

A SPECIAL licensing court was held to-day before Messrs. Makinson, P.M., and Mill, J.P. Thomas Johnson and Wilhelm Bicchers were granted renewals of their licenses for…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 1

BEFORE Mr. Makinson, P.M., to-day, Elias Jones, charged with drunkenness in Argent-street, was ordered to pay 20s, with the option of seven days' imprisonment. For…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 1

THE application of J. Monkman for a transfer of the license of the Brewers' Arms Hotel to J. Edwards, which was adjourned from yesterday's Licensing Court, was to-day…

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Riots in Italy. a Customs House Burnt. Wrecking a Police Station. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 3

News from Rome reports serious bread riots at Bari, a large town on the Adriatic, in Southern Italy. Two thousand of the rioters marched through…

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Police Court. (Before Mr W. Brown, P.m.) Wednesday, 27Th Inst

Western Grazier · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 2

John Murphy pleaded guilty to being drunk in Reid-street, and was fined 5 [?] the rising of the Court. He also pleaded guilty to a charge of using obscene…

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England Neutrality Hampering the Americans. Capture of the Spanish ship Panama. Neither Nation Prepared for War. Troops Landed in Cuba. A British Captain Sentenced to Death as a Spy. He Dared the Spaniards to Shoot Him. London, April 27

Western Grazier · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 3

The enforcement of neutrality by England has seriously hampered the operations of the American Pacific squadron, their nearest coaling base…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 May 1898 · page 1

BEFORE Mr. Makinson, P.M., at the Police Court to-day, an aboriginal woman, who had imbibed too freely and indulged in a small corroboree of her own in…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 May 1898 · page 4

AT the Police Court to-day, before Messrs. Makinson and Fletcher, P.Ms., Cecilia Prendergast again made her appearance, charged with being drunk and disorderly in…

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Plague Riot[?] in India. Police Fire on [?]e Crowd. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 May 1898 · page 2

Reports from Calcutta are to the effect that serious plag[?]te riots have broken out at Garshane[?], in the Bombay presidency. The police, in[?] their attempt…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 2

IN the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Makinson, P.M., Patrick Gould, with a long list of previous convictions against him, was ordered to pay 20s,—in default,…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 4

AT the Police Court to-day, before Messrs. Makinson and Fletcher, P.Ms., Cecilia Prendergast again made her appearance, charged with being drunk and disorderly in…

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The following appeared in our late editions on yesterday:— Maori Trouble in New Zealand. Soldiers and Police Despatched With Maxims and Ammunition. A Sorious Aspect. [By Telegraph.] Auckland, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 4

It was announced the other day that the natives of Hockianga district were becoming troublesome. A later message stated that the trouble had calmed. Now, however, 100 men…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 May 1898 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. Makinson, P.M., to-day, John Smith, an old offender, appeared to answer a charge of drunkenness in Argent-street, and was fined 10s.—in default, three days' gaol…

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Police Court. (Before Mr W. Brown, P.M.)

Western Grazier · Wednesday 4 May 1898 · page 2

On Saturday, John Grady for being drunk in Reid-street, was fined as or the rising of the Court, and for using obscene language in the same street, was fined 20…

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The Haunted Stream Murder. Stone's Confession. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 May 1898 · page 2

The police say now that the murder of Colien at the Haunted Stream was committed under circumstances greatly different from those described by the man…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. Makinson, P.M., to-day, John Smith, an old offender, appeared to answer a charge of drunkenness in Argent-street, and was lined 10s.—in default, three days' gaol…

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Alleged Football Stealing

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 4

FOR some days post complaints have been made to the police by shopkeepers of the loss of footballs exposed for sale outside their shops. Inquiries were made and a watch set,…

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Stealing Rugs

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 4

BEFORE Messrs. Makinson, P.M., Dunstan, and Hall. Js. P., at the Polico Court to-day, Patrick O'Connor was charged (on remand) with having stolen two rugs, valued at…

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