Stealing a Bath. a Seuffle with a Watchman
THE want of public baths at Broken Hill was practically domnostrated yesterday afternoon, when four youths took possession of the men's baths on…
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Courts & crime, 1898
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Charge of Murder. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon
Six young men named James and Patrick Costigan, George and Richard Colles, George Ferguson, and James Smyth have been arrested at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charge of Murder. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon
Six young men named James and Patrick Costigan, George and Richard Colles, George Ferguson, and James Smyth habe been arrested at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Correspondence. Police Magistrate As Representative of the Government. to the Editor of the Western Grazier
Sir,—With reference to the claim of our [?]orthy P.M. that he is the representative of the Government, I submit that of all men in the community he is…
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Henry Ward pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkennett in Reid-street, and was fined 5s or the rising of the court. For maliciously injuring a [?] the…
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THE Licensing Court to-day granted renewals of the following hotel licenses:—L. Gattorna, Miner's Arms, and F. P. Pfitzner, Junction. An application for a transfer of…
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The corpse of a man named John Smith has been found at Collingwood. Six young men who were seen in deceased's company on the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Further Changes in the Police Forces
SEVERAL new faces will appear in the ranks of the Broken Hill and district police force within the next few weeks, and several old faces will disappear. Two of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Port Murder. Andersen Arrested at Neweastle. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon
In connection with the reported arrest of Johann Andersen at Newcastle, New South Wales, on a charge of murdering John Lev. at Port Adelaide, on Christmas Day, it is…
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BEFORE Mr. Makinson, P.M., to-day, Joseph Parsons, charged with being drunk and disorderly in the bar of the Australian Club Hotel, pleaded guilty and was fined…
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THE Licerning Court to-day granted renewals of the following hotel licenses:—L. Gattona, Miners' Arms, and F. P. Pfitzner, Junction. An application for a transfer of…
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE WESTERN GRAZIER. Sir,—That remarkable effusion in your last issue by Mr Coburn is so utterly absurd that it is not worth replying to, and…
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A HORRIDLE crime, recalling an analogous one which was committed more than 60 years ago and which remains notorious in French criminal annals under the name of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragedy in Melbourne Attempted Wife Murder and Suicide. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Another domestic tragedy was enacted in Little Collins-street last evening. Donald Cameron, who had recently returned from West Australia, quarrelled with his wife,…
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BEFORE Mr. Makinson, P.M, to-day, Cecilia Prendergast was fined 20s., with the choice of doing seven days, for being drunk and disorderly in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charges Against Teadesmen. The Pullins Charged with Receiving
IN the Police Court to-day, Josiah and Henry Pullin, who were recently acquitted on a charge of stealing brass sittings from the Junction mine, were charged with…
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AT the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Makinson, P.M, Frank Fitzsimmons appeared to answer charges of being drunk and disorderly in Argent-street on January 24…
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It will be seen by a paragraph, in another column that the people of White Cliffs are anxious to retain the services of Firstclass Constable VAINS. We are not…
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THE following cases, additional to those published in the First Edition, were heard before Mr. Makinson, P.M., to-day:— James Gordon appeared to answer a charge…
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AT the Police Court this morning, before Mr. Makinson, P.M., two first-offending drunks were fined the usual 2s. 6d. each, or until the rising. John Stead was charged…
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