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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1898

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Syrians in Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 February 1898 · page 4

THREE Syrians, named respectively George Tomey, Salim Tomey, and Michael Martook, were charged, on remand, in tho Police Court to-day with riotous…

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Syrians in Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 February 1898 · page 2

DURING the hearing of a charge of riotous behavior against three Syrians in the Police Court yesterday some amusement was caused by one of the witness for the prosecution, a…

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Mr. Paris Nesbit, Q.C. An Excited Appearance in Court. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 February 1898 · page 4

Mr. Paris Nesbit, Q.C., who was recently discharged from the lunatic asylum, to which he was committed on account of [?]centric conduct, appeared in court in an…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 4

AT the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Makinson, P.M., Michael Wade, on a charge of being drunk at South Broken Hill, was fined 5s.—in default, 24 hours…

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Suspected Murder. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 2

Joseph M'Donald has been found dead in a tent near Ararat under circumstances that warrant the suspicien of murder. M'Donald went out cutting wood, and did not return…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. Makinson, P.M., at the Police Court to-day, two first-offending drunks were fined the usual 2s. 6d. A case in which a man was charged with the larceny…

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Berlin Police Methods

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 3

"LATELY when a German was badly treated by the police at Port-au-Prince, Germany sent men-of-war to reparation. A case has occured here in Berlin,…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 4

IN the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Makinson, P.M., the South Broken Hill police proceeded against Johanna Rubinsch for using indecent language…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 2

IN the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Makinson, P.M., four first-offending drunks were fined 2s. 6d. For being drunk and disorderly in Buck-street,…

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The Supposed Murder at Ararat. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 3

The mystery in conneotion with the death of the woodcutter, John M'Donald, who was found in his tent near Ararat with a bullrt in his head,…

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A Russian Anarchist Sentenced. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 2

Vladimir Bourtcheff, editor of a Russian Anarchist paper published in London, has been found guilty of having incited persons to assassinate…

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Small Debts Court. Monday, 14Th Inst. Before the Police Magistrate

Western Grazier · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 2

John McMunamon v. John Wilson.—Use of billiard table, 6s. Verdict for amount claimed and casts of Court 3s. Garnishee preceding.— R. W…

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Attempted Wife Murder. a Case of Domestic Infelicity. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 2

At the Criminal Sessions yesterday. Holmes, a tight-rope walker, who mada an attempt to murder his wife, pleaded not guilty. In the lengthy…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 1

IN the Liccnsing Court to-day H. Sayers, of the Crown Hotel, was granted a music permit for a social to morrow night. T. Supple, of the Mulga Hill Hotel, was also…

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The Ararat Murder. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 1

The mystery in connection with the death of Joseph M'Donald, of Ararat, is still unravelled. A reward of £100 has been offered for information that will lead to the…

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Attempted Wife Murder. Holmes Convicted and Recommended to Mercy. Strong Comment on the Wife's Conduct. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 2

In the Criminal Court yesterday the trial of Holmes, the tight-rope walker, for the attempted murder of his wife by shooting at her, was concluded. His Honor said that…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 4

IN the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Makinson, P.M., three first-offending drunks were fined 2s. 6d. each. John M'Intyre was charged with using indecent language in…

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John Norton in Trouble Again. Charged with Attempted Criminal Assault. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 4

In the Water Police Court to day John Norton, the proprietor of Truth, was charged with an attempted criminal assault on the wife of a publican at Watson's Bay…

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Barrier Miner. Monday, February 21, 1898. Stealing Names and Stealing Opals

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 2

THE chairman of directors of the White Cliffs Opal Mines, Limited, who presided at the first annual meeting of that company in London recently,…

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Murder by a Convict. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 2

William Archer, a prisoner confined in the St. Helene gaol, stabbed Henry Dodd, a warder, in the abdomen. Dodd died in 48 hours…

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