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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1900

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A North Coast Murder. a Strange Crime. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 2

Particulars have been received of the shooting case on Tuesday night at Smith's Creek, above Kempsey, on the Macleay River. James Lawson, the dead man, with his wife…

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The following appeared in Saturday's Third Edition:— District Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 April 1900 · page 4

THE April Sittings of the District Court were opened to-day before Judge Gibson. UNDEFENDED CASES. H. Todman v. R. Lyall, goods sold…

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The Circuit Court. The Preliminaries of a Long Session

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 April 1900 · page 2

THE Circuit Court, which opened this morning, gathered to the vicinity of the courthouse the biggest crowd that has been seen there for many a year—since 1892,…

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Circuit Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 4

THE Circuit Court is still sitting. DEALING WITH A DIPSOMANIAC. John Harling Gaskill was brought up to receive sentence for assaulting a girl under…

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The Circuit Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 2

THE sittings were continued last night till after 10 o'clock. THE FIRST ACQUITTAL. Two youths, James Morris and Albert…

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The Ore Stealing Cases. Interesting to Specimen Hunters. Judge Gibson on the Specimen Traffic

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 4

A MATTER of peculiar interest to the people of Broken Bill cropped up to-day in the Circuit Court in connection with the sentencing of John Hunt Rowe and Richard…

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The following appeared in yesterday's Second Edition:[?] Circuit Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 4

THE Circuit Court was opened to-day before his Honor Mr. Acting-Justice Gibson, with Mr. W. Bevan as Crown Prosecutor and Mr. C. Scarvell as Judge's associate…

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The Argent-street Shooting Case. Amy Spain on Trial. Passionate Outburst from the Dock. Jury Locked up for the Night. The Jury Disagree. Accused Remanded till Next Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 2

THE trial of the young, woman Amy Spain was continued after the MINER'S report closed last evening. The evidence was concluded shortly after 6 o'clock, when there…

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The Circuit Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 2

THE sittings were resumed last evening after the MINER went to press, and continued till 10.30 p.m. AN UNPROVED CHARGE OF PORGERY…

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The following appeared in yesterday's Third Edition:— Circuit Court. the Circuit Court is still sitting. Dealing with a Dipsomaniac

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 4

John Harling Gaskill was brought up to receive sentence for assaulting a girl under the age of 10 years, to which charge he pleaded guilty…

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The Disease in the West. A Case at Bunbury. A Gaol in Quarantine. Goldfields Precautions. PERTH, Tuesday Night

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 2

It is reported that Constable Vaughan, of Banbury, is ill, suffering from the plagne. The symptoms are those ot plague, including a swelling of the right gron. He has been…

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The following appeared in yesterday's Second Edition:— the Ore Stealing Cases. Interesting to Specimen Hunters. Judge Gibson on the Specimen Traffic

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 4

A MATTER of peculiar interest to the people of Broken Hill cropped up to day is the Circuit Court in connection with the sentenciog of John Hunt Rowe and Richard…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 4

MESSRS. MAITLAND, P.M., and Bright, J.P., adjudicated in the Police Court to-day. A colored man named George Wilson was charged with obtaining the sum of £1 from…

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The following appeared in yesterday's Third Edition.— the Circuit Court. (Continued from First Edition). Breaking and Stealing

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 4

THE two men Baird and Furze were charged with the safe robbery at Bigga' Hotel. For the defence, Baird sought to prove an alibi. He stated that the 59, piece and pin…

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The North Tragedy. Insanity Urged by the Defence. An Unavailing Plea. Ensor Senteaced to Death. "A Cruel Murder," the Judge's Comment

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 2

THE terrible issue that hang upon the result of the trial of Samuel Ensor, charged with the wilful murder of Ellen Emma Jensen, attracted hundreds of persons to the…

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The Ore-stealing Cases. The Prisoners Sentenced

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 4

JOHN HUNT ROWE and Richard Seaton, who pleaded guilty to charges of stealing silvercopper ore from the Proprietary, mine were sentenced this afternoon in the Circuit Court…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 2

MR. MAITLAND, P.M., adjudicated in the Police Court to-day. Two first-offending drunks were dealt with as usual, and Wilhelmina Hebson, who was also drunk, and…

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Divorce Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 1

His Honor Mr. Acting justice Gibson eat in Divorce this afternoon. William Edwin Parker applied for a divorce from his wife, Amelia Fanny Parker, George…

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The following appeared in Thursday's Third Edition:— Circuit Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 4

THE sittings of the Circuit Court were concluded this afternoon. POSSESSION OF A CART AND HARNFSS. The jury in the case against Elias Burgess…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 April 1900 · page 4

YESTERDAY morning Mr. Maitland, P.M., and Mr. Maley, J.P., dealt with the police cases on Saturday and Sunday The list was a pretty heavy one, 25 charges having to be…

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