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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1902

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The Socke Assault Gase. Young and Lock Before the Court. Jury Locked up all Night

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 2

THE charge of assaulting John Socks and thereby causing grievous bodily harm, preferred against Thomas Henry George Young and John Leck,…

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The Socke Assault Case. His Honor Sums Up

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 4

AFTER very lengthy addresses had been delivered by counsel in the SockeYoung-Lock assault case to-day. His Honor summed up. In…

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Alleged Wife Desertion. Smythe Before the Balmain Court. [By Telegraph.] Balmain (Sydney), Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 4

George W. Smythe appeared before the local police court this (Wednesday) morning, charged with wife desertion. There was no appearance of the wife,…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 April 1902 · page 4

MR. MAITLAND, P.M., adjudicated in the Police Court to-day. John Temby, who holds the record of 53 previous convictions, had to answer charges of…

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The Socke Assault Case

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 April 1902 · page 2

THE case of assaulting John Sooke, and thereby causing grievous bodily harm, preferred against Thomas Henry George Young and John Lock, started…

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The Socke Assault Case

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 April 1902 · page 4

AFTER very lengthy addresses had been delivered by counsel in the Socke-Young-Lock assault case to-day, His Honor summed up. In…

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EMBEZZLEMENT. W. Holmes Sentenced. Two Years' Hard Labor

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 April 1902 · page 1

WILLIAM HOLMES, found guilty of embezzling the moneys of the firm of A. Macrow and Son, of Adelaide, was brought up for sentence in the Circuit…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 April 1902 · page 2

IN the Quarterly Licensing Court held yesterday, before Messrs. Maitland, L.M., and Mills, J.P., transfers of licenses were granted from John…

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Divorce Court. Mathers v. Mathers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 April 1902 · page 3

IN the Divorce Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Acting-Justice Gibson, Eleanor Louise Mathers petitioned for a divorce from her…

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Alleged Wife Desertion. Smythe Before the Balmain Court. [By Telegraph.] Balmain (Sydney), Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 April 1902 · page 4

George W. Smythe appeared before the local police court this (Wednesday) morning, charged with wife desertion. There was no appearance of the wife,…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 2

MR. MAITLAND, P.M., adjudicated in the Police Court to-day. Two brothers, Patrick and Thomas Gould, who totalled 70 previous…

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Burning a Wife. Bottrell Sentenced to Life. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 2

George Bottrell, found guilty at the Quarter Sessions of setting fire to his wife, was yesterday afternoon sentenced to penal servitude for…

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The War. [Reuter's Messages.] a Transvaal High Court. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 2

A High Court has been established in the Transvaal, with Sir J. RoseInnes, formerly Attorney-General in Cape Colony, as president…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 April 1902 · page 4

IN the Police Court to-day, before Messrs. Maitland, P.M., and Maley, J.P., Bessie Connors, for being druck and disorderly in Cobalt-street, was…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 4

IN the [?]Police Court to-day, before Messrs. Maitland, P.M., and Maley, J. P., Bessie Connor[?], for being drunk and disorderly in Cobalt-street, was…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 4

BEFORE Messrs. Maitland, P.M., and Ivey, J.P., in the Police Court this morning, Frederick Holsberg, a 12-year-old boy, was charged with the…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 2

THE adjourned Quarterly Licensing Court was held to-day, Messrs. Maitland, L.M., Eley, and Mills, Js.P., adjudicating. A transfer of the…

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Divorce Court. MATHERS V. MATHERS

Western Grazier · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 2

In the Divorce Court yesterday afternoon before, Mr. Acting Justice [?] for a divorce from her husband. Robert H[?]…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 2

IN the Police Court this morning, before Mr. Maitland, P.M., William Wiseman, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5[?]. or 24 hours. John Socke,…

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The Maclean Tragedy. Dowling Sentenced. Imprisonment for Life. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 1

James Dowling, found guilty at the Grafton Court of the manslaughter of his wife, was to-day sentenced to imprisonment for life. The prisoner remarked, on hearing the sentence…

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