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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1902

582 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 30

Mail Coach Robbery. White Cliffs Mail Bag Taken. An Impudent Theft

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 1

THE mail bag booked from White Cliffs to Broken Hill was stolen from the mail coach this morning on the track between Wilcannia and Broken…

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Police Court Convictions

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 2

ACCORDING to a return issued from the Government Printing Office, there were in 1900. more convictions for drunkenness in Broken Hill than in…

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Municipal Revision Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 2

THE Municipal Revision Court sat again last evening. All the aldermen were present except Aldermen Harvy and Warren. As on the…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 2

MESSRS MAITLAND, P.M., and Maley, J.P., dealt with the "drunks" in the Police Court this morning. Thomas Conroy, who had been drunk and…

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The Socke Assault Case

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 4

THE charge of unlawfully assaulting John Socke, preferred against Thomas Henry George Young and John Lock, was further dealt with by Mr…

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Municipal Revision Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 2

THE sittings of the Municipal Revision Court were continued last night. Present—All the aldermen except Aldermen Wise, Harvy, and Sparrow…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Mystery of a Police Cell. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 2

An inquest was held yesterday afternoon on the body of James Taylor, who was arrested on Sunday for drunkenness and died en route…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 4

IN the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Maitland, P.M., William Batchelor was fined 5s. or 24 hours for drunkenness. Edith Clunes, alias…

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The Socke Assault Case

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 4

THE charge of unlawfully assaulting John Socke, preferred against Thomas Henry George Young and John Lock, was further dealt with by Mr…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 2

IN the Police Court to-day, before Messrs. Maitland, P.M., and Bright, J.P., Jane Francis, who had used indecent language in Blende-street,…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 4

IN the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Maitland, P.M., William Batchelor was fined 5[?]. or 24 hours for drunkenness. Edith Clunes, alias…

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The Revision Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 2

THE Municipal Revision Court completed its sittings on Saturday night. Present: Aldermen Retallick (Mayor), Haskard, Warren, Ivey,…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. Maitland, P.M., in the Police Court this morning, George Crodahaw, licensee of the Australian Club Hotel, was proceeded against by…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1902 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. Ma[?]tland, P.M., in the Police Court this morning, George Godshaw, licensee of the Australian. Club Hotel, was proceeded against by…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1902 · page 2

MR. MAITLAND, P.M., adjudicated in the Police Court to-day. A lad 12 years of age, whose mother said was uncontrollable, was charged with being…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 January 1902 · page 4

MR. MAITLAND, P.M., adjudicated in the Police Court to-day. In the summons division, Andrew Olson and James Dillon were each fined 20s.,…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 January 1902 · page 4

IN the Licensing Court to-day, before Messrs. Muitland, L.M., and Eley, J.P., James Robert Carr, licensee of Peters' Hotel, was charged with…

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A Murderous Assault. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 2

Joseph M'Cormack, a line repairer at Yea, made a murderous attack yesterday on Joseph Berry, a ganger, and Joseph Fryne, another repairer…

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Revision Court

Western Grazier · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 3

A revision court was held at the Council Chambers is last Tuesday night, for the purpose of receiving and dealing with objects [?] to names on the Municipal [?]…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 4

IN the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Maitland, P.M., James Morgan, bootmaker, was proceeded against for maliciously dameging several panes…

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