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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

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Licensing, Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 4

In the Licensing Court to-day before Messrs. Stevenson, S.M., and Mills, J.P., renewals of publicans' licenses were granted to W[?]lm Riechers,…

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The Tatura Murder. No Trace of Edwards. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 2

The police have obtained certain statements from George Edwards, of Germanton, concerning his brother James, suspected of the…

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The Arbitration Court. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 2

City Labor men and tradesunionists express dissatisfaction at the inability of the'Government to find a competent President of…

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POLICE v. Miners. a Goldfields Riot. [By Telegraph.] Wellington

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 4

Resentment at the police methods on the Waihi goldfield culminated in rioting and a brutal attack on the police on Saturday…

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A Bankrupt In, Contempt Yields to the Court. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 4

The bankrupt, William Cameron, who is charged with defrauding his creditors, was again before the Bankruptcy Court yesterday,…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 May 1905 · page 4

In the Licensing Court to-day before Messrs. Stevenson, S.M., and Mills, J.P., renewals of publicans' licenses were grunted to W[?]m Riechers,…

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The Girgaree Murder. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 May 1905 · page 2

The man Edwards, suspected of the murder of William Skinner at Girgaree, near Tatura, is supposed to have been recently seen…

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Full Court Tappeals. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 May 1905 · page 2

The Full Court yesterday afternoon held that the Railway Commissioners were not responsible for an act committed by a…

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A Bankrupt in Contempt Yields to the Court. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 May 1905 · page 1

The bankrupt, William Cameron, who is charged with defrauding his creditors, was again before the Bankruptcy Court yesterday,…

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The Land Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 5

Tho Western Lands Commissioners will visit Broken Hill at tho beginning of next month, and will sit as a Land Court on Monday, June 12…

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"The Sentence of the Court." Chapter Xvi; (Continued.)

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 2

"Let me see, I forget your name, said Vipan, when he had ordered two.whiskies and, a split soda…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 May 1905 · page 4

An old man, 77 years of age, was fined 5s. or " the rising" for drunkenness, by Mr. Stevenson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day. Isaac Jones, also…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 4

An old man, 77 years of age, was fined 5a. or "the rising" for drunkennoss, by Mr. Btovonson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day. Isaac Jones, also…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

Mr. Stevenson, S.M., in tito Police Court to-day, inflicted the following fines:—Emanuel' John Howard, riotous behavior. 40s. or 14 days; John…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 4

Mr. Stevenson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day fined a first-offender 5s. or "the rising," for drunkenness. Amelia Butterfield, for a similar…

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A Magistrate Upheld. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 4

The Supreme Court yesterday declined to make an order compelling a magistrate to hear a prosecution against a settler named…

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The Tatura Murder. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 2

The reported capture of the Tatura murderer near Albury is confirmed. A swagman, believed to be Edwards, passed a…

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The Tatura Murder. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 1

Edwards, the man suspected of the murder of Skinner at Tatira Basin, Victoria, has, it is reported from Albury, been arrested at Granya by two…

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A Motor Murder. a Chaffeur Committed. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 2

A Spaniard, Mr. Hilderbrand Harmsworth's chaffeur, has been committed for trial for the manslaughter of a child in…

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Imports of Fish. Cases Before the High Court. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 2

A case commenced in the High Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice O'Connor, in which the Federal Government proceeded…

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