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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

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The Gambling Raid Accused Before the Court. Fines In Each Case

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 1

Before Mr. Stevenson, S. M., in the Police Court to-day the following persons arrested on Sunday morning last were charged…

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Thackaringa Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 2

Our Sydney correspondent wires Hint Mr, Arthur ll Griffith M.L.A. has been informed by the Attorney General that in connection with a protest supported by him from,Mr…

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A Missing Farmer. Possible Murder. [By Telegraph.] Rbisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 2

Walter Benton, a farmer at Crow's Neat, in the Toowoomba district, some little time since dlsposod of his farm for £125. Bonton the following clay was missing. His horse,…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 8

Mr. Stevenson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day, fined two boys 1s. each for bathing. in the Proprietary Dam before 8 p.m. Mary Ann Clarke," for drunkenness, was fined…

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Suspected Murder. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 4

A man named Ryan has been arrested in connection with the disappoarance of Walter Benton, a Toowoomba selector. Benton, whoso holding is situated near Crow's Nest,…

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A Territory Murder. [By Telegraph.] Port Darwin, Saturday

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 4

Great difficulty was experienced in effecting the capture of Tommy, the aboriginal murderer. Troopor Kelly was assisted by Freor and two natives. The four spent…

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All Over a Parrot. a Girl's Lying Evidence. Sensation in a Court. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 4

At the Quarter Sessions yesterday afternoon the case of a "bottle oh!" boy charged with stealing an African parrot was…

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The Revolution. Police Brutalities. Girls Flogged Almost to Death. Grand Duke Assassinated. Killed by a Bomb. the Fate of Sergius. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 4

Private letters received in England give details of the terrible brutalities perpetrated in Southern Russia, by the police, on the…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 4

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. Stevenson, S.M., Henry Odgers appeared to answer a charge of maliciously breaking a window, the property of William…

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A Bush Murder. The Benton Mystery. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 4

Further investigations concerning the disappearance of the man Benton at Crow's Nest, near Toowoomba, disclosed the remains, of…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 4

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. Stevenson S.M., Henry Odgers appeared to answer a charge of maliciously breaking a window, the preperty of William…

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A Bush Murder. The Benton Mystery. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 1

Further investigations concerning the disappearance of the man Benton at Crow's Nest, near Toowoomba, disclosed the remains of…

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Alleged Gambling Den. Successful Police Raid. [By Telegraph.] Kaigooblin

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 2

The police last night raided Makin and Baker's tobacconist shop, Hannan-street, Kalgoorlie, and arrested 39 men who were believed to be [?] playing or looking…

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Alleged Manslaughter. Death in a Police Cell. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 2

Harry M'Gowan, arrested at Marble Bar on Friday on a charge of drunkennoss, subcequently died in the lookup. Thomas M'Cann, a man who was seen…

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The Crow's Nest Tragedy. An Agreement. Police Work. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 2

One Nielson, a sawmiller at Crow's Nest, who was a close friend of the farmer Benton, who recently myateriously disappeared, and who is believed to have been murdered,…

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The 8Entingi of Tm Court, by Headon Hill, which will appear in our columns on Saturday, March 4

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 4

Mr. HEADON HILL is weil known as the author of manypowerful romances, among,whicn may be mentioned "Guilty Gold,"…

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Foreigners in Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 1

A somewhat extraordinary scene was witnessed in the,Police Court this morning, when a number of Italians and Austrians,…

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A Ballarat Grime. Murder of Kate, Beaphley, [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 2

The trial of James Koulian and James Hutchinson, charged with the murder of Kate Beachley, the former's sweetheart, at Ballarat…

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Adelaide Oriminal Court. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 2

In the Criminal Court yesterday afternoon John Shepherd was sentenced to nine months' hard labor for horscstealing, Frederick…

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White Cliffs News. Police Court

Western Grazier · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 2

Before Messrs. R. Richardson and E. Harrison, Js.P., in the Police Court to-day a long-haired old man named Donald McCarthy, but known…

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