The Ballarat Murder. Rouhan Sentenced to Death. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
James Rouhan was found guilty and sentenced to death at Ballarat last night for the murder of Kate Beachley, his…
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Courts & crime, 1905
716 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 36
Police Court
Two first-offending drunks were before Mr. Stevenson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day. One of them, an old-age pensioner. who stated that he hadn't had a nobbler…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged Murder of a Child. An Unnatural Girl. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
Ruby Hickey, an orphan, employed as nursemaid by Frederick Brook, of Bowen, yesterday, it is alleged, deliberately murdered…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged Conspiracy to Defraud. Bookmakers in Court. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday Afternoon
In the Criminal Court to-day Edmund Mullett (27) and John Harford (35) pleaded not guilty to Having at Kadina on December…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Orizaba Wreck. a Court of Inquiry. Captain Archer Censured. [By Telegraph.] Perth
The decision of the Court of Inquiry into the charges laid against Captain Archer, commander of the wrecked steamer…
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In the police Court to-day John Temby, with 60 previous convictions against his name, again pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness and indecent language. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Horse Stealing. Accused Committed
Before Mr. Stevenson, S.M. in the Police Court to-day, James William Menning appeared, on remand, charged with horse stealing. The case has been repeatedly…
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Mr. Stevenson, S.M., in the Small Debts Court to-day, gave the following verdicts, for the plaintiff in each case, with costs:— Richard Henry Sampson v. George Horsell,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A New Zealand Tragedy. Murder and Suicide. [By Telegraph.] Wellington
T. O. Burgess, living at Methven, near Canterbury, yesterday shot his wife in the forehead with a revolver and then fired at but missed another woman. He next rode…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barrier Circuit Court. Why was it Abolished?
At the meeting of the City Council last night, Alderman J. H. Ivey moved,— 1 That Messrs. Cann and Griffith,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →POLICE V. Aborigines. a Native Shot Dead. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
The police report having shot dead an aboriginal, supposed to be a lunatic, in the Mount Britton Ranges…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Zealand Tragedy. Murder and Suloide. [By Telegraph.] Welington, Wadnesday
T. O. Bargese, living at Methven, near Canterbury, yesterday shot his wife in the forehead with a revolver and then fired at but missed another woman. He next rode…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Police Illtheatment. to the Editor
Sir,—This evening I witnessed a most atrocious case of absolutely unnecessary illtreatment to a fellow-human. being who was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Note Forger Sentenced. Remarkable Speech. A Request Granted. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
At the Quarter Sessions, yesterday a man named Parker, a noted forger with a reword of criminal convictions which extended over 30 years, addressed the Judge…
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Before Mr. Stovenson, in the Police Court to=day, a first-offending drunk was leniently dealt with. Edwin Bat son, who got gloriously drunk and used…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Assault. With intent to Steal. A Plucky Constable
Constable Foster was on his beat in Argent-street at about 1.20 o'clock this morning, when police duty to be done broke the usual monotony of a…
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Ernest Gallagher (23), charged on remand with assaulting with intent to rob William Thomas Cleave outside the Denver City Hotel early yesterday…
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Mounted-constable Jacob, who has during the past cricket season distinguished himself as a member of the Willyams Club, has been transferred to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Arbitration Court. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Mr. Justice Cohen has officially intimated his intention of retiring from the Presidency of the Arbitration Court. Mr. Justice Pring is mentioned as his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Brierholme Wreck. Decision of the Court. [By Telegraph.] Hobart
The inquiry into the wreck of the barque Bricrholme was concluded yesterday afternoon. The Court, in its reserved decision, found that there was…
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