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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 4

Mr. Stevenson, S.M., adjudicated in the Police Court yesterday, and inflicted the following fines:—William Wiseman, drunk, 10s. or 48 hours; Annie…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 1

Reuben Dixon caused a summons to be served on Marvin W. Langford, storekeeper, charging the latter with assault, but failed to put in an…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 4

Cecilia Prendergast appeared before Mr. Stevenson, S.M., in the Police Court this morning, hiding a grazed face bcuhind her handkerchief and…

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Sentenced to Death at 17

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 2

Two youths, one 17 and the other [?] years of age, were this week (writes the "Advertiser's" London correspondent) sentenced to death for the…

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Acidents, Fatalitiecs. a Fatal Assault. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 2

An inquest was held yesterday an the body of a swagman named Frederick Toysbin, who died in the Wagga Hospital as the result of an alleged…

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A Singapore Murder. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 4

In the Perth Police Court yesterday William Gladstone Phillips was charged with having caused evidence of a murder at Singapore to disappear, with…

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The Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 1

The new Liquor Act was administered in the Licensing Court for the first time to-day. The bench was constituted by Messrs. Stevenson, L.M., Eley,…

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Court Business for 1905

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 2

The increased activity in Broken Hill during 1905 has not been without its affect on the busiess transacted at the Courthouse. The previous year…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 7

On the summons side of the Police Court to-day Edvard George Edelman was proceeded against by the police for driving a bicycle on the footpath in…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning, befoie Mr.Stevenson, S. M.John Evan Martin, who on Siturday night was behaving in a riotous manner in the…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 4

Mr. Stevenson, S.M., adjudicated in the Police Sourt this morning. A greybaired old man named Thomas Johnson pleaded guilty to charges of being drunk…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 2

John M'Donald, or Paddy Connelly, was before the Police Court this morning charged on warrant with unlawfully assaulting Mathias Matson. It appears…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 January 1906 · page 4

The Quarterly Licensing Court was held to-day, the bench being constituted by Messrs. Stevenson, S.M., Eley. and Mills, Js.P…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 4

The Quarterly Licensing Court was held to-day, the bench being constituted by Messrs. Stevenson, S.M., El[?]y, and Mills, Js.P…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 2

William Chard, a youth 17 years of age, was charged before Mr. Stevenson, S.M., in the Police Court this morning, with breaking into the…

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Attempted Burglary

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 2

An attempt was made between Saturday night and Sunday morning in forcibly make away with the contents of the safes in the o[?]es of Mr. A. J…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 1

Mr. Stevenson, S.M., adjudicated in the Police Court to-day, and had a list somewhat longer than usual to deal with. Thomas Ryan, for being, drunk…

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Alleged Criminal Assault. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 4

James Brien was charged at,the Wangaratta police court on Saturday with having criminally assaulted Annie Banks (13); and Ellen Banks, the…

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Murder and Robbery. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 2

M.Furel,a French architect,living at Geneva,has been murdered in a train,in a tunnel,and robbed of £14,000.Two youths have been…

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The Arbitration Court. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 4

The Coalminers Association of the Western district, has nominated Mr. Thirlwell as employees' representative on the Arbitration Court…

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