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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

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Burglars Sentenced. Get Seven Years Each. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 1

James Nicol and Robert Heaton, burglars, who stole paperhangings and paintbrushes, were to-day sentenced to seven years' penal servitude…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 4

The police have arrested James Stile (25), on a charge of attempting to murder a man named Waller. Stile is a timbergetter and Waller a…

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A Touring Police Officer. Presentation to Commissioner Madley. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 2

Commissioner L. G. Madley was presented yesterday by the members of the associated police force with a leather cabin trunk, a leather hat…

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Loss of Employment. Non-Unionist Succeeds in the High Court. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 1

The High Court to-day dismissed an appeal by the Brisbane Shipwrights Provident Union in the case in which Heggie, a non-union…

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Unnatural Proposal the Murder of the Unfit. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 4

Doctor Gregory is introducing into the Iowa State Legislatiure, of which he is a member, a bill legalising the painless killing of hopelessly…

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Freeman and Wallace. The High Court Refuses a Mandamus. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 1

The High Court delivered judgment to-day in the application to make absolute an order for a mandamus to compel the Deputy…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 1

Mr. Stevenson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day, fined Charles Daley 10s. or "the rising" for being drunk and disorderly in the Oriental Hotel. A…

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Burglar Sentenced. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 4

Henry Vincent Dare, the burglar who was caught in the Ramsgate Hotel, at Henley Beach, was to-day sentenced to a month in gaol…

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The Boy Murder. Placed on Trial. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 4

The lift boy, Quinlan, was placed on trial to-day, and pleaded not guilty Mr. Windeyer defended the accused. The trial is proceeding…

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The Boy Murderer. Quinlan Described. Sentenced to Death. Recommended to Mercy on Account of Youth. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 2

The trial of the lift boy Quinlan, who stabbed Mrs. Gregory to death in the Royal Hotel in Sydney, was continued at the Central Criminal Court,…

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Alleged Murder at Sea. a Chinaman Falsely Charged. Is Awarded £707 Damages. Perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 7

At Perth, yesterday, Yeo Eng Sing, a Chinese, obtained a verdict in the Supreme Court against five of his countrymen for maliciously causing him to…

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Prisoners Escape From Gaol. Perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 7

Two prisoners, Samuel Manton und charles M'Bride. have escaped from Bunbury Gaol. They were each serving a sentence of three months, ind…

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Tarrawingee Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 5

Mr. Stevenson, S.M., adjudicated at the Tarrawingee court on Thursday. The following verdicts wore given:— Police v. William Lesparde, dismissed;…

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Words and Trouble. "Not an Assault—an Outrage."

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 5

Before Mr. Stevenson, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday, William Read proceeded against John Shepley for alleged unlawful assault. Mr. J. R…

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A Chinese Murder, Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 1

At the.Roeburne Criminar Sessions yesterday Qui Chong, Chinese cook at the Commercial Hotel, was found guilty of the murder of "Alex." a Siamese…

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Perth Criminal Court. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 1

At the Central Criminal Court yesterday Michael.O'Neill was acquitted on a charge of manslaughter. Thomas Burke on February 2 died,, as alleged;…

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Alleged Sly Grog-selling. a Police Raid. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 4

As the result of a visit to a house at 'Erskineville yesterday by several officers of the 'Newtown police a quantity of beer wasseized. Two persons. were…

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A Squatter's Troubles. Wholesale Fleecing Alleged. House Raided by tho Police

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 3

or some dnys past Mr. Walter Harold Davidson, a well-known squatter, whose lavish expenditure ot' money in Melbourne has brought him into…

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Non-unionists' Rights. High Court's Decision Discussed. To Come Before tho Federal Labor Congress. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 1

The Trades Hall Council last night discussed the High Court's decision in the case.of Thomas Hegj*ie, shipwright, of Brisbane. The executive reported on…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 1

Mr. Stevenson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day, fined Owen O'Neill and Albort Robertson each 5s. or "the rising" for drunkenness. John Tamby (64…

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