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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

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The Welbourne Tragedy. Killed With An Umbrella. Brown Committed for Murder. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

The inquiry held at Tamworth concerning the death of William Welbourne, who succumbed to injuries received through his eye being pierced by…

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Industrial Disputes Act. the Industrial Court. Judge Heydon the First Judge. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

Judge Heydon (President of the Arbitration Court) has accepted the offer of the Government to act as Judge of the Industrial Court to bo created…

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South Australia. Charged with Stealing, Adelaide, Friday. [?]

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 8

William Forsythe, a young man, was sentenced to four months imprisonment at the Port Adelaide police court to-day on a charge of stealing a…

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Charged with Conspiracy. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

Cornelius O'Donoghue (33), a salesman, and Albert Hardy (27), a clerk, were charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with, conspiracy to…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 2

After an absence from the city for the past few days Mr. M'Kensey, S.M., resumed his sent on the Bench at the Police Court this morning. On account…

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Stealing From the Person. Sentenced to Two Months

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 2

Edward Barratt, a young man, who was remanded from Tuesday last on a charge of haring stolen the sum of £7 from James M'Cormack at the Crown…

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Burglary at a School. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 4

On Friday night Miss Brown's advanced school and kindergarten for young ladies at Medindie was entered by burglars, who stole a quantity of…

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Convicted of Indecent Assault. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 4

Walter Stephens and Thomas Lang two youths, were convicted to-day of indecent assault on drunken women at Mosman on December 3, and…

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An Infants' Body. Buried in a Gully. Young Woman Charged with Murder. Committed for Trial. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

At Balranald on Saturday the police discovered the body of an infant buried in a gully half a mile from the town. The alleged mother of the child,…

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Alleged Assault on a Woman. Information Dismissed

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 4

In the Police Court this morning Alfred Goodwin was charged with having unlawfully assaulted Maria Lloyd in the early hours of April 24…

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An Aboriginal Arrested. Charged, with Murdering His Gin. Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

A Coolgardie telegram states that an aboriginal named Peter was arrested there on a charge of having, on March 26 murdered his gin at Frazer's…

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Special Mining Court. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

A message from Newcastle states that it is unlikely that the Special Mining Court will sit again at Newcastle. Judge Heydon says he will not return…

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A Fireman's Death. Second Engineer Charged with Manslaughter. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 2

At the inquiry yesterday concerning the death of Franz House, fireman on tho German steamer Goslar, the coroner found that death was due to a fracture…

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Charged with Larceny. Sentenced to Three Months

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 2

Joseph Henry Williams, a young man, appeared before Mr. M'K[?]y, S.M., in the Police Court this morning charged with stealing, on April 29, a…

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Stealing Boots. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 4

At the police court to-day George Bell a bootmaker, was sentenced to [?] days imprisement for stealing a pair of boots from a shop in Hindley-street…

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Alleged Wilful Murder. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 2

Armand Sclmndor (28), first officer of the Norwegian steamer Opland, was charged at the City Court yesterday with the wilful murder of Yen Ah…

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Alleged Attempted Wife Murder. Melbourn[?]

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 2

Abraham Trevascus, a South Melbourne commission agent, was yesterday at the Criminal Court charged with attomrying to murder his wife, Alice…

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The Ballarat Murder. Iles on Trial. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 2

The trinal of William [?], charged with the murder of Mary Graham at Ballarat in January last, Was. continued yesterday…

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A Police Matter. Explanation by Sub-inspector Sawtell

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 3

In "The Miner" of March 31 a letter signed "British Fairplay,'' appeared under the heading of "The Powers of a Constable," in which certain charges…

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White Cliffs Police Court. Theft of Wood

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 5

At the White Cliffs Police Court on Monday, before Mr. Malone, P.M., Frederick Pinkum was charged, on the information of James Francis, with…

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