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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 8

In the Licensing Court to-day renewals of publicans' licenses for 12 months were granted to the following applicants.—William Burns, license[?] of…

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Tragedy in New Caledonia. Jealoiusy and Murder

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 1

The small town of La Foa, in New Caledonia, which was the scene of a triple murder and suicide a few weeks ago, when a mother shot her three…

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An American Tragedy. Discovery of Incinerated Bodies. a Woman Suspected of Murder. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 4

After a fire at a farm at Lapcute, Indiana, U.S.A., four bodies, believed [?] be those of the occupier, Mrs. Belle Guinness, and her children, were…

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The Police View

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 4

Spoken to by the reporter on the matter, Sub-inspector.Sawtell said that the statement was positively ridiculous. Since the new licensing law had come…

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District Court Fees. Making a Reduction. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 8

A material reduction has been made in the fees payable for entering plaints in the District Court. Formerly the fee of 5s. was charged on the lowest…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 2

Before Mr. M'Konsey, S.M., in the Police Court this morning the following cases were dealt with:—John Jeffreys, riotous behavior in the bar of the Royal Exchange…

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Stealing and Receiving. Two Men Charged. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 4

The police arrested two men, One on a charge of having stolen and the other. having received articles valued at £100. the property of Hoffnung and…

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Assault at Tarrawingee

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 4

A young man, William Robert Royle, was charged before Air. M'Kensey, S.M., in the Police Court this meruiting with assault at Tarrawinges…

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The Idaho Murder. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 2

Harry Orchard, the murderer of Governor Steunenberg of Idaho, against his own protest has been reprieved until July 1. He declares that he…

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Berlin Court Scandals. Prince Eulenburg Armstes. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 2

Prince Eulenburg, whose name was prominently mixed up in we late Berlin court scandals, was arrested yesterday and conveyed in a moter…

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Terrorism in India. ADDITIONAl Particulars. Conspiracy to Murder. the Viceroy and Lord Kitchener. an Anarchist College Discovered. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 2

The "Daily Mail" states that the conspiracy to murder Earl Min[?]E(Viceroy) and Lord Kitchener (Commander, in-Chief) was intended to raise a…

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Lightless Vehicles. Police Prosecutions

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 4

Taking the [?] from a paragraph appearing in "The Miner" a couple of weeks age the police have taken Steps to put down the reprehensible practice[?]…

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A Missing Bankrupt. Police Inquiring for him. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 4

An information has been sworn charging A. C. [?]lliott, the missing Wellington (New Zealand) bankrupt, with the misappropriation of money[?]…

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Civil Court Action. Alternative Claim for Damages. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 4

In the Civil Court to-day, Max Swift, furniture warehouseman commenced an action against John James Browne, claiming a rescision of the…

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Terrorism in India. Further Police Discoveries, Conspirators Trained in France. in the Manufactory of Bombs. [Reuter's Messase.] landon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 2

The police have further discovered in connection with the Calcutta conspiracy that many of the conspirators went to France where they were trained in the…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 4

Before Mr. M'Kensey, S.M., in the Police Court this morning, for being drunk, Timothy O'Connor (with six previous convictions) wits fined l0s., or…

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Colliery Wheelers Sentenced. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

Eighteen wheelers, who struck work at the Burwood colliery some weeks ago, appeared at the Charlestown coutrt yesterday. It was stated that…

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A Departing Police Official

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 3

Senior-constable Curtois, who had been in the south-western police district for the past 17 years, left by last night's, express for Bega, whither he…

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Small Debts Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 4

Before Mr. M'Kensoy, S.M., in the Small Debts Court this morning a verdict for plaintiff was given in the following cases:—A. F. P[?]be v…

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Morphia Victim. Sentenced to Imprisonment. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 2

Haro[?] Wyndham Cottle, who had pleaded guilty at the Darlinghurst Sessions to three charges of obtaining property by false pretences, was yesterday…

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