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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

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Police News

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 2

Sub-inspector Sawtell is in receipt of a placard issued from the chief secretary's, office, offering a reward of £100 for the information leading to the…

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Warden's Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 4

A Warden's Court was held by Mr. J. M'Kcnsoy to-day. The Broken Hill Proprietary Company made applications for the…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 2

In the Licensing Court this morning, Mr. M'Konsey, S.M., granted the transfer of the license of the Palace Hotel from Harold Miller Player to…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 4

In the Licensing Court to-day, MP. J. M'Kensoy, S.M., presiding, a renewal of an additional bar license was granted to William James Finn, of the…

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Charged with Bigamy. Young Woman Remanded. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 2

Josephine Cook, a young woman who is charged with having committed bigamy in New South Wales, was yesterday remanded to Lockhart, New South…

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New South Wales. Charged with Manslaughter. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 2

Minnie Spicer was yesterday committed for trial on a charge of the manslaughter of Goorge Janes (36); a barber. It is alleged that Spicer…

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The East Perth Tragedy. Murder and Suicide. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 2

The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Mary and John Odgers, the victims of the recent tragedy at Mr. Blurton's shop, at the…

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The Glenelg Murder. Coleman Sentenced to Death. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 4

Joseph Albert Coleman was on trial yesterday at the Criminal Conrt, Adelaide, for the murder of Constable Ring at Glenelg on March 29. After…

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A Serious Crime. "Woman Charged with Child Murder. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 4

The case of Margaret Henderson (45), a married woman, was remanded from the Water Police Court yesterday. Accused is charged with having, without…

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The Glenelg Murder. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 8

James Albert Coloman (56) was on trial at the Criminal Court to-day for the murder of Constable Ring at Glenelg on March 29. Evidence as to…

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Tried for Wife Murder. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 4

Charles Henry Deut chmann was yesterday'tried at Stawell for the murder of his wife on April ll. The trial lasted until 9 p.m. Drs. Spring and…

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Unlawfully Usihg Instrument. Nurse and Constable Charged. Both Accused Committed for Trial. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 4

At the Paddington Police Court yesterday, hearing was continued in the case in which Eleanor Brown, a nurse, was charged with having at Sydney,…

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South Australian Brewery. a Case Before Full Court. Decision Reserved. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 4

The Full Court reserved its decision on the application of the South Australian Brewery Co., Ltd., against a conviction recorded in connection with…

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The Waterloo Tracedy. Despoges Sentenced to Three Years'imprisonment. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

At the Central Criminal Court yesterday afternoon the trial was conchided of Louis Stephen Despogos, the young man charged with having…

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Family Troubles. Husband Charged With Intention to Desert. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 8

In the District Court to-day Mary Elizabeth Lillian Jowett charged her husband, James George Jowett, shire engineer, with intending to desert her…

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A Constable's Indiscretion. Leads to Breakdown Of a Murder Charge. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

Marian Smith was yestarday placed on her trial at the Criminal Sessions on a charge of the murder of Mary Spears, who recently died at the Coast…

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Jay Gould's Children. Procession Through the Divorce Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 6

It is a peculiar circumstance (writes the San Francisco correspondent of the "Age") that three of the children of the late Jay Gould, the New York…

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Selling Cigarettes on Sunday. Special Case Before Full Court. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

The Full Court delivered judg[?]t yesterday in the special case arisaig out of the prosecution of Philip Hart, lessee of the refreshment rooms…

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Charged with Murder. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 June 1908 · page 2

On Saturday at the Criminal Court the tria1 of Michiel Hen and [?] Broad, on a charge of having wilfully murdered Cornelins O'Hara, was…

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Guilty of Manslaughter. Russian Sailor Sentenced. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 June 1908 · page 4

Alexander Zaphiridis, the Russian Bailor who was found guilty of the manslaughter of Heinrich Stondor, a fellow-seaman on board the Ocean…

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