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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

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Silverton Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 4

Richard O'Connell, publican, was charged in the Silverton Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. J. M'Kensoy, S.M., with riotous bohavior…

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The Allandale Murder. Accused Found Quilty. Sentenced to Death. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 4

The case in which Frederick Davies Green is charged with the murder of Lilian Bridge at Allandale on April 14 was concluded yesterday…

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Friendly Appeal Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 8

A friendly appeal court in connection with the city rating was opened at the Town Hall this morning. The object of the court was to enable ratepayers, who…

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Alleged Assault Upon a Woman. a Violent Italian. Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 4

An Italian fruiterer named Emilo Dominick, was arrested yesterday on a charge of assaulting his paramour. Roso Martinelli. The latter refused…

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The Ararat Wife Murder. Behavior of the Condemned Man

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 2

The condemned man, Charles Henry Deutschman, is reported by the Ballarat gaol, authorities to be resigned to his fate. He is eating and sleeping…

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Arbitration Court Award. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 8

The members of the engineering trade declare themselves generally to be satisfied with the Arbitration Court award. The secretary says that, in his opinion,…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 8

In the Police court to-day, before Mr. M'Kensey, S.M., Thomas Coghlan was fined 10s. or three days for riotous behaviour. Joseph Sharp, who…

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Victoria. Stealing a Bicycle. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 8

William Chard, from Broken Hill was sentenced to three months' imprisonment to-day on a charge of steal ing a bicycle from James Bow, another…

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The Elsternwick Murder. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 8

James Watson Rosier was to-day remanded for a week on the charge of murdering Hugh Kyle Dunn at Elsternwick, on June 5…

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The Glenelg Murder. Coleman's Execution Fixed. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 4

Unless the Executive Council intervenes, Coleman (who was convicted of the murder of Constable Ring, at Glenelg), will be executed on July 4…

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Accused of Child Murder. Woman Committed for Trial. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 4

Margaret Henderson (45), a married woman, was yesterday committed for trial on charges of having received a child to maintain apart from its…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 June 1908 · page 4

Mr. M'Kensey had one first-Offering drunk to deal with in the Police Court this morning, and treated him with the customary leniency. Mark Stevenson…

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Theft of Jewellery. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 June 1908 · page 2

Saunders, a former salesman in the employ of Abraham Bros., jewellers, of Birmingham, and White a salesman at Jamaica, were arrested at Pittsburg…

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Charged with Murder. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 4

The hearing commenced to-day in the Criminal Court of the charge of murder aguinst Jane Baikie, who is accused of causing the death of a man…

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Charged with Murder. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 2

The trial of Mrs. Jane Baikie on a charge of murdering Alexander Brown, whom she is alleged to have poisoned with arsenic, was commenced at the…

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Victoria. Charged with Bigamy. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 4

Victoria May Sue (30) was committed for trial to-day on a charge of bigamy. It is alleged, that she married Charley Ah Sue in October, 1905,…

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Sentenced for Burglary. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 8

John, F. Spencer, a Leicester draper, was sentenced to 12 years' penal servitude to-day on five charges of burglary…

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Police Court. Indecent Language

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 8

In the Police Court this morning (Mr. J. M'Kensoy, S.M., presiding), Maria Lloyd, who had been given time in which to pay a fine indicted…

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Accused of Theft, Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 8

At the Criminal Court to-day Lu[?]s Borovski (20) pleaded guilty to stealing £39 in cheynes and money from his employers. Counsel for accused appealed…

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Wholesale Theft of Furniture. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 4

Cornelius O'Donognue and Albert Hardy, were yesterday corivioted on a charge of stealing £500 worth of furniture, from Messrs. Campbell and Co.,…

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