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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

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Warden's Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 2

The warden, Mr. J. M'Kensey, S.M., presided at a sitting of the Warden's Court this morning. Charles Henry Ellis, as agent for Alfred John Ellis,…

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A Warning to Boys. Stealing Wood at the Mines

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 4

At a sitting of the Children's Court, held by Mr. J. M'Kensey S.M., yesterday, two boys, aged 14 and 8 years respectively were charged with…

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German Smokeless Powder. an Attempt to Reveal Its Composition. Frustrated by Police. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 2

The police at Kiel have frustrated an attempt to reveal to France the composition of the German smokeless powder. Mademoisells Peterson a French…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. the Glenelg Murder. Execution of Coleman. Great Fortitude Displayed by Condemned Man. Coleman's Statement. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 4

Additional particulars relative to thexecution of Coleman, the Gle[?] murderer, show that no members of the press were admitted, the sheriff, Governor…

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Seditious Articles in Bombay. Editor Gets. Three Years' Gaol. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 4

The editor of a Bombay native newspaper has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment for publishing seditious articles…

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A Violent Butcher. Charged with Maliciously Wounding. Stabs His Wife with Butcher's Knife. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 4

James' Arthur Moore, a butcher,' resident at Manly Vale, near Mandy, was charged at the Water Police Court yesterday with maliciously wounding,…

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Special Mining Court. To be Opened at Newcastle. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 4

Judge Heydon has agreed to re-open the Special Mining Court at Newcastle on July 27, and will sit for three days or longer. He will then hear the case…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. [?] SUFFRAGETTES. [?] Prime Minister's Windows. Two Women Sent to Gaol. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 8

[?] [?] [?] who when arrested [?] "It will be a bomb next time." and Miss New, a suffragette organiser, were sentenced to two month's…

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Teri[?]e Bush Trac[?]dy. Sequel to a Wood Cutters' Quarrel. Murder and Suicide. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 4

The Chief Commissioner of Police has received a telegram from Silverspur, near Stanthorpe saying that Charles Young, alias Sullivan, and…

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Burglary at the Boulder. a Safe Dynamited. Ninety Pounds Stolen. Kalgoorlie

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 July 1908 · page 2

A daring robbery was perp[?]trated at the Boulder in the early hours of Saturday morning when the set at the offices of the A.M.A. was blown open…

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Mr. Josiah Thomas at White Cliffs. the New Protection. and the High Court's Decision. White Cliffs

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 July 1908 · page 2

Mr. Josiah Thomas (representative of the Barrier in the Federal Parliament) addressed a large meeting of electors at the Contennial Hall, on Saturday…

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Aboriginal Outrace. Murder of a Stationholder. Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 July 1908 · page 2

A telegram received from Turkey Creek in the North-west, states that Mr. M'Donald, a district station owner, was a few days since shot dead by a…

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Alleged Gold Stealing. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 July 1908 · page 2

Frank Kenyon and Thomas Stevens, two miners, have been arrested at Castlemaine, charged with stealing gold from the Golden Gully Co-operative…

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South Australia. a Chemist Charged. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 July 1908 · page 4

Arthur Kent Newberry, chemist, was charged at the Police Court to-day with selling, while an unlicensed person, a less qantity of liquor than five…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 July 1908 · page 4

Sitting as a Licensing Court this morning, Messrs.J. M'kensey, S.M., and G. C. Bowen, J.P. granted renewals of wine licenses to [?]…

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Elizabeth Bay Jewellery Robbery. Two Men Charged. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 July 1908 · page 2

George Coleman, aged 27, a boatmnker, and Robert Walton, aged 38, a contractor, were yesterday charged at the Water Police Court with having…

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A Missing Schoolmaster. Police Unable to Trace Him. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 July 1908 · page 2

Mr. Loveridge, a schoolmaster at West Guildford, has been missing since Sunday, and the police have so far been unable to trace him…

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Madame Slapoffski in Court. Trouble Over a Pawned Ring

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 July 1908 · page 2

Madame Slapoffski, the well-known music teacher, appeared at Sydney in answer to a summons. She was charged with having fraudulently converted to…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 4

Some three weeks ago in a case when Joseph Hart was charged with playing "two up," a constable gave evidence to the effect that when he arrested a…

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White Cliffs Police Court. Breach of the Liquor Act

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 11

Before Mr. M. R. Longfield P.M., and Mr. C. Krause, J.P., Alfred Richardson, [?]see of the Opal King Hotel, was charged with supplying liquor on…

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