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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

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Alleged Theft of Bicycles. Young Man Committed for Trial. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 4

At the Adelaide police court, to-day Roy Davenport, a middle-aged man, was committed for trial on seven different charges of the larceny of bicycles…

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Alleged Gold Stealing. Hearing Further Adjourned. Kalgoorlie

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 2

The case against George. M'Donald, who is charged with the unlawful possession of 71oz, of gold, and against Joseph Reidy, who is charged with…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 2

The Licensing Bench (Messrs. M'Kensey, S.M., C. Eey, and C. Bowen, Js.P.) this morning granted a license for an additional saloon at the…

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Alleged Indecent Assault. a Light Punishment. Kalgoorlie

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 2

At the Boulder, police court yesterday a youth named James Snell was bound over to be of good behavior for six months for committing an assault…

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Charged with Theft. Of a Case of Whisky

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 4

John M'Donald, alias Dublin, and John Denis O'Shea were this morning charged at the Police Court with stealing a case of Buchanan's whisky, the…

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Theft of Ruben's Picture. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 4

A Brussell's joiner named Goosens has been sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude for the theft of a Ruben's picture belonging to Count Assche…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 4

Mr. M'Kensey, S.M., in the Police Court to-day, fined William Robert Scott 5s. or one day for drunkenness and 40s., of 14 days for using indecent…

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Posing As a Baronet. Sentenced as a Rogue and Vagabond. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 8

A man named George Croft, The has been posing as Sir John Marwick, Bart. was arrested to-day and charged at the City Court with imposition…

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White Clipps Police Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 8

Joseph Heggarty was charged before Mr. H. Malone, P.M., with stealing one pair of boots, value 12s. 6d., the property of Richard Johnstone, at…

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Broken Hill Butchers. Arbitration Court Case. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

A dispute has been filed in the State Arbitration Court by the Butchers' Employees' Union of Broken Hill against Kidman Brothers…

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The Day Dawn Tragedy. Verdict of Wilful Murder. Smith Committed for Trial. Perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

The inquest on the body of W. J. Clinton, the victim of the Day Dawn tragedy, was concluded at Day Dawn yesterday…

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The Berlin Scandals. Finding of Court Marital. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

The court martial appointed to investigate certain charges against Count Lynar and Count Hohenau has sentenced the former to 15 months'…

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Police, Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 4

Refore Mr. M'Kensey. S.M., in the Police Court, to-day. Lawrence Oswald was fined 20s. or seven days for using indecent language. For unlawfully…

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Charged with Stealing. Expired in his Cell. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 4

Edward H[?]bson, stated to be well connected in England, who was arrested on Saturday and charged with stealing goods From a warehouse,…

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Charged with Embezzlement. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 2

Ernest Camp, a youth brought from Fremantle, was charged at the Adelaide police court yesterday with embezzling 18s. from Jacob Sincock, a…

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Charged with Embezzlement. Committed for Trial. Kalgoorlie

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 January 1908 · page 2

At the Kalgoorlie police court yesterday Edward James Simpson, formerly local manager for Ward and Co., stockbrokers, was committed for trial…

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Zululand Revolt. Dinizul Charged with Murder. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 4

Reuter's correspondent at Pietermaritzburg (Natal) says it is understood that a warrant on a charge of murder is to be issued against Dinizulu in…

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South Australia. Charged with Betting. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 4

Hurry Evans and Thomas Bennett were charged at the police court yesterday with betting at Victoria Park on Monday. Bennett was dismissed,…

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Unlawful Possession of Gold. Chinese Greengrocer Sentenced. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 4

At Bendigo yesterday a Chinese greengrocer named Ah Din was charged with being in the unlawful possession of gold, and also pannings. The…

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A Queensland Murder. Accused Committed for Trial. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 4

The evidence for the prosecution in the case of William Riley and Kate Callaghan, charged with the murder of Ernest Henry Martyr in 1895, was…

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