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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 8

An elderly man of respectable appearance was brought before Mr. Dove, D.S.M., in the Police Court to-day, charged with being drunk in South…

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Theft of Money

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 4

The police received a report last night of a robbery which occurred a a store in Oxide-street kept by Mrs. Martha Forsyth. A cashbox…

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Victoria. Sentenced for Embezzlement. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 6

John Charles Buckley, ex-secretary of the Carlton branch of the Political Labor Council, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment to-day for the…

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Constable Hyde's Murder. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 5

So for as the murder of Constable Hyde is concerned, the police in the other States, as well as those of this State, have been keeping a number…

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A Sensational Burglary. Pawnbroker's Shop Entered. Valuable Jewellery Stolen. Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 4

A sensational burglary was committed at Perth, West Australia in the early hours of yesterday morning. The robbers entered the residence of Mr…

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Police Discontent. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 6

The police, who are discontented with their, present pay, are agitating for an increase of 1s. a day. Mr. William Wallace Tarrawarra,…

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Convicted of Embezzlement. Sentenced to Twelve Months' Imprisonment. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 6

In the Criminal Court, Adelaide, today, James Clifton Reed was convicted on a charge of embezzling £12. the property of his employers…

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The Turkish Police. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 4

Turkey is reorganising the police in the whole of the Empire on the Macedon model, many foreign officers being in command…

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Sequel to a Fight. Three Men Charged with Manslaughter. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 5

At the Texas (Queensland) Police Court yesterday three men named Robert Andrews, P. R. Williams, and D. B. Bows, were charged with the…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 2

Mr. W. N. Dove, D.S.M., presided in the Police Court to-day. There was only a case of drunkenness before his Worship. It was that of a…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 2

In the Licensing Court this morning the application of T. W. Supple, of Argent-street, for a booth license in connection with the St. Patrick's…

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Convicted of Robbery. Sentenced to Two Years' Imprisonment Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 1

Dora Gray, a married woman, from Victoria, was found guilty to-day of the robbery of £12 from a man in Adelaide, and was sentenced to two…

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An Unnatural Father. Sent to Gaol for Five Years. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 1

At the Central Criminal Court to-day George Chapple, aged 60, was sentenced to five years imprisonment upon conviction on a charge of incest…

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Bankruptcy Court. R. S. Gregory's Case

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 4

Major Crane, P.M., District Registrar in Bankruptcy, presided in the Bankruptcy Court this morning, when the public examination into the affairs,…

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Wreck of the Penguin. Nautical Court's Inquiry. a Captain's Evidence. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 2

According to the evidence of Captain Merriman, the master of the steamer Kennedy, at the inquiry by the Nautical Court yesterday, concerning the…

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Arbitration Court. the Sitting in Melbourne. Evidence by Mr. Darling. the Questions of Profits and Reserves. Caustic Comments by the Judge. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 2

The proceedings in the arbitration case, respecting the industrial dispute between the A.M.A. of Broken Hill and Port Pirie and the Proprietary…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. Arbitration Court. Sittings at Melbourne. To-day's Proceedings. Smelting and Zinc Concentrates. the Company's Intentions. Will Carry Out Existing Contracts. Master Builder's Evidence. Mining Engineer in the Box. Mr. Dickenson Recalled. Caustic Comments by the President. Paying for a New Plant. Out of the Men's Wages. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 4

The proceedings in the arbitration case, respecting the industrial dispute between the A.M.A. of Broken Hill and Port Pirie and the…

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Theft From Warship. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 4

The sum of £2500 in notes and gold has been stolen from the treasury of H.M.S. Indomitable, now anchored at Sheerness…

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A Strike Incident. Alleged Assault. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 2

The Pyrmont police yesterday arrested a man on a charge of assaulting Clarence Woodland on Tuesday night. It is said that the alleged assault as…

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A Visit to the Gaol. by Three Labor Js.P

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 4

This afternoon Messrs. Long (Mayorelect), J. G. Warren, and W. G. Sparrow, Js.P., paid the Broken Hill Gaol an official visit, by virtue of their…

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