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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1910

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Coalminers' Strike. Proceedings Against Union Officials. Under New Industrial Act. Hutton, Butler, and O'connor Charged. Hearing of Case. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 1

The hearing of the case in which Daniel Hutton, James Butler, and William O'Connor are charged with alleged offences' against the Industrial…

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Broken Hill to Adelaide. Selling a Return Half of Ticket. Accused Fined £25 and Costs. Magistrate's Comment on a Witness's Evidence. Another Charge Dismissed. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 8

At the Adelaide Police Court yesterday Charles Lawton, on a charge of having sold a return half of a ticket from Broken Hill to Adelaide, was fined…

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Alleged Child Murder. a Barman Charged. Paramour Cross-examined. Accused Committed for Trial. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 5

Peter Brady, aged 29, described as a barman, was charged at tho Central Police Court on Thursday with having on or about May 8, 1909, felo[?]y…

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A Mayor Sent to Gaol. Perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 8

A. E. Borkwood, Mayor of Collie, was yesterday sentenced at the Criminal Sessions at Bunbury to three months' hard labor for larceny as a…

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A Missing Photographer. Police Searching for Him. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 8

A photographer named Hood, living at Balmain, started in a motor launch on Wednesday for the purpose of visiting the German barque Borthn, lying…

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A Serious Offence. Alleged Assault on a Girl. a Groom Accused. Committed for Trial. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 4

James Connolly (45) a groom, was charged at the Lilydale Court yesterday with committing an assault on Nellie Thomas (18)…

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In the Southern District. Watching for Peter Bowling. Police Boabd Train. Mr. Bowling Addresses Meeting. Given a Grand Reception. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 5

Several police were on the station at Clifton on the arrival of the carly passenger train from Sydney yesterday…

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A Fatal Quarrel. Man Arrested and Charged with Murder. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 8

Gerald Hogg (30), of Fitzroy, and Allan Snowden left Richardson's Hotel, Bourke-street, late last night, quarrelling. Snowden struck Hogg, who…

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Alleged Child Murder. a Rahman Charged. Further Evidence. Accused Committed for Trial. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 8

On the conclusion of the cross-examination of Olive Mitchell (reported in the First Edition), Maria Lever, a midlife, was called. Witness said she…

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Ronald-harper Case. Charged with Suborning Witnesses. an Ex-postal Employee Arrested. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 6

Patrick Hill was arrested to-day on a charge of suborning witnesses in the recent action for libel, Ronald v. Harper…

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A Fatal Quarrel. Accused Before the Court and Remanded. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 6

Allan Snowden was before the City Court to-day on a charge of murdering Gerald Hogg, the charge arising out of a fatal quarrel (reported in the…

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Sentenced to Death. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 4

Vosk Ressenski has been sentenced to death in connection with the bomb assassination of Colonial Karpoff at St. Petersburg…

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Ronald-harper Case. Man Charged with Inciting to Perjury. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 4

Patrick Hill (an ex postal employee) was charged to-day at the City Court with inciting Cornelius Creek to commit perjury as a witness in the recent…

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Sly Croc Shops in Sydney. a Police Raid. Number of Arrests Made. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 4

Yesterday a busy time was spent by the Darlinghurst police in raiding houses, at Woolloomooloo, believed to be sly grog-shops…

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Discharging Foreign Coal. Free Laborers Signing On. Approaches to Whare to Be Guarded by Police. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 1

About 122 free laborers have signed on with the Bellambi Coal Company, the Government agents, for the discharge of foreign coal coming to…

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Foreign Coal for the Government. Arrival of First Consignment. Expected at Any Moment. Engaging Non-union Labor. Men to Receive Police Protection. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 2

The steamer Quito, bringing the first of the consignments of foreign coal ordered by the Government, was due here yesterday, but up till late…

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An Alleged Assault. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 2

Michael O'Sullivan (54), residing at Little Albion-street, Surry Hills, was conveyed to the Sydney Hospital by the civil ambulance yesterday in an…

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A Louisiana Murder. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 4

Mr. Akerman, owner of a menagerie at Devall's Landing, Louisiana, was murdered by a man named Starr, while feeding an ape, which…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 4

In the Licensing Court this morning, before Mr. W. N. Dove, S.M., Charles Henry Webster, licensee of the Centennial Hotel. Blende-street, was…

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West Australia. the Coolgardie Murder. Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 2

The Executive Council decided yesterday that the death sentence passed on Peter Robustolli for the murder of Giovanni Forsatti at Coolgardie on…

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