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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

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The Following Appeard in Yesterdays Third Edition. Daring Escape From the Darlinghurst Gaol. Two Prisoners Get Away. an Eye-witness's Statement. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 1

A daring escape was made from Darlinghurst Gaol to-day in broad daylight. At the time hundreds of people were…

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Armed with a Revolver. Man Creates Considerarle Alarm in Certain Oueensland Districts. the Police Searching for Him. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 2

For several days past a man, said to be well known to the police, has been travelling about the Cleveland, Redland Bay, and Tingalpu districts armed…

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Recent Berlin Strike. Thirty-five Rioters Sentenced. [Reuter's Message.] Berlin

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 4

Thirty-five men concerned in the recent strike riots in the Moabit quarter of Berlin were sentenced to from one to nine months' imprisonment…

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Police and Anarchists. Home Secretary Denies Interference. [Reutor's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 4

The Home secretary, Mr. winston Churchill, replying to his critics, denies overruling or interfering with the authorities at Stepney, where the…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 8

At a sitting of the Police Court, presided over by Mr. W. N. Dove, S.M., this morning, a female first offender was fined 12s. 6d.—in default,…

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Alleced Assault. Cakewalk Causes Disagreement

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 8

Charles Landorf was charged at the Summons Court this morning, before Mr. W. N. Dove, S.M., with having unlawfully assaulted Georgo Snell on…

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Encinedrivers and Firemen. Case for Federal Arbitration Court. Better Hours and Wages Claimed. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 4

Mr. Pearce (secretary of the Victorian branch of the Federated Engine-drivers arid Firemen's Association) filed with the registrar of the Federal…

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Love Letter Read From Blotting Pad. Awkward Street Meeting Between Wife and Husband. Court Exonerates Barmaid

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 2

Taking up the blotting-pad on which her husband had written a letter—to a man, the explained, making an appointment to meet him at a football match…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 4

Mr. W. N. Dove, S.M., presided in the Police Court this morning: A young woman pleaded guilty to a charge of having been drunk in…

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Silverton Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 6

Mr. W. N. Dove, S.M., held a Police Court at Silverton on Tuesday, when the following business was transacted:—…

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Town Sells Gaol

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 7

So law-abiding have the people of Greene, Butler County (Indiana), become that they have no more use for the city gaol. Senator Wade of the…

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Police Dog Hero. an Official Funeral

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 3

The seventeenth brigade of the Paris city police organised a special funeral for the police dog, Leo, shot dead by an Apache…

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Bank Manager in Trouble Pleads Guilty to Theft. [Reuter's Message.] Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 6

General Manager Travers of the Farmors' Bank, Toronto, pleaded guilty to-day to three charges of theft and making false returns…

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A Constable's Death. Verdict of Wilful Murder. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 8

At the inquest yesterday on the body of Constable Jones, who died as the result of a blow on the head at Bacchus Marsh on New Year's morning,…

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Wireless[?] Brings Police. Reported Robbery at Sea

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 6

Wireless telegraphy (says the Melbourne correspondent of the "S.M. Herald") has at last been put in oporation in Victoria for the purposes…

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An Abandoned Voyage. Captain Lost Overboard. Crew Suspected of Murder. [Reuter's Message.] Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 4

The schooner Emma arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, yesterday, the crew reporting tliat gales compelled the abandonment of the voyage to Victoria,…

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North Fitzroy Tragedy. Coronial Inquiry Concluded. Accused Committed for Trial. on Charge of Wilful Murder. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 4

The coronial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of the young man named Archibald Victor Steane, found dead in the Edinburgh…

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Black Raiders Captured. After Several Weeks' Pursuit. Blacks' Camp Surprised by Westralian Police. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 5

The police party, with camels, which has been hunting for the blacks who raided the Cork Tree Hotel at Erlston last month, has, after several weeks'…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 2

Mr. W. N. Dove, S.M., presided in the Police Court this morning. Indecent Exposure. Harold Beech pleaded guilty to a…

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Daring Theft of Sulky and Pony

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 4

A daring theft of a suky and pony, the property of Mr. M'Cardnie, who resides at the corner of Morgan-lane and Kaolin-street, was porpatrated at…

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