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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

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How the Police Were Killed. a Cold-blooded Crime

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 2

The R.M.S. Malwa, which recently arrived at Fremantle, brings the following thrilling account of the affray at Houndsditch, specially written for the…

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Sequel to a Disturbance. Parties Before the Court. Various Assaults Alleged. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 4

At the Local Court, Adelaide, to-day, Fred Nugent sued Mr. and Mrs. William Grant far £19 19s. damages for alleged assault…

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Russian Army Contract Scandals. a Suspected Ballerina. Police Ransack Her House. [Reuter's Message.] St. Petersburg

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 4

In connection with the Russian Army contract scandals, a famous ballerina is suspected of receiving bribes from the agents of foreign ordnance firms,…

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Sentenced for Sedition. Cairo

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 4

Mohammed Farid was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Cairo-today for sedition…

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Adelaide Drivers' Dispute. Hearing Continued in Industrial Court. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 4

The hearing of the Adelaide drivers' dispute was continued before the Court of Industrial Appeals to-day. H. N. Graves, of Graves and Co.,…

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Alleged Larceny. Two Men Charged and Remanded

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 2

At this morning's sitting of the Police Court, presided over by Mr. W. N. Dove, S.M., Thomas Hoskings and George Price were charged, with…

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Recaptured Darlinchurst Prisoners. Three Charges of Alleged Burglary. Committed on Two Charges. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 3

Cyril Pegg and Joseph Denmead, awaiting trial on a charge of escaping from gaol, appeared at the Police Court yesterday. Three charges were…

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Two Murder Trials. in Perth Next Month. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 3

A special sitting of the Criminal Court will be held in Perth early next month to try the Japanese, Sette, for the alleged murder of the French…

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Deputy Judge for Industrial Court. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 4

Judge Scholes has been appointed deputy judge to sit in the Industrial Court…

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Wanted Men at Bay. Charged with Forgery. Secreted in Fortified Cabin. [Reuter's Message.] Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 2

The three men who are wanted on a charge of forgery who are secreted in a fortified cabin near Summer (Washington State), are holding the…

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The Clapham Common Murder. Accused Before the Coort. His Sweethearts Evidence. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 2

The Clapham Common murder case was board in the Magistrate's Court, London, yesterday, the accused Steiner Morrison being present in custody…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 8

Mr. W. N. Dove, S.M., presided at this morning's sitting of the Police Court. Drunkenness…

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Charged with Theft. From an "Elderly Farmer. Woman Committed for Trial. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 6

At the Police Court to-day Ethel Dwyer, a young woman, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen six £1-notes from William Jones, an…

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Convicted of Assault. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 6

At the Police Court to-day Sydney Allsop was fined £4 4s.—in default, four months' imprisonment—for having assaulted an elderly woman named…

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Black's Assault on White Woman. Further Details of Rhodesian Case. [Reuter's Message.] Johannesburg

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 4

The Johannesburg "Star" states that the native whose death sentence for assaulting a white woman in Rhodesia was commuted by Lord Gladstone…

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Fierce Fight with an Aboriginal Police Officer Seriously Hurt

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 8

An aboriginal named Ambrook, who was arrested by Sergeant Menary, at W[?]e Wea on Tuesday, on a charge of committing a criminal outrage on a…

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Adelaide Drivers' Dispute. a Mild Scene in Court. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 6

During the hearing of the drivers dispute in the Court of Industrial Appeals. Adelaide, to-day, Mr. Paris Nesbit, counsel for the drivers,…

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Kaffir Assault on White Woman. Further Reference to Rhodesian Case. Statement of General Botha's Sister. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 4

Referring to the reprieve by the Governor-General (Lord Gladstone) of a Kaffir sentenced to death for assaulting a white woman in Rhodesia,…

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Acquitted of Murder. Brussels

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 6

The Belgian Appeal Court at Boma (Congo Free State) has acquitted Major Arnold, convicted of murder on March 9, 1909…

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Summons Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 4

Mr. W. N. Dove, S.M., presided in the Summons Division of the Police Court this morning. Language Offences…

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