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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

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The Case of Thomas Chia. Before the Criminal Court. Accused Pleads Guilty to the Lesser Charge. an Adjournment Granted. Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 6

The Criminal Court was crowded today in anticipation of hearing the charge against Thomas James Chia, of shooting with intent to murder the…

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Sentenced to Death. Two North Coast Crimes. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 2

Combo, an aboriginal, was sentenced to death at the Grafton criminal sittings of the Supreme Court yesterday for committing a criminal offence upon…

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Alleged Horse Stealing a Man Arrested at Wilcannia. a Station Robbery

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 4

Early last week (says the "Western Grazior") several cheques and money, amounting in all to about £100, were reported aa being stolen from Nekarboo,…

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The Broome Mystery. Identification of the Body. Suspected Case of Murder. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 2

The inquest in commotion with the Broome mystory has resulted in eliciting further evidence, towards the identification of the body found in the…

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A Tragedy in Court. Old Man Gives Evidence. Then Drops Dead. Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 April 1913 · page 1

John Hamilton, an old-age pensioner, a resident of Marrickville, was a witness in a case in the District Court this morning in an action in which his wife…

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The Broome Mystery. Spargo Charged with Murder. Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 2

The Perth inquest on the body found at Broome, in the mangrove swamp has so far developed that a charge of murder has been laid against Charles…

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Theft in Argent-street. Young Man Dealt With

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 4

A young man named Richard Farrell, in the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Butler, S.M., was charged with the theft of a pair of trousers from Boan…

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Municipal Appeals Court. Business Quickly Settled

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 4

Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., opened a Municipal Appeals Court at the Broken Hill Courthouse this afternoon to deal with cases in which ratepayers appealed…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 4

Charles Giesecke, who was entered on the charge sheet as a laborer, 74 years of age, should have appeared before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., at the Broken Hill…

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Suffragettes Sentenced. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 8

Mrs. Despard was fined £5 or a fortnight's imprisonment. Her companions were fined smaller sums…

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A Magistrate Touches the Spot

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 7

A novel appeal for women's advice was made by a London police magistrate recently, says "Lloyd's Weekly News." Mr. Cecil Chapman, who…

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Theft in Argent-street. Young Man Dealt With

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 8

A young man named Richard Farrell, in the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Butler, S.M., was charged with the theft of a pair of trousers from Boan…

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Municipal Appeals Court. Business Quickly Settled

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 8

Mr. C. F. Butler S.M., opened a Municipal Appeals Court at the Broken Hill Courthouse this afternoon to deal with cases in which ratepayers appealed…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Before Mr S. B. Gunn, P.M.)

Western Grazier · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 2

Sydney Parker was charged that he did on the 9th April, 1313, at Nakarboo, near Cobal, in the State of New South Wales, steal one bay horse…

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The Woolley Case. Alleged Contempt of Court an Editor Cited. Darwin

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 4

A sequel arisaig out of the recent cases heard at the Criminal Court sittings occurred to-day, when Mr. Kirkland, the proprietor and editor of the…

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The Law and Short Measure. an Adelaide By-law Case. Disoussion in the Full Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 1

An important case occupied the at[?]tion of the Full Court in Adelaide on Thursday (reports the "Advertiser.") It involved the question of the…

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The Chinese Shooting Case. Thomas Chia in Court. Raising a Curious Point. As an Appeal for Mercy

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 4

In the Melbourne Criminal Court on Thursday, before Mr. Justice Hood, Thomas Jones Chia, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of having wounded…

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Police Court. Indecency and Drunkenness

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 4

Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., at the Police Court this morning, William Daniels was changed with behaving in an indecent manner in Bromide-street,…

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Epidemic of Burglary. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 6

The superintendent of police has received from the various police divisions, reports of a number of robberies showing that burglary is on the increase. An…

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Charge Against Youths. Alleged Criminal Assault

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 8

In the Adelaide Police Court to-day (says yesterday's "Express"), two youths, Victor G. Warner and Harry Constable, were charged before Messrs…

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