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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

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Burglary at Port Adelaide. Second-hand Dealer's Robbed. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 2

The promises of Mr. H. Fletcher, second-hand dealer, Port Adelaide, have been burglariously entered. Mr. Fletcher left his shop at 1 o'clock…

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Big Jewellery Theft. Loss of £6000. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 4

Mr. Blanchensee, a jeweller, of Birmingham, deposited in the cloakroom at Tube station on the electric railway at King's Cross, London, last week a…

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The Rose Bay Murder. Searching for Dixon's Mate. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 2

The Rose Bay murder has not been cleared up. A description of the dead man's companion has been furnished to all the police stations, and a close…

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Miss Bradfield's Murder. Eltoft Withdraws Appeal. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 1

The youth Eltoft, who with Summers was found guilty of the murder of Miss Bradfield at Liverpool, and sentenced to four years' imprisonment, has…

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Lodge Meeting. Court Stewart, No. 7728, A.o.f

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting of the Court Stewart, No. 7728. A.O.F., was held in Tait's lodgeroom on Tuesday last. The woodwords reported that there…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 8

At this morning's sitting of the police court, presided over by M. C. F. Butler, S.M., Edward Pollock, who had a previous conviction of some time…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 4

Two applications were made before Messrs. C. F. Butler, S.M. (chairman), and G. C. Bowen, J.P., licensing magistrates, in the Courthouse this…

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Big Jewellery Theft. Loss of £6000. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 8

Mr. Blanchensee, a jeweller, of Birmingham, deposited in the cloakroom at Tube station on the electric railway at King's Cross, London, last week a…

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Barrier Miner. Wednesday, February 25, 1914. Convicted Man Sentenced to "Good Behavior" for Life

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 4

MOST of us find it hard enough to be of good behavior for it very short time. An unfortunate wretch in Melbourne has just been sentenced to be of good…

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Police Court. To-day's Proceedings

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 2

Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., dealt with the following cases at the Police Court this morning:— Insobriety and Bad Language…

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The Boort Tragedy. Murder and Suicide. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 2

Further particulars are available of the murder and suicide which occurred on Long View station, near Boort, on Tuesday night. The murderer was a…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Second Edition. the Shoreditch Murder. Starchfield on Trial. Police Evidence in His Favor. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 4

The trial of Starchfield for the murder of his son, whose dead body was found under a sent in a railway carriage, was contiuued to-day…

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The Rose Bay Murder. Looking for a Man. Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 1

The detectives have been informed that the name of the man alleged to have been in the company of Edward Dixon shortly before he was buttered…

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Interesting to Unions. a Supreme Court Judgement. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 4

The Full Court, in a trades-union case decided yesterday, held that unions had no right at common law to take action against each other for…

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Suicides at Zeehan. Magistrate Poison's Himself. Tells Police Where to Find Him. Zeehan (Tasmania)

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 2

Mr. Everard Vere Goldsmid, Commissioner of the Supreme Court, justice of the peace, coroner and clerk of petty sessions at Zeehan, committed…

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Rosenthal's Murder. New York

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 4

A now trial has been granted to Beeker, one of the men condemned for the murder of Rosenthal, the informer, who exposed the police "graft" in New…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 5

John Macnamara was fined by Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., in the police court this morning, 10/ on a chnrge of having been found drunk, and £5 for having…

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A Sexton Charged. Alleged Grave Desecration. Eleven Guineas or Two Months

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 8

John Walter Westmacott was charged before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., in the Police Court to-day, on the information of William Henry Mitchell, that,…

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The Whatton Murder. Houghton Committed. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 8

Frederick Houghton, who was arrested last week on a charge of shooting dead his father, Mr. William Houghton, a farmer, and a younger brother…

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Prisoner Fights with Police. Chased Over Walls and Roofs. Cell-mate Savaged

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 7

Oscar Laine, aged 27, a powerfullybuilt Russian-Finn, is a desperate character. Two months ago he tackled Constable Jones, and, plantings his…

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