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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1915

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Bicycle Theft. Adelaides Record. Magistrate's Warning. Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 4

In sentencing John Biglands to six months' imprisonment to-day for the theft of a bicycle, the magistrate said there was too great a frequency of…

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Deserted Wives. Husbands Traced by Police

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 4

The New South Wales Premier's Department from time to time receives various letters through official sources from deserted wives in England asking…

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Warden's Court. Suspension of Residence Conditions

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 2

In the Warden's Court this morning, Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M. (Mining Warden), presiding. Annie Lee was granted six months…

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Licensing Court. Application for Increased Assessment Opposed

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 2

Ia the Licensing Court this morning, before Messrs. C. F. Butler S.M., and G. C. Bowen, L.M., Jonn Calvert Manderville applied for a renewal of…

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In New Zealand. War Rules and Wages. Unionists to Appeal to Arbitration Court. Wellineton

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 2

Following upon Judge Heydon's relaxation of the war rule concerning Labor claims for increased wages, the local unions will shortly appeal to the…

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Gus Devitt Sentenced. Four Years for Robbery. and Assault. His Companion Severely Dealt With. "A Case of Wicked Cruelty." Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 2

A charge of assault and robbery on and from the person of an old-age pensioner on January 8 in the back premises of the Criterion Hotel was…

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Gold Stealing. Unusual Case at Boulder. Austrian's Peculiar Defence. Fellow Workman Blamed

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 4

One of the most peculiar defences yet put up in a case of gold-stealing was that at Boulder on January 20, when Tony Ravlich, a young Austrian,…

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Ex-constable Charged. Found Guilty on Second Trial. Notice of Appeal Given. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 4

In the Criminal Court to-day the hearing of the case was continued in which Hugh James Crichton, an exconstable, is charged with having…

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Alleged Theft of Hides. an Enginedriver Before the Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 2

Thomas Henry Harley (31), enginedriver, was charged, on remand, in the Police Court this morning, with having at Broken Hill, on February…

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Alleged Theft of Hides. Continuation of Evidence. Accused Fined £15

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4

Harley, the man charged at the Police Court this morning with the theft of hides, valued at £10, the property of the Silverton Tramway…

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Rabaul Court-martial. Sentences Commuted. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 2

Certain sentences which had been imposed by the court-martial sitting at Rabaul were considered in the Federal Court yesterday, and finally the…

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A Father's Action. Court Refuses to Order Sons to Maintain Him. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4

In the Police Court to-day Edward William Gleeson, 53 years of age, formerly a well-known sharebroker, who went through the Insolvency Court in…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 5

Three charges were preferred against a man named Peter Walsh in the Police Court this morning. For having been found drunk he was fined…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. Afghan Charged in Adelaide. Inspector Refers to Picnic Train Tragedy. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 8

The case in.which Nattoo Khan, the Afghan was charged with having attempted to murder Florence Bagot Singh, by firing a revolver at…

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London's Women Police

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 7

A force of women police has been organised in London. Its title is the "W.P.V. (Women Police Volunteers). The uniform is of drak-blue cloth, and…

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Soldier's Wife Charged. While Husband Fights at the Front. Perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 4

A case in which a young married woman, wife of an Imperial reservist, who had gone to the front, pleaded guilty to a charge of shoplifting from…

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Trial for Murder. Russia and Zeppelin Raiders. Petrograd

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 4

The crew of the Zeppelin which was captured at Liban are not to be treated as prisoners of war, but as criminals. They will be court-martialled for…

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Magistrates Differ. in Melbourne Suburban Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 7

William E. Bitton, bookmaker's clerk, a young man. was charged at the Prahran Court on Monday with having stolen a watch, a gold chain,…

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Police Court. To-day's Cases

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 4

The following cases were dealt with by Mr. C. F. Butler S.M., in the Police Court to-day, in addition to those already appearing in the First…

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Police Court. This Morning's Business

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., the following cases were dealt with:— Drunkenness…

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