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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 3

In the Police Court this morning Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M., fined two men charged with drunkenness 10/ each, the alternative being in each case three…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 3

In the Licensing this morning, before Messrs. T. W. Cohen, P.M., and G. C. Bowen, L.M., an application by H. S. Bass, licensee of the Newmarket…

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Soldiers Arrested. Assault and Damage in a Chinese Shop. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 2

A party of soldiers visited a Chinese shop in Little Bourke-street last night and asked for food. When told that the place was not a restaurant the…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning before Mr. T. W. Cohen. P.M., a patient deemed to be of unsound mind was further remanded for eight days for…

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Alleged Assault and Insulting Words

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M., Maud Braley proceeded against Theodore Heinbuch, alleging that he had…

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In Australia. Sentenced for Using Seditious Language. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 2

Julius Stellmacher' before the police magistrate at Parkes yesterday, on two charges of having used seditious language, was on one charge fined £100;…

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Police Court. This Morning's Cases

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 1

Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, Deputy S.M., in the Police Court this morning, Harold James Lano (17). who absconded from bail when released from…

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Women Police in London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 7

The women police of London are instifying their official existence, according to the English newspapers. The English women police service is kept up by…

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Barrier Miner. Saturday, January 8, 1916. the German Charge of Murder Against a British Captain

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 4

THE pro-German parasites who are living under the protection of the British Empire will be sure to make the most of the charge of "murdre" reported to…

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Hotel-keeper Charged with Killing. a Bar Dispite. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Sunday 9 January 1916 · page 1

Albert Henry Biggs licensee of the Exchange Hotel, and well-known in sporting circles was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of…

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A Railway Ticket and Henry Pilz. Case in a Sydney Court

Barrier Miner · Sunday 9 January 1916 · page 2

Henry Pilz was proceeded against at the Burwood Police Court, Sydney, on Tuesday last (says the "Evening News") by Inspector Anderson, of the…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 3

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. T. W. Cohen, Deputy S.M., a first offender on a charge of drunkenness was fined 5/, with the alternative…

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Alleged False Pretences. Restaurant Keeper Charged

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 2

In the Poljice Court this morning, before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M., Antonio Mavrakis was charged that on October ll at Broken Hill, he did falsely…

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Colonel Madley Dead. Ex-commissioner of Police. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 2

Colonel L. G. Madley, formerly Commissioner of Police in South Australia, died on Saturday, aged 71 years…

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A Railway Ticket and Henry Pilz. Case in a Sydney Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 4

Henry Pilz was proceeded against at the Burwood Police Court, Sydney, on Tuesday last (says the "Evening News") by Inspector Anderson, of the…

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Series of Grimes. Two Boys Charged. Several Shops Broken Into

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 4

Several robberies were perpetrated during Saturday night or the early hours of Sunday morning, and the police, haring been advised, went in…

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Theft of a £275 PENDANT. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 3

During daylight, a robbery occurred at a jeweller's shop in Hunter-street yesterday. A man who was being shown a diamond pendant valued at…

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New South Wales. Son's Alleged Assault on Father. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 3

Arthur Strong, of Watson's Bay, was wounded with an axe last night., and sustained a fracture of the skull and severe cuts on the scalp. He was…

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The Fowler-chinn Case. Cross Charges of Using Insulting Words. Court Proceedings. Both Parties Fined. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 2

In the Melbourne District Court yesterday James Mackinnon Fowler, M.H..R for Perth, proceeded against Henry Chinn, formerly superintending…

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Warden's Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 4

In the Warden's Court this afternoon, before Mr. T. W. Cohen, D.S.M. and acting mining warden, the application of John O'Neill for the…

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