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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

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The Petrol Commission. Morgan Charged and Remanded. Mr. Griffith Interviewed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 4

In the Police Court to-day Henry Alfred Morgan was charged in connection with Mr. Justice Pring's finding with the Petrol Commission, and…

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Municipal Appeal Court. To-day's Sittings

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 1

Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., presided over the Municipal Appeal Court conducted in the Courthouse to-day. The following appeals were heard:…

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Against Compulsory Service. No-conscription Fellowship Leaders in Court. Each Fined £100 and Costs. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 4

Edward Grubb, A. Brockway, and W. Chamberlain (honorary treasurer, secretary, and organiser respectively of the No-Conscription Fellowship), the…

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Police Court. To-day's Sittings

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 4

Mr. H. Giles Shaw. S.M., presided in the Police Court this morning. Drunkenness. A first offender pleaded guilty to a…

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Compulsory Service. Objectors Sent to Gaol. Sentence Passed Before Troops. London

Barrier Miner · Sunday 21 May 1916 · page 1

After a week's trial by court martial three conscientious objectors to compulsory service wetre sentenced to six and nine months' gaol at Cardiff barracks…

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Compulsory Service. Objectors Sent to Gaol. Sentence Passed Before Troops. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 May 1916 · page 4

After a week's triai by court martial three conscientious objectors to compulsory service wetre sentenced to six and nine months' gaol at Cardiff barracks…

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Police Constable Arrested. Charged with Burglary. Launceston

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 3

A police [?] has been arrested at L[?] and charged with breaking and entering and stealing from a shop [?] next door to his house…

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Police, Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning, Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M. a first offender was fined 5/ for drunkenness and also £2 on a charge of using…

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Municipal Appeal Court. To-day's Sittings

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 4

At the Courthouse to-day Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., presiding over the Municipal Appeal Court, dealt with the following appeals:…

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Noarlunga T[?] Pro[?] in C[?] Court. Accused [?]

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 3

At the Adelaide Criminal Court on Friday, before his Honor Mr. [?] Buchanan and jury, [?] who was charged with having [?]…

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A Melbourne Court Case. Employer Gets Damages From Journeyman. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 1

In the Count Court to-day Percy Haines, master, baker, of North Fitzroy, claimed 19 19/ damages [?] of contract from Janies [?] a…

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A French Assault. by Picked Troops. a Charge with Frenzied Ardor. Paris

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 May 1916 · page 2

The "Petic Parisien" says:- "The preliminary French bombardment on the right bank of the Meuse lasted for several hours. Then a…

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Municipal Appeal Court. To-day's Sittings

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 May 1916 · page 1

At the Courthouse to-day Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., presiding over the Munidpal Appeal-Court, dealt with the following appeals:…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 May 1916 · page 3

Gertrude Islay (26), who had two previous convictions against her, was again before the magistrate in the Police Court this morning on a charge of…

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A German Charged with Vagrancy. Sent to Gaol for Seven Days

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 May 1916 · page 2

Richard Lippman (45), a native of Germany, was charged before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., in the Police Court this morning with having insufficient…

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British Officer Sentenced. Preaching Sedition to Miners. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 May 1916 · page 4

Captain James White, son of the late Field-marshal White, of Ladysmith fame, charged at Aberdare with being concerned in an alleged plot to…

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Municipal Appeal Court. the Appeals Concluded

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 May 1916 · page 1

In the Police Court to-day Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., sitting as an Appeal Court, concluded the hearing or all appeals against the municipal valuers'…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., Edgell Frank a German pleaded not guilty to a charge of having used indecent…

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British Officer Sentenced. Preaching Sedition to Miners. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 4

Captain James White, son of the late Field-marshal White, of Ladysmith fame, charged at Aberdare with being concerned in an alleged plot to…

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Another Man's Papers. German Sentenced in Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 4

Speaking in fairly good English, but with a foreign accent, Karl Kauschke, 22, a German, excused himself ineffectually at the Central Police Court on…

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