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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

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Helping Returned Soldiers. a Magistrate's Vacancy. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

The Commonwealth Treasurer (Mr. A. Poynton, M.H.R.) yesterday announced that there was a vacancy for a temporary special magistrate to hear…

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Belgians Seek to Escape. Arrested and Sentenced to Death. (Reuter's Message.) Amsterdam

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

The German Governor-General of Belgium has issued a Decree in which he states that 100 Belgians, some armed, attempted to cross the frontier…

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Sugar Trouble Settled. in Industrial Court. Union Secretary Congratulated. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 1

The matters in dispute between the Colonial Sugar Refining Company and its employees, engaged at the Glanville works, were brought before the…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 4

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., George Grace, against whom there were previous convictions pleaded guilty to a…

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The Rockdale Tragedy. Benzing Before the Court. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Sunday 14 January 1917 · page 1

At the Police Court on Saturday Christian William Benzing, a returned soldier and a native of the Rockdale district, 22 years of age, who is alleged…

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More Judges. for Industrial Court. Other Changes Likely. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Sunday 14 January 1917 · page 1

Under the Amending Aribitration Act two more judges are to be appointed to the Industrial Bench. Changes are likely to take place in…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., two first offenders who had been locked up for drunkenness and released on entering…

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Naval Department Robbed. Clerk Charged with Embezzlement. Endeavoring to Make Restitution. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 4

David Flynn O'Donohue was charged at the City Court today with embezzling the sum of £300 from the Naval Department. He had been…

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Prize Court Award. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 4

The Prize Court has awarded the battle cruiser squadron £5250 for the destruction of the Blucher, a German armored cruiser…

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The Summer Hill Tragedy. Coroner's Inquiry and Finding. Taylor Guilty of Murder and Suicide. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

The coroner inquiring into the Summer Hill shooting case yesterday, found that the chaffeur John Taylor was responsible for his own death and that…

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Warden's Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 4

In the Warden's Gourt to-day, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, mining warden, James Henry Price was granted six months suspension of labor…

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Naval Department Robbed. Clerk Charged with Embezzlement. Endeavoring to Make Restitution. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 1

David Flynn O'Donohue was charged at the City Court to-day with embezzling the sum of £300 from the Naval Department. He had been…

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Prize Court Award. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 1

The Prize Court has awarded the battle cruiser squadron £5250 for the destruction of the Blucher, a German armored cruiser…

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The Licensing Court. Quarterly Report. Applications Dealt With

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 4

The quarterly sitting of the Licensing Court was held at the Courthouse today, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M. (chairman), and G. C. Bowen, L.M…

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Constable Charged with Burglary

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 4

Jensen's jewellery store at Coonamble was broken into on Monday morning (says a Sydney telegram). The back door was drilled in three places, and…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 4

In the Licensing Court this afternoon, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M. (chairman) and G. C. Bowen, L.M., the adjourned application of Ellen M'Arthur…

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"Happy Jim" in Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 4

By lighting a cigarette, a young man in the Port Melbourne Court on Monday (says the "Argus") directed the attention of the bench to his inebriated…

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Constabl;e Charged with Burglary

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 1

Jensen's jewellery store at Coonamble was broken into on Monday morning (says a Sydney telegram). The back door was drilled in three places, and…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3

In the Police Court this Morning, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., a man with one previous conviction was fined 10/—in default, three days'…

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"Happy Jim" in Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 1

By lighting a cigarette, a young man in the Port Melbourne Court on Monday (says the "Argus") directed the attention of the bench to his inebriated…

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