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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

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The Case of an Anzac. "Honorably Acquitted" by a Court Martial. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 4

Hundreds of Anza[?]s demonstrated, cheered and chaired W. R. Campbell, of the A.I.F., who was acquitted by a court martial at Dorsetshire on a…

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Rejoicings in Moscow. Commandant and Many Police Arrested. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 4

Reuter's Moscow correspondent telegraphs that the inhabitants of the city are rejoicing at the overthrow of the Government. Officers are supporting…

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Armed Peasants Join the Troops. Police Stations and Prisons Stormed. Much Indiscriminate Fighting. ("The Times" Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 4

A "Times" correspondent at Petrograd telegraphs:— "A large peasant population has armed and has joined the troops. The…

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Generals of the Old Regime Arrested. Troops Fight the Police. Foodstuffs Distributed to the People. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 4

Reuter's correspondent at Petrograd adds to his story of the Russian revolution:— "A curious feature of the revolt was…

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Federal High Court. Sir Samuel Griffith's Illness. Condition Much the Same. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Sunday 18 March 1917 · page 1

Sir Samuel Griffith, who took ill on Friday, passed a fair night, but his condition is much the same as yesterday…

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Russian Revolution. Police Services Being Reorganised. Finnish Political Leader Released. Management of the Food Supplies. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

Reuter's Petrograd correspondent telegraphs:— "The Russian detective and gendarmerie services are being reorganised…

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Assault on Married Woman. Accused Sentenced to Death. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 4

Herbert O'Brien, a young man, was charged in the Central Criminal Court yesterday with having on January 3 at Mandurama, committed a serious…

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The Killing of Pappageorgi. Wilson Sentenced to Death. One of the I.W.W. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 4

"I plead guilty," said James Wilson when charged in the Central Criminal Court to-day with having murdered George Pappageorgi, the keeper of the…

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Military Trainees in Court. Escapees From Detention Camp

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., Henry William Aulton and Ernest Alfred Millsteed pleaded guilty to charges…

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Warden's Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 March 1917 · page 4

In the Warden's Court this afternoon, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, mining warden, James Clifford Hynes was granted an injunction against Cordt…

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An Alleged Assault. Adelaide Girl's Story. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 March 1917 · page 4

The police are investigating a complaint made by a girl of 16[?] years of age, who alleges that she was brutally assaulted by a man on Park Terrace,…

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Military Offences. Cases in the Police Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 2

In the Police Court to-day, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., Lieutenant Leslie Grimm, of the Commonwealth miliary forces, proceeded against the…

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The Rockdale Murder. Benzing Found Guilty. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 2

In the Central Criminal Court to-day Christian William Benzing pleaded not guilty to a charge of having, at Rockdale on January 12, murdered Dorothy…

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A Charge of Murder. Eight Maoris Arrested. Wellington (N.Z.)

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 4

The accidental discovery of a skeleton in the bush near Hokianga has led to the arrest of eight Maoris on a charge of murder…

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A Deal in Brass. Foundry Proprietor Charged. Satisfactory Explanation Given. Charge Against A. Niemann. the Case Dismissed

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 4

In the Police Court Friday morning, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., George Sanderson was charged "that he did, at Broken Hill, on March 1, have…

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In Australia. Defalcations in the Military Department. Howell-price Sentenced to Four Years' Gaol. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 March 1917 · page 4

Judge Scholes at the Quarter Sessions to-day sentenced ex-Lieutenant David Clayton Howell-Price, late of the Victoria Barracks military staff, to four…

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Charges of Assault. Miners in Dispute. Happenings Outside an [?].V.a. Dance

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 March 1917 · page 4

In the Police Court to-day, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw. John Talbot proceeded against James Titus, or Ticehurst, for alleged assault. There was a…

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Two Women and Some Pictures. a Case in Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 March 1917 · page 4

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., Mary Dumphy proceeded against Mary Jane Ward for damaging five pictures,…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 2

In the Licensing Court this morning, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, L.M. (chairman), and Mr. G. C. Bowen and Dr. Macgillivray, L.Ms., Arnold Waters,…

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Murder and Suicide. a Husband's Crime. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 2

At Luskintyre, near Lochinvar, yesterday afternoon Thomas Thorley shot his wife dead with a revolver, and then turned the weapon on himself with…

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