Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Courts & crime, all years

Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

909 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 46

Licensing Court. Abatement of Hotel Rents Asked For

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 4

The following hotelkeepers in the Licensing Court to-day made an application for an order fixing the abatement of the annual rent payable:—…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Railway Employees' Wages. Industrial Court Award Decision. an Award Varied. Broken Hill and the Cost of Living. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 4

The question of cost of living was considered by Judge Pickburn in delivering his judgment in the Industrial Court to-day, in an appeal by the Chief…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Railway Employees' Wages. Industrial "Court Award Decision. an Award Varied. Broken Hill and the Cost of Living. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 March 1917 · page 1

The question or cost of living was considered by Judge Pickburn in delivering his judgment in the Industrial Court tooday, in an appeal by the Chief…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Attempted Assault. Adelaide Women's Experience. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 4

An attempt to commit a criminal assault, in which Mrs. Kate Outten, of Furleigh-street, Underdale, was the victim, was perpetrated at an early…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Increased Powers for Police. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 2

Commissioners of police have now been placed on the same basis as the naval or military authorities for the purpose of conducting searches for…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Case Against "The Worker." Alleged Contempt of Court. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 4

In the case against the "Worker" for alleged contempt of court, the Full Court to-day gave its reserved judgment, ordering the respondents to pay…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 April 1917 · page 4

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, C.M., a first offender was fined £2—in default, 14 days' imprisonment—on a charge of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Commercial Traveller Attacked. Murderous Assault While in Bed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 April 1917 · page 4

Mr. King, a commercial traveller from Melbourne, was murderously attacked at a boardinghouse at Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, last night…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Burglary at a Post Office. Aged Postmaster Attacked. Thief Secures Only 4/. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 April 1917 · page 4

At 5 o'clock this morning Mr. Gilbert M'Minn, postmaster at Hawthorn West, who sleeps upstairs on the postoffice premises, was awakened by the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Unlawful Associations Act. "Jock" Wilson Convicted. Sentenced to Six Months' Gaol. Notice of Appeal Given. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

In the Central Summons Court yesterday "Jock" Wilson, who visited Broken Hill some time ago was charged with being a member of an…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Four Doctors Charged. Alleged "Infamous Conduct." Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

Four doctors were charged before the Medical Board yesterday with infamous conduct in a professional respect.'" The hearing of the cases was…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Commercial Traveller Attacked. Murderous Assault While in Bed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 1

Mr. King, a commercial traveller from Melbourne, was murderously attacked at a boardinghouse at Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, last night…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Fatal Assault at Katoomba. a Young Man Arrested. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

George Henry King[?] of Melbourne, who was the victim of a particularly brutal assault at the California boarding-house[?] Katoomba, on Sunday night,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Peace Party and Police in Conflict. (Reuter's Message.) Washington

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

A thousand members of the Peace Party, imprecating in foreign languages, clashed with the police on the steps of the Capitol to-day, and were…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Katoomba Assault. King Not Dead. Shaw Charged and Remanded. a Twin Brother Arrested. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 4

The Katoomba police court was crowded yesterday, when Herbert Keith Shaw, aged 19 years, appeared before the local magistrate charged with…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Katoomba Assault. Death of the Victim. Keith Shaw Charged with Murder. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 2

George Henry King, of Melbourne, the victim of the Katoomba boardinghouse tragedy, die[?]at noon yesterday. Keith Shaw has now been charged with…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

German Reservists in the United States. May Be Put in Gaol. (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 April 1917 · page 4

A United States army officer states that there are 150,000 German reservists in the United States, who will probably be put in gaol as soon as the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Union Funds Disappear. One Officer Sentenced. Judge's View of Others

Barrier Miner · Sunday 8 April 1917 · page 1

At the criminal sittings of the Ipswich Circuit Court Queensland, on Wednesday, before Mr. Justice Lukin (says the correspondent of "The…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

A New Zealand Murder. Girl's Throat Cut. Wellington (N.Z.)

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 April 1917 · page 2

Henrietta Foster, aged 18, was murdered in her father's house at Oxford-street. North Canterbury, while the rest of the family were at church on…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Police Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 April 1917 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., a first offender admitted a charge of drunkenness, and was fined 5[?]—in default,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →