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, 1918

580 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 16 of 29

Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 2

Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, L.M. (chairman), G. C. Bowen and T. HalL L.M's., Margaret Hegarty, licensee of the South Broken Hill Hoted, was…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Wine License Application. Police Objection Fails

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 April 1918 · page 4

Louis Gordon, for whom Mr. Justin M'Carthy appeared, applied before Mr. H. Giles Shaw (chairman) and Messrs. T. Hall and G. C. Bowen (L.M.'s) in…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

New South Wales. Sixteenth Mailbag Theft. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 April 1918 · page 4

Mail thieves brought off their sixteenth robbery) yesterday, when the Enfield bag. containing no registered matter, disappeared between Stanmore…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Wine License Application. Police Objection Fails

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 April 1918 · page 1

Louis Gordon, for whom Mr. Justin M'Carthy appeared, applied before Mr. H. Giles Shaw (chairman) and Messrs. T. Hall and G. C. Bowen (L.M.'s) in…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Alleged False Pretences Six Charges Against N. T. West. Defendant Sentenced to 12 Months' Gaol

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 4

ln the Police Court this mbrning. before H. Giles,Shaw. S.M., Norman Tennyson West (21), on remand, was charged 'that on April 7 he did f[?]ly…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Fire at Tennis Court

Barrier Miner · Sunday 28 April 1918 · page 2

Late on Saturday afternoon a small fire occurred at the Central Tennis Court in Blende-street as the result of some tar becoming ignited. The horse…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Melbourne Criminal Court. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 April 1918 · page 4

In the Criminal Court Arthur Seymour, charged with the larceny of jewellery from his employers, Drummond and Co., was treated as a first…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Disloyal Pastor. Sentenced to 15 Years Imprisonment

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 April 1918 · page 4

Rev. Clarence H. Waldron, pacifistpreachers who was convicted by the Federal Court on March 20 last of the loyal utterances and of attempting to…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Men in Gaol. a Message to Mr. M. P. Considine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 April 1918 · page 2

Mr.W. D. Barnett yesterday telegraphed Mr. M. P. Considine, M.H.R., as follows (reports the A.M.A. newspaper):—"Is there anything doing in…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Theft of Mail Bags. Postmaster-general Appeals for Assistance. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 April 1918 · page 3

The Postmaster-General (Mr. W. Webster) has appealed for public assistance in safeguarding mails. He requests the public to report anyone…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Small Debts Court. a Non-suit in the Coad Case

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 April 1918 · page 2

In the Small Debts Court this morning, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M.. the case in which E. M. Coad and another proceeded against P. Hamit for…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A French Court Martial. the "Bonnet Rouge" Gang. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 April 1918 · page 4

The London "Times" Paris correspondent reports:— "The court-martial of the notorious 'Bonnet Rouge' gang has been opened…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Alleged Burglary. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 September 1918 · page 4

Claud Roy Woods has been committed for trial on a charge of breaking into the residence of Mr. I. M. Sandow…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Alllged Case of Theft. Man Loses £8. the Accused Discharged

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 September 1918 · page 4

In The Police Court to-day, before Mr. Le Brun Brown, S.M. Maxwell John Cook (26),a miner, was charged that on August 28 he did steal the sum…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

[?] Prosecutions. the Royal Hotel. Licensee Fined £10. Magistrate Suggests Proceed. Ings for Perjury

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 September 1918 · page 2

In the Police Court to-day, before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M, a first offender pleaded guilty to a charge of having been found on the Licensed…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Tragedy in a Police Cell. a Seaman Killed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 September 1918 · page 1

Last night a tragedy occurred in one of the cells attached to the Central Police Station, when one man killed another. He has been charged with…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

In Great Britain. Police Strike Settled. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 September 1918 · page 2

The strike of police in London has been settled, following upon the Prime Minister, Mr. Llovd George, receiving a deputation from the men, who are…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Raffling a Sulky. a District Court Case. an Illegal Transaction

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 September 1918 · page 1

The disputed ownership of a trotting sulky, which was raffled atn Newtown on June 14, was the cause of an action in the district court, Sydney, on…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Alleged Burglary. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 September 1918 · page 1

Claud Roy Woods has been committed for trial on a charge 'of breaking into the residence of Mr. I. M. Sandow…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Alleged Unlawful Assault. a Material Witness Absent

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 September 1918 · page 4

In the Police Court this afternoon before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M., Alick Bes charged George Zanta, a Maltese, with having unlawfully as…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →