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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1919

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Preference to Soldiers in Victorian Police. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 2

There are about 100 vacancies in the Victorian Police force. Preference is to bo given in filling the vacancies to soldiers who have served abroad…

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In Australia. Military Police for Colombo. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 4

Senator Pearce (Minister for Defence) has announced that it is proposed to send a party of military police from Australia to Colombo owing to a recent…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 4

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown. S.M., Thomas Keating was charged with having been found drunk, and was ordered…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 12

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M., Thomas Keating was charged with having been found drunk, and was ordered…

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Passing a Valueless Cheque. Man Sentenced to Six Months Gaol

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 4

Frederick J. J. Bilston at the Adelaide Police Court on Friday, was sent to gaol for six months for having on November 6 at North Adelaide…

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Passing a Valueless Cheque. Man Sentenced to Six Months' Gaol

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 12

Frederick J. J. Bilston, at the Adelaide Police Court on Friday, was sent to gaol for six months for having on November 6 at North Adelaide…

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Christmas Eve Disturbance. Demonstration Against the Police

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 6

The Bathurst correspondent of the Sydney "Evening News" reported on Monday last:— Fines were to-day imposed by the…

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In Australia. Military Police for Colombo. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 8

Senator Pearce (Minister for Defence) has announced that it is proposed to send a party of military police from Australia to Colombo owing to a recent…

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The Mail Train Sensation. W. Larsen Defore the Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 3

The Bathurst correspondent of the Sydney "Evening News" reports:— Details of the dramatic attempt to hold up the Forbes mail near [?]rton:…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 2

In the Police Court to-day, before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M., James Joseph O'Leary (29). with two previous convictions, was charged with having on…

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A Sydney Court Martial. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 2

The court martial on Major Cross, Royal Garrison Artillery, has concluded. The court sentenced the accused to be reprimanded…

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Court-martial of an Officer. Lieutenant-colonel Travers a Witness

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 2

Lieutenant-Colonel Kendon, as president, with Major W. S. Lawry, Captain W. J. Crichton, Major R. D. Holman, and Lieutenant E. E Lloyd,…

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Police Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. W. Le Brun Erown, S.M., Ada Francis (50) pleaded guilty to a charge of having used indecent…

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AN I.W.W. Conviction. I J. R. Carson Sentenced to Six Months' Gaol. Inciting to Grievous Bodily Harm. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

John Robert Carson was charged in the Police Court yesterday with having incited to the crime of maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm by urging…

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Duke of Connaught's Jewels. Theft by a Footman

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

A Lodon cable message states:—"A footman employed at Clarence House admitted at the Bow-street Police Court a theft of jewels, valued at £60,…

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Uproar at Labor Party Meeting. Police Called In

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 3

The adjourned meeting of the Australian Labor Patty at St. George's Hall, Newtown, on Tuesday last, was attended by about 250 laborites. No…

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Theft of Postal Matter. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 2

Mr. Justice Gordon, in the Adelaide Criminal Court yesterday, said that in future persons convicted of the theft of postal matter would be subjected…

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Theft From Adelaide Cathedral. Altar Candlestick Taken

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 4

"I should like to express my thanks to the police and the detective department especially for the very prompt and able manner in which they found…

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The British Police. More Pay Sought. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 4

Delegates from the Police Union throughout the United Kingdom have held a secret mass meeting in the Albert Hall. It is understood that they…

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In the United States. I.W.W. Leaders Charged

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 4

A cable message from San Francisco states that 46 I.W.W. leaders have been found guilty in a United States District Court of conspiracy against…

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