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Broken Hill & the Far West · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

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Children's Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

In the Children's Court to-day, before Mr. A. R. Perry, S.M., four small boys appeared to answer charges of having entered a fruit garden and stolen…

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Profiteering Prevention Sydney Firms in Court Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 1

Before the Profiteering Prevention Court yesterday two firms were charged with seeking to obtain unreasonable profits on the sale of tins of…

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Deemed to Be [?]Ane Women Create Scene in Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 1

Two women, deemed to be of unsound mind, appeared before Mr. A. R. Perry S.M. in the police court to-day, and were remanded to South Australia…

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Chase After Bank Robbers Wounded Police Inspector Effects Capture of Men (United Service Message.) London, February 1

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 1

At Beceles, in Suffolk to-day two men entered Lloyd's Bank at midday, presented revolvers at the officials, and decamped with over £100 in cash…

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Three Years for Burglary Man Who Was Arrested on Day of His Wedding Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 1

James Grant, who some time ago was arrested at Redfern Church, where he had gone to be married, pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions…

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The Lesser Charge. an Explanation in Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 1

Mr. A. R. Perry, S.M., spent about five minutes in the Police Court to-day explaining to a celendant the meaning of the word "lesser."…

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Hotelkeeper Assaulted Two Men Before Court Convictions Recorded

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

In the Police Court to-day _before Mr. A. R. Perry, S.M., Con Kelly and John Crase pleaded not guilty to charrges of having damaged a bar door…

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Murder Trials (Reuter's Message.) London, February 4

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 1

Two men, Fowler and M'Parthin, have been acquitted at Liverpool on a charge of murder in connection with the Sinn Fein outrages in Liverpool…

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What Does "Seller" Mean? Supreme Court Ruling Sought by Judge Beeby Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 1

Judge Beeby has agreed to obtain the Supreme Court's interpretation of the term "seller" and of other law points raised in the Marcus Clark case…

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Charges of Maladministration in the Fire Brigade Service Court of Inquiry Probable Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 3

It is probable that a tribunal will be appointed to inquire into charges of maladministration and victimisation in the New South Wales fire brigade…

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Revolt in Ireland Police and Sinn Feiners Fight for a Mansion Five Hundred Rebels Routed (United Service Message.) London, February 4

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 1

A railway official was held up in Dublin by an armed and masked man, and was robbed of £1000. A force of police on two…

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Revolt in Ireland Police and Sinn Feiners Fight for a Mansion Five Hundred Rebels Routed (United Service Message.) London, February 4

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 2

A railway official was held up in Dublin by an armed and masked man, and was robbed of £1000. A force of police on two…

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Bevolt in Ireland Sinn Feiners Trick Police by Dressing As Girls Rebel Leader Reporting Shot (United Service Message.) London, February 4

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 1

A story of outwitting the military is reported from Well-magh, County Sligo. Five wanted Sinn Feiners were seen to enter a church while a service was in…

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Boy Confesses Murder Wanted Money to Go to Zoo (Reuter's Message.) London, February 6

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 February 1921 · page 1

Donald Litton, a school boy, aged 14 years, charged at St. Albans with the murder on January 27 of Sarah Seabrook, a pensioner over 70 years of…

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Revolt in Ireland Attempted Assassination Op Court-martial Witness Labor Officials Robbed (United Service Message.) London, February 6

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 February 1921 · page 1

During the court-martial in Dublin before which several young men are charged with the murder of officers in November the president announced…

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(Published by Arrangement.) Crime in America Riot of Robbery and Murder. Prohibition's Startling Sequel

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 3

We have it dinned into our ears with exasperating repetition from every Prohibition platform that drink is the mother of crime. America is a…

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Frivolous Court Appeals Judge Adds to Sentence. (United Service Message.) London, February 7

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 1

Condemning frivolous appeals against convictions as wasting time, Mr. Justice Avory to-day exercised the right of the court to increase the sentence in…

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Timber Company Directors As Defendants in Court Unlawful Possession Alleged by Rival Firm

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 4

A case was commenced in the Port Adelaide Police Cout on Thursday morning, when Simon Harvey, Malcolm Purches Reid, Theophilus Hedley…

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Outrage in Scotland Four Men Sentenced (Reuter's Message.) London, February 10

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 1

A Sinn Feiner was sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude and three others to eight years' penal servitude each in connection with the Bothwell (near…

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Arbitration Court F.e.d. and F.a. Case

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 1

Mr. E. M. Horsington (secretary of F.E.D. and F.A.) has received a telegram from the Industrial Registrar (Mr. Stewart) intimating that the…

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