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Courts & crime, 1841

2 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

Police. West Maitland, Monday, Dec. 13, 1841. Before .E. D. Day, Esq, P. M.

The Hunter River Gazette; and Journal of Agriculture, Commerce, Politics, and News · Saturday 18 December 1841 · page 3

Aitken, Flannagan, Edwards and Forbes, were brought up charged with indecently exposing their persons while bathing in the river during the previous way. They did not deny the o[?]ence, and…

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Police. West Maitland, Monday, Dec. 20, 1841. Before E. D. Day, Esq., P. M.

The Hunter River Gazette; and Journal of Agriculture, Commerce, Politics, and News · Saturday 25 December 1841 · page 3

John Mack, Charles Mitchell, Patrick Friend and Harry Crook, were charged with being found bathing in the river within View, of Maitland, at seven o'clock on Friday evening. The defendants…

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