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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1844

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Maitland Circuit Court. Criminal Side.—monday, Sept. 23. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice a'Beckett.) MURDER

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 September 1844 · page 4

Benjamin Stanley was indicted for the wilful murder of Robert Campbell, at William River, on the 30th May last, by shooting him with a pistol: a second count in the indictment…

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Maitland Quarter Sessions. Monday, October 7, 1844. (Before A. Cheeke, Esq., chairman, Captain Day, and Lieutenant Gall.) Turkey Stealing

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 October 1844 · page 4

Thomas Maguire pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a turkey, the property of William Burgess, at Morpeth, on the 22nd of August last, and was sentenced to be worked in irons…

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The Murder at the William

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1844 · page 2

On Saturday last Benjamin Stanley, who was convicted at the last assizes of the murder of Robert Campbell, was informed by the governor of Newcastle gaol that he was ordered for…

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Hunter River District News. [From Our Correspondents.] NEWCASTLE.—pOLICE OFFICE. (Before Majors Crummer and Last.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 October 1844 · page 4

During the last ten days we have had a considerable number of cases tried before this court, many of which occupied the magistrates until a very late hour. The following are the…

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Brutal Assault

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 November 1844 · page 2

A charge of assault against Thomas Collins, in which the sufferer, an elderly man, named John Murphy, was dreadfully punished, has been before the police court during the last…

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