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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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Thomas Brockell was indicted for that he, on the 16th October, on board a certain ship, the General Hewitt, then on the high seas, did f[?]loniously steal 10 lb[?] of mutton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →His Honor the Primary Judge, Mr. Justice Manning, delivered the following judgement herein:- This was a suit instituted by the plaintiff…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Edward Denny Day, Esq., to be visiting magistrate of the gaol, at Maitland, under the Act of the Governor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The decision pronounced in this case being important, it is deemed advisable to publish it for the benefit of the profession generally. From the affidavits produced on either…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thomas Foster was indicted for assaulting William Prain, at Maitland, on the 2nd January, 1849. It appeared that Foster was a weekly tenant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Saturday last the town and neighbourhood of Singleton were thrown into a state of intense excitement, owing to the discovery of one of the most brutal murders that has, perhaps, ever…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquest was commenced on Wednesday last at the Waterloo Inn, West Maitland, before J. S. Parker, Esq., coroner, on the body of Margaret Nuun. At a late hour the inquest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following is a list of the prisoners for trial at the Maitland Circuit Court, which will commence on Monday next, before his Honor Mr. Justice Dickinson. The calendar is heavier,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →George Waters Ward was indicted for having, at Muswell Brook Creek, on the 12th April, 1848, feloniously assaulted Richard Connolly, otherwise called Richard King, and for having,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This Court was opened on Monday morning, at ten o'clock, before his Honor Mr. Justice Dickinson. The proceedings commenced by her Majesty's proclamation against vice and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We have received information of the outbreak of a new and terrible insurrection at Vienna on the 6th inst. It appears that the military having refused to march against the Hungarians,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Swift was indicted for having committed a rape on the person of Ellen O'Brien, a child of six years old, at Gundagai, on the 13th January…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →John Hearn was indicted for feloniously assaulting Mary Sadler, at West Brook, on the 12th January, 1849, and striking and beating her with a certain unknown blunt instrument on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action of promises, in which Matthew Henry Marsh was plaintiff, and James Burnett defendant. The declaration stated that the plaintiff had engaged the defendant as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →George Gorton was indicted for stealing one calf, the property of Francis Monaghan, at Stephenson's Station, on the 16th February, 1848…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LIVE STOCK SLAUGHTERED.—The quantity of live stock slaughtered during the year 1848 is returned as follows:—For sale, 2548 head of horned cattle, 7133 sheep, 1101 pigs; for salting,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments, viz.:—Mr. S[?]lvauns Abbot, to be chief co[?]stable at Grafton; and Mr. William Hart, to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Broadhurst, (with whom was Mr. Fisher), said, that this was an action brought by the plaintiff, as Secretary of, and representing the Hunter River Steam Navigation Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mary Irwin was indicted for stealing a watch, the property of Anne Clarke, at Maitland, on the 8th March, 1849; and Henry Irwin was indicted for receiving the same…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Tuesday evening Stanfield, near Wymondham, was the scence of the most atrocious murders ever perpetrated in Norfolk, or, perhaps, in any other English county. Soon after…
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