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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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The Solicitor General moved, upon the usual affidavits, for the admission of Mr. James Greer as an attorney, solicitor, and proctor of the Supreme Court.âGranted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments, viz.:- William Spain, Esq., to be Inspector General of Police. John M'Lerie, Esq., to be Provincial Inspector of Police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. Charles George Wilkey to be chief constable at Wellingrove, Mr. Robert Delmege Thimble to be chief constable at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Few murders have excited greater horror than that of Mr. Hollest, perpetual curate of Frimley Grove, by burglars who entered his room in the dead of the night. Frimley Grove is a small…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GENTLEMEN—So much having appeared in your paper regarding the murders and depredations committed in this district by the aborigines, perhaps the following statement may in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following is a list of the prisoners at present warned tor trial at the ensuing Circuit Court, which will commence on Monday, the 3rd March. It is stated that Mr. Justice Dickinson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A most revolting murder has been committed at the village of Donninghurst, in Essex. The facts of the case are these:- Thomas Drory, the son of a most respectable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Battinson Kay was indicted for having, on the 1st November last, fraudulently obtained from one William Gosling Moore a sum of £22 16s., by falsely pretending that he, the prisoner, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →John Cronan, alias Kerry Jack, was indicted for stealing a horse, the property of Robert Fitzgerald, at Yarramon, on the 1st September, 1850. In a second count he was charged with feloniously…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This court opened on Monday, before his Honor Mr. Justice Dickinson. F. W. Perry, Esq., Clerk of Arraigns, read her Majesty's proclamation against vice and immorality. Major…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →William Henry Whyte was indicted for stealing an ox, the property of Isaac Sefton, at Hexham, on the 9th January, 1851. In a second count he was indicted for receiving the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The trial of William Hayes, indicted for the wilful murder of Benjamin Cott, at Dagworth, on the 13th November, 1850, was resumed. [The evidence given on Friday for the crown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Mercury of the 5th instant we briefly reported the proceedings of an inquest held on the 3rd on the body of Rose M'Namara, when a verdict of wilful murder was pronounced against…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's office until twelve o'clock of Monday, the 12th May next, from persons willing to contract for the erection of a court and watch-house…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action on the case for slander. The declaration contained two counts—the one for words spoken of the plaintiff in his public character, the other for words spoken of him as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Serjeant Richard Boddily, of the Sydney Police, to be Chief Constable at Scone. PATRICK'S PLAINS.—SMALL DEBTS COURT…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action of trespass, for assault and battery. The defendant pleaded, 1st, not guilty; and 2nd, that the assault, if any, was committed in self-defence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Wednesday William Hayes, now lying in Maitland gaol under sentence of death for the murder of Benjamin Cott, made an open confession to Major Crummer, P.M., in the presence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peter Mulvey was placed at the lar on a charge of extensive and systematic forgery. The Attorney General applied for a postponement until next sessions, on account of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The inquest on the body of John A'Hearn, commonly known as Bothered Shawn, terminated on Monday, by the jury finding; that the body was A'Hearn's, that he was murdered by…
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