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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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This was an action of debt. The declaration stated that the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff for work done, goods bought, and on an account stated, with interest, damages being laid at £300. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →His Excellency the Governor General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments made by the Sheriff. viz.:—Mr. John Wallace to be Gaoler, and Mrs. Margaret Wallace to be Matron of the gaol at Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A remarkable case is now on trial before the High Criminal Court of Hainault, at Mons. The accused are the Count and Countess of Bocarme, of a family stated to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Samuel Raymond, Esq., to be Prothonotary of the Supreme Court. IMPOUNDINGS…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →James M'Grath was indicted for stealing a horse, the property of Randolph John Want, on the 5th July. Not guilty[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →James White was indicted for stealing one yard of canvass, sixty yards and one half yard of union, three cloths, and other articles, the property of James Solomon, at Maitland, on the 7th June, 1851…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following was the special case drawn by his Honor Mr. Jnstice Dickinson on the point reserved.—The prisoner was indicted for uttering a forged check knowing it to be forged. It…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →This was an action of slander, tried at the last Maitland assizes, before Mr. Justice Dickinson, when a verdict was returned for the defendant. Mr. Darvall now, on the part of the plaintiff,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The prisoner was indicted at the Maitland Quarter Sessions, on the first count for receiving two hobbles, and on the second count, for receiving them, knowing them to have been sto[?]en…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action of trespass for breaking and entering a certain close belonging to the plaintiff, called "Terry-hie-hie," in the Gwydir district. The declaration contained five counts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We have with much regret to announce the death, by the hands of the natives of one of the Solomon Islands, of Mr. Benjamin Boyd. The statement of Mr. Crawford (who has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This court opened on Monday, December 1, before his Honor the Chief Justice. CONTEMPT OF COURT. On the motion of the Attorney-General,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thomas Holmes, Esq., of Clarence Town, took the oaths as a magistrate of the territory, including the city of Sydney. MURDER…
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