Original Correspondence. The Electoral Act, the constitution of its Revision Courts, and the necessity of claimants taking means to ascertain that their names are on the Electoral Roll on the Court-house of their respective districts on or before the 14th day of the present mo[?]th, which may not be the case, although the chief constables may, when at their residences, have put their names on what be may now call the Rough Electoral Roll. To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1853 · page 2
SIR—The press of the colony has very properly, and almost universally, desounced the Electoral Act now in force, on the ground that under it the distribution of members gives an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney News. Supreme Court. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Monday, July 18, 1853. [Before the Full Court—in Banco.] the Queen v. Henry Anson Ford
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1853 · page 4
The defendant, who was convicted at the last Criminal Sessions of having, by use of insulting and injurious language, sought to incite one George Polhill to commit a breach of the peace…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Circuit Court
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 August 1853 · page 2
This court opens on Thursday, the 11th August instant There are already fifteen Cases of committal for trial, besides others where the parties have been admitted to bail. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Circuit Court
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 August 1853 · page 2
This court opened on Thursday afternoon, before his Honor the Chief Justice. Milner Elmsley Stephen, Esq., officiated as Clerk of Arraigns, and Major Crummer, P.M., as Deputy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Circuit Court. (Before his Honor the Chief Justice.) Monday, August 15, 1853. Gaol Delivery
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 August 1853 · page 2
Michael Scully, charged with an attempt to stop the mail, was discharged on his own recognizance to appear when called on, within twelve months; the principal witness having absconded,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Circuit Court. (Before his Honor the Chief Justice.) Saturday, August 13, 1853. SENTENCES
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 August 1853 · page 4
John Thomas, who pleaded guilty on Friday to a charge of stealing clothiug, was sentenced to three years on the roads. Henry Kennett, who was convicted on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Circuit Court. Thursday, August 14, 1853. Dor Dem Robinson V. SHEEN. (Before the Chief Justice, and a special jury of four.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1853 · page 2
This was an action of ejectment, to recover certain premises in East Maitland, in which Thomas Wilkie Robinson was plaintiff, and Catherine Sheen defendant. The usual declaration of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Circuit Court. Civil Cases. Wednesday, August 17, 1853. Brady T Heugh. (Before his Honor the Chief Justice and a special jury of four.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1853 · page 4
This was an action of assumpsit, the declaration alleging that defendant neglected to ship from Morpeth for Sydney 200 bushels of wheat, belonging to plaintiff, and allowed the wheat to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Circuit Court. Civil Business. Friday, August 19, 1853. CAMPBELL V. CORY. (Before the Chief Justice, and a special jury of four.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 August 1853 · page 4
The proceedings in this case, an action of trover to recover the value of a filly, were reported in Saturday's Mercury, as well as the fact that the jury retired at half-past seven…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Government Gazette. Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1853. Maitland Gaol
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1853 · page 3
Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office until twelve o'clock of Monday, the 19th instant, trom persons desirous of contrac[?]ing to diliver at the gaol at Maitland, 250 galloons of water daily from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local News. the Murder of Mary Anne Richardson
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 October 1853 · page 4
On the 21st September an inquest was commenced by Mr. Parker, on the body of Mary Anne Richardson; and the jury having that day viewed, at Four Mile Creek, about three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Supreme Court.—nisi Prius Sittings. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. (Before Mr. Justice Therry[?] and a special jury of twelve.) HUTH V. Jamieson and Another
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 October 1853 · page 2
An action on the case to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff in consequence of defendants having negligently permitted their diseased flocks to stray…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supreme Court.—friday, October 8. (From the S. M. Herald.) Equitable Jurisdiction. (Before the Primary Judge.) TERRY V. Osborne and Another
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 October 1853 · page 4
This was a suit for the establishment of an equitable title to the estable of Duckenfield Park, on the Hunter. Counsel for plaintiff, Messrs. Darvall and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Supreme Court.—tuesday, Oct. 11. (From the S. M. Herald.) Sittings in Banco. (Before the full Court.) Doe Dem. Evans Y. LANG
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1853 · page 2
This was a motion for new trial and upon leave reserved. The action, which was tried at the last Maitland Circuit Court, before Sir Alfred Stephen, was brought to recover a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supreme Court.—friday, Oct. 14. (From the Sydney Morning Herald.) Sittings in Banco. (Before the full Court.) the Queen v. BARKER
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 October 1853 · page 4
This was a special case from the Maitland Circuit Court. Prisoner was the mate of the ship Tory, and was indicted for manslaughter. The vessel had gone ashore in consequence of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Supreme Court.—monday, Oct. 17, 1853. (Fron tte Empire.) Sittings in Banco. (Before the full court.) M'DONALD V. BALDWIN
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 October 1853 · page 2
This was a motton that a nonsuit be entered, or in the alternative, for a new trial. The case was tried before the Chief Justice at the last Maitland Circuit Court, when the jury found a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supreme Court. (Abridged from t[?] Sydney papers.) Sittings in Banco—before the full Court. Monday, October 24, 1853. the Queen V Leffid[?]e
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 November 1853 · page 4
The Chief Justice delivered judgment in this case, reserved by the Chairman of Quarter Sessions from the last Maitland sittings of that court. The prisoner had been convicted of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney News. Supreme Court. (From the Sydney Morning Herald.) Nisi Prius Sittings. Monday, November 14, 1853. (Before Mr Justice Therry and a jury of four.) KEENAN V. DAVIDSON
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 November 1853 · page 4
This was an action on promises for the nondelivery, according to contract, of a quantity of bacon and lard. Plea, the general issue. Messrs. Broadhurst and Stephen appeared for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Supreme Court.—tuesday, Nov. 22. (From the S. M. Herald.) Nisi Prius Sittings. (Before Mr. Justice Therry and a jury of four.) FARRELL V. MAGNAY
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 November 1853 · page 4
This was an action of debt for goods supplied. The defendant pleaded payment. Mr. Darvall appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Broadburst for the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Supreme Court. (Abridged from the Englishman, and Herald, Dec. [?].) Nisi Prius Sittings. (Before Mr. Justice Therry, and a special jury of twelve.) Thursday, Dec. 1, 1853 M'intyre and Wife v. DALYELL
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 December 1853 · page 4
Mr. Foster and Mr. Fisher appeared for the plaintiffs; and the Solicitor-General and Mr. Broadhurst for the defendant. This was an action in the case to recover…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →