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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1854

42 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 3

Central Criminal Court. (Abridged from the Sydney papers.) Wednesday, December 6, 1854. (Before the Chief Justice.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 December 1854 · page 4

James Hibbott was indicted for robbing James Parsons of £40, at Nepean, on the 11th November, with violence. Parsons, a butcher, in the habit of collecting his own money, on the…

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Local News. the Murder of Patrick Henry

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 December 1854 · page 2

On Friday last, and by adjournment on Saturday, the inquest was held by Mr. John S. Parker, coroner, at the Northumberland Hotel, West Maitland, on the body of…

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