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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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James Browne was indicted for stealing a shawl, the property of Robert Kerrigan, at Singleton, on 6th Dec., 1854. The prisoner pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charles Chambers and Jane Chambers were indicted for stealing a cheque of the value of £4 16s. 7d., on 28th September, at Patrick's Plains, the property of Patrick Frederick…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday afternoon, 15th instant, an inquest was held by the coroner, Mr. Parker, at the Maitland Hospital, on the body of Henry Cornelius, a resident of Stoney Creek,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The inquest on Henry Cornelius was again resumed yesterday morning, at the Northumberland Hotel, at ten o'clock. John Makerow, shepherd, for whom a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A strange story was current at Manchester on Tuesday morning, that a man in disguise had entered the cottage of a poor woman in Springfield-lane, Salford, at an early hour,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →This court will open on Thursday, 15th Feb. at ten o'clock a.m., with a rather heavy calendar of criminal cases. The hearing of civil causes, which we understand are numerous, will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The trial of William Ryan, for the murder of his wife, Catherine Ryan, at Sydney, was postponed till Friday, counsel being assigned to him…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Johannes Kors, or Kord, was indicted for uttering a forged cheque on the Bank of New South wales, at Sydney, on the 2nd January. The prisoner passed the cheque, for £35, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This Court will be opened at eleven o'clock tomorrow morning, at the Court-house, East Maitland, before His Honor Sir Alfred Stephen, Chief Justice; the civil causes are fixed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Patrick Burns was indicted for stealing three watches, at Sydney. This was a case of a person suddenly breaking a pane of glass in a watchmaker's window, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Richard Brimmer, John Kerr, Andrew Russell, Frederick Pitford, Robert Angus, Francis Jervis, Andrew Castles, Alexander Henderson, Brice Dixon, John Bernard, and William Orr were indicted for conspiracy,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir Alfred Stephen, C. J., delivered the judgment of the full Conrt in this case, as follows:- This was a suit for an injunction, to restrain the defendants, who are contractors under an agreement with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This court opened on Thursday, before his Honor Chief Justice Sir Alfred Stephen. Major Crummer, P.M., officiated as Deputy Sheriff: Henry A. Eliott, Esq., officiated as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sarah Shepherd was indicted for aiding and abetting her husband, John Shepherd, in the murder of David Clark, at Kilbuster, on 30th July, 1854. The prisoner was undefended…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →George Wilson and George Williams were indicted for stealing various articles of wearing apparel, the property of Colin M'Killop, at Wellingrove, on 7th June, 1854…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Ross and James Akin were indicted for stealing one heifer, the property of Joseph Pearce, at Sandhills, near Singleton, on 7th December, 1854…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(Before the Chief Justice and a special jury of four.) This was an action for damages, for trespassing with scabby sheep on Mitchell's Fl[?]t, the run of Mr. Lindsay, and thereby causing plaintiff's sheep to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Burns and Elizabeth Burns were indicted for the manslaughter of Elizabeth Burns, at West Maitland, on 31st December, 1854. The prisoners were undefended…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action for breach of contract, arising from the non-delivery of 600 bushels of maize purchased by plaintiff from defendant, and for which £100 had been paid in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This court commenced on Monday, 26th February, before Mr. Justice Dickinson. Joseph Trigg, alias Jones, was indicted for abducting Alice Little, a girl, out of the…
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