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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
126 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 7
This was a special case from the Maitland [?] Court. The prisoners were two aboriginal natives, Roger and Jemmy, who were charged with the murder of a man named Chemiere. The latter had left a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →His Excellency the Governor General, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to appoint Arthur Vyner, Esquire, to be Police Magistrate at Rockhampton and at Keppel Bay, and to be Harbor Master at the port of Rockhampton, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Attorney-General moved for probate of the above will to Robert Haworth Howe. The will was in the following terms:- Carrol. May 1st, 1811…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was a motion for n[?]w trial of an action for trespass upon a squatting run, in which the plaintiff had su[?]ded. The run forming the subject matter of this action was one called Walhalla, or Duno, in the district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT is a favorite remark of an excellent judge, Mr. Justice Dickinson, that "law is the perfection of common sense." And we have been more than once gratified listeners to a most able…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an application to set [?]side a Judge's order, refusing permission to plead, which by a previous order from the same Judge had been granted. The action was one upon a promissory note of £225 by the last endorsee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was a motion for a new trial, in an action for balance of account upon a building contract, wherein the plaintiff had succeeded. Mr. Plunkett, Q.C., and Mr. Wine, appeared in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This was a question upon a point reserved on the trial of an action for trespass. The suit was one for trespass upon a depasturing run, and there were various issues; but that upon which the present question arose…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →David Mahoney was indicted for that he did at maitland, on the 13th August last, feloniously steal one tarpaulin and 50 yards of canvass, the property of Otto Baldwin. Another count charged him with feloniously…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Martin, Q.C., stated to the Court that he had, on Monday tendered his resignation of his office as Attorney-General and that such resignation had been accepted, consequently that he had ceased to hold that office…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This was a motion for new trial on the part of defendant, which had been struck out on a former day in consequence of their being no appearance on the defendant's behalf. A rule, [?]isi was subsequently granted calling upon plaintiff to show…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The question whether or not the provisions of the Towns' Police Act can be enforced in West Maitland, was the subject of discussion by the bench, at West Maitland, on Tuesday. Present: Mr. Day, Mr. P.Green,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was a question as to costs. A motion to set aside a judgment had been made before Mr. Justice Milford, in chambers, and had been referred by him to the full Court. But in this application was included…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GENTLEMEN,—In to-day's issue of the Maitland Mercury I observe, in the police report, charges brought against a number of the inhabitants for a breach of the Towns Police Act. It appears that the magistrates hold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action for breach of a contract for the sale and delivery of flour. Mr. Broad[?]t, Q.C., and Mr. Isaacs appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Martin, Q.C, Mr. Wise, and Mr. [?]au[?]tt for th[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charles Salmon was indicted for uttering a forged certificate of [?]r purporting to be signed by John [?]ter, Guilty. Three months imprisonment in Darlinghurst g[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →James Emaunel Brace was, in consequence of the disagreement of the jury the night before, again placed in the dook charged with the murdor of his wife. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ong, a Chinese, was indicted for stabbing. Gern, a Chinese, at the Bark Huts, near Sydney, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Guilty. Three years on the roads…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Emma Tomlin, aged about 18 years, was indicted for the wilful murder of a male child, at Windsor. The prisoner was a domestic sonant at Windsor. On the 30th October last a bucket, containing some liquid and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A public meeting was held at Mr. Scholes's, New England Hotel on Saturday evening last, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning the Government to place on the estimates for 1859 a sum for the establishment of a police…
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