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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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(Before Messrs.J. Ascough, J.P, aud Dr. Day, J.P.) Joses Xavier Peireira was again brought up on remand, charged with the murder of Matthew Jones, at Eastern Creek. Constable Tiernan, being resworn, deposed; I have given…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plantiff was supercargo of the defendant's vessel, Mary Nicholson, on a voyage to San Francisco, and received [?] freight, and for which he signed a bill of lading, £200, to be paid to a Mrs. Williams, if she could be found, to defray the passage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The argument in this case was resumed and concluded. It was a suit by the representatives of the late Henry Osborne, for the cancellation of a bond of which the conditions were that the plaintiff should repay on a given day the sum of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eliza Bowman was indicted for feloniously stealing a sum of money, under one pound, from the person of Washington L. Simpson, at West Maitland, on the 23rd of October. The prisoner pleaded not guilty, and was defended by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following is the list of cases for hearing at the District Court, East Maitland, to be opened on Friday morning:- Gorrick v. Day; Poole v. Kingsmill; Brunker v. Hill; same…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The District Court at East Maitland was opened yesterday, before R. Owen, Esq., the District Court Judge. The undefended cases were first disposed of. MEEHAN V. MULQUINNEY…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action for trespass on a pastoral ran in the Bligh distriot. The plaintiffs were Messrs. Christopher M'Rae and Charlea William Sheridan; the defendants, Messrs. William Hill, John Blackmore, and James…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This was a suit by writ of in rusion, filed by the Attorney General on behalf of the Crown, to remove the defendant, Kennedy, from the occapation of part of a run, called Cooriamnowa, in the district of Bligh. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MASTER AND SERVANTS ACT.—John Davidson, William Kimber, and Philip Barley appeared to answer a charge preferred by their employers, Messrs. Clemets and Greer, contractors on the Northern road, with having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An incident occurred three weeks ago upon the Home Circuit, which has kept the gossips of the county of Surrey in conversation, and has furnished some material for disoussion to the bar. On August 3, at Guildford,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MASTERS AND SERVANTS AC[?].—Henry Hall summoned Williams Evans, of Mount Thorley, for £3 11s. 6d wages due. Complaint had entered into an agreement with the defendant on the [?]rd of October last, the wages…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The trial of this case was resumed and concluded. It was a suit by writ of intrusion to oust the defendant from the occupation of a run called Cooriamnowa, in the district of Bligh. After various arguments on questions of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action upon a cash credit bond, executed by defendants in favor of one Wallis, an auctioned and commission agent, of Braidwood, since insolvent. The amount sued for was £2177 8s. 2d., due by Wallis to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An inquest was held at Middle Creek, in the Ovens district, on the body of Maurice Herbert, a publican, at Middle Creek, who came to his death by either falling or being pushed into a room fire, while in a state of drunkenness. The wife of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Edward Tarlington was indicted for stealing one gelding, the property of one Albert Bradley, near Muswell Brook, on the 26th of August last. A second count charged him with unlawfully using the said horse…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →This Court was opened on Tuesday last, the 27th November, before his Honor R. Owen, Esq., District Court Judge, when a number of undefended cases were disposed of, after which the Court adjourned till…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →GENTLEMEN—I am induced to offer a few remarks in your issue as to this crime throughout the colony, and I perceive that the correspondent of the Empire very recently commented so justly upon the matter, that in this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was an action for breach of an agreement to accept delivery of cattle. There were pleas of the general issue; of defendant's readiness to accept delivery; of plaintiff not being ready to deliver; of an enlargement of the time for taking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →His Honor delivered judgment herein as follows:- This was a suit instituted by Robert W. Vivers, against John Warn Tuck, for the specific performance of an agreement for a partnership between them in the Maitland Gas Works. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →This was an notion by a merchant of Sydney against a commission agent at Morpeth, for money alleged to be due to the former on various transactions under an arrangement for the purchase of maize, and its shipment to Sydney, on his…
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