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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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An inquest was held on Friday, commencing at eleven o'clock, at Mr. Rait's, the Lord Raglan, Elizabeth-street, before A. B. Jones, Esq., coroner, to enquire into the death of Elizabeth Hamilton, who died on the 6th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →OUR readers will find, in another column, the opinions of Sir John Dickinson on the much vexed question of the delays in our chief court of justice. And we invite their attention to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action for trespass on a squatting run. The plaintiff was John Coberoft, and the detendant was James Burgo Parnell. The plaintiff complained of trespasses committed by the defendant on his lands at Wathergar, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Since the commencement of the present severe weather the various police-courts of the metropolis and their approaches have presented a most unusual aspect. Thousands of the labouring poor, who had always looked upon these courts as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action for trespass on a squatting run. The plaintiff was John Coberoft, and the defendant was James Vergo Parnell. The plaintiff complained of trespasses committed by the defendant on his lands at Wathergar, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MASTERS AND SERVANTS ACT.—Richard Price, on remand, was charged with destroying certain property of his employer, R. A. Rodd, Esq., of Menimba[?]. From the evidence of complainant it appeared that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ASSAULT.âRobert Baker, jun., v. John Worrard.â. John Worrard appeared to answer the complaint of Robert Baker, residing at Tooloogan, who deposed that defendant used abusive language towards him, and threw…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In this action the plaintiff was the widow of the late Lauchlan Baxter, and the defendant, Arthur Hodgson, was sued as the General Superintendent of the A. A. Company…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In this action Alexander Walker Scott was plaintiff, and Bartholomew Rush and Charles Mooney wore defendants. The plaintiff Sued the defendants for breaking and entering his land at Woodford, cutting down certain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Goulburn Circuit Court opened on the 25th, before Mr. Justice Milford, Mr. Butler prosecuting for the Crown. Henry Robertson was indicted for stealing £12 from the person of William Smith, at Goulburn, on the 21st March…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Again the peace of the district has been startled by the occurrence of a brutal murder of a wife by her husband, of which, as far as can be at present ascertained, the following are the facts:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →UNLAWFULLY CUTTING TIMBER ON CHURCH AND SCHOOL LANDS.—William Pryor and Thomas Byrnes were summoned by William Collins, of Dochra with having, on or about the 11th March last, out timber on Church and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →David Clarke, who had pleaded guilty to the charge of burglary, was sentenced to fifteen years' hard labour on the roads. Michael Cavenagh, convicted of the same offence, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the case Hall v. Arnold, heard before the District Court West Maitland, at the last sittings but one, a motion for a new trial was made, it will be remembered. The following is the decision of his Honor Mr. District Judge Owen, upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKENNESS.âJohn Grath, charged with having been drunk, yesterday, was admonished and discharged. OBSCENE LANGUAGE.âEliza Murns was summoned by Mary Anne Gore for calling her a bâ orphan school bâand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was an appeal from a decision by Mr. Justice Wise, revoking letters of administration, which had been granted to the widow of the deceased, upon the ground of there having been a prior marriage to a woman who was then still living in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No eligible offer having been made, notice is hereby given that fresh tenders will be received at this office, until twelve o'olock on Tuesday, the 7th May next, from persons willing to contract for the erection of a court-house at Morpeth…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In reference to this case and the matter of Briggs on the application of McDougall, Mr. Faucett said he thought the first of these cases had been settled out of Court, and he had been instructed to say that the second…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DRUNKENNESS.—Daniel M'Leod, charged with having been drunk on the 14th instant, was fined £1, or 36 hours' imprisonment. VAGRANT ACT.—John Magrath was oharged with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was a motion for new trial in an action for money had and received, wherein the oefendant bad obtained a verdiot which, it was contended, was against both law and evidence…
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