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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
254 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 13
This was a motion for a new trial in an action which had in various shapes been repeatedly before the Court. The action was one upon a policy of assurance to recover compensation for certain stock said…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This was a motion for new trial in an action of ejectment to recover possession of 640 acres, part of the Elmshall Estate, Peterson River, wherein the plaintiff obtained a verdict…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr Isaacs moved the admission, as a barrister, of William Alexander Dumare[?], who had been called to the English bar by the Honorable Society of the Middle Temple, in Hilary Term of the present year (on the 27th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two attempts, evidently concerted, were made by prisoners to break out of the Dunedin Gaol, during the night of Sunday; but they fortunately failed. The main actors were the notorious Garratt, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DURING the recent debate in the Assembly on the vote for the Detective Police, the whole system of employing such a force was denounced as monstrous and immoral; and it was argued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an appeal from the District Court at Newcastle. The facts being contradictorily stated in the special case, it was sent back for amendment. WAYTE v. THE BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir Alfred Stephen gave judgment in this case, whi[?] was one reserved from the Maitland assizes. The prisons was tried upon an indictment with two counts. By th[?] first he was charged with having assaulted a certain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Lancaster Assizes, on Wednesday last, Walker Moore, a tailor, of Keighley, was charged with the murder of Betty Moore, his wife, at Colne, on Saturday, the 5th of April last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CATTLE-STEALING.âSpencer Whiteman and Francis Dorrington, on remand, were again brought before the bench on this chargo. The evidence taken last Tuesday having been read…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fresh tenders will be received at this office, until twelve o'clock, on Tuesday, the 25th November next, from persons willing to contract for the erection of a Court-house at Ballina…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →James Upton, residing at Howe's Valley, appeared on summons, to answer the charge of his hired servant, a youth named Henry Alexander, for refusing to pay bim his wages. Alexander, being duly sworn, deposed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(Before Jas. Dalyell, Esq., P.M., and Henry Kidd Harpur.) Constable John Drew was charged with using obscene language on the evening of Saturday, the 27th ult., on the information of Mr. Moses Jones, licensed publican,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was an action for breach of an agreement as to the mode in which certain cattle of defendant's which were depastured on plaintiff's run had been disposed of. The plaintiff claimed £400…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This was an action by a mercantile house in Sydney against a person in the same line of business at Newcastle, for a balance of amount in various agency transactions. The plaintiffs claimed £[?]21 18s. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CATTLE STEALING —Spencer Whiteman and Trancis Dorrington on remand were again brought before the court on this charge. The evidence taken on the previous two Tuesdays having been read over and confirmed, Edward Browne…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The November sittings of the West Maitland District Court opened on Tuesday, before Mr. District Court Judge P[?]refoy. The following barristers were present:—Mr. Ellis,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The November sittings of the West Maitland District Court opened on Tuesday, before Mr. District Court Judge Purefoy. The following barristers were present:—Mr. Ellis,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Briggs in this case made an application to know whether an amount paid into Court in the matter had been paid at the proper time; if so, the witnesses could be dispensed with. On the other hand, his client would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Briggs in this case made an application to know whether an amount paid into Court in the matter had been paid at the proper time; if so, the witnesses could be dispensed with. On the other hand, his client would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LARCENY.—Ann Simpson, William Farrow, and Thomas Croft wero severally charged with stealing a pillow, the property of John Holmes, who deposed: I am a labourer, residing in…
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