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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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Alfred Sickler was indicted for stealing a quantity of gold amalgam and quartz from a maohine situated at Mitoholl's Creek, on the night of the 14th August, the said sold, &c., being the property of Donald Campbell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In this matter Mr. Darvall addressed the jury for the plaintif, in a speech of three hours and forty minutes. His Honor then summed up. There were three conditions in which plaintiff was not entitled to recover—first, if the original…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ah Coo, Ah See, Ah Sing, and Ah Phing, were indicated for feloniously entering the store of one Arthur Budden, on the 21st of last August, and stealing certain property therefrom. The jury found Ah Coo not guilty, Ah See…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WIFE DESERTION.âJames Smith, apprehended on the 12 h instant, by virtue of a warrant issued from the colony of Victoria, on a charge of deserting his wife. The signature…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Parker and Henry Kennedy were indicted for, on a day not named, feloniously stealing a certain quantity of merchandise, the property of Messrs. Watkins and Leigh. The jury found the prisoners guilty of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The police court at West Maitland was occupied several hours yesterday with the investigation of a charge of assault of most unusual character—a sort ot faction fight, in which a number of men were engaged on both sides; but happily no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →STEALING GIN.—Henry Smith, in custody, was brought before the bench charged with stealing a bottle of gin, the property of John Lumley. Constable M'Morrow deposed: On the afternoon of the 17th instant Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OBTAINING MONEY BY MEANS OF FALSE PRETENCES.—A. W. Kellet (a foreigner) was charged by Mr. Thomas Burke, of Wallabadah, with obtaining by means of false pretences…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action by a retired Commander in the Royal Navy, and proprietor and editor of Zadkiel's Almanack, against Admiral Belcher, for an alleged libel on the plaintiff contained…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jane Evans, found guilty ot stealing from the dwelling-house of one David Rigby, Goulburn, on the 16th of June last, the sum of £8 19s 6d. and a handkerchief, was sentenced to two years' hard labor in Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This was an application to stay, by prohibition, all proceedings under an order by Mr. James Smith, police magistrate of the district of [?]cone, when sitting as a justice at Merriwa The order in question was made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Milford (as counsel for the accused in the case the Queen v. Perry) applied for a postponement of trial in consequence of Mr. Perry being confined to his bed by acute chronic rheamatism. It was declared that, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Dacey pleaded not guilty to a charge of robbing James Mason, medical doctor, at Cootamundry, on the 29th June last, of the sum of £1 15s. 6d. and sundry articles. There was also a count for assaulting and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following telegrams, which passed between the Colonial Secretary and the Inspector General of Police were read in the assembly by Mr. Cowper on Wednesday night:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"I much regret that the tone of my last telegram should be considered by the Colonial Secretary so highly reprehensible. 1 never intended to arregate to myself the responsibility which the Colonial Secretary is vested…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"The Colonial Secretary considers the tone of last telegram from Inspector-General of Police highly roprehensible. "The law having invested the Colonial Secretnry with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thomas Sanson, a youth of sixteen or seventeen years, pleaded guilty to a charge of uttering a forged promissory note. This was a very painful case, the prisoner being connected with a most respectable family. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thomas Caldecott Chabb was indicted for having, on the 4th August last, forged or altered and uttered a cheque for £445 10s., with intent to defraud. The information contained various counts, in which the offence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Monday evening a public meeting, convened by the Warden of the district, was held in the Court-house, Morpeth. The object of the meeting was to "take into consideration the offensive manner in which the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE good people of Morpeth will be acting neither wisely nor well if they allow the indignation excited by the alleged misconduct of certain members of the police force to merge into…
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