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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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VAGRANCY.—Thomas Murray, convicted of this offence, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labor in Singleton gaol. OBSCENCE LANGUAGE.—Thomas Geary, charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was an appeal from a decision in chambers by Mr. Justice Milford, refusing, with costs, an application for a prohibition. Mr. Stephen appeared in support of the appeal, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Johnson, who was on Monday found guilty of embezzlement, was called up for sentence. Two persons who were in court, being called by prisoner, gave him a good character up to the time of this offence. In…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →James M'Keon was indicted for having, at Sydney, on the 7th September last, procured ten tons of flour by falsely protending that a paper purporting to be a cheque upon the Commercial Bank for £148 15[?], was a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The sittings for the trial of causes commenced yesterday at East Maitland. The barristers present were Mr. Ellis, Mr Foster, and Mr. G. B. Simpson. After the disposal of twenty-eight undefended causes,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Darley moved for the entry of a verdict for plaintiff on leave reserved, or in thw alternative for a rule nisi in the above case, calling upon the defendants to show cause why there should not be a new trial upon various…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Francis Trindell alias Buckingham, Robert Hunter alias Patterson, and William Gard alias Morton alias Mullen, were indicted that they did, on the 1st of March, 1863, break into, and steal a quantity of jewellery from,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action to recover £158 7s. [?]d. for work done in the erection of some buildings at Morpeth. Plaintiff contracted to erect certain buildings at Morpeth, according to specification, for £1700, and any extra work performed was to be assessed by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PROHIBITION.âEX PARTE SPRATT.âThe argument in this case partially heard on a previous day, was concluded. It was an application to stay, by prohibition, all proceedings under an order by Mr. Smith acting as police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was an action to recover £20 for breach of contract. The plaintiff is a sawyer residing in East Maitland and defendant was manager of the Branxton Steam Saw Mills. Plaintiff's[?]case was that he agreed with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—Edward McMahon was charged with making use of obscene lauguage on the premises of William Clerihew. The prosecutor stated that he did not wish to press the charge, and the defendant was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was an action in trover, with the common counts, for goods sold and delivered, brought by Messrs. Burke, Brothers, of Melbourne, against Messrs. Wolfe and Gorrick, of Maitland, in which plaintiffs sought to recover…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ILLEGALLY DRIVING HORSES.—Michael Gilshunner was charged by Mr. Thomas Abbott with this offence, and sentenced to three months hard labour in Maitland gaol. —There are lots of scoundrels in this and adjoining…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This case, which commenced on Friday was finished to-day. It was an action for trespass, for which £30 was claimed by plaintiff, and 30s. was paid into court an full satisfaction of plaintiff's claim. The parties reside…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir William Manning, Q.C., for defendant, moved for the trial of the above case by a special jury of twelve. The action was one by a retired officer of the army against a merchant of Melbourne, formerly of Sydney, for neglect of duty, as an agent,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This court was opened on Tuesday, the 20th October, before his honor Judge Pur[?]foy. The following barristers were present:âMr. Simpson (Crown-Prosecutor), Mr. Foster, and Mr, Ellis; attorneysâMr, Mullen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OBTAINING MONEY BY MEANS OF FALSE PRETENCES.—A person calling himself J. H. Sparke was this day charged with obtaining money by means of false pretences, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an application by prohibition to set aside certain proceedings by the Maitland bench upon several grounds, the principal of which was that the magistrate, Mr. E. D. Day, had refused to take the evidence of the defendant on his own behalf,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TREEPASSING ON THE RAILWAY.—Joseph Whitbread pleaded guilty to trespassing on the Great Northern Railway, on the 9th instant, and was discharged with a caution…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Tuesday forenoon, about ten o'clock, senior-sergeant Grainger and senior constable Reynolds, who were out after the bushrangers who committed the robbery on the Gostwyck run on Saturday, fell in with the mail for Armidale when it was a…
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