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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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WE alluded in our last to the apparent inaction of the Government in the matter of restoring efficiency to the police, and repressing the growth of crime in the colony. It appears,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CHARGE OF OBTAINING GOODS [?] MEANS OF FALSE PRETENCES.—Thomas Palmer was [?]rged with obtaining goods from Mr. J. P. Wightman b[?]means of false pretences. The case was as follows[?]—The prisoner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETE[?]S.âJohn Molfoud, on remand, was again brought be[?] the bench on this charge. The depositions taken on [?]esday, the 29th December last, having been read over a[?] confirmed,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The ears of London society have for many days back been tingling with an extraordinary scandal. It would be the feeblest affectation for any one mixing with the world of our metropolis to assume the aspect of ignorance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HORSE STEALING.—Henry Taylor—a youth, apparently about sixteen or seventeen years old—on remand, was brought before the bench on this charge. The depositions taken before the Police Magistrate at Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →STEALING WEARING APPAREL—Robert Ash (on remand) was charged with stealing wearing apparel, the property of Edward Boon. The depositions, taken at Newcastle on the 11th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nebuchadnezzar Landsdown, John Larkins, Michael Maher, and Richard Mara were placed in the dock charged with that they did on the 19th day of January, 1864, at Cawarra, violently and feloniously ravish and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barristers present, Messrs. Foster and Simpson; attorneys, Messrs. H. O'Meagher and W. H. Mullen. There were about twenty-four cases for hearing; the undefended were first disposed of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sons of one of the early Gorman settlers were Karl Kronheim and Louis Horn. They had one mother and two fathers: which at first sight seems a complicated arrangement, but is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The horrible circumstance of finding three dead bodies in a cab, in a crowded thoroughfare of the metropolis, has excited intense public interest, while the press have boen for some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Toowoomba, Assizes, on Friday, January 16th 1864, before his Honor Chief Justice Cockle, and a jury of twelve, Ellen Ashley, otherwise Ellen Griffiths, otherwise Ellen Woods, was charged with killing and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →STEALING.—Mary Butler, on remand, was charged with stealing a piece of alpacea and four cabbage-tree hats. Senior-sergeant Thorpe deposed: On Tuesday the 19th, whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London, Saturday, November 7.—The rumour which described the plaintiff in the cause of O'Kane v. O'Kane and Palmerston as a clergyman of the Established Church, proves to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(Before Dr. Lindeman, G. Cory, and James M'Cormack, Esqs. CHARGES OF ASSAULT.—Elizabeth Osmond was charged by Lucy Parkinson with assaulting her on the 10th inst. Lucy Parkinson deposed that on that day she went to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Carlo, a Greek sailor, was indicted that he did, on the 19th October, unlawfully stab and wound Charles Schmidt, at Newcastle. Prisoner pleaded not guilty, and was undefended…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was an action for money paid, goods sold and delivered, work and labor, &c., to which were pleas of payment, set-off, &c. The issue was one of disputed account…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →UNSOUND MIND.—Jessie Reid was brought before the bench charged with being of unsound mind. Constable Murray deposed: I am lockup-keeper at Singleton; on Sunday afternoon last the woman [?]as received in my custody, apparently of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →William Perry, who, on Wednesday, pleaded guilty of stealing money on board the schooner Keepsake, was this morning brought up for sentence. His Honor sentenced him to imprisonment with hard labour in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The sittings of this Court commenced this morning in the Hull of the School of Arts, with a list of 41 causes. Barristers present:—Messrs[?] W. C. Windeyer, W. J. Foster, and G. B. Simpson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CREATING A DISTURBANCE.—Eaton Valentine was brought before the bench on this charge. Constable Warrey deposed: On the 8th instant, when on duty in John-street, I saw the prisoner fighting in Mr. Cullen's…
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