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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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At the Goulburn Circuit Court, on Wednesday, October 25th, before Sir Alfred Stephen, C.J., the following case was tried:— Robert Blosse Lynch, assistant gold commissioner at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—Edward Robinson, for making use of obscene language on the 28th instant, was fined 20s., in default seven days' imprisonment.— Thomas Maloney, for a similar offence, committed on the 30th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The November sittings of this court will take place on thursday, the 9th November next. The following is a list of cases entered for hearing:— REMANETS: Thomas Powers v. Boyle White, june,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This case, which was begun on Monday, was continued and concluded. It was an action upon a contract and for the sale and delivery of goods, the plaintiff suing defendant for the sum of £66 upon a contract for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six of the prisoners recently transmitted to the old gaol at Port Macquarie, in order to relieve the overcrowded gaols near Sydney, have succeeded in escaping from it, the building being in a very insecure state…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This case, which commenced on Wednesday, was concluded to-day. It was an action for assault and false imprisonment. The plaint set forth that the defendant assaulted and beat the plaintiff, gave him into custody…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It having been understood that judgment was to be delivered in the above case[?] Mr. Darley, for Mrs. Irving, the defendant, said it was his duty to call the attention of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →STABBING.—Henry Sohuliz was charged with stabbing Michael Stapleton, on the 24th October last. Mr. Briggs appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Mullen appeared for the defendant. Michael Stapleton deposed: I reside…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This case, begun on Thursday, was concluded. The plaint set forth that plaintiff rented a farm from defendant at Albion farm, on the condition that defendant should keep a drain in a state of repair, but that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →REFUSING TO OBEY LAWFUL COMMANDS.—Charles Dorrington, the indentured apprentice of George Freeman, wheel wright and blacksmith at Darlington, was charged with disobedience of his master's orders. Complainant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In this case, which was a Supreme Court issue, the plaintiff sued the defendant for the hire of a horse, and for work done and materials provided, by the plaintiff at the request of the defendant; and plaintiff claimed £22…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →(Before Jas. Smith, P.M., and J. H. Cox, Esqs.) Jas. Hill and Jas. Meredy were obarged by Ann Holland with using threatening language, and putting her in bodily fear. Defendant Hill waa required to find…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On or about the 17th of October a murder was committed at Picton, and up to this time no clue has been found as to the perpetrators of the deed. It seems an old man named Elias Trapand has resided in Pioton for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action of trover and detonue for thirtyeight bales of wool. The plaintiff was Mr. John Webster Cheesbrough, a squatter, of Tareela, in the Liverpool Plains district, and Messrs. Alexander Thomson, James…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action for breach of contract, in which the Rev. Mr. Fletcher was the plaintiff. The alleged contract was that the plaintiff had been engaged in England to come out to New South Wales in his capacity as a clergyman of the Church of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →L. P. Doyle, Esq, charged with a breach of the Scab in Sheep Act, adjourned from the 31 st October. Case was dismissed.—Two other charges of the same nature were again postponed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →STEALING A CHEQUE.—Samuel Evans, in custody, was charged with stealing a cheque for £80, drawn by Mr. John Gill, the mail contractor, residing at Moonbi. Upon the application of senior sergeant Thorpe, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Chief Justice delivered judgment in this case, holding that the court had no jurisdiction, and directing a prohibition to go. THE QUEEN V. LOCK[?]ART, AND THE QUEEN V. LYNCH…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →James Martin, charged with using obscene language, pleaded guilty. Fined 5s., or twenty four hours in the cells. Fine paid. TUESDAY, 28TH NOVEMBER…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CIVIL CASES.âArthur Morris v. Thomas Pitchford, £6 10s. 6d.; verdict for defendant, and costs for one witness â10s. 6d. Elizabeth Hussey v. Abel Stott, £22 14s. 6d,; this was a summons for a ca. sa.; writ to go, but to…
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