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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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STEALING A SADDLE.—William Bates, on remand, was charged with stealing a saddle, the property of James Clift. Mr. Thompson appeared for the prisoner. Senior sergeant Thorpe deposed: On Sunday, the 26th ultimo,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—In reading the report of a meeting of the Newcastle Church Society, in your issue of the 25th February ultimo, I was surprised at seeing one of the most wanton and gratuitous insults a that was ever offered to the system…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CATTLE-STEALING.—Edward Gospar was brought before the bench on this charge. Constable Steel deposed.; I arrested the prisoner, in company with another constable, for cattle-stealing; he was given in charge by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was an appeal against a verdict by Judge Purefoy, at Maitland, in an action upon a contract for the sale of potatoes. Mr. Martin, Q.C., appeared in support of the appeal,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an application to set aside an award of arbi tration under the Crown Lands Act of 1861, to determine which of two claimants was entitled to a lease of a certain station on the Clarence. The case had been argued last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CATTLE STEALING.—Thomas Lynch, Daniel Mannix, and Timothy Doolan, were charged with stealing a number of cattle, the property of Thomas Lindsay, Esq., of Branxton. Mr. Stratford (for Mr. Brenan) appeared for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The court for the March sittings was opened on Tuesday morning, before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Purefoy. Mr. H. [?]'Meagher and Mr. Brenan were the attorneys present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—Hyam Lewis Marks was brough before the bench on the above charge. It appears from the evidence that the prisoner has represented to Mr. Semphill, the manager of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →RECEIVING STOLEN CATTLE —Andrew M'Kenzie, on remand, was charged with this offence. Mr. Thompson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Mullen for the defendant. The depositions taken on the 9th and 14th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Farre[?] for making use of pr[?]fan[?] language in a pnblic place, [?] fined £1.—Charles Stanley, for a similar [?]ffence, was fund quilty, and fined £2. Matthew [?]ke, charged with resisting the police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two drunkard not appearing on being [?]lled, their deposits of 10s. [?]ch were ordered to be forfeited. A man named rew, or Crow, was convicted of stealing a coat and sund[?]ticles in one p[?]ckets, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ASSAULT.—Michael Hayes was charged with committing an assault upon Mrs Playford. Senior-sergeant Thorpe deposed: On Monday night, the 20th instant, some persons informed me at the police barracks that a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We are indebted to Mr. J. D. Macnash, storekeeper, for the perusal of two letters relative to the movements of Ben Hall and his followers. The following is dated March 19th:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is very questionable whether I shall succeed in my attempt to describe to year readers one of the most barbarous and atrocious murders which has ever been recorded in the a[?]als of the colony, and though my…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was a special case from the Mudgee Quarter Sessions. The prisoners—George La[?]t, Joseph Launt, and William Purcell—had been indicted before Judge Cary for cattle stealing, and had been found guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following additional particulars with reference to the murder of Mr. Volkner are to hand:— We learn from the New Zealand Herald that at halfpast five o'clock on the afternoon of the 10th March…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DRUNKENNESS.—Anne Breedon pleaded guilty to being drunk on the 25th instant, and was admonished and discharged. MAINTENANCE.—James Fraser, jun., of Jerry's Plains,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MISCONDUCT BY A CONSTABLE.—Constable Rowland was charged with a breach of the Police Regulations, by senior-sergeant Thorpe, for being drunk on duty, on Sunday, the 26th instant, whilst escorting the mail and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →— Wasson was charged with stealing a horse, the property of Jeremiah Donbar. The charge not having been proved, the case was dismissed Thomas Murray, charged with stealing money to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charles Burgess Herring was brought before the court on four several charges of obtaining goods and money by giving in payment valueless cheques. In three cases the witnesses were bound over to appear…
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