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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
235 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 12
VAGRANCY.âCaroline Everett was charged with being an idle and disorderly character. Constable [?]fe deposed: About ten o'clock last Sunday morning the prisoner was going about the street drunk and in a disgraceful…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →George Lang was indicted on two charges of obtaining goods under false pretences, viz.: obtaining a tarpaulin from Messrs. Wolfe and Garrick, valued at £7 10s.: and another from Mr. George Vindin, valued at £4, by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The June sittings of this court were commenced yesterday, at the Court-house, West Maitland, before his Honor District Court Judge Purefoy. Barristers present: Messrs. H. W. Ellis, W. J. Foster, and G. B…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →His Honor stated that he had been appointed Primary Judge in Equity, and handed in his commission as such Judge. His Honor explained that he had thought it necessary to apply for this appointment—to which he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action for false imprisonment, arising out of a prosecation of plaintiff by defendant on a charge of sheep stealing, which was dismised by the bench. Damages were laid at £200. The defendant pleaded the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir William Manning, Q.C., instructed by Messrs. Want and Want, moved, on behalf of the defendant, for a rule ni[?]i for new trial in the above case. The action was brought by a commission agent at Newcastle, against a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action to recover £60 16a. 4d., for goods supplied. Mr. Ellis (instrnoted by Mr. Chambers) appeared for plaintiff; Mr. Brenan for defendant. The accounts were disputed, and the books being produced,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The hearing of this case occupied the court all Saturday and yesterday, and had not terminated when the court rose. It is likely to be finished to-day. The court adjonrned at four o'olock until ten o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This case occupied four days in hearing, from Friday last till Tuesday last. It was an action for extra work and labour done, and material supplied, and plaintiff claimed £30 10s 6d. The defendant was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →STABBING.—John Elliott, incustody, was charged with stabbing and wounding one George Mantfield. Constable Sparks deposed: On Snnday night, the 11th instant, between twelve and one o'clock, it was reported to me…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action for goods sold and delivered, brought by plaintiffs against defendant na executrix de son tort. The amount claimed was £40 1s. 6d. The defendant pleaded ne unques executrix and plene administravit. The receipt of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an application, on rule nisi, to set aside an award. Sir William Manning, Q.C, and Mr. Milford, instructed by Messrs. Billyard and Curtis, appeared in support of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Alexandra arrived at Glenlg at 1 p.m., after a passage of ninety hours and a half. The passage downwards occupied 103 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It had become generally known that the first business of the Court this morning would be to swear in the newly appointed Judges. Peculiar interest was felt in this event, not only from its own importance, but from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Toowoomba correspondent of the Brisbane Courier, in a letter dated the 22nd June, writes respecting the murder of Mrs. Curtis as follows:â "In the early part of the session Mr. Groom drew…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Towards the close of the sitting at the Bow-street police court, yesterday afternoon, an intimation was received by the Chief Magistrate, Sir Thomas Henry, that Miss Constance Kent, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Wagner, of St. Paul's,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →W. Jones was charged by R. Peate with making use of abusive language. The evidence in this case was taken, but the bench deferred their verdict until two other cases, in which Jones was plaintiff and Peate and wife were the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Before His Honor Mr. Justice Cheeke and a common jury. Charles Burgess Herring, charged with fraudulently obtaining from Christian Ludwig Qwist a brooch, two breast-pins, and £4 10s in money, by means…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir WILLIAM MANNING, Q C., mo'ed for the admission, as an attorney, solicitor, and procter, of Mr. James Garland. Mr. Garland was a Master of Arts of the Sydney University. He had passed the necessary examination…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mary Ann Regan was indicted for feloniously wounding James Connor, with intent to murder him, at Sydney, on the 25th May. Not guilty. Discharged. John Fitzgerald was indicted for unlawfully inflicting…
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