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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
235 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 12
(Before John H. Keys, J.P., and Edward White, J.P.) Patrick Burns, in custody, was charged with being illegally on the premises of Mr. John Gleeson, innkeeperâto wit, in complainant's kitchenâbetween the hours of seven and eight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →(Before G. J. Frankland, Esq., and G. B. Townshend, Esq.) BREACH OF THE IMPOUNDING ACT.—John Burns was charged by John Daley with laying excessive damages on ten head of cattle impounded by him at Gresford on the 28th July…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an application on rule nisi for a prohibition to stay all proceedings under a conviction by the Tenterfield Bench. A second rule had been granted, in reference to another order by the same bench, against the applicant; and, as a matter of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LARCENY.—Alfred Perry stood charged with stealing a meerschaum pipe, the property of William Compton. Senior-sergeant Thorpe deposed: On Friday, the 15th instant, I arrested the prisoner on a charge of indecency;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Martin, Q.C., and Mr. Gordon were heard in support of the plaintiffs'appeal against the order made by his Honor the Primary Judge in this case, on the 24th ultimo, rescinding a former order for an injunction to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Constance Emilie Kent was indicted at Salisbury Assizes, on June 21, for the wilful murder of Francis Saville Kent, at Road-hill House, on June 29, 1860. Mr. Karslake, Q.C., and Mr. [?]opes appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Michael Ryan, charged with making use of abusive language, was found guilty; but in consideration of his having been in confinement some two or three days, he was discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Judgment was given in the above case, which had been argued before Mr. Justice Hargrave and Mr. Justice Checke. The prisoner had been convicted for having concealed £1150 the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Darley, for defendant, instructed by Messrs. Norton and Barker, moved for the grant of the special jury of twelve for the trial of the above case. The plaintiff was an Anglican clergyman, and the defendant was the Lord Bishop of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LARCENY.—Anne Breedon, charged with stealing a shawl, the property of Mrs. Turner, was convicted, and sentenced to two months' imprisonment in Maitland gaol, with hard labour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A report reached Hobart Town on Tuesday afternoon that a murder of a most revolting and brutal character had been committed at Glenorchy. The victims being a boy and a girl, the children of a man named Michael…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Darley moved the admission as an attorney, solicitor, and proctor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, of Mr. Persse Rainaford, an attorney, &c., of the Irish Courts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Their Honora gave judgment in this case. The Chief Justice reviewed the principal features of the libel and the pleas. The allegations in the pleas were admitted or proved beyond dispute except this essential one—that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the special case, the Attorney-General v. the Bank of New South Wales, as to the operations of the Stamp Duties Act the Chief Justice on Friday delivered the judgment of the Court, which is reported by the S. M…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William Watson was indicted for feloniously killing and [?]laying one William Stone, at Newtown, on the 30th July, There had been a fight between the prisoner and Stone when the latter failing broke his leg, which caused his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For some days past we have been in receipt of information respecting the murder, or supposed murder, of a German pedlar, named Henry Bode; but as the police authorities were in hot pursuit of the suppose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mary Lo[?]sa Wentworth Dickson, Thomas Cunningham, and Philip Gavin were indicted for stealing a horse and a mare, the property of Rowland George Y[?] at Sydney, on the 28th April last. A second count…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Dawes, John Freeman, and John Thomas alias Foley, alias Dunn, were indicted for that they did burglariously break and enter the dwelling of John M'Mi[?] at Bathurst, at 4 o'clock in the night of the 17th June…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The October sittings of this Court commenced at East Maitland on Thursday, before his Honor Mr. Justice Cheeke. The Hon. J. H. Plunkett, Attorney-General, prosecuted for the Crown Barristers present[?] Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Robert Hudson was indicted for having, at Brookfield, on the 20th of September, 1864, stolen a horse, the property ot William Johnson. A second count charged him with receiving the horse, knowing it to have been stolen…
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