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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
265 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 14
HORSE STEALING.—The remanded cases of Thomas Mason and Thomas Brown, charged with horse-stealing, were decided this day, by the committal for trial of Thomas Mason and the discharge of Thomas Brown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alexander Boddie was indioted for having, on the 10th October, 1865, at Eden, Twofold Bay, committed an assault npon John Hopkins, with intent to commit an unnatural crime. The prisoner pleaded not guilty,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The argument in this case was resumed and concluded. It was an application for an attachment against Mr.W.H. Mullen, of Maitland, an attorney of the Supreme Court, for not having obeyed an order of the Court to pay over certain moneys…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKENNESS.—Andrew Dunn, charged with this offence, was admonished and discharged. Also, Samuel Burke, Charles M'Lean, and J. P. Wightman, for abusive language, were dismissed, there being no appearance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MASTERS AND SERVANTS ACT.—Dr. Hartigan was charged with a breach of this Act by John Jones, by the non-payment of wages alleged to be due to the complainant. On account of the absence of a second…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A license was granted to Mrs. Merry, of Wybong Creek, for a booth on the racecourse, on the 22nd inst.; and for music and dancing, in her licensed public-house, the same evening, and for one month from that date…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This was a demurrer to three of defendants' pleas (the 7th, 8th, and 9th), in an action upon a promissory note for £252 10s., at two months, made on the 25th August, 1866, by the defendants, in favonr of one W. H. White,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →James Moy v. John Burke.—Plaintiff sued defendant for the sum of £10 for defamation of character. There was no evidence whatever to substantiate the charge. Verdict for defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This was a motion for new trial of an action for breach of covenant, wherein the defendant had obtained a verdict. The Solicitor-General and Mr. Rogers appeared in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One of those outrages not uncommon in large and more settled communities, but from which Hokitika has hitherto enjoved a singular immunity, occurred in the Provincial Hotel, Revelt-street, yesterday morning, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The argument in this case was resumed and concluded. it was a motion for new trial in an action for breach of covenant, wherein the jury had found a verdict for the defendants…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →POSTPONEMENTS—Four cases—two of them for assault, one for breach of Tenements Act, and the last for pound rescue—were postponed for one week, for the attendance of another magistrate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The argument in this [?] was resumed and concluded. It was a motion on rule nisi for judgment non obstante veredicto, or arrest of judgment, or for a new trial, in an action for breach of contract, whe[?] the plaintiff had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Present: J. Browne, Esq., J. P., and J. Johnston, Esq., J. P. Caroline Lincoln was charged with vagrancy. This being the fifth conviction within twelve months, she was sentenced to three months' hard labour in Singleton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →P. Burns, charged with disorderly conduct on the 29th March. Prisoner having been in custody since that time, the bench admonished and discharged him. George Wintoler, charged with stealing a pair of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ASSAULT.—John Harding was found guilty of assaulting one Lee, a Chinaman, and was sentenced to pay a fine of £5, or one month's imprisonment. The breach of Tenants' Act, charged against Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CHARGE OF ASSAULT.—W. Ireland v. W. Chipman.— William Chapman was charged with assaulting Sarah Wells Ireland, on the night of the 30th March, 1867.— Sarah Wells Ireland deposed: On Saturday night, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →VA[?]ANCY.—Martha Shaw was brought up on this charge. Sub-inspector Thorpe stated that he knew the prisoner to be the wife of a constable in Tamworth; she had been previously twice convicted of being unable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Goulburn Herald reports the commencement of the Circuit Court there on Monday last, before Mr. Justice Cheeke; the Solicitor-General prosecuting for the Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mary Ann Babbage and her four children (the eldest only six years old) were brought up for protection, they being destitute, but were dismissed upon the sergeant in forming the bench that the husband had returned to look…
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