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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 15
On Monday, before his Honor Mr. Justice Cheeke, George Hir[?]t was indicted upon three counts charging him with embezzling moneys the property of his employers, Messrs. Alderson and Sons. The prisoner, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Friday last his Honor the chief Justice delivered judgment in this case, which had been tried before Mr. Justice Fancett, and a verdiot found for the plaintiffs by his direction. The action was one for detenue, to recover…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LARGEST.âJohn Smith was charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel from his employer, Angus M'Lean, of Rothbury. The prisoner, it appears, had obtained the property in advance on aooount of wages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Thursday, Samuel Nelson was indicted before his Honor Mr. Justice Cheeke, for an indecent assault; being found guilty, he was sentenced to hard labour for two years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Tuesday, before his Honor Mr. Justice Cheeke, Thomas Walker was indicted for uttering counterfeit coin, and being found guilty on two charges was remanded for sentence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Monks was charged with using profane language in Sydney-street, on the night of the 8th inst. Found guilty and fined 10s., or twenty-four hours' imprisonment.—The same prisoner was also charged with using…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Thursday, before his Honor Mr. Justice Cheeke, Charles John Robert Coombe was acquitted upon a charge of obtaining a gold ring from Messrs. Flavelle Brothers and Co., by means of false pretences.—The same prisoner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ALLOWING ANIMALS TO STRAY.—Henry Hewitt, for allowing a horse to stray in George-street, was fined 5s and costs. Robert Wood, James M'Caun, and H. P. Stacy, for allowing each one horse to stray in the streets…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A man named Samuel Mills has been executed in New Hampshire, for the murder of Mr. Maxwell. On the 8th December, 1866, Mills broke open the trunk of a fellow boarder in Lisbon,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →James Grace, in custody, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Sydney-street, on Sunday last, and was discharged. The same prisoner was then charged with ming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The owner of the liquors seized by the police last Saturday appeared, in obedience to a summons calling upon him to show how, and far what purpose, he became possessed of the said liquors.—Sergeant Hinde produced a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Daniel Barnes was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Bridge-street, on Monday, the 24th instant. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was admonished and discharged.—The same prisoner was then charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. E. Lewis, coroner, resumed on April 22, at the Railway Hotel, Silvertown, near North Woolwich, the investigation into the circumstances attending the alleged murder of a sailor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A brutal murder was perpetrated at Willington Quay, between Newcastle and North Shields, on Saturday night, May 2. An Irishman named James Lavery, the deceased, had a small…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DRUNKENNEES.âMargaret Hooley, for being drunk, was fined 5s. ALLOWING ANIMALS TO STRAY.âE. B. Lumley, for allowing two horses to stray in Cambridge-street, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mary Hayden, in custody, charged with feloniously taking and carrying away two one pound notes, the property of Thomas Marsden, of Muscle Brook; remanded until Tuesday, the first September…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thomas and Patrick Quin, charged with having assaulted Henry Becknahan, were each fined 40s. and 4s. 6d. coats. Robert Gray was charged with a breach of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This was a case of attachment for rescue of sheep taken in execution. Two of the defendants—Joseph Palmer Abbott and John Dodd— appeared on bail, and, having been both sworn…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A case under the Masters and Servants Act came off at the police office to-day. A Mrs. Nicholson, a widow, and a new arrrival in the colony, engaged as housekeeper to Captain Hill, J.P., now sought to recover twelve months'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was a special case from the Court of Quarter Sessions at Mudgee. The present applicant, Charles Colwell, had been convicted of a breaoh of the Impounding Act, 29 Viotoria, No. 2, before Mr. Diatrict Judge Cary,…
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