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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 15
Mr. Fawoett, the correspondent of the New York Herald, has been shot at and [?]everely wounded at Panama. While taking a drive in the country, his buggy accidentally struck the horse of a person riding past. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →VAGRANCT.—Caroline Yates, an old offender, was charged with being an idle and disorderly character. Sentenced to three months' imprisonment in Singleton gaol.—Catherine Lincoln, another well known…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The court re-opened at ten o'clock. TRAILL AND OTHERS V. SRIVILL. This was an action for trespass, and the question was mainly one of disputed boundaries. It was of the class…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[Herald.]—Mr. John Gray, of the Loyal Valley, while returning home about ten o'clock last night, was fired at by a person concealed in the scrub, near the residence of Mr Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The court of Assizes of the Seine has just been engaged in the trial of Jean Nicholas Schumacher for the attempted murder of his sister, the Marquise d'Orvault, the cabman's daughter,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We give a full record of the daily proceedings of the trial of President Johnson, collated from the Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This case, which commenced on Wednesday, was resumed on Thursday, and concluded on the following day. it was an action for trespass, and waa of the class denominated squatting actions. The declaration set out that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR—As the questions involved in the subject matter of this communication are of vital public importance, I shall not offer any apologies in asking you to give it insertion. My object in making the proceedings public is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another brutal and cowardly attempt at murder was committed in Panama on the evening of 25th February, by which the life of one of our foreign citizens, Mr. G. E. Fawcett,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DRUNKENNESS. Mary Anne Gallagher, for being drunk, was fined £1. John Riley and John Fletcher, for a similar offence, were each fined 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Benj[?]min Lee surrendered to his bail, and was indieled in the following terms:—"In the thirty-first year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was an action for use and occupation, to which the defendant had pleaded never indebted. The property in question was a mansion and grounds known as " Aberglassyn," near Maitland. The plaintiffs, Messrs. Swan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29TH, 1868—(Before F. W. Thrum, Esq)—A man of the name of W. Jones was brought up charged with larceny, i e., stealing a plough, the property of John Gotts, of Hunter Terrace. After…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LARCENY.—Ruth Dolphin was charged with stealing a coat, the property of James Butcher.—Constable Sparkes deposed: On Sunday morning last I arrested the prisoner on a charge of stealing from the premises of James…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE proceedings in the Central Criminal Court, in the Parliamentary contempt case, are regarded by some as a sort of child's play. They think that the Assembly, in attempting to maintain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Allan Macpherson again surrendered to his bail, in answer to an indictment for an assault upou Benjamin Lee, on the 26th February, within the precinots, and in contempt, of the Legislative Assembly, which was then…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, left Osborne on March 3, at 3 o'clock, and arrived at Windsor Castle shortly after 6. Her Majesty crossed over to Gosport in the royal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →JEREMIAH BARE VERSUS GEORGE CAMERON.—This was a claim made by Bare to recover a horse taken out of his possession by the defendant. The plaintiff alleged that the horse was parchased by him from one Rodney, he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wa give a brief summary of Monday's proceedings, in the case of the Queen v. Macpherson, from the Herald's report. Mr. Justice Cheeke ruled that the demurrer raised by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →VAGRANCY.âCharlotte Phillips was charged with being an idle and disorderly character. The prisoner, according to Dr. Glennie's evidence, was an imbecile. The bench sentenced her to three months' imprisonment…
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