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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
258 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 13
DRUNKENNESS.—Henry Coulston, Arthur Gladstone, Maria Lewis, and Henry Russell Allen were each fined 5s., or in default to be imprisoned until sundown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Clark—arraigned, on the 13th instant, for having, on the 2nd instant, at Sydney, murdered one Susan Clark—was placed at the bar to stand his trial. Mr. Windeyer, on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Robert Harvey, a seaman, was to-day charged with having wilfully murdered one Neil Anderson, on the high seas, on the 4th June last. The Crown Solicitor appeared to prosecute…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Henry Julius, in custody, appeared to answer to the charge of unlawfully and maliciously killing, by shooting, on the 30th day of July last, one cow, the property of John Black, of Saddler's Creek. Thomas Forrest, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This lengthy case, which has now occupied twelve days in its progress, was this morning terminated. The circumstances under which the action arose are as follow:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The convict, Charles Wiltshire, who was tried before Mr. Justice Hannen at the late Gloucester assizes for the murder, under circumstances of peculiar atrocity, of Harriet Nurse, at St. George's,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action upon a policy of insurance against losses by fire, to the extent of £1000, on the stock-in-trade of plaintiff in her store at Two-mile Flat. The pleadings were the same…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At the Geelong Police Court, on Wednesday, August 18, Louis Dupondt was charged with committing a rape on the person of Harriet Sutherland, a girl under ten years of age. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action of ejectment to recover possession of a piece of land at Inverell. Mr. Salomons, instructed by Messrs. Holdsworth and Brown, appeared for the plaintiff;…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A deputation waited upon the Colonial Secretary (the Hon. John Robertson) on Tuesday morning, at his office, to present a petition signed by 689 residents of Young, praying that Joseph Ede Pearce, Esq., might not be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ABSCONDING.—Henry Smith was charged with absconding from the hired service of Robert Adamson Rodd.— Constable Smith deposed to the arrest of the prisoner, under a warrant, near Jerry's Plains. As it appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Salomons, for plaintiff, moved for a rule nisi for new trial of the above case. It was an action for ejectment to recover possession of a small piece of land at Inverell, on which a butcher's shop had been erected…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was a motion for new trial in an action of trover, &c., for wool shipped at Rockhampton for Sydney, by the Boomerang, in 1865, damaged by the wreck of that vessel, and sold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →McCubbin v. Jacob Gaul.—Mrs. McCubbin, the wife of the plaintiff, being sworn, states[?] On Tuesday last the defendant called me a b—; on Wednesday he came to my place,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PUBLICAN'S ACT.—Thomas M'Mahon, licensed publican, was charged with a breach of this Act by allowing dice to be used in his house. Sub-inspector Thorpe stated he did not wish to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DRUNKENNESS — John Harvey, on bail pleaded guilty to the above offence, and was admonished and discharged. WAGES.—Alex. Graham, on summons, appeared to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Virginian letter says—Our population has been thrown into a state of profound excitement by a horrible crime, which took place about eight miles from here on Sunday last. It…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This Court opened on Tuesday morning, at East Maitland, before Mr. District Court Judge Dowling. The following barristers were present:—Messrs. Foster, Wisdom, Manning, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Court opened at half-past nine o'clock, when some ca. sa. motions were disposed of. WILSON V. NOTT. Defendant did not appear, and judgment was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKENNESS.—Anne Breedon, an old offender, was sent to Singleton gaol for four months for this offence.—Bridget Pritchard, another old frequenter of the police court, was sentenced to…
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