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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
216 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 11
This was an action brought by the official assignee in the estate of Hugh M'Gowan, to recover £80, money alleged to have been received by defendant from M'Gowan, while the latter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →James Smith was indicted for shooting one William Rose, with intent to murder. The particulars of this case appeared in full a week or two ago. The parties had been drinking together, and the affair rose out of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The adjourned inquest on the body of the unfortunate young woman, Margaret Boyce, was resumed this morning before the City Coroner, at the Observer Tavern, Lower George-street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An aged man named John Bennett was found guilty of an indecent assault upon a female child under the age of twelve years, and was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Th[?]mas Blain was indicted for that he, on the 9th of September last, at West Maitland, did steal, take, and carry away a certain sum of money, to wit the sum of £1300, and 260 pieces of paper, belonging to the Bank of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PASSING A VALUELESS CHEQUE.—Richard Sale Browning was charged with passing a valueless cheque. Elizabeth De Meur deposed: I am the wife of Theodore De Meur, and reside at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thomas Blain was indicted for that he, on the 9th of September last, at West Maitland, did steal, take, and carry away, a certain sum of money, to wit, the sum of £1300, and 260…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deliberate murder has lately been committed on the Darling Downs. According to the Gazette:—For several years past a German named Alick Erlich has led a kind of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A great amount of excitement was created in town this morning by it getting currently known that the man Prendergast, who, with his wife, has been so long in custody on the charge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arthur Carr was indicted for voting twice at the recent election for St. Leonards. The offence was clearly proved, but the defence set up was that defendant had reason to believe that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Tuesday evening, Nov. 2, Hitchcock, a stone-getter residing at Farnan Green, near Belper, was returning home with his wife when he went into a public-house and asked for drink;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DRUNKENNESS.—Michael Martin and Jane Hyndes were each fined 5s. for this offence; in default to be imprisoned until twelve o'clock. PASSING A VALUELESS CHEQUE.—Richard Sale Brow[?]igg,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Readers of the mail news will remember that amongst the telegraphic items published a day or two ago was a statement that a man named George Dyer had given himself up to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The quiet neighbourhood of Glenluce has been horrified by the murder of a little girl, the daughter of a farmer named Hunt, who for some time has resided at Glenluce. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Thompson appeared for plaintiff; Mr. Chambers for defendant. Mr. Chambers: The defence was that there was no contract…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LARCENY.—Michael M'Ginn on remand, from the 17th ult., charged with stealing a knife the value of threepence from Arthur Clark, was sent to gaol for one month…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action for breaeh of promise of marriage, in which the plaintiff, Martha Quiney, claimed £1000 damages against the defendant, James Wagstaff. The declaration alleged a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ASSAULT.âSub-inspector Thorpe wascharged with assaulting Joseph Forster on the 24th ultimo.âMr. Thompson appeared for the complainant.âJoseph Forster deposed: I am a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This conrt was opened on Thursday, the 3rd of Marchs and adjourned until Friday, the 4th, when the following cases were disposed of:— Reddock v. W. Asser.—No appearance. Case struck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wm. Allen was brought up in custody, charged with stealing the sam of £6 from James Turner, of Muscle Brook. From the evidence it appeared that prisoner whilst on the "sprse" had taken from complaint's cash…
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