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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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DESTROYING A FENCE.—John Gaynor, of Westbrook, was charged with destroying a fence, the property of Thomas Lindsay, Esq. Mr. Watson appeared for the complainant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →His Honor Judge Hargrave took his seat on the bench st East Maitland, on Wednesday, at eleven o'clock, having come over from the West in the police boat. The jury list was called over and it was found that there were only seventeen jurymen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Tuesday, the 14th instant, two desperate[?] characters undergoing incarceration in the Walgett lookup, prior to examination on serious charges, made a most determined effort to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Tuesday, the 14th instant, two desperate characters undergoing incarceration in the Walgett lockup, prior to examination on serious charges, made a most determined effort to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Yarry, an aboriginal, for this offence was fined 5s.; in default, 24 hours' imprisonment. IMPOUNDING ACT.—Thomas Sleath was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SURETIES TO KEEP THE PEACE.—Hugh Munro was charged with assaulting Henry Lound, on the 5th instant, by striking him in the face with his clenched fist. The defendant was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A special Court of Petty Sessions was held at the Court-house, Singleton, on Friday, the 6th instant, for the purpose of hearing and determining appeals against the municipal assessment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DRUNKENNESS.—Thomas Frost, for this offence, was admonished and discharged.—Anne Breedon, an old tippler, was sent to gaol for twenty-four hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. W. J. Foster prosecuted for the Crown. Bedford Morris pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery, and was remanded for sentence. James Brown was indicted for having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The trial of this case, which commenced on Friday, was resumed and concluded. It was an action for slander, in which the damages were laid at £1000, and to which the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This Court opened at East Maitland yesterday morning, before his Honor Mr. District Judge Dowling. The barristers present were: Messrs. W. H. Wilkinson, Foster, Innes,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Richard Underwood was charged with having obtained £72 8s. from Phillp Slater Selfe, by means of false pretences. The alleged offence was committed at Musclebrook, where prisoner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action of libel. Plaintiff is proprietor and publisher of the Empire newspaper, and defendant one of the members representing Parramatta in the Legislative Assembly. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CATTLE STEALING.—Adam Casey, on remand, was charged with stealing fifteen head of cattle, the property of Alexander Cameron. Mr. Wallace Gorrick requested to appear for the prisoner,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Court re-opened at ten o'clock. BOLAND V. SCHEEB AND ANOTHER. The plaintiff claimed £28, balance of rent due on a farm rented by the defendants from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gray v. Quinn.—No appearance of defendant. Verdict for plaintiff for £6 2s. 3d., with 11s. costs. P. M'Cormack v. R. Williams.—For rent,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GANNON V. MALONEY.—Breach of the Impounding Act, in charging excessive damages on a certain number of cattle impounded by defendant. Case dismissed, the court having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Court re-opened at ten o'clock, before his Honor Judge Dowling. MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL.—COLLINS V. THE MUNICIPALITY OF WEST MAITLAND…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A horrible murder was recently committed in the Rue Amclot. A carpenter named Maillot, who occupies a small apartmont on the fifth floor of the house No 34bis, received the following…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Particulars have been received by the mail just arrived of the death of Mr. Robert Bald, B.A. Cambridge, second son of Mr. John Bald, Wells, Roxburghshire. The deooased was cruelly…
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