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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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WAGES CASE.—Claim, £24: J. G. Angus v. Donald Kennedy, of Rouchel Brook. It appears the plaintiff in this case hired with Mr. Kennedy on the 30th of August, 1869, under a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →John Grey was indicted for the wilful murder of his wife, Jane Grey, at Calderwood, Illawarra, on the 30th June last. The particulars of this case were precisely the same as we published…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On May 24 information reached us from the small village of Denham, about two miles from Uxbridge, of an extraordinary and diabolical series of murders. A small cottage in this place…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wages.âJames Elliott was summoned by James Harpur for £116s. wages due to him. Defendant acknowledged the debt, but pleaded justification for non-payment on account of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action George Henry Cox against John Hannett for breaoh of a braiding contract. Sir James Martin, Q. C., and Mr. Windeyer,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ALLOWING ANIMALS TO STRAY.—William Fox was charged by Robert Booth, Inspector of Nuisances, with a breach of the municipal by laws, by allowing twelve pigs to stray in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The trial of this case was resumed (from friday last) and concluded. It was an action by George Henry Cox, an architect and builder, of Newcastle, against…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HORSE-STEALING. — Charles Conlan was charged with stealing a horse, the property of Peter Duff, of Jerry's Plains. Constable M'Morrow deposed to the arrest of prisoner on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action by Ebenezer Vickery against Richard Walker, for money payable to plaintiff by defendant for use and occupation of certain messuages and lands at Nundle. De…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →STEALING.—Thomas O'connell, Edw. O'connell, and Charles Godfrey were brought up in custody, charged with feloniously stealing and carrying away, on or about the 27th instant,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Darley moved for and obtained a rule nisi for non-suit or new trial of the above case, tried on the 24th of August last, before Mr. Justice Faucett and a jury of four. It was an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HORSE STEALING.—Charles Conlan, on remand from the 26th instant, was charged with stealing a horse, the property of Peter Duff, of Jerry's Plains. Mr. Waring appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Judgment of the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on the appeal of our Sovereign Lady the Queen v Macpherson, from New South Wales, delivered July 7th,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Melbourne Argus of Sept. 7 gives the full particulars of the inquest on the body of a child two and a half years, named Thomas Henry Darbishire, who was murdered a day or two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The District Court was opened by proclamatioon at East Maitland yesterday morning, and in consequence of the large number of criminal cases still remaining to be tried at Quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This court re-opened at East Maitland at about eleven o'clock, (after the hearing of a case at the Quarter Sessions.) His Honor Mr. District Court Judge Simpson presiding. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CHARGE OF STEALING.—William Lucas appeared in custody, charged with feloniously stealing from the person of one James Bailey, at Eaton's Hotel, on the night of the 7th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Court re-opened at ten o'clock. KENNY V. SEVIER. Plaintiff claimed £200, for damage sustained by defendant having cut a drain by which water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mansfield extended his hand, which Brierley grasped in his own, then exclaimed hurriedly, as he was about to turn away— "When shall I see you again?"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This was a motion for change of verdict, nonsuit, or new trial in an action for use and occupation, where the plaintiff had obtained a verdict for £30…
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