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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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ASSAULT.—Alice Lockhart was charged with assaulting Patrick Kelaher. Mr. A. J. Gould appeared for the defendant.—Complainant deposed: I am a farmer residing at First Creek; on the 28th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Tuesday last, as we announced in our last issue, the decomposed body of a young child was found floating in the river a little distance below the bridge, and as no report of the loss…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was on action for goods sold and delivered. Plea: Never indebted, except as to part of the amount claimed. Mr. Innes, instructed by Messrs. Iceton and Son,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Solicitor-General prosecuted for the Crown. Henry Wright (on bail),Henry King, David Owens, and Samuel M'Donald, were indicted for having, at Boggabri, on the 18th August, stolen seven head of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—John Sullivan, for being drunk and disorderly in Sydney-street, on the 11th instant, was ordered to pay a fine of five shillings, with the alternative of being confined in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charles William M'Leod, who had pleaded guilty to several charges of forgery, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, with hard labour, in Darlinghurst gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action for breach of a contract under which plaintiff was to drive (and had driven) certain cattle for the defendant. Mr. Butler and Mr. Healy, instructed by Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The jury in the case of Julia Younghusband, charged with perjury, not having agreed after being locked up all night, were discharged. The accused was discharged on bail…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SUMMERBELL AND OTHERS V. THE NEWCASTLE CO-OPERATIVE STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. This was an action for damages and loss sustained by the plaintiffs through a collision with their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WAGES.—Edward Moore was sued by Michael Allsopp for the sum of 11s. 8d., wages due to him. Complainant deposed: I used to live at Reedy Creek in the service of the defendant; the defendant is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Patrick Savage was indicted for the wilful murder of his brother, William Savage, at the Field of Mars, near Parramatta, on the 24th of June last. It appeared from the evidence that on the 27th June a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The trial of this case, which had already lasted four days, was resumed and concluded. It was an action by Henry Watsford against Walter Douglass for breach of a contract, under which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SHEEP STEALING.—James Leard, of Merriwa, appeared in custody, on remand from Merriwa, charged with receiving one ewe, the property of the A. A. Co. The sheep in question was clearly identified…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The trial of this case, which had already lasted five days, was resumed and concluded. The plaintiffs were William Summerbell, Thomas Trelevan, Ernest Chester, Alfred Richardson,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Melbourne Criminal Court, on the 17th and 18th inst., Patrick Geary was tried for a murder committed seventeen years ago, convicted, and sentenced to death. Margaret Geary, his wife, was arraigned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ABSCONDING.—Henry Taylor was charged with absconding from the hired service of Charles Herne, who deposed: I reside near Singleton; on Saturday, the 11th instant, defendent asked me for work; I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Darle,, for defendants, moved for a rule nisi for new trial of the above case. It was an action on a policy of insurance of the ship Prince Regent against total loss. The defence was that the loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EMBEZZLEMENT.—Henry Taylor, on remand, was charged with embezzling the sum of 12s 6d., the property of his employer, Charles Heine, who, on being re-called, deposed that he could not swear…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TRESPASS.—W. Hudson appeared, on summons, to answer to a charge of trespassing on the landed property of one Smith, at Denman. The charge having been proved, defendant was ordared to pay a fine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was an appeal from the District Court at Muswellbrook. Mr. Butler appeared for the appellant. The respondent was not represented by counsel…
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