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Courts & crime, 1871

241 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 13

Supreme Court.—thursday, Dec. 21 (From the S. M. Herald.) (Before Sir Alfred Stephen C.J.,Mr. Justice Hargrave, and Mr. Justice Cheeke. Admission of a Barrister

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 December 1871 · page 2

Mr. Butler moved the admission to the Bar of Mr. Pierce O'Keefe, who had studied first at Lyndhurst, in this colony, and afterwards at the English College, Donay, and had passed with…

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Charge of Murder Against Brigham Young

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 December 1871 · page 2

The Washington correspondent of the New York Times furnishes a statement of the grounds on which a bill charging him with murder has been found against Brigham…

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Musclebrook. Police Court, Wednesday, 27Th Inst. (Before W. Bowman and R. J. Pierce, Esqs., J. P[?].)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 3

Benjamin Raynor, for being drunk on the night of 23rd inst., at Denman, pleaded guilty, and was admonished and discharged. BREACH OF PUBLICANS' ACT.—J. G. Curtis was…

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