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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—John M'Mahon, charged with making use of obscene language, was fined 10s. The fine was paid. DRUNKENNE S.—Michael Kearney, for being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →His Honor Judge Meymott opened the Court to-day at ten o'clook. There was only one case on the criminal-list. Barrister present, Mr. Rogers; solicitors, Mr. J. P. Abbott, and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Brown, on remand, was brought up charged with stealing a chestnut mare, the property of M. Looney, of Denman. This charge was withdrawn by consent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It seems reserved for Fiji to furnish the rest of the world with details of tragedies on the sea, exciting and horrible enough for the plot of a sixpenny romance. The America, ketch, arrived here from Loma…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This was an action of ejectment to recover possession of a piece of land in the city of Newcastle, containing one rood and twelve perches, or thereabouts, and having frontages to Hunter and King streets;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This was a suit, on petition of right, by the Oriental Bank Corporation against the Queen, for failure by the Government of New South Wales to safely carry and deliver certain notes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →This was an action for breach of agreement for the sale of a station by the defendant to the plaintiff; to which the defence was that the defendant had been unable, through intoxication,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The trial of this case, which was commenced on Monday, was resumed and concluded. It was a suit on petition of right, under the l4th Vic., No. 27, by the Oriental Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →His Honor (after such farther discussion) proceeded to give his decision as to the entry of a verdict on the special findings of the jury in this case—reported in Wednesday's Herald…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Frederick William Cox, Alexander Curran Hogarth, and Edward Williamson, pleaded not guilty to acharge of assaulting Henry O'Meagher, solicitor, of East Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday forenoon the City Coroner (Mr. Henry Shiell) resumed an inquest from the previous Friday, at the Cauliflower Hotel, Botany Road, touching the death of an elderly woman,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Narrabri police office, on Thursday last the 2nd inst., a man named Jonathan Watson appeared before the bench, in custody, on suspicion of having committed murder and arson at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following is a list of cases set down for hearing at the Maitland District Court, to be holden at East Maitland this day (Tuesday) before his Honor Mr. District Judge Simpson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In this case—a long pending suit upon a petition of rigbt—there had, on a trial of the issues of fact during the last sittings for causes, been a special finding upon various questions of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the case of Alfred Carr, charged with stealing jewellery, the property of his sister, Sarah Darby (formerly Sarah Carr), the jury, who were looked up to consider their verdict…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This Court opened before his Honor, Mr. District Court Judge Simpson, on Tuesday morning, but was immediately adjourned until the following morning, on account of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One of the most horrible and unprovoked murders ever committed was perpetrated on Mrs. Young, at Redgate, near Deloraine, on Saturday night. A blood-thirsty ruffian named…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This Court re-opened on Thursday morning, before his Honor Mr. District Judge Simpson. SAMUEL WADE V. EDWARD PRICE. This was an action for false imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CONCEALMENT OF BIRTH.—Mary Anne Child, on remand, was charged with concealing the birth of a child. Mr. A. J. Gould appeared for the prisoner. This case had been before the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the 13th instant, information was conveyed to the police by two youths, named Daniel M'Guinness and Edward Crampton, that they had discovered the remains of a man in the…
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