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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
241 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 13
This was a motion for new trial of, an action which had been tried at the Maitland Circuit Court on the 1st and 2nd of May last, before Sir Alfred Stephen and a jury of four, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On May 11 a shocking murder was committed at a beautiful farm residence on the summit of one of the Buckinghamshire [?]ills, commanding a fine view of one of the beautiful Sylvan lardscapes for which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A strange sensational rumour was current in London a fortnight ago to the effect that a nursemaid had been detected, whose mania was the destruction of the children committed to her charge. An inquest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was a motion for change of verdict, or new trial of a case tried at Maitland on the 3rd and 4th May last, before the Chief Justice and a jury of four, in which a verdict had been found for the plaintiff,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A dreadful tragedy occurred at the village of Tintwistle, near Glossop, Cheshire, on April 24. A woman named Gregory, the wife of James Gregory, a ganger employed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →OBSTRUCTING THE ROAD.âJohn Scott, of West Maitland, carrier, appeared before the bench to answer the information of Andrew Loder, of Colley Creek, where in he was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was a special case from the Maitland Quarter Sessions on a point reserved by Mr. District Court Judge Simpson. The prisoner, James Augustus Eckford, had been convicted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A shocking case of outrage and attempted murder has been discovered at Eltham, in Kent Early in the morning of the 26th April a policeman was passing along his beat at Eltham,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DRUNKENNESS.—Junes Brice, Henry Smith, and Mary M'In[?]ny for being drunk, were each f[?]d 5s., or twenty-four hours' imprisonment. FURIOUS RIDING.—Matthew Logan was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following cases were heard and disposed of:— DOBBIE V. CARROLL—This was a case to recover the sum of £1 6s for board and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was a motion for change of vardict in an action tried at the last Tamworth sittiu[?]s, before Sir Alfred Stephen, in which the defendants had obtained a verdict…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The argument in this case was resumed (from Monday), and concluded. It was a motion for entry of a verdict for plaintiff in an action tried at the last Tamworth sittings, before Sir Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A man named John Kelly has been arrested near Bathurst, and committed for trial on the charge of breaking into the hut, and attempting to rob, Mrs. Margaret Cruickshank, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—Matthew Logan, on remand, was charged with assaulting the police when in the execution of their duty. Mr. A. J. Gould appeared for the defendant.—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A frightful murder has been committed in the Hundred of Caroline, which has greatly excited the public mind. A strong and active young man, named Thomas Garraway, some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The murder of Henry Murphy, which appears to have been of a very barbarous character, was committed, not in the county of Monaghan, as at first stated, but in the county…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Richards held an inquest, at the Earl Amherst Tavern, Amherst-road, Hackney, touching the deaths of Mss. Eliza Jane Cook, aged twenty-three years, and Frederick Cook, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WAGES.—The only case before the court was a wages case, wherein John M'Donald was complaint and Robert Holland defendant. Mr. A. J. Gould appeared for the defendant. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Ballarat City Police Court, on Thursday, July 20, Patrick Hartigan was charged with the wilful murder of James Stevenson, at Warrenheip, on the 28th May last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A QUESTION of considerable importance was raised the other day in the Court of Petty Sessions at Mudgee. A charge of assault was under hearing by the bench, and the evidence…
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