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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
237 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 12
SIR—Noticing in your issue of the 29th about the removal of Senior constable Cochrane from the Stroud district, I may mention that in the leading case in your paragraph, about bringing to justice the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Joseph Richards, charged with stealing a calf, was acquitted. It appeared that the calf had injured itself, and prisoner had killed it to put it out of its misery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The sittings of this Court re-opened on Thursday morning before his Honor Mr. Justice Faucett and a jury of four. HOLLINGSHEAD V. BOROUGH COUNCIL OF…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →This was an action of ejectment, in which it was sought to recover possession of property of the extent of about 25,590 acres, being portion of the Segenhoe Estate, in the Hunter River district. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charles Dowden was brought before the Sydney Water Police Court, on Friday, on remand, charged for that he did, on or about the month of August, 1871, feloniously, wilfully, and with malice…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The most exciting item of news here is the atrocious murder, perpetrated by some persons, on Saturday, the 26th October, at Kangaroobie Station, on the Lachlan River, about forty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Chief Justice took, his seat upon the Bench at about half-past 10 o'clock, and said:—As the presiding Judge in this action, it became my duty to read over the declaration; and when I had done so…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DRUNKENNESS.âOur old friend King Henry (aboriginal), having been rather too loyal on the Prince of Wales' birthday, in drinking the health of his royal cousin in good English ale, was rather…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charles Brett, alias Frederick Redfern, pleaded guilty to a charge of forging and uttering, and was remanded for sentence. John Thompson, indicted for stealing, pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →KEEPING A FEROCIOUS DOG.—Lionel Horne was charged by David Stewart with keeping a ferocious dog. Mr. A. J. Gorrick, of West Maitland, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. R. G. D. Fitzgerald for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir James Martin, Q.C., and Mr. Salomons, instructed by Mr. Billyard, appeared for plaintiff; Sir W. M. Manning, Q.C., and Mr. Darley, instructed by Messrs. Roxburgh, Slade, and Spain, appeared for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Antill pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzing money the property of his master. He was remanded for sentence. John Collins Russell pleaded guilty to two charges…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This appears to be even a worse case than that of Nichols ana Lester. Here, when the hearing of the case was going on, hundreds of people crowded the court, and around the court, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →We resume our abstract of the proceedings in the North Shore outrage case, in which Joseph Heaippy, John Quie, Austen Thynne, Thomas Hobbs, and Richard Douglas were severally indicted, for that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gray v. O' Neil.—Abusive language. The defendant was fined 1s., and costs of court. O'Neil v. John Young.—The defendant in this case was charged by O'Neil with having feloniously stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SURETIES TO KEEP THE PKACE.—William Collins, jun., of Dochra, appeared on summons to show cause why he should not be bound over to keep the peace towards Reginald Blaxland, of Fordwich. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →George Cann, who pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery, was remanded for sentence. Angus M'Leod was charged with having on the 13th July been guilty of a breach of Seaman's Laws…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The case of James Henderson, charged with a breach of the Insolvency Act, was postponed until the next sittings of the court. Mary Ann King, found gudty of unlawfully…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Joseph Armstrong, James Clancy, Solomon M'Carthy, William Turner, George Woods, John Bennett, Auguste Schiegott, and Thomas Shields, were indicted for assaulting a native named Jage, on board the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FORGKEY.—Andrew M'Kenzie, arrested at Walgett on warrant, and remanded on bail to the court here, appeared to answer a charge of forging and uttenng a bill of exchange for the sum of one…
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