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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
237 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 12
John Corcoran was charged with having, on the 23rd November, 1871, at Tilly Gully, Cooma, committed a rape on Mary Scanes. Prisoner pleaded not guilty, and Messrs. Walsh…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There was an application on the part of the plaintiffs ia the above suit (Mr. John Mackintosh M'Donald and Marian, his wife) who sought that the receiver appointed in the estate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Court re-opened at ten o'clock. BESTIALITY. Elward Cord, alias Brooks, who bad pleaded flot guilty on the previous day to a charge of bestiality,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Amelis Devine, who had pleaded not guilty on Friday to an indictment charging her with having wounded James Devereux, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm, was placed upon her trial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ALLOWING ANIMALS TO STRAY.—John Campbell pleaded guilty to a charge of allowing a cow to stray in Bourke-street, Singleton, preferred against him by the Inspector of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Court re-opened at ten o'clock. MANSLAUGHTER. Mary Minton, indicted for having at West Maitland, on the 4th day of February, 1872, killed a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stephen Hollidge v. James Kennedy.—Rescue of cattle from impounding. Case dismissed on the ground that the information was not signed by the complainant. Mr. A. C. Quaife appeared for plaintiff…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Solicitors present Messrs. J. P. Abbott, Fitzgerald, and Quaife. There were eight cases on the list which, not being very important, were disposed of in about two hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thomas S. Grehan v. John Elisley, promissory note £17 3s 9d. Verdict for the plaintiff full amount, and 14s 6d costs. Wm. Behnert v. John Carroll, pro. note £5…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →George Bailey was indicted for having, on the 1st day of January, at Euroma Creek, shot at Ah Pack with intent to kill and murder him. A second count charged an intent to do grievous bodily harm; and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A deliberate murder took place at Barnawartha, Victona, on Saturday, the 20th instant. It appears that William Spier, employed as cook for the workmen on the railway, struck another man, of the name…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PASSING A SPURIOUS BANK NOTE.—Isaac Frith was charged with uttering a forged bank note. Mr. A. J. Gould appeared for the prisoner.—Charles Robert Creed deposed: I am accountant at the Joint…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →James Spencer, in custody, was charged with driving cattle, without having in his possession the statement required by Act 30 Victoria, No. 12. Defendant admitted the charge. Fined 20s. The fine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Joseph Lyman alias Ward, was charged with stealing a horse, the property of Thomas Edward Westley, at Brown's Creek, on the 13th March, 1872. Westley had missed his horse on the 13th March,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Thursday last the startling and melancholy in telligence reached Bathurst that Sergeant Sutherland, of Cowra, had been shot dead on the previous day by two armed men. The first impression that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DRUNKENNESS.—William Duggan and John Bowthorne pleaded guilty to this charge and were each fined 5s, in default 24 hours imprisonment. STEALIN[?] TURKEYS.—Charles Taggart, of Howe's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Thursday night a report circulated through Newcastle, which unhappily proved only too correct, to the effect that a seaman of the name of Mark T. Hudley, belonging to the American ship Fleetford,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bathurst Free Press of the 8th publishes a report of a magisterial inquiry upon the body of Sergeant Sutherland, some account of whose murder has already appeared. The evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Walford v. Cousins for cheque, £50. Mr. Innes appeared for plaintiff; Mr. Rogers for defendant. Verdict for defendant. Quinn v. Williams. Settled out of court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NONPAYMENT OF WAGES.—Johnny Munn (a Chinaman), sued R. A. Rodd, Esq, for the sum of £1 8s wages due to him. Mr. A. J. Gould appeared for the complainant. The…
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