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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
237 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 12
This was an action in which damages were claimed for the alleged wrongful and malicious prosecution, at Narraori, of Henry Levien bj Walter Cousins. The trial was commenced on Tuesday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →George Lonsdale, on remand for forgery. Two charges of forgery were brought against the prisoner The cases, which lasted nearly all day, resulted in the prisoner being committed to take his trial on both…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday morning, within the precincts of the gaol the last dread sentence of the law was carried out upon the person of John Conn, who was at the last Assizes convicted and condemned to death for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The trial of this action was resumed and, so far as it was heard, terminated It was an action of contract between James Brown and Alexander Brown, plaintiffs, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Evans v. Gourlay Dishonoured cheque, £3 18s. A letter was read by the bench from Mr. Gourlay saying that they had no jurisdiction; that if plaintiff was desirous of sueing him, it must be done in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SURETIES TO KEEP THE PEACE—John Marshall, arrested on warrant, appeared to show cause why he should not be bound over to keep the peace towards Anne Cunningham.—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At about 5 o'clock this morning the ringing of the gaol bell brought the governor of the gaol and one or two of his subordinates to the inner or main building, when it was found that Warder Irwin, an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We were enabled yesterday, by the courtesy of the Rev. J. R Thackeray, on the occasion of his regular Wednesday visit, as Chaplain, to the g[?]ol at East Maitland, to take a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This Court opened on Tuesday, at East Maitland before Mr District Court Judge Simpson. Barristers present—Mr. R. Wisdom, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Healy, Mr. H. E. Cohen, Mr. O'Keeffe…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was a motion upon rule nisi for a new trial of an action of trespass tried last sittings for causas before Mr. Justice Cheeke and a jury of four, and which resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff, with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir James Martin, Q.C., moved for rule nisi for new trial of this action, which was determined at last sittings for the trial of causes, before Mr. Justice Cheeke and a jury of four. It was an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Chief Justice intimated that he and his brother Judges had consulted upon the question raised yesterday, whether the trial of this action had abated in consequence of the death of one of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MASTERS AND SERVANTS ACT—William Anderson was charged with absenting himself from the hired service of his employer, George Loder, Esq, of Abbey Green. The defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir William Manning, Q.C., made application, on behalf of plaintiff, for the costs of the new trial motion argued herein, upon the ground that the death of one of the defendants during the trial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →M'Queen v. Brown.—Wages, £4 16s. Case dismissed. POLICE COURT, WEDNESDAY, 26TH JUNE. (Before F. W. Thrum, Esq, J. P.)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an appeal from a decree made in the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction by Mr. Justice Hargrave, Primary Judge. There had been an application for probate of the alleged last will and testament of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This is an extraordinary and most important will case affecting the validity of wills. This case has for many months past excited peculiar interest amongst the legal profession and the public…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On April 29, at the Bradford Borough Court, a man named Hugh Minor was charged with having been drunk and riotous at Wibsey. Mr. Ball. the superintendent of police, asked the bench to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →OBSCENE LAMGIAGE. Bridget Prichard, an old offenderr, pleaded guilty to this charge, and was fined £5, in default three months' imprisonment. CATTLE STEALING.—Henry Jones, of Singleton,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—In looking over the appeals of ratopayers in the annexation of the above Borough (see your report of 22nd June), I am anxious to make some call'd for remarks if you permit me, which may be…
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