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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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ASSAULT.—Mrs. Marns was convicted of having committed an assault on Mrs. Thorburn, by striking her in the face, and was fined 20s, in default 24 hours imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A correspondent, on whose good faith the Sheffield Telegraph relies, sends to that journal a singular story of a burglary committed two or three years ago at an old fashioned house in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the 13th November, the skeleton of a woman, supposed to have been murdered near Mundooran, was brought into Gulgong. On the following day the district coroner, T. A. Browne, Esq., held an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two boys, named Clay and Clarke, were charged with having been drunk and fighting, on Saturday, 21st Dec. The bench discharged them with a caution. It appears that several…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Samuel Naylor was again brought before the court, charged with attempting to murder his wife, Elizabeth Naylor, on the 9th December, 1872, at Hamilton. Constable John Meara recilled, deposed: I produce…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the ratepayers, convened by the Mayor of East Maitland on requisition, was held in the Mechanics' Institute, East Maitland, on Tuesday evening, to "have an opportunity of recording…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday evening, Dec. 28, the usually quiet village of Burnside, situated at the foot of the hills about four miles from Adelaide, was thrown into an unusual state of excitement by the news that William…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A general meeting of the members of the Cattle Stealing Prevention Society took place on Wednesday afternoon, at the Royal Hotel, Singleton. Present: Mr. W. J. Dangar (chair), Messrs. G. L…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Augustus A. Bussell v. Andrew Bussell, wages £8 9s. 4d.; no appearance of defendant; verdict for plaintiff, with costs and travelling expenses from Tamworth.—R. Rowland v. John Brown, goods sold,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ASSAULT.—George Perrett, a boy about twelve years old, was charged with assaultiug another boy named William Dever, who deposed: On the 3rd instant, in the afternoon, I was near the abutment of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A most determined attempt at gaol-breaking was discovered on Thursday evening last by the turnkey at the Mount Gambier gaol. A short time since the notorious prisoner, George Colman, was sentenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CHARGE OF RAPE.—A girl named Anne Howard, formerly an inmate of the Biloela Reformatory brought a charge of rape against her employer, Edward Moore, of Reedy Creek. Mr. A. J. Gould…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Tuesday evening a meeting was held, according to advertisement, at the Court House, Dubbo, for the purpose of protesting against the conduct of the Government in refusing to proclaim Dubbo a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ther Court at St. Petersburg is in mourning on account of the death of Napoleon III…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →UNLAWFULLY KILLING A HEIFER.—Robert Hudson was brought up in custody, charged with unlawfully killing one heifer, the property of George Spurm Brown, of Vacy. After hearing some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Water Police Court, Sydney, on Wednesday, William Gay, master of the British steamer Wianuia, was charged with having, on or about the month of March last, on board the said vessel,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →M-Phail v. M'Cosker—wages. Verdict for plaintiff, £18 and costs.—M'Cauley v. Burgess —threatening language. Settled out of court. REVISION COURT.—The Revision Court was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Rockhampton police court, on Jan. 14. Elisa Worth, on remand, was charged before the Police Magistrate (Mr. Townley) with the murder of George Fenwick, at Mount Warminister, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of those appalling tragedies that compass the double crime of murder and suicide—and which happily for society at large are of rare occurrence— was enacted within eight miles of Wagga Wagga on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the temporary court-house, Weat Maitland yesterday, James Davis, alias "the honey-man," was charged with having stolen from Woodford, on the 21st January last, two children named respectively…
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