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Courts & crime, 1873

249 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 13

Scone Court of Requests, Friday, 3Rd Oct. (Before John Garrett, Esq., P.M.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 October 1873 · page 4

To.e v. Hill.—Mr. Fitzgerald, solicitor, appeared for the defendant. The plaintiff claimed £5 for damage to working bullocks through being yarded by the defendant, who stated…

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Tamworth Circuit Court. (Abridged from the Tamworth Weekly News.) Friday, October 3. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice Faucett.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 October 1873 · page 3

Henry Faulkner alias Bamfield, William Lynn alias William Smith, and John Campbell, stood charged for that they did, on the 20th September, at Ulumbarella (on the Horton…

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Singleton. Police Court, Tuesday, 14Th October, 1873. (Before Messrs. G. L. Lethbridge and H. W. Swayne, J.P.'s.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 October 1873 · page 3

DESTROYING GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.—William Johnston pleaded guilty to a charge of destroying a pane of glass in a railway carriage. As the case had been postponed twice previously owing to the…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Criminal Side

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 October 1873 · page 2

This court opened at East Maitland, yesterday morning, before his Honor Mr. Justice Faacett. Mr. W. J. Foster proseouted for the Crown. The barristers present were Messrs. Darley,…

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Mudgee Circuit Court. (Abridged from the Western Post.) Thursday, October 16. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Hargrave. The Crown Prosscator was Mr. R. M. Isaacs.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 October 1873 · page 2

James Anderson pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a horse the property of Margaret Walter, and to a second charge of stealing a horse the property of James Trevor…

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Wednesday, October 23. The court re-opened at ten o'clock. ASSAULT

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 October 1873 · page 2

In the case of Edmund Hungerford and Edward Houlahan, convicted on the previous evening of as assault upon Thomas Ellis, the Crown Prosecutor praved the sentence of the Court…

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Murder at Taroom

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 October 1873 · page 4

The Rockhampton Bulletin publishes the following account of the murder of Thomas Conroy, given by a correspondent, under date Taroom, Oct. 8, as it contains a few particulars which have not previously…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Criminal Side. Tuesday, October 21. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice F[?]ucett.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 October 1873 · page 2

The Court re-opened at ten o'clock. NFW MAGISTRATE. Arthur Annesley West, of Raymond Terrace, was sworn in before his Honor as a magistrate of the…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Criminal Side. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Faucett.) Thursday, October 23

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 October 1873 · page 6

The court re-opened at ten o'clock. ASSAULT. Julius Menetery pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with having, at Mount Huntley,…

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Maitland Circuit Court. [Continued from our Supplement.] Criminal Side. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Faucett.) Friday, October 24

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 October 1873 · page 2

His Honor attended at the court at a quarter to ten o'clock this morning, and the jury in the case of Thomas Slater, indicted for criminal assault upon a child, were called from the jury room, where they…

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MURRURUNDI. (From the Murrurundi Times. Oct. 26.) Murrurundi Police Court, Tuesday, October 21, 1873. (Before John Garrett. Esq., P.M.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1873 · page 3

Andrew Loder, Thomas Dowe, and Benjamin Barber, stood charged for that they did, at Colley Creek, on the 7th day of October, 1873, together with other persons unknown, riotously assemble together…

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Death of a New-born Child at the Paterson. Verdict of Wilful Murder

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1873 · page 2

On Friday morning Mr. T. W. Pearse, coroner, proceeded to the Paterson to hold an inquest upon the body of a female child, whose death was alleged in the information to have been caused by its mother,…

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Maitland Circuit Court. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Faucett.) Friday, October 24. the Civil Business

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1873 · page 4

The names of the jurors in attendance for the civil business were called, and as there was still some criminal business to dispose of, his Honor adjourned the civil cases till noon…

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The Forgery of Bank Notes in Parramatta Gaol

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 October 1873 · page 4

The Parramatta correspondent of the Evening News supplies that journal with a report of the trial of Harry Clay alias Menzies, at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions, on the 25th instant, before his…

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Bathurst Circuit Court. (Abridged from the Bathurst Times.) Friday, October 24

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 October 1873 · page 4

The Court opened before his Honor Justice Hargrave. Mr. G. C. Davis prosecuted for the Crown. Thomas Seymour pleady guilty to a charge of larceny of store goods, and was remanded for…

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The Charge Againtst a Postmaster. (From the Clarence Examiner, Oct, 28) Grafton Police Court, Friday, Oct. 24. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1873 · page 2

STEALING LETTERS.—Joseph German, late official Post and Telegraph Master, at Ulmarra, was brought before the Court, in custody, pursuant to remand, charged with stealing certain letters, the property of…

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Bathurst Circuit Court. (Abridged from the Western Independent.) Saturday, October 25. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice Hargrave.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 November 1873 · page 2

Charles Ah See, (a Chinaman) indicted for stealing twelve sheets of galvanized iron, was acquitted on the direction of his Honor. Augustus Muller, indicted for a rape on one Rosa…

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The Carrabah Murder

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 November 1873 · page 2

The following particulars relative to the arrest of Garbett, the supposed Carrabah murderer, have been communicated to the Darling Downs Gazette:— "Information having been given on the 14th…

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Bathurst Circuit Court. (Abridged From the Bathurst Times.) (Before His Honor Mr. Justice Hargrave.) Tuesday, October 28

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 November 1873 · page 2

James Buckley was indicted for inflicting grievous bodily harm upon one Thomas Dalley, at Macquarie Plains. After hearing the evidence the jury returned a verdict of guilty of unlawfully wounding,…

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Bathurst Circuit Court. (Abridged from the Western Independent.) (Before His Honor Mr. Justice Hargrave.) FRIDAY, October 31

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1873 · page 5

Charley Ah Toy, indicted for horse-stealing, was acquitted, the evidence proving that the horse had been lent to the prisoner. John Bray, charged with being accessory to a…

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