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Courts & crime, 1874

280 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 14

Insolvency Court. Wednesday. SURRENDERS

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1874 · page 3

James Bridges, of [?] castle baker. Liabili[?]23 15s. Mr. Mackenzie, official [?] Robert M'Dongall, of Crown street [?]…

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Muscle Brook. Police Court, Tuesday, 27Th October, 1874. (Before F. W. Thrum, and J. F. Doyle, Esqs., J.P.'s.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1874 · page 3

No APPEARANCE.—Brindle v. Manning—employment of a miner. The case was dismissed. ASSAULT.—Johnny Martin, a half-caste, was charged with having assaulted Michael Herbert…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Civil Side. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Faucett, and special juries of four.) Thursday, October 29

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1874 · page 2

The Court reopened at ten o'clock. FORSTER AND OTHERS V. COBCROFT. This was an action of ejectment in respect of certain roads running tnrough lands described as…

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Police Office, Friday, 30Th Oct. (Before Messrs. J. P. Luke, Jas. M'Cormack, G. B. Townshend and Dr. Park.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1874 · page 3

CHARGE OF RATH.—Edwin Wilks appeared to answer to his bail for the charge of rape committed upon the person of Mary Gould, on the Tocal Road, on the 6th of October last. A gentleman appeared for…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Civil Side. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Faucett, and special juties of four.) Saturday, October 31

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1874 · page 3

The court re-opened at ten o'clock. LINSLEY AND ANOTHER T. BROWN AND ANOTHER This case was now resumed and concluded. It was an action brought by John Richard Linsley…

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Alleged Murder on the High Seas

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1874 · page 3

At Port Chalmers, on the 8th,the second officer of the Oneca (an American barque), from New York, Charles Dodd, was brought before the…

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Insolvency Court. SURRENDERS

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1874 · page 2

Patrick Maguire, of 77, Query-street, near the Haymarket, labourer, late of Dixon-street Sydney. Cause of [?]questration; Pressure of judgment creditors. Liabilities, £4O…

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Maitland Circuit Court. (From our Own Reporter.) Monday, November 2, 1874. (Before His Honor, Mr. Justice Fawgett, and a jury of four.) MURRAY V. MULLIGAN.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1874 · page 2

This was an action for libel, in which Robert Lennen Murray, a licensed surveyor was the plaintiff, and Francis B. Mulligan, [?] storekeeper at In[?], the defendant…

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Supplement, Friday, October 30. At the Police Office, Inverell, on Wednesday, December 9

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1874 · page 4

ARRAWATTA: 3 country lots, containing respectively 49 acres 1 rood, 80 acres, 147 acres 2 roods, parishes of Byron, and Nullamanna, on Byron run, on Rob Roy's Gully; on the road from Little Plain to…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Civil Side. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Faucett, and special juries of four.) Tuesday, November 3

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1874 · page 2

The court re-opened at ten o'clock. MURRAY V. MULLIGAN. This case was now resumed, and concluded. The plaintiff, as already stated, is a licensed…

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Muscle Brook. Police Court, Saturday, Oct. 31St. (Before F. W. Thrum, Esq., J.P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1874 · page 3

Michael Herbert Condon was charged with cruelly illtreating a horse, the property of David Herps, of Denman. Michael Doyle being duly sworn, stated— that the prisoner was given into his custody at…

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Murrurundi Police Court. Tuesday, November 3rd, 1874. Before Mr. G. G. BRODIE, J.P. DRUNKENNESS

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 7 November 1874 · page 2

John Kerfe pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk in Mayne-street, Murrurundi, and was fined 5s., or twenty-four hours' imprisonment…

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Insolvency Court. New Insolvents

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1874 · page 2

Nov.2.—George Birbeck Mason, of Forest Lodge, Glebe, out of business, late o£ Hunterstreet, Sydney, publican. Liabilities, £35O 17s. 11d., of which £20 is secured. Assets,…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Civil Side. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Faucett, and special juries of four.) Thursday, November 5

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1874 · page 2

The court re-opened at ten o'clock. MULLEN V. WOODFORTH. The case was now resumed and concluded. His Honor having explained the nature of the…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Monday, November 2, 1874. Important Case Of Libel. (Before His Honor, Mr. Justice Fawcett, and a jury of four.) MURRAY v. MULLIGAN

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 7 November 1874 · page 3

This was an action for libel, in which Robert Lennen Murray, a licensed surveyor, was the plaintiff, and Francis U. Mulligan, a storekeeper at Invercll, the defendant…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Civil Side. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Faucett, and special juries of four.) Saturday, November 7

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1874 · page 4

The court re-opened at ten o'clock. PHILLIPS V. BOYCE. This was an action for libel, in which damages were laid at £500…

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A Scene in Court

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1874 · page 1

A SCENE of an unpleasant character occurred at the Police Court, yesterday, the 21st [?]. A young man named Blackmore was being tried on a charge…

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Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, November 10th, 1874. Before Mr. Jas. Smith P.M., and Dr. Swayne, J.P.

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1874 · page 2

John Church was charge-l with assaulting a man named McGilvary, on Tuesday morning. at 2 o'clock, in John-street. Constable Spence saw the assault, and…

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Insolvency Court. New Insolvents. Schedule FILED.-November 7

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1874 · page 2

Henry Hinds, of Teuterfield publican. Liabilities, £240 6s 4[?] Assets, £59 16s 6[?]. SURRENDERS. —Charlton Park, of Pitt-street, Sydney,…

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Maitland Circuit Court. (From the Mercury, Nov. 10.) Saturday, November 7. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Fancett, and a special jury of four.) The court re-opened at ten o'clock. PHILLIPS v. ROYCE

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1874 · page 3

This was an action for libel, in which damages were laid at £500. Mr. Windeyer instructed by Mr. H. [?] for [?]: and Mr. [?] instructed by…

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