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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
196 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 10
This was an action of [?]ectment brought to recovor possession of 640 acres of land, situated in the county of Durham, and parish of Dyoning. The cause was tried before Sir Alfred Stephen,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Salomons moved to make absolute a rule nisi for a prohibition to issue, directed to Mr. Garrett and another, Justices of the Peace, of Scene, and to the informant…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On the 21st instant, the people of Orange were somewhat startled on hearing that one of the prisoners named William Greenwood, who was in custody on a charge of stealing a saddl[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U[?]ND MIND.—James Beattie, in custody, was c[?]ed with being of unsound mind. Constable [?]key deposed that he is lock-up keeper at Sireton. At about half-past 4 o'olook on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. LACKEY said, in answer to Mr. T. G. Dangar, [?]or Mr. Bennett, that the sum of £10,000 had been [?]d for additional estimates for the erection of a [?]w gaol at Tamworth, and in the meantime a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. LACKEY said in answer to Mr. T. G. Dangar, that plans for a brick court house for Moree would be ready in a fortnight, when fresh tenders would be invited…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A brutal assiult case, the victim being a respectable married woman named Hannah Santer, wife of Charles Santer, of Chippendale, was investigated at the Central Police Court, this…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →It appears (reports the Yass Courier) that a shocking death, rocorded in our last, of a man supposed to be a shepherd, was in reality all atrocious murder On the 3rd instant the news…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some gossip was created in town on Tuesday last, when it became known that ex-policeman Thomas Young, under committal for forgery and false pretenees, had escaped from the Tamworth…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The aboriginal Lurrigo, recently a black tracker, was brought before the Court, charged with attempting an assault Larrigo is a powerful muscular looking specimen of the genus home, and looked as he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The thief who stole Gainsborough's picture of the Duchess of Devonshire got into the Art Gallery before tho hour of closing, and concealed himself there. He dexterously cut out the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An astounding and quite a mysterious case of child-stealing occurred in this city last Thursday. It appears that about eleven weeks ago, Mrs. Bullock, wife of Mr. W. Bullock, plumber,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DRUNKENNESS—John Britton, for having been drunk in George-street, was fined 1s. and 2s. 6d. costs, being his first offence. Defendant having no money was remanded to the lookup…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Egmont, steamer, from Noumea, reports that the schooner Noumea arrived at New Caledonia, on tha 11th of July, from the New Hebrides. She reported that Captain Anderson of the labour schooner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A very mysterious and suspicious death appears to ihave taken place at Collingwood late on Saturday night or early on Sunday morning, an account of which is reported in the Melbourne Argus of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following is an account of the murder of Captain Andersen, of the schooner Lucy and Adelaide, by the natives of the Island of St. Bartholomew, as written by Captain Kilgour, from the dictation of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A large and influential public meeting of the [?]sidents of Anvil Creek, Greta, and surrounding district, was held on Saturday night, at Mr P. Henry's hall, Greta, for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Cameron, for Mr. T. G. Dangar, ask[?] the Secretary for Public Works,—"When will tenders be invited for the new Courthouse, &c., at Coonabarabran, and will the plan be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A public meeting was held in the School of Arts, Branxton, on Saturday night, to take into consideration the establishment of a Court House at Branxton. The meeting was largely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Next week the Court will remove from Balmoral to Windsor. The King of Hanover has returned to the Continent…
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