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Courts & crime, 1877

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Murrurundi. (From the [?] Police Court. Friday, December [?] 1876. [?]

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1877 · page 1

George Brown was chand with stealing fruit front the garden of [?]J.P. A[?][?]ott of Haydonton. Plea, guilty…

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Singleton Police Court. TUESDAY 2nd JANUARY, 1876. (Before Mr. J.N. Brooks [?] James [?]

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1877 · page 2

PUTTING HIS HEAD IN THE LION'S mournpeter smother an old man, pleaded guilty to having solicited alms in the streets of Singleton…

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Dreadful Murder in New Zealand

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1877 · page 3

A telegram from Auckland to the Otago Daily Times states that a settlor named Martin Curtain, living in the Ararimu district, beyond Papakura, has been arrested on a charge of…

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District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.) Singleton. Police Court, Tuesday, 2Nd January, 1877. (Before: Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M.; and Mr. James Bowman, J.P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1877 · page 6

VAGRANCY.—Peter Smother was charged with soliciting alms. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and in consideration of having been confined in the look-up since Saturday, he was…

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Singleton Police Court. WECNESDAY, 3rd JANUARY, 1876. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks P.m.) Drunkenness

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1877 · page 2

Martin M-crone pleaded guilty, and was fined 25 ; in default, in the lookup until four o'clock. Defendant stated that he had been down…

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Shooking Murder at Sandhurst

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1877 · page 6

The Bendigo Advertiser gives the following particulars of a murder at Sandhurst. A dreadful tragedy was enacted in Sandhurst on Saturday, Dec. 30, which, from all the facts…

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District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Muswellbrook. Muswellbrook Police Court, 28Th Dec. (Before F. W. Thrum, J.P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1877 · page 7

T. Marsden pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness and using obscene language, and was fined 5s. for each offenco. 30TH DECEMBER…

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The Court. London, November 24

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1877 · page 3

Her Majesty arrived at Windsor today from Scotland, in good health. The Queen's return was delayed for a couple of days owing to floods in Scotland. The Prince and Princess of Wales…

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Singleton Police Court. SATURDAY, [?] JANY, 1877. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks P.M. and [?]

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1877 · page 2

License to slaughter were granted to John DINES AND John…

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Court. [?] (From our Reporter.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1877 · page 1

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Small Debts Court. Murrurundi, Tuesday, January 2nd, 1876. (From our Reporter.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1877 · page 1

Before M[?] A. B[?]DIE, A.J.KINGSMILL, and G.G. BRODIE, J.P.s, T.R PERRY v. D.MOORE. Claim £5 for breach of contract as a…

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District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Singleton. Police Court, Tuesday, 9Th January, 1877. (Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M., and Mr. George Jarman. J.P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1877 · page 6

VAGRANCY.—John Donolly, a lad about 14 years of age, who stated that he was an apprentice from the Vernon, was charged with wandering about the streets without visible…

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Singleton Police Court. Thursday, 11th Jany., 1877. (Before Mr. J.N. Brooks, P.m.) Vagrancy

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1877 · page 2

John Donolly on reined, was ordered to be sent back to the "vernon" for disobedienco and habitully absconding from his apprenticeship with Mr. R. Millar, J.P. of…

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Murder of the Turkish Consul at Tiflis

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1877 · page 3

A horrible crime has just been committed at Tiflis, the capital of Georgia, and seat of the Russian Government in the Caucasus. On the night of October 23…

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Lands Enquiry Court. (Before Mr. Commissioner Bolding.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1877 · page 2

A Corner of Enquiry, made the lands Amendment Act of 1875, was held at the Singleton Courthouse, on Wednesday, to enquire as to fullfilment of residence and…

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Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, 16th JANY., 1877. (Before [?] J. N. Brooks. P.M. John [?]

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1877 · page 2

Edward lexter, a coloured man, pleaded guilty to having stole peaches from the garden of Owen Trayor, Darlington Mr. N.E.Atkinson, spoke in defendant's…

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Police Court. Murrurundi, Tuesday, January 9th, 1877. (From our Reporter.) Before Messrs. P. W. WRIGHT, G. G. BRODIE, and Dr. KNOWLES, J.P.'s WAGES

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1877 · page 1

Henry king, Michael Webb, Charles Coatts, Reuben Rich, and [?] Frederick each Claimed £2 16s wages, said to be due William Wakeford…

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Muswellbrook. Police Court, Tuesday, 9Th January. (Before Messrs. E. White, F. W. Thrum, and E. Bowman, J.'sP.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1877 · page 6

Wages—J. M'Donald v. G. Cook. Verdict for plaintiff—J. Faforkd v. W. Meyer. No appearance.—S. Higgins v. M. Clark, Settled out of court…

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District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.) Singleton. Singleton Police Court, Tuesday, 16Th January, 1877. Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M., and Mr. John Browne, J.P.

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1877 · page 6

STEALING FEUIT.—Edward Lester, an aboriginal, and a boy named John Cordwell, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing peachea from the crchard of Owen Traynor, at Darlington. They…

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Singleton Police Court. Wednesday, 17th Jany., 1877. (Before Mr. W. Dudding, J. P.) Drunkeness

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1877 · page 2

Hobert Holland plended guilty to having bee a [?] and dis[?]. [?] Hickey deposed that prisoner [?] who were sitting…

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