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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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John Abbott, on remand, having been in custody since the 8th inst., was brought forward for examination, but in the continued absence of the prosecutor,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →John Barry, charged with obtaining money under false pretences, by tendering a valueless cheque, pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THIS was a case for the recovery of £6[?}d, the value of goods supplied to defendant by plaintiff. Verdict for plaintiff, with costs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE: 1 country lot of 40 acres, parish of Goulburn, on both banks of Horse Gully, near C. M'Donald's and C. Blaxland's portions. Upset price, £1 5s. per acre. A for[?]ted selection…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE: 6 country lots, parishes of Watt and Mackenzie, adjacent to C.Blaxland's and J. Waimsley's c.p.s., &c.; containing from 40 to 100 acres. Upset price, £1 5s, per acre…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—Permit me to draw the attention of the authorities concerned to the inadequate police protection here. It is an utter impossibility for one constable to be omnipresent; but it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DRUNKENNESS.—John Beckett pleaded guilty to the above charge, and it being his first offence, he waa admonished and discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →We learn from our Stroud correspondent, and also from a paragraph in the N[?]vcastle Pilot, of yesterday, that two men have been apprehended on suspicion of being connected with the murder of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →John Beckett, in custody, was charged by Constable Ritchie with being drunk at Brauxton, on the 25th inst. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Miller, charged wins assaulting his wife, was fined £3, or, define of payment , seven days unprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Patrick Russell, on remand, was charged with having illegally detained one cont, the alleged property of John Hughes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →E. B. Sawkins charged with suffering horses to stray in George street, pleaded guilty and was lined 2a, 6d, with 2s 8d, costs. LARCENY…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was a case for the recovery of money due for board and lodging. Verdict for plaintit 6s. 5d., with 3s. costs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the examination of the men Gray at the Stroud police court to-day, eleven witnesses were examined. Mr. Morisset appeared for the Crown, and Mr. Nicholson, solicitor, from Newcastle, for the prisoners. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following news was received from Cooktown to-day:—"The Ellangowan, missionary steamer, arrived on Sunday morning. The Rev. Mr Chalmers and Capt. Dadfield are on board. The latter is quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →(Before J. H. Keys, and F. W Thrum, Esq.'s J.P.) GODFREY V. FLANAGAN, DAMA[?]S UNDER IMPOUNDING ACT.—The Bench found the case proved, and ordered that defendant pay compensation 5s.,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On Tuesday, the 6th, Peter Gray and William Gray, sons of a small farmer, living about a mile from Stroud, were brought up again' at the Stroud Police Court, before a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thomas Peek was charged by Constable Ritchie, of Branxton, with the above offence. Defendant pleaded guilty. The Bohch, fined defendant 2s. 6d. Fine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Having my own duties to attend to, I could not attend the trial till the evening. The whole distict was in a state of the most contagious excitement; before 10 o'clock the town was filled, old and young,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thomas Henry Robertson, who pleaded quilty on the previous day to two distin[?]t charges of forgery and of uttering, was called up for son ten[?]e…
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