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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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DRUNKENNESS.—John M'Mahon was charged by Constable Ritchie, with having been drunk in a public street, on the previous day. He pleaded guilty, and was discharged,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The following were the only ca[?] called on for hearing at this Court yesterday :— Charles Coleman v. George Trunley. Claim for £9 19s 4d. Defendant put in a set-off for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Persons was chargedwith being drunk and disorderly in George-street. Constable Hickey Deposted that about half past ten o'clock on the Previous night he took accused to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday, (before his Honor Mr. Justice Faucett,) Edward Hall, Edward Hall the younger, Patrick Hall, and Peter Ivan, were placed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →John Gardiner was charged with having on the 6th February last, garrotted one George Rowney, and also with having assaulted and robbed the said George Rowney. The case…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MURDER of a shocking and mysterious character was commited at No.4. Burtoncrescent, Euston Rood, between the evening of the 11th and the morning of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Erne[?]t Le[?]en, 13 years of age was charged with stealing a watch. Coastable Willi[?]depo[?]ed : In consequence of certain information I received on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FROM time to time we (D. D. Gazette) are waited on by dependants in police court cares to have their names omitted from our reports of the proceedings also from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →John James Robert[?]on, on remand. [?]ail was brought up charged with [?]mbezzling certain pound fees. Sergeant Abbott asked the Bench to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MRS. Daly, of Black Creek, was charged with having sold colonial wine without a [?]ceuse on the 12th ult. This case was defended by Mr. S[?]lling, of Maitland, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Claim for £52s. 6d. for breach of agreement. Defendant paid five shillings into Court, and the Bench gave a verdict for that amount, with coast of Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One case (M'Donald v. Lambert) of this nature was disposed of. Claim, £5 7s. The defendant, a proprietor of a threshing machine, was sued for expense incurred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.—James Cain and Samuel Patten, on remand, were charged with having on the 25th inst. assaulted and robbed of melons, Bo Tay, a Chinese gardener of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peter Scanlon, for being drunk on the 8th instant, was admonished and discharged, he having having been in the lockup since Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thomas Smith, of Quirindi, dealer. Cause of sequestration : Losses in business, and failure of crops. Liabilities, £59 10s. 9d. assets, £15 [?] 5d. Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The license hold by Mrs. Maclean, for the Royal Hotel, Murrurundi, was transferred to Mr. George Sidney, on the application of Mr. Carter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MESSRS. Cameron v. J. P. Blacker, Claim £10, for damage to sheep rings. Mr. Carter (from Mr. Abbott's [?]ce, appeared for plaintiffs, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Tuesday morning the March sittings of the Maitland District Court commenced, at East Maitland, before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson. The barristers in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The March sittings of this Court will open at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, the 18th instant. The following is a list of causes entered for bearing: Henry McFadden versus Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A trial for murder which is exciting a considerable sensation in Switzerland, began at Eribourg on the 22nd December. It appeared that on the 16th of October the body of a…
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