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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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Thomas Page (a lad) was brought up charged with sheep-stealing Mr. Carter appeared for the defence. Constable john Christian deposed to being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →William Cumberland Goddard, of Gunnedah, chemist and storekeeper. Cause of sequestration: Pressure of a creditor. Liabilities, £720 10s 4d; assets,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →John Goddard, charged with being drunk and disorderly on the previous night, was fined 20s., or three days in Singleton gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Amount claimed, ?6 17s., for goods sold and delivered. Upon the non-appearance of defendant and proof of debt by plaintiffs, judgment…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Claim £45s. 6d. for work and labour done. Defendant did not appear. Plaintiff deposed to the correctness of the debt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A THEFT, small in proportion, amusingly ingenious in its conception, took place a short time ago at the- Grand Hotel, Paris. An elegant-looking gentleman,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fred Young, an aboriginal, in custody, was charged with assaulting Sing Jo, a Chinaman, at Murrurundi, on the 3rd instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Andrew Charles Maclean, of Murrurundi, publican. Cause of sequestration: Pressure of Merius Moore, a judgment creditor, who holds possession of insolvent's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Sunday afternoon last the body of an infant child name unknown was found in a waterhole at Branxton, and from certain particulars which came to light a young girl…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DRUNKENNESS.—John Britten, for this offence, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. COLONIAL WINE LICENSE.—The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The April sittings of the Maitland Circuit Court opened yesterday morning, before his Honor Acting Judge M. H. Stephen. The Sheriff, Mr. C. Cowper was also present. Mr Fitzhardinge acted as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jane Holland and Henry Playford for drunkenness, were each fined 1s. or one hour in Singleton gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Derbyshire assizes on Friday, before Justice Grove, Sarah Ann Weston and Rachael Watson, domestic servants, were charged with stealing a quantity of jewellery,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A young woman named Emily Jones was brought up at the Greta police court on Saturday, before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P.M., on the charge that she, on or about the 1st day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →[?] Howe, on bail pleaded guilty to having been drunk at Haydonton and urged that it was his first offence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The April sittings of the Maitland Circuit Court for the hearing of civil causes was opened before his Honor Mr. Acting-Judge M. H. Stephen, on Tuesday morning. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A shocking discovery was made at Arundel on Sunday morning, Feb. 14. A man named Omar Thatcher was going down by the river about 8 o'clock, when he discovered the body…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridget Pritchard a very old offender, was charged with being drunk on the previous day, and was fined is or one hour in the lockup…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday, at the West Maitland police court, before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. P. Green, Robert Scobie, and J. B. R. Robertson, J's.P, Annie L. Bridges…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Judge Meymott has again had a sudden and severe attack of illness, and is obliged this day to start on his circuit, when he is not in a fit state to go. How is it…
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