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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
380 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 19
Anne Heaton charged Julia Sleath with: assaulting her on the 1st July. Plea, not guilty. Anne Heaton deposed to her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE cases of Sarah Payne v. Edgar Gould for child desertion, and Benjamin Edwards V. Henry Wright for assault were struck out, owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKENNESS.—Martin Daly, an old offender, was charged with having been drunk in a public street. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to pay a fine of 10s, or to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Henry Smith was brought up, charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Ann-street, on Thursday night. Sergeant Gordon described the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CHILD DESERTION.—In the case of Sarah Payne v. Edgar Gould, there were no parties, and the case was struck out. ASSAULT.—Benjamin Edmonds v. Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →DRUNKENNESS.—Pierce Duff and William Grahame, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 2s. 6d., in default three hours in the lockup…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HORSE STRAYING.—Inspector of Nuisances v. J. M'Garrety.—Defendant pleaded guilty to the charge of allowing one horse to stray about the streets. Being the first offence, he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DRUNKENNESS, &C.—John McDonald was charged with having been drunk in High-street. He pleaded guilty. The bench took into consideration the fact that the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action for a libel upon the plaintiff, the Very Rev. Dr. Birmingham, of Wagga Wagga, published in the Evening News, a newspaper of the defendants…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The remanded case of John S. Dennis and Frances Dennis his wife. Bernard McCosker, came on again for hearing. Mr. J. Elliott for plaintiffs, Mr. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(Before Messrs. Addison, P.M., and Mr. W. Eckford, J.P.) OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—James Martin was convicted of having made use of obscene language in High-street, West Maitland, and was fined 20s, or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ASSAULT AND BATTERY.—Frederick Wilson charged James M. Smith with having unlawfully assaulted and beaten him at Nulla Nulla, on the 26th July. Mr. Chambers appeared for the complainant,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →RECOVERY OF A TENEMENT.—The case of John Samuel and Francis Dennis against Bernard M'Cosker, for the recovery of possession of the premis[?]s known (is the Royal Exchange Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →William Tate, contractor for the erection of the gasholder at the Singleton gasworks, was charged on the information, of Constable Barns with having been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKENNESS, &C.—William Spowart was charged with having been drunk in High-street, on Wednesday evening. He pleaded guilty, and was admonished and discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"I don't know what I did. I fired two or three shots; my wife made me mad." So said Robert Martin, the man who shot his wife and child in a drunken rage on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Whereas a spirit of enmity unhappily prevails amongst dissolute and evil-minded youths and others towards the Chinese leading to the said Chinese being frequently…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A terrible double murder was committed at eight o'clock this evening, at a fruit shop opposite Cohen and Levy's store, in Peel-street. A Chinaman hawker, from Nundle, named Tozan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →George Moore was charged with keeping an unregistered dog. Pleaded guilty. Fined 10s. and 5s. 6d. coats. Paid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FURIOUS DRIVING.—John Hill was convicted of furious driving, and was fined 10s., and court costs; in default, twenty-four hours' imprisonment…
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