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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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LUNACY.âHenry Albert Read was brought up on suspicion of being of unsound mind. He was remanded to East Maitland till 4[?]h instant. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1881…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LUNACY.—Valentine Kaizer, on remand, was brought up on suspicion of being of unsound mind. Drs. Spink and Blackwell certified that the defendant was suffering from mental…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Smith was fined Is. for being drunk a first time. It was Constable Hickey who ran him in. John Reynolds paid 2s. 6d. for a similar indiscretion. Constable Burns had picked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKENNESS.—Edward Gracie was convicted of being drunk in Melbourne street, East Maitland, on Saturday, the 5th instant. He was ordered to pay a fine of 5s, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A PARLIAMENTARY paper before us gives the gaoler's report of the flogging of a prisoner in Mudgee gaol. It varies very materially from that highly-toned account which Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—John Reardon was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in High-street. He pleaded guilty, and was ordered to pay a penalty of 10s. or…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FURIOUS DRIVING.—Henry Fry was charged by Robert Green with furious driving, with his coach, on the 27th October. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Complainant applied for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →DRUNKENNESS.—Mary Dawson was convicted of having been drunk in West Maitland, on Thursday, and being an old offender she was fined 20s or seven days' imprisonment Lunacy.—John Campbell, [?]n remand, was brought up on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DRUNKENNESS.—John Jobson was charged with having been drunk in Abbott-street on Wednesday evening. He pleaded guilty. The Bench took into consideration the fact that the offence occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LUNACY.—John Wright Baldock, otherwise known as John Wright, was brought up on suspicion of being of unsound mind. He was remanded to East Maitland till to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The November sittings of this court were opened on Thursday morning, before his Honor Sir George Innes. The Attorney-General, assisted by Mr. W. W. Tarleton…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →VAGRANCY.âJane Lamey, an old offender, was charged with having no visible lawful means of support. She pleaded not guilty. Senior-constable Wirrell deposed that about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Court re-opened at 10 o'clock this morning, before his Honor Sir George Innes. The Attorney-General and Mr. Irving prosecuted for the Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Court re-opened at 10 o'clock this morning, before his Honor Sir George Innes. The Attorney-General and Mr. Irving prosecuted for the Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]POUNDING Act.—Thomas Eather, of [?]pbell's Creek, Goorangoola, was charged [?] a breach of this Act by Frederick [?]imus, by refusing to take the pound fees…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →[?]essrs. Addison, P.M., and John Pearse, J.P.) [?]ENNRSS.—Edward Nightingale was conhaving been drunk in Charles-street, on ay evening, and was sentenced to pay a fine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DRUNKENNESS, &c.—William Ryan was charged with having been drunk in a public street at Morpeth. After hearing the circumstances the bench fined the defendant 20s, with the alternative of seven days…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Joseph Lsary pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing one bullock, the property of ED ward Creasy, He was defended by [?]r. J. H. Want, instructed by Mr. Gannon, On the 15th September last prosecutor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Rogers, by Mr. R. W. Thompson, for the applicant; Mr. C. B. Stephen, by the Crown Solicitor, for the magistrates of Newcastle. Mr. Rogers applied to make absolute a rule nisi…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKENNESS.—John Williams, on bailpleaded guilty to having been drunk in Highstreet, on the 19th instant. According to the arresting constable, the defendant was drunk…
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