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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
356 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 18
TRUE to his promise, the Attorney-General has introduced a measure to deal with constructive contempts of court. The measure is on the same lines as one lately introduced…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Samuel Lawrence was charged with trespassing on enclosed land at Abbey Green. Mr. Gould appeared on behalf of the prosecutor; and Mr. Elliott for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →David Payne at Gowrie on October 8. Mr. Gould appesred for the defendant. David Payne stated that on the 8th instant he was writing in a dray near Howlett's and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKENNESS AND INDECENT LANGUAGE.— Thomas Austace, who was punished for drunkenness, was also convicted of having made use of indecent language in St…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mah Poo, a Chinaman, was on Saturday week found guilty of murdering his countryman and employer, Ah Fook, commonly known as Tommy Ah Fook, and the Executive have decided that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—Timothy Lynch, on summons, was charged with having made use of obscene language in Day-street. He pleaded guilty. Sergeant Maguire gave him an excellent character. A fine of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →VAGRANCY.—John Lee, who was found wandering about Mount Vincent, was convicted of vagrancy, and sentenced to be imprisoned in Maitland gaol with hard labour…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] 18 sections. The [?] difined an the Supreme of the Colony, whether sitting in [?] or [?] or as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'THE Helen Vi[?]n Dramstic Company is announced to appear at the Mechanics Institute on Monday and Tuesday evening. The company come with a good repetition, the Northern papers generally speaking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ONE of the new features of the Bill introduced into the Legislative Council by the Hon. W. B. Dalley is worthy of especial notice. The second clause if…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A shocking accident has been committed near Lauriston, a place distant about 60 miles from Melbourne. On Sunday morning last, Halton, the licensee of a public-house…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] Brocks, P.M., [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BREACHES OF THE PUBLIC INSTRUCTION ACT. —Michael Hamer and Louis Sharky each pleaded guilty to a charge proferred against him by Mr. Swan, School Attendance Officer,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →John Rooney, and W. Clifton, were charged with placing a line across the Wybong road, near Muswellbrook. Clifton pleaded guilty, and Rooney not guilty.—Senior Sergeant Smith…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →(Before Mr. J. N. Brooks, P. M. and Messrs. R. H. Mathews and J. P. [?] [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Elizabeth Lucy in custody charged with being drunk and disorderly, pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s. William Geo appeared on a summons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKENNESS.—One person was fined for being drunk at West Maitland on Monday evening. LARCENY.—Ad[?] Gallagher, a young girl of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR.—Albert Kemp was charged by Sergeant Gordon with having behaved in a riotous manner in Swa[?]-street on Saturday evening. He pleaded guilty. It seemed that about half-past…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs. Edward Heaton, George Bishop, Samuel Moffitt Swift, Benjamin Richards, Frederick Robinson, Michael Joseph Heggarty, James Souter, Ebrezer Thoms, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charles Hine appeared on summons, charged by Dwyer, school attendance officer, with neglecting to send his step-son Walter Hayne to school, the required number of days. Plea guilty. Fined 2s 6d…
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