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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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DRUNKENNESS.—Two persons were fined for being drunk in High-street on Friday. OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—James Carroll, who was punished for being drunk, was ordered to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON the Water Police boarding the Swedish schooner Natal, from Boston, they found that a mutiny and a murder had taken place during the voyage. It…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An old man named Patrick Quinn, a gardener and coachman in the employment of a lady living about a mile and a half from Rathfarnham, county Dublin, was found, one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DRUNKENNESS.—One person was fined for being drunk in Swan-street. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY,—Ann Frankland was Charged with having been drunk end disorderly in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An extraordinary case of mutiny and murder occurred on board the Swedish schooner Natal, Captain Eustrom, from Boston, which arrived in Moreton Bay on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →VAGRANCY.—Thomas Burns was sentenced to be imprisoned in Maitland gaol with hard labour for three months for vagrancy. Senior-constable Morrow stated that the defendant had a petition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lucy for vag[?] case against Elizabeth The two with was proceeded with, defendant did not subpœnaed by the In answer to appear…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CRUELLY ILL-TREATING A HORSE.—Theodore Gardiner was charged with having cruelly ill-treated a horse at West Maitland, on the 2nd January. Mr. Thompson…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →DRUNKENNESS.—Two persons were charged with the above offence, and it being their first offence they were let off upon the payment of 2s 6d each, with the alternative of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At 9 o'clock to-morrow morning the City Coroner will hold an inquest at the South Sydney morgue on the body of the infant son of a man named Swandrough residing at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNK AND DIS[?]DERLY.—James Vaughan was sentenced to pay a fine of 10s, or to go to gaol for forty-eight hours' for having been drunk and disorderly in High-street on…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →LUNACY.—Francis Flood, on remand from Bulladelah, on suspicion of being of unsound mind, was further remanded till Tuesday next for medical treatment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DETENTION OF PROPERTY.âAlfred Cobcroft v. Harry G. Wolfe.âThis was an adjourned case, proceedings having been initiated on the previous Monday. The information…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The capture of a man who has been wanted for some considerable time past has been effected in a very clever manner by two members of the Sydney detective force. It will…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →D[?]NKENNESS.—One person was punished for having been drunk in High-street, West Maitland, on Monday evening. VAGRANCY.—Duncan M'Kinchnell, charged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Francis Sellars v. William Gilbert, balance due on dishonoured cheque, with interest, £7 6s 5d. Verdict for amount claimed with costs. Mr. Richardson for plaintiff…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Upon the information of Mr. Smithers, Assistant Inspector of the Fisheries Act, James Evans was indicted for unlawfully taking oysters from closed beds. After taking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trustees of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society v. Haveloch Cooper, arrears of contributions, £3 11s 9d. This case was ordered to be continued till the next sittings of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →STEALING FRUIT.—John Mulcahy and William Mulcahy, two children, were charged with having at Oakhampton, near West Maitland, on the 13th January, stolen certain…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →INDECENT EXPOSURE.—James Turbitt was charged with indecent exposure in view of Sempill-Btreet. Defendant pleaded guilty, and explained that it was the first occasion…
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