Licensing Court. (Before Mr. L. Yates, L.M.)
MUSIC AND DANCING.—Richard Rostron, licensee of the Railway Hotel, Greta, applied for permission to have music and dancing on his licensed premises on Monday, the 5th…
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Courts & crime, 1884
446 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 23
Supreme Court.-Queensland. Thursday November 8, 1883. Before The Acting Chief Justice
HOP BITTERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. CHARLES H. YEO. THE plaintiffs were the well-know American company, and the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Circuit Court. Wednesday, April 30, 1884. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice Faucett and juries of four.) The court re-opened at 10 o'clock. MACKAY V. Commissioner for Railways
Jury: Andrew S. Browne, John Lee, John Mitchell, and Edward Charlea Close. This was an action brought by Duncan F. Mackay against the Commissioner for…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Maitland Circuit Court. Tuesday, April 29, 1884. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice Faucett.) MACKAY V. Commissioner for Railways
Jury: Andrew S. Browne, Join Lee, John, Mitchell,' and Edward Charles Close. This: was an action brought by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, May 3, 1884. Maitland Circuit Court. Friday, May 2, 1884. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Faucett and a jury of four.)
The court re-opened at a quarter past 3 o'clock. MACKAY V. THE COMMISSIONER FOR RAILWAYS. Jury: John Mitchell, A. S. Browne, John Lee, Edward Charles Close…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West maitland Police Court. Monday, May 5, 1884. (Before Messrs, Yates, P.M., P. Green, R. Scobie, end J, W. Pender, J Up.)
DRUNKK AND DISORDERLY—Bridget Pritchard, an old offender, was convicted ot having been drunk and disorderly in High-street, on Saturday evening and was sentenced to pay a fine 20s or to be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Supreme Court—Queensland. Thursday, November 8, 1883. Before the Acting Chief Justice. Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company v. CHARLES H. YEO
THE plaintiffs were the well-known American company, and the defendant a druggist trading in Brisbane. This was a motion on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Parisian Murder
An extraordinary murder case has occupied the Assize Court of the Seine, Paris. As to the atrocious fact there was no question, but the peculiarity was that the murderer would…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Appeal Court
The annual appeal court for the consideration of appeals against the municipal assessment was held. Messrs. Yates, P.M., and P. O'Keeffe, J.P., adjudicated. None of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Morpeth Police Court. Wednesday, May 7, 1884. (Before Mr. L. Yates, P.M.)
INDECENT LANGUAGE.—Edmund Pickett, jun., was charged by Constable Murphy with having made use of indecent language in a public place, to wit, the bar of the Hinton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East Maitland Police Court. Tuesday, May 6, 1884. (Before Mr. L. Yates, P.M.)
DRUNKENNESS.—One person was convicted of drunkenness. KEEPING UNREGISTERED DOGS.—Frederick William Platt and Louis Onion were fined…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Brutal Murder in South Melbourne
The Age gives the following particulars of the horrible murder of a woman by her husband on the afternoon of Sunday last in a small cottage in Moray-place, off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Debts Court
James Chambers v. H. Murphy, goods sold, £4 1s 8d. Verdict for plaintiff. E. E. Middleton v. W. Bunt, goods sold, £1 4s 6d. After hearing evidence the bench…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ellalong. Police Court, May 6, 1884. (Before his Worship the Police Magistrate, Mr. Gordon.)
James Smith of Ellalong, and John Kerr, of Quorobolong, were summoned by Senior-constable C[?]ley, for that they did make use of obsceno language in a public street, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Profitable Burglary
A. BURGLARY is reported by the Neocastle Herald to have taken place on the premises of Mr. Turnbull, a blacksmith residing at Hamilton, on Tuesday even…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Anti-Burglary Invention
THE latest antiburglary novelty is an electric mat, which is concealed beneath the carpet on the principal landings of a house, or, if necessary on the stairs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, May 8, 1884. (Before Meears. L. Yates, P.M., P. Green, J. B. R. Robertson, J. J. Rlley, and A. Wilkinson, J's.P.) Drunkenness and Indecent Behaviour
—Thomas Crannan was admonished and discharged for drunkenness. He was further charged with having behaved in an indecent manner in High-street, on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Supreme Court.—Queensland. Thursday, November 8, 1883. Before the Acting Chief Justice. Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company v. CHARLES H. YEO
THE plaintiffs were the well-known American company, and defendant a drugglist trading in Brisbane. This was a motion on behalfs of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Double Murder in New Zealand
John Walker Garland, licensee of the Arowhenua Hotel, near Temuka, shot his wife in the bedroom at 6.30 a.m. on May 1, and then shot himself. Garland died…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →East Maitland Police Court. Wednesday, May 7, 1884. (Before Mr. G. H. Smithers, J.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.—One person was admonished and discharged for drunkenness. WIFE DESERTION. — James Thompson, charged with wife desertion, was remanded…
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