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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
324 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 17
Arthur Dorrington, a boy eleven years old, was again brought up, on remand on a charge of [?] two letters the property of the Postmaster General…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Following is a list of cases set down for hearing at the [?] District Court, to-day, before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Dowling. The criminal business being still unfinished, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The three-masted schooner Fairlie, which arrived on Sunday from the Solomon Islands, brings particulars of the murder of Mr. G. B. Adams, the commander of a small cutter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The court re-opened at half-past nine o'clock. FALSE PRETENCES. Donald Morrison was charged that he, on the 21st day of [?]last, at Sydney, did falswly pretend to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Court re-opened at half-past 9 o'clock. Mr. Merewether prosecuted for the Crown. SENTENCES. James Smith, who was found guilty on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The quarterly meeting of the local licensing court WAS held last Tuesday. Members present were Messrs. J. P. Lake, J. P., L.M., Jos pu Cooper, J. P., and John Swan, J.P…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →In the cose of Donald Morrison, charged with obtaining money from the firm of M'Connell and Co., by means of falso pretences, and in whose case the jury were locked up during the night, his Honor…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →DRUNKENNESS AND INDECENT LANGUAGE.— Martin McNamara was fined 5s or forty-eight hours' imprisonment for drunkenness in High-street, on Saturday evening. He was further convicted of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. W. G.Walker, instructed by Mr. H. Salway, for the plaintiff; Mr. A. H. Simpson, instructed by Messrs. Abbott and Allen, for the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CONTRARY to expectation the District Court sat yesterday, although it was a public holiday, and dealt with all the business, which was not heavy. The principal case, Kendall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Captain Peter Edwards, who was [?] at Keppel Bay on Saturday, was [?] the local police court to-day with [?] the barque Deodarus, the proparty [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Mr. Pilcher and Mr. Lingen, instructed by Messrs. Curtiss and Barry, appeared for the plaintiffs: and Mr Rogers, instructed by Mr. Young, of Maitland, for the defendant. This was an action of ejectment…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →James Savage was charged by the Inspector of Nuisances with a breach of No. 3 by law, under the Nuisances' Prevention Act, in not having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Edward Hornery, aged 15 years, appeared on bail to answer two charges -firstly, of abstracting from a letter the property of the Postmaster-General…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A District Court was held here on Friday, the 26th inst., before his Honor District Court Judge Dowling. Honker V. Frith, breach of agreement—Mr. Moriarty, instructed by Mr. Howe, appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DRUNK AND DISORDERLY AND OBSCENE LANGUAGE,—James Wilcher was admonished and discharged for being drunk and disorderly in a public place, at Largs, on Saturday evening; and was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →John Donnelly, of Glennie's Creek, was charged by Frederick James Robinson Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages for the district of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A case in which some very serious disclosures affecting the police were made was heard on Monday norning at the Central Police Court, when a cabman named Thomas Lindsay was charged with assaulting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TRESPASSING ON CRWN LANES— John Goodman, jun., was charged that be, not being a person lawfully claiming under any subsisting lease or license, permit, or otherwise, under any Act in force for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A single meeting was begun at East Maitland, on Friday, in the insolvent estate of Thomas Relton, of West Maitland, tailor. Several debts were proved Mr. Young appeared for Messrs. Prince. Ogg and Co.,…
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