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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
447 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 23
At the Police Court to-day, Captain Wabber of the Ly-ee-Moon, was charged with manslaughter. Fotheringham, the third officer, was discharged by the Crown, as some of his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The plaintiff, Mr. Joal B. Wolfe, claimed to be entitled to the exclusive use as a trademark to the names Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps, which he had applied to a kind of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE following appeals were heard and disposed of:- James Wright, house in Macquarie-street, £1010s. confirmed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Tuesday morning the business of this Court waa entered upon at East Maitland before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson. The majority of the cases were unimportant. The Bar…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was an action brought by James Hancock against James Flannery, for trespass, and the amount claimed was £200. The defendant pleaded that plaintiff surrendered the land to the landlord,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →William Saunders was brought up in custody charged by constable Duff with being drunk and disorderly in Kelly-street, pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s, or three days in the lockup…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yesterday, at the East Maitland police court the following appeals against tbe municipal assessment were heard and determined before Mr. Brooks, P.M. Mr. Bowes, Council Clerk represented the Borough Council:…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →This was an action brought by William Thomas Kelly to recover from Robert Hyndes the sum of £20, being £10 received by defendant for the use of plaintiff, and £10 for expenses incurred by…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Archibald Goodworth was charged with having disturbed a Salvation Army meeting on the evening of Friday last, 10th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—I was very much grieved to read in the columns of your last issue such a malicious report of the recent police court cases. I regret very much to think anyone living in our…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LARCENY.—John Crozier, in custody, was charged with larceny. Thomas Stone, on oath, deposed: I am a police constable stationed at Muswellbrook; yesterday from something I had heard I went in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A remarkable case of alleged swindling by passing valueless cheques, which has for two days engaged the attention of the city magistrates, was concluded on Wednesday. The accused, a man of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A. P. Stykes v. W. E. Cunneen. Claim for £8, goods sold. Mr H. V. Howe appeared for the plaintiff. Judgment for amount claimed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Court opened at 10 o'clock. Mr M. Macfarlane was present as Clerk of the Peace. The only member of the bar present was Mr.-Harris, Crown Prosocutor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Arthur Cook, a young man, formerly in the employ of Messrs. Alston and Brown, was on Friday convicted at the Supreme Court of Victoria, of the capital offence of attempt to murder…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—Will you kindly allow me a short space for a few words in reply to your correspondent, "An Old Resident?" And first let me say that, as far as regretting the publication of the recent Police…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →This is a case of great importance to squatters, and involves a most important question as to the rights of persons through whose land a stream flows to dam or stop the water in such a way as to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—Thomas Desmond was charged with having cruelly ill-treated three horses by working them in a sore condition. He was convicted and fined 40s, with £1 expenses of a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Many Australian ladies of distinction were presented to the Queen at the last Drawing Room held by Her Majesty. Notable among the rich dresses worn on that occasion was that of Lady Clarke,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Claim for £45, for hay, horse, and cart. This case was remanded from the previous day, to enable his Honor to look up certain points of law…
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