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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1886

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Musclebrook. Police Office, 12th Oct., 1886. (Before W. F. Parker, P.M., F. W. Thrum, J. P., and. W. Bowman, J. P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1886 · page 3

Police v. James Cafe.—(case remanded from last Tuesday).—Using stage carriage without a license. James Smith, on oath, said: I am a senior-sergeant of police stationed at Musclebrook; I know…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Saturday, October. 16. (Before His Honor Acting-Judge Stephen.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1886 · page 3

The Court re-opened at 10 o'clock. Mr. F. E. Rogers prosecuted for the Crown. ARSON. Henry Mitchell, a youth, surrendered to his bail…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Monday, October 18. (Before his Honor Mr. Acting Judge Stephen.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1886 · page 4

The Court re-openod at 10 o'clock. Mr. Rogers prosecuted for the Crown. STEALING IN A DWELLING. Charles Wilson pleaded guilty to an information…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Civil Side. Wednesday, October 20. (Before his Honor Mr. Acting Judge Stephen.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1886 · page 4

The court opened at 10 o'clock. The barristers present were Messrs. F. E. Rogers, B. R. Wise, and W. Edmunds. BLACKISTON V. NEWCASTLE AND NORTHUMBERLAND…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Tuesday, October 19. (Before his Honor Mr. Acting Judge Stephen.) the Singleton Outrage

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1886 · page 3

In the case against Thomas Ellis, James Balfour, and George Chick, charged with having at Singleton, on the 9th October last, ravished Jane Taylor, his Honor discharged the jury at a quarter past…

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The Barrier Island Murder

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 1

THE prisoners, John Caffrey, Henry Albert Penn, and Grace Graham, were brought again before Mr Addison, S.M. at the Water Police Court on…

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Police Court, October 20, 1886. (Before W. F. Parker, P.M.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 11

John Bonnar and Michael Hayes brought up in custody, charged with stealing a butcher's knife, a towel, a plate, and sundry other articles, the property of Eli Windsor. Senior-sergeant Coady…

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Scone. Police Court, 13Th October, 1886. (Before W. F. Parker P.M.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 11

William Pike, brought up on remand from Muswellbrook, charged with stealing a mare, bridle, and saddle, the property of John Bree of Warah Creek, Senior Sergeant Coady prosecuted.—James Duffy…

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Attempt to Commit Suicide. Bravery of a Water Police Constable

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 2

AT the Water Police Court, Sydney' on Thursday, before Mr. Addison, S. M., a young man named Frank Wyatt, described as a clerk, was charged with…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, October 21, 1886. (Before Messrs. J. N. Brooks, P.M., P. Green. A. S. Browne, and J. Pearse J'sP.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 21

STOCK STRAYING.—William Hannon was fined 10s, with 2s 6d costs, for allowing three cows to stray in Mount Pleasant-street. CRUELTY TO A HORSE.—Patrick M'Cormack was…

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Original Correspondence. Police Protection Wanted. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 4

SIR,—I wish to bring under notice through your columns is the want of people protection in the [?] of Louth Park, which has long been a source of sly thieving. I complained sometime ago to the polics the loss of several articles, and also applied to…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Thursday, October 21. (Before his Honor Mr. Acting Judge Stephen.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 15

The Court re-opened at ten o'clock. SWEETLAND AND ANOTHER V. M'CANN. This case stood as part heard. It was an action of ejectment in respect of a portion of the Bolwarra…

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The Accused at the Water Police Court

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1886 · page 7

William Greenlees and Elizabeth Greenlees, man and wife, who are charged on suspicion with murdering an infant named May Dawson at Balmain, were yesterday brought up at the Water Police Court before Mr Marsh, S.M. On the…

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Alleged Case of Child Murder. (From the Herald)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1886 · page 7

The City Coroner, Mr. H. Sh[?]ell, J.P, commenced an inquiry at the South Sydney Morgue on Friday, touching the death of a [?] infant who was [?] to be May Dawson. The [?] were discovered in a well at the back of a house in…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Friday October 22. (Before his Honor Mr. Acting Judge Stephen.) The Court re-opened at ten o'clock. HAGGERTY V. WILKES

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1886 · page 2

This case was unfinished when the Court rose on Thursday. Particulars of the plaintiff's case are published elsewhere. The contention made on behalf of the defendant was that the "farm on which…

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Saturday, October 23. (Before his Honor Mr. Acting-Judge Stephen.) The court re-opened at 10 o'clock. BLACKISTON V. Newcastle and Northumberland Newspaper Company

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1886 · page 2

This was an action for libel brought by Hadde[?] Blackiston against the Newcastle and Northumbe[?] land Newspaper Company (Limited), and the damages were laid at £2000. The declaration set…

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Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, October 26Th. (Before Mr J. N. Brooks, P.M. and R. H. Mathews, J.p.) Stealing From the Person

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 October 1886 · page 2

David Cope was charge with stealing the sum of £2 10s from the person of John Easterbrook. John Mahoney, police-constable…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Monday, October 25. (Before His Honor Mr. Acting-Judge Stephen.) SHAW V. SNEDDON

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 October 1886 · page 7

This was an action brought by Robert Shaw against Andrew Sneddon for injury sustained by plaintiff through the defendant having undermined under the surface of his land without leaving…

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Frightful Murder by a Mother

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 October 1886 · page 1

PARTICULARS of a frightful murder by a mother at Warrington, in County Down, have reached Dublin. The wife of John Johnson, a damask weaver, seems to…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, October 28, 1886. (Before Messrs. Brooks, P.M., and P. Green. J.P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 October 1886 · page 14

DRUNKENNESS.—An old offender, who was apparently suffering from the effects of a heavy drinking bout, was charged with having been drunk in Abbott-street on Wednesday evening. Defendant[?]…

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