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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
406 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 21
William Walker was summoned by Senior-Sergeant Moylan, a duly appointed Inspector under the Gunpowder Act, to show cause why certain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A report appears in the London Daily News of December 6 of the preliminary hearing at the Mansion-house of a summons charging F. C. Burnand, the editor of Punch, with…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →LUNACY.—Jane Phillips, aged 72 years, artested by Constable Fay in circumstances denoting derangement of mind, was remanded to gaol for one week for medical observation…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A sitting of the Land Board for the District of Maitland was held at the Court House, East Maitland, on the above day. There were present—the Chairman, Mr. James Vernon, and Messrs. J. N…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →DRUNKENNESS,—A female was convicted of drunkenness in Albert-street on Sunday evening, and fined 10s in default to be imprisoned for three days. SUSPECTED UNLAWFUL PURPOSE.—John O'Brien…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AN exciting scene occurred at the Trial Boy Gaol last week, caused by an attempt made by an old convict named Alex. Lee to take the life of Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WIFE DESERTION.—Henry Meeks, arrested by virtue of a warrant charged with having unlawfully deserted his wife, Susan Meeks, was remanded to Lambton to be dealth with…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE local Land Board eat at the courthouse on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday last. A good deal of business was brought forward and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BREAKING AND ENTERING AND STEALING.— Frederick Connelly, on remand, was charged that he, on the 31st January, did break and enter the warehouse of Robert Campbell, at West Maitland,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Edward Weller v. Alfred Mansfield, rent, £3. Mr. Solling, for plaintiff, sought to have an amendment, by the omission of some words, made in the plaint. The Bench could not agree to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—John Woodrow was charged by Sergeant Morrow with having made use of obscene language on the Banks-street reserve, a public place, on the 26th January. He pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BREAKING A FENCE.—Thomas Marr was charged that he, on the 26th January last, at East Maitland, did maliciously break a certain fence, the property of the Municipal Council of the Borough of East Maitland doing damage to the amount of £110s…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WIFE DESERTION.—Pierce M'Evoy, charged with wife desertion was remanded to Sydney on the application of the police…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CRUELLY ILL—TREATING A HORSE.—Richard Howerth, in custody was charged with cruelly illtreating a horse.—Senior-Constable Wirrell deposed that he saw defendant driving a horse that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At a concert at San Francisco Opera house, a man, supposed to be a lunatic, threw a bomb at Adelina Patli, who escaped unhurt, the man himself being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BATHING DURING PROHIBITED HOURS.—Six little fellows, John Navin, Charles Mitchell, George Philpott, Michael Desmond, David Kavanagh, and Timothy Kelly, were each fined 1s, with 4s 10d…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →On Saturday morning consternation was spread through the city when it became known that a man had set fire to his wife, and then attempted to cut his own throat. Since last August, when Powell,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Saturday morning consternation was spread through the city when it became known that a man had set fire to his wife, and then attempted to cot his own…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DBUNKENNESS,—One inebriate was convicted, at the instance of Constable Wilson, of having been drunk in High-street, and fined 20s; in default to be imprisoned for seven days…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jas. H. Wright was charged by Jas Bullpit with malicious injury to property. Accused pleaded, guilty, but as he bad already been in the lock-up 30…
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