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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1887

406 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 21

East Maitland Police Co[?] Firday, December 16. (Before Mr. Brooks, P.M., and Dr. Wrig[?]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 December 1887 · page 2

LUNACY.—Eliza Williams was brought bench on a charge of being of unsound a S. A. Alcorn and Dr. Blackwell certified defendant was in an unfit state to be at [?]…

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East Maitland Police Court. Wednesday, December, 21. (Before Mr. F. S. Isaacs, J.P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 December 1887 · page 7

INDECENT LANGUAGE.—John McCarthy was charged with having made use of indecent language within the hearing of persons in Newcastle-street on the previous evening. He pleaded guilty, and…

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Charged with False Swearing. (S. M. Herald, Dec. 22.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 December 1887 · page 7

In the Summons Division of the Water Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Marsh, S.M., Benjamin Braun appeared, on the information of Benjamin Marks, to answer to a charge of having wilfully…

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A Bank Clerk Charged with Embezzlement. (Echo of Wednesday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 December 1887 · page 8

Andrew L. Campbell, a clerk, was charged in the Water Police Court to-day, before Captain Fisher, D.S.M., with having received and taken into his possession on account of the Bank of New Zealand…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, December 22. (Before Messrs Brooks, P.M., P. Green, and Browne, J's.P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 December 1887 · page 4

BATHING IN VIEW OF A STREET.—H[?]nry Norman Cohen, and Percill Salter, were charge the instance of Constable Wilson, with h[?] bathed in view of Odd-street. It seemed that [?]…

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The Attempt to Murder a Station Master. (Melbourne Argus.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 December 1887 · page 7

Mr. William Collins, the stationmaster at Glen Huntly, who was the victim of a ferocious attack on the night of Saturday, the 10th inst., by some person, who afterwards…

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Scone Police Court. Thursday, Dec. 29, 1887. (Before Messrs W.F. Parker, P.M., and J. C. Stevenson, J.p.) Assault

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 December 1887 · page 2

ALFRED GRAY was [?]by Edward J. Chalkley with unlawfully assaulting and beating him on the 23rd instant The complainant deposed that he was a…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, Dec. 29. ([?] Messrs. Brooks, P.M., P. Green, A. Vindin, A. S. Browne, and John Rourke, J's.P.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 31 December 1887 · page 7

ASSAULTING AND RESISTING A CONSTABLE.— Edward James Denny was charged, on remand, with having assaulted Senior-constable Wirrell in the excution of his duty on the 22nd instant; and…

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