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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
398 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 20
STEALING FROM THE PERSON.—Joseph Stubberfield and John Fogg were brought before the bench, on remand, and charged that they, on the 3rd instant, at Rutherford,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A London clerk is under remand for stealing a cheque for £4000, remitted to the Trust Agency Company of Australasia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following selections were made at the local office on date mentioned:—CONDITIONAL PURCHASES. John Baker, junr., Moonan, 320…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN the case R S. Sims versus Henry Hall, which was shortly referred to in our issue of Wednesday last. It appears that plaintiff claimed the sum of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A TEMPORARY publican's license was granted to Joseph M'Alpin, for his booth on the show ground, during the days of the showthe 22nd, 23rd. and 24th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The points of law which were reserved at the trial of the men Hewart, under sentence of death for horribly mutilating a fellow prisoner in a police cell, were argued before…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Justice Windeyer delivered the following judgment of the Court herein:—We are of opinion that the Minister for Lands had power to determine the rent and license fee at a rate higher than that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →VAGRANCY.—An elderly man, Fawcett Burley, was charged under the provisions of the Vagrant Act, with having no visible lawful means of support. Senior-constable Wirrell arrested the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Pilcher, Q.C., and Mr. Gordon, instructed by Messrs. Macnamara and Norton, appeared for the applicant; and Mr. Salomons, Q.C., and Mr. C. B. Stephen, instructed by the Crown Solicitor, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A case of child desertion, Annie Boyle against John Allen, having been called on, Senior-Sergeaut Moylan stated that the summons had not been served, although…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT a meeting of the Executive to-day, the case of Robert Hewart, who wan recently sentenced to death for the murder Thomas Park, by horribly mutilating him in a police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A murder of a horrible character was perpetrated at Cork Creek Camp, about four miles from Croydon, Queensland, on Sunday. Edmund Duhamel, a Frenchman, aged 36, murdered a young woman…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Rogers, Q.C., and Mr. Cohen, instructed by Mr. John Shepherd, appealed for the plaintiff; and Mr. Want, Q.C., and Mr. O'Mara, instructed by Messrs. Slattery and Heydon, for the defendaut…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Land Appeal Court bos been fixed for Monday next, Sir Henry Parkas presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Clarke was charged with playing an unlawful game, to wit, with a cup and ball, on the Singleton Show ground on the 22nd instant:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action brought by the Bishop of Sydney, representing the Church of England, against the Minister for Education, for the sum of £579 and interest thereon in respect of certain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A married woman named Mary Downey was brutally assaulted during a row at Ultimo last week, by another woman named Haggett and her son, both or when have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible tragedy has occurred at Surbiton. A son of Mayor Hare, who bad recently returned from Australia where he had been sent in consequence of having developed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Caroline Mason, arrested on the previous evening for being drunk and disorderly in Abbott-street, was admonished and discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Wade, instructed by Messrs. Abbott and Allen, appeared for the applicant, and moved to make absolute a rule nisi for a prohibition to restrain Adolphus Rogalsky, of Hunter-street,…
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