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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
398 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 20
The Court re-opened at half-past 9 o'clock. FREEMAN V. LISTER. This was an action brought by George Freeman, jun., against Michael Lister. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →[?]rned magisterial inquiry in connection[?] [?]rrumbidgee murder was resumed at the to-day before the Police Magistrate, [?]eekes. The only evidence taken was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CHARGE of WANDERING ABOUT THE STRE[?]TS.— Thomas Tims, aged about 13 years, was charged with having been found habitually wandering about the streets and having no lawful occupation. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—The case brought by the police against James Dwyer, adjourned from the previous sitting of the court, was resumed. Defendant, for whom Mr. Soiling appeared, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →M. P. Maher v. Sydney Woods, goods sold, £1 5s 6d. Verdict for amount claimed, with costs. Stephen A. Fitzgerald v. J. H. Moynes, goods sold, £4 15s. Verdict for plaintiff, with costs and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An extraordinary scene occurred in the United States Circuit Court-room, San Francisco, on September 3 (reports the Argus' San Francisco correspondent). At that time Judge Field delivered a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A RESPECTABLE-LOOKING man, named Patrick Kelly, a seaman, 36 years of age, was put on his trial at the Old Bailey in September last on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A TRANSFER of colonial wine license for premises at Sedgefield from P.J. Moran to Marga[?]et Moran was granted by the Bench…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At half-past 7 o'clock on Monday night, a young man, about 25 years of age, named William Thomas Bury, a resident of Coburg, deliberatly fired a shot from a revolver at a newly-married young woman,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. C. J. Manning, instructed by Mr.R. W. Thompson, appeared for the appellant; and Mr. Wise, instructed by Mr. F. Woodward, for the respondent. This was a motion to make absolute a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A shooting affray occurred at Melbourne last night. Ernest Gartner, a German, fired four shots from a revolver at a man named Joseph Brown, in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT half-past 7 o'clock on Monday night, a young man, about 25 years of age, named William Thomas Bury, a resident of Coburg, deliberately fired a shot from a revolver at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →the 13tb inst., before Mr. J. N. Brooks, [?].M., Messrs. J. C. S. McDouall and St. Thos. Loder, J's.P., Robert Terry, an old acquaintance of the Hall of Justice, was charged with an over indulgence in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →STOCK ASTRAY.—Mortimer W. Lewis was fined 2s 6d, with 2s 6d court costs, for suffering a cow to stray. TURNING STREET CORNEES.—Simon Cant, M…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the local Police Court on Tuesday, before Messrs. T. Foley, P.M., and E. Bowman, J.P., a lad named Thomas Watson, only 14 years of age, was charged with stealing a watch and chain, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MURDEROUS assault with firearms was (says the S. M. Herald) perpetrated in the Domain shortly before 11 o'clock on Wednesday night, when a labourer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The police and military camps at West Wallsend were struck yesterday, the prospect of the settlement of the strike being so promising. At this place a large number of labourers have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Eogers, Q.C., and Mr. Wade, instructed by Messrs. Abbott and Allen, appeared for the plaintiff in support of the demurrer to the defendant's plea, and Mr. Pilcher, Q.C., and Mr. C. B. Stephen,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WILLIAM JOHNSON, alias Anderson, was charged with stealing a number of watches and a quantity of jewellery from [?] premises of Miarus C[?]pelle, of Singleton, on the 26th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thomas Francis Lewis, charged with criminally assaulting Ada Santall, a girl aged 13 years and three months, was to-day sentenced to four years'…
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