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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
510 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 26
THOMAS WORRAD, Of the Post Office Hotel Jerry's applied for a temporary booth license,to cell on the [?] course, Jerry's Plains, on Friday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COMMUNICATING WITH A PRISONER.—Redherd Johnson was brought up, on remand, charged with having endeavoured to communicate with a prisoner undergoing confinement in Maitland Gaol. No…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An unusual occurrence (soya the Echo) occurred in the Rod fora Police Court on Wednesday while the magistrate (Mr W. Johnston S.M.) was sentencing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →J. KEARNS sued J. J. Ryan for £8 13s 4d, wages. A verdict was given for the amount claimed with 4s 10d costs; defendant being allowed a fortnight to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →James Bain was brought up on a charge of stealing a certain sum of money in the dwelling-house of the Terminus Hotel, South Singleton, on the 6th…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—Will you allow me a small space in your paper in reference to the mistake I made in the price of the land where the new court-house is to be erected adjoining the old one. 117 feet to High-street is to be purchased under £2000. There…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Pilcher, Q.C., and Mr. R. E. O'Connor, instructed by Messrs. Urquhart and Steel, appeared for the plaintiffs, the publishers of a book known as "Australian Men of Mark;" and Mr. Pring,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Albert Greenwood, for indecent behaviour, was fined 5s 6d and 5s 6d costs of court; and James Wentworth, for a similar offence, pa[?]ed with the like sums. For being drunk and disorderly, John…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →VAGRANCY.—Fawcett Burley, an elderly man, was brought up on the charge of having no lawful visible means of support or fixed place of abode. The case was proved on the evidence of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →I The man Rhodes, letter sorter in the London General Post Office, who was charged with the theft of some £20,000 from letters, has been sentenced to seven years'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HENRY KNIGHT was charged by Rbert O. Poisley with impounding cattle without ci[?] the required notice according to the Impounding Act…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The business of this Court was entered upon yesterday morning before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Backhouse. A number of undefended cases were heard, and the Court adjourned till the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Court re-opened at twenty minutes to 11 o'clock. BUBRGLARY AND LARCENY. William Ernest was charged with having, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Court re-opened at ten o'clock. FINES REMITTED. The fines imposed upon Peter Rafferty and Henry Fry for non-attendance as jurors were reconsidered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →James Conroy, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was fined 5s; in default, 24 hours' imprisonment. Patrick Maroney, for being drunk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CASES WITHDRAWN.—A case stood against Patrick Kelly for having disobeyed an order of the court made against him for maintenance, but the amount due had since been paid into the hands of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IT will be remembered that on two occasions recently Mr Houghton has asked the Colonial Secretary, in Parliament,' whether he was aware that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Court re-opened at ten o'clock. M'MAHON V. MOORE. This was an action brought by Ross McMahon against Thomas A. Moore to recover the sum of £7…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Pope in the presence of 12 cardinals yesterday received a deputation representing about 20,000 French workmen pilgrims who offered [?] thanks for his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →James Shelton v. George Brooker; Claim for goods sold, £5 4s. Verdict for amount claimed (less £3 paid since filing plaint) and one witness. Mr W. W. Robinson for…
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