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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
516 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 26
Was I justified in killing the man? If I was, I am a benefactor to some of my fellow creatures; if I was not, I am a murderer. My readers shall have an opportunity of judging, and I hope they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Is there any end to the number of murders of which Deeming may be suspected ? A man now employed as shunter in Londonderry, but who was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Berry, the late public executioner in England, states that in cases where the condemned have made no avowal of guilt before coming into his hands,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LARCENY.—John Russell was charged, on summons, that he, on the 22nd May, at Homeville, did steal about l0lbs. weight of potatoes, the property of Edward Bowling. Mr. Young appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A DIVORCE case possessing features of a singularly sensational nature was heard before Mr Justice Windeyer on Wednesday and Thursday last. The petitioner,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →H. C. O DONNELL su[?]d T. Balls for the sum of £2, for food medicine for a horse left in his charge. Mr. J. A. K. Shaw appeared for plaintiff…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKENNESS.—Two men were brought before the court charged with having been drunk in High-street on Saturday evening. It was stated that the men had not been previously convicted,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Sunday night last (says the Chronicle) St. James Presbytery was burglariously entered by some person or persons whilst Father Burke was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A burglary was committed last Sunday night at the Sir Joseph Banks Hotel, Botany. A safe and its contents were carried off. The safe has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MURDER at the Solomon Islands is not a remarkable occurrence but comparative immunity from bloodshed has for sometime been enjoyed by the white…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE New York correspondent of the "Herald" writes ns follows in reference to the riots in the State of Wyoming : The new State of Wyoming is giving…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A VEHICULAR hawker'a license was granted to Charles Nickson, of Jerry's Plains. WAGES. "William O'Neill was sued by Hannah…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MICHAFL and Mary Burke v. M. Hogan. Claim for £1 6s 6d. for goods sold. Verdict for plaintiff, with 9s costs. Mr E. P. Richards for plaintiff…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE only appeals against the assessment of the South Singleton Council were as follows:— Churles H. Dight house and land in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Tuesday brief particulars were given by the Herald of the death at Santa Anna, in the Solomon Islands, of a well-known white trader and store-keeper, Franz Emil Nyberg. Since then a letter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A church at Auglesola, in the Spanish province of Lerida, has boon the scene of a terrible tragedy. During one of the Good Friday services, a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WILLIAM SINCLAIR was charged with stealing a quantity of timber and moulding the property of J. D. Stafford from a new building in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Henry M. Shields v. George Howitt, sen., goods sold, £2 2s. Verdict for plaintiff, with 3s costs. David Dunlop v. Berry, damages, £1 6a 3d. This case was announced as settled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DISOBEYING AN ORDER OF THE COURT.—An information was preferred against George Patfield charging him with having disobeyed an order of the magistrates directing him to pay a sum of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Francis E. B. Elliott, charged in custody with unlawfully assaulting Dr. A. E. O. Walker, J.P., at Greta on the previous evening. Constable J. Snushall, on oath, states: About half-past seven…
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