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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
536 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 27
GEORGE HAYNE v. Edward Solomons. This was an intoipleader case; the plaintiff seeking to stay the sale of a horse seized by the bailiff, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Elver District Water-supply and Sewerage Board v John Coleman, water rates, £110s 1d. Verdict for plaintiffs for amount claimed with 5s costs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board v. Charles Bell, water rates, £1 15s. Verdict for amount claimed, with 5s costs. Ditto v. P. Hickey, water rates, 18s 7d. Verdict…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—Joseph Ireland was charged with having made use of obscene language in the billiard room of the Hunter River Hotel, on the night of the 31st October. He pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR.—William D. Dangar was brought before the court on a charge of behaving riotously in High-street on the previous evening. Defendant was discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →J. HARBOURNE sued H Storey for £4 for work and labor done. Mr Rachards for the plaintiff. Defendant pleaded not indebted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →UNSOUND MIND.—Thomas Murray and Edward Trelford were brought before the Bench on charges of being of unsound mind. Dr. R. G. Alcorn gave evidence, and stated that both defendants had been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →STEALING.—JOSEPH Farlow, in custody on remand, was charged with having on the 8th instant stolen from a bedroom in Tattersalls Hotel, a lady's handbag containing £2 in money, two brooches,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the sessions to-day Joseph Adams, convicted of stealing from the person, was sentenced to three years imprisonment with hard labor. The prisoner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT the Sydney Water Police Summons Court on Monday morning Constable Thomas Yales was Summoned by John Milne for violation of duty in arresting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MICHAEL REDDOS pleaded guilty to having in his possession four unregistered dogs, and was fined £2, or 10s each, with 5s 10d costs, in default levy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The raid by the police on the shop at Redfern, where it was alleged betting was carried on, formed the subject of investigation in the Redfern Police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE police, who were accompanied by an officer of the Distilleries Department, raided an illicit still at Sockdale last evening in Kimpton-street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A WOMAN, called as a witness in the Divorce Court to-day, produced a bible out of her bag, on which she took the oath, in preference to using the court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →UNSOUND MIND.—Thomas Murray in custody, on remand was brought before the court on a charge of being of unsound mind, and unfit to be at large Dr. Alcorn stated that detendant had been under his charge in the gaol for the last fourteen days…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An elderly man named Hugh Nowall was committed for trial to-day charged with inflicting bodily harm on John O'Shea. Accused and another man…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →STEALING A FISHING ROD.—Herbert Clark, in custody on remand, was charged with stealing a fishing rod, four floats, three reels, and four lines, of the value of £1, the property of Edmund Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Authentic instances have been given when an assassin's hand has been restrained by hearing his intended victim's voice hymning sacred music. Such an event took place not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DRUNKENNESS AND INDECENT LANGUAGE.— James Shiner pleaded guilty to being drunk in St. Andrew-street on Saturday, and with having made use of indecent language in the bar of Watson's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A MILK CASE. HENRY SMITH pleaded guilty to selling milk without being a registered dairy keeper, and was fined 7s 6d…
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