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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
812 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 41
R.Lamplough v. V. M'Hugh. Claim for £3 17s 6d, for board and lodging, money lent, etc. Defendant did not appear, and a verdict was entered for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following renewals of publicaus' licenses were granted:—James Benham, Lord Raglan Hotel; Jessie Burns, Sedgefield Hotel, Sedgefield;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An afternoon paper asserts that the highest legal authority has given the opinion that the Direct Taxation Commissioners have no power to inspect forms' books, and any demand of such a William Denis and John McNamara were to-day each sentenced to six months' gaol on a charge of violently assaulting Constable Travers by attacking him with bricks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A sensation was caused in Darlinghurst Gaol a few nights ago by the report that a daring attempt at gaol breaking had been discovered and frustrated. one of the warders in going in his rounds found the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A man named Thomas Lambkin, of Wattle Ponds, was yesterday charged before Mr F. B. Treat, J.P., with being drunk in George-street on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Bathurst Circuit Court on Thursday Joan Lefung, well-known as the notorious "Slippery Jack," was brought up on a charge of having on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Boggabri murder trial was resumed at Tamworth on Friday morning, when the case for the Crown closed. John Frederick Dederer said he wished to make…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →At the Bankruptcy Court on Wednesday, before Mr F. B. Treatt, Deputy Registrar, the single meeting in the bankrupt estate of Edward J. Mainwaring having been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the West Maitland Police Court on Monday a hawker's license was granted to Albert Mannall.—On Thursday Angus McRae was fined 1s and 5s 6d costs for neglecting to send his child to school…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN RE EDWARD JAMES MAINWARING .—The public examination in the above estate was hold at the Courthouse on Saturday morning last at 11 o'clock. Mr. A. B. Shaw appeared for bankrupt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The case of the Dederers, under sentence of death, has not yet been brought under the Government in any way…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—The West Maitland court house has been completed, thanks to the energetic member, Mr. Gillies, and will be shortly handed over for Public Service…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colonel Spalding, who has been appointed dent Magistrate at Norfolk Island by the British Government, will go to his new command about the middle of November with Lord Hampden and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The bicycle has proved its usefulness as a thief catcher in the metropolis, and already members of the force in several country towns have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BATHING WITHIN PRESCRIBED HOURS.-Frederick Bullen pleaded guilty to bathing in the Hunter River in a pablic place on the 11th instant within the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Frederick Bullen pleaded guilty to bathing in the river within of the public during prohibited hours, viz., at about 4 o'clock on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The public examination in the bankrupt estate of Edward James Mainwaring, of Singleton, was held at the courthouse on the abovenamed date…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warrants have been issued for the arrest of two men, no[?] altogether unknown to Sydney, who by the exercise of considerable ingenuity, not to [?]RY effrontery, have managed to obtain possession of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., K. Scobie, and Dr. Wright, J's.P., occupied the bench at this court to-day. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.—There were two charges…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Departmental inquiry has been hold by the prison authorities with respect to the recent attempted escape from Darlinghurst Gaol, and several officers who were thought to have been…
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