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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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Alfred Joseph Stollery, appeared on bail to an-swer a charge of having on the 25th February, 1897, at Morpeth, maliciously wounded a cow, the property of Robert Wright. Accused pleaded not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs' G.F.Scott, P.M. and H. Crothers, J.P., occupied the bench at this Court to-day. DRUNKENNESS—A couple of persons had been locked up for drunkenness, One who had been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following cases were herd;— P.B.Cohen v. James Murray, West Maitland—claim for [?] 12s on a promissory note with interest, Mr. F.E.Fox appeared for the plaintiff, for whom…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Constable George Hammond is being tried at the Sessions to-day on a charge of assaulting Thomas Clarke and [?] him actual bodily harm. Mr. Wade, for the Crown, briefly outlined the facts,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →William Wanham, Arthur Bobbins, Patrick Beston, and Martin Barrett were to-day remanded till Thursday on a charge of assaulting George Curling, a blue jacket, in Park-street yesternight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The police court proceedings yesterday were unusually lengthy, lasting from 10 o'clock until 4 p.m. The presiding magistrates were Messrs. G. R. Evans, P.M. E. Bowman, R. T. Keys, and C. E…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Frederick janson, a middle aged man, is being tried at the sessions to-day on a charge of crimin-ally assaulting a girl aged eight years and eleven months. Acoused was tried at last sittings of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →James Wright and William Wright were charged with stealing dead wood, to the value of 6s, the property of Richard H. Dangar, from his paddock at Sedgefield…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assistant-Paymaster Craddock, of H.M.S Ka-toomba will be tried by court martial to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Small Debts Court, yesterday, before Messrs G. F. Scott, P.M., and St. T. Loder, J.P., there was only one case set down for bearing, and as there was no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →STEALING WOOD—Two brothers, James and William Wright, pleaded guilty to stealing dead wood from Sedgefield, the property of Mr. R.H. Danger, Mr. Shaw, who appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT is understood on good authority that the Cabinet will commute the sentence of death on the lad Phillips, for the murder of the bookkeeper…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arthur Robins, Patrick Beston, Martin Barrett, and William Wenham were charged at the Court to-day with assaulting George Curling, a seaman on board H.M.S. Goldfinch. Prosecutor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Michael King, Jeremiah King, and Jacob Lipman, three young men, are being tried at the Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of having attempted to choke Nathaniel Hall for the purpose of enabling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prank Mitchell on arrest was charged with inflicting grevious bodily harm on John Sheridan. The evidence showed a case of serious assault, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT Dubbo Circuit Court to-day, Moore, who was charged with the Brennan's Bend murder, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FEW persons who have been present in a court of justice when the death sentence is being pronounced can ever forget the horror of the moment, so vividly does every…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the West Maitland Police Court on Monday, Francis John Mitchell, who had been locked up for protection, he having been drinking heavily, was discharged. The license of the Sportsman's Arms…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the local Land Board for the Land District of Maitland was held on Saturday morning at the Lands Offices at East Maitland. The meeting was the first held in the new offices,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →SAMUEL SWEETMAN proceeded against J. H. Decent for alleged damage by his stock trespassing on his (complainant's) land. Damages were claimed…
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