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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1899

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Our Singleton Letter. Small Debts Court. Tuesday, March 21. (Before Messrs. C. H. Dight. C. W. Doyle, and G. H. Allen, J's.P

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 3

Atkin Bros. v. Philip Legue. Claim (or £3 12s, goods sold. Mr. Shaw for plaintiff. Verdict for amount claimed, with 2s 6d one witness's expenses. Charles Brown v. James Harbourne. Claim for…

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The Chinese Court. Audience of Ladies in Pekin. (Standard February 1.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 6

China has, within tho past few months especially, been so talked about and written about in an excited, irresponsible way, that to the majority of residents here the event which…

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Police Magistrate Dead. Succumbed While Under an Operation. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 March 1899 · page 2

AT TELEGRAPM from Young states that Mr Foley, P.M., sustained a fracture of the leg through being thrown from a Grenfell coach this morning, and was…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday, March 21St. (Before Messrs C. H. Dight, C. W. Doyle, and G. H. Allan, J's.P.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 March 1899 · page 4

Atkin Bros. v. Philip Logue.—Claim of £3 12s, goods sold. Mr Shaw for plaintiffs. Verdict for claim, with 2s 6d witness's expenses…

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The Wark Murder Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 3

In the matter of Miss Yates's will probate has been opposed by her relatives on the ground that Lieutenant Wark, who was convicted of her murder (by an illegal operation) could not benefit by her…

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District Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 4

The District Court opened before the Honour Judge Gibson on Wednesday morning, when the list was unusually heavy, but his Honour disposed of a number of cases in chambers in which…

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Our Quirindi Letter. Police Court. Wednesday, March 22Nd, 1899. (Before E. Jones, Esq., P.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 2

Michael O'Keefe, drunkenness. Fined 5s, in default, imprisonment until rising of the Court.—Michael Sheehan, drunkenness. Fined 10s or three days.—Patrick murray, drunkenness and obscene…

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Hunter River Circuit Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 3

Mr. Alexander Ralston has been appointed Crown Prosecutor at the Maitland Circuit Court on the 5th proximo. Judge Docker will preside over the Hunter River…

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Muswellbrook District Court. WEDNESDAY, 22nd MARCH, 1899. (Before His Honor Judge Gibson.) Action for Wrongful Distress"

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 2

THE only case of any consequence heard at the sittings of the Court was an action brought by Robert Cusack against H. E. A. and V. White, in which…

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Alleged Theft of a Pig

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 2

On Thursday, while working at a bridge on the main road near Greta, a man named John Finney came across portions of a sucking Pig. which had evidently been…

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Horrible Murder of a Missionary

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 2

The Chingtu, which arrived in Sydney on Sunday from China, brings particulars of the murder of Father Victoria, of the French Roman Catholic Mission in Hupeh. The missionary was an…

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Appeal Court

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 2

A court for the bearing of appeals against the municipal assessment for the current year was held at the court House on Wednesday, the Bench consisting of Messrs. W…

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Singleton Land Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 2

YESTERDAY-the Land Board mot at Singleton, the Beach _being occupied by the chairman (Mr Vernon), and Messrs T. H. Moore and R. Faulkner,…

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A Magistrate for the Courthouse. Deputation to the Colonial Secretary

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 15

On Saturday night a deputation consisting of Messrs. W. H. Mullen, C. E. Norrie, J. Kennedy, T. A. Hill, C.F. Selling, Alex. Wilkinson (Mayor), J. Gillies, M.P., A. Cobb, J. Leopold, H. Marshall,…

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Heavy Damages Foe Assault. How a Peculiar Ailment was Contracted

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 2

MR JUSTICE COHEN and a jury of four were engaged in No. 1 Jury Court on Thursday with the case of Frederick. Fox, a waiter, against John…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, March 27. (Before Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M. and H. Crothers, J.P.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 March 1899 · page 4

ALLEGED ASSAULT.—James Kerr was charged with unlawfully assaulting John Gordon, at West Maitland, on the 25th inst. Accused pleaded guilty with provocation.—Senior-Constable Brown…

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Alleged Theft of a Pig

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 March 1899 · page 2

At the Greta Police Court last Saturday, tre[?] young men, on remand from Singleton, named William Moffat, 18, Henry Williams, 17, and Edward Grogory, 17, were…

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Riot at Freemantle. Unionists Against the Police

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 March 1899 · page 2

A FURTHER riot occurred at Freemantle jotty on Saturday afternoon. The free laborers were at work on the German mail steamer Karlsrube and…

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Our Singleton Letter. Police Court. Tuesday, March 28. (Before Messrs. G. F. Scott P.M., and St. Thos. Loder, J.P.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 March 1899 · page 4

A COBAR CASE.—Joseph Dennis, of Cobar, arrested on a warrant issued at Cobar, was on charged with disobeying a court order for the maintenance of two illegitimate children. Constable Matthews…

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Newcastle Police Raid. On a Suspected Gambling-House. Twenty-Five Men Arrested

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 March 1899 · page 2

SIXTEEN" members of the Newcastle police force, acting under the instructions of Sub-inspector Saunders, made a raid at five minutes past 11 on…

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