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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
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An inquest was held at [?]lah, Victoria, yesterday, on the body of Hugh Lavery, who was killed while asleep. The jury returned a verdict that Lavery met his death through wounds inflicted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The body of man named Alfred Kirks was discovered in a dam at Rapp;s Gully, four miles south of Gulgong, on the Mudgee road, yesterday. The boday was bound with a half-inch rope, which p[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE new Court House was officially opened this morning, at 10 o'clock, by G. R. Evans, Esq., P.M., of Scone. The justices of the peace present were:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A farmer named Hugh Lavery, a resident of Beniah, was found on Wednesday deed in his bed with bis skull fractured iu two places. Lavery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charles McCarthy was brought before the local police court, this morning, charged with the murder of Alfred Kirk, whose body was found bound with half-inch rope, in a dam in Rapp[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This afternoon a man named Joyce is alleged to have about his wife and afterwards attempted to commit suicide. The portion had been married fire or fix years, but latterly had lived unhappily. In…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Seven persons were summoned by the police for neglecting to register their dogs. In six cases tines of 10s, with 4s 10d costs were inflicted, and the remaining case was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A FARMER named Hugh Lavery, a resident of Beulah, was found on Wednesday morning dead in his bed with his skull fractured in two places. Lavery…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE body of Alfred Kirks, an old miner, was found in a dam near Gulgong, with the hands bound to the body with a piece of rope. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LAST week the Full Court was asked to deal with a solicitor who,had gone wrong. He had obtained £44 from a client in connection with a case, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The execution of the condemned man Sleigh, the Bombala murderer, has been fixed for December 5…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A negro boy, aged 16 years, murdered a girl in Colorado. The boy having been captured, he was bound above a [?] of wood the father of the murdered girl applied a torch and the boy was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DRUNKENNESS,—Ono Saturday night drank pleaded guilty, and was cautioned and discharged. DISOBEYING A SUMMONS.—Peter Tait was charged with disobeying a summons for child…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MUSIC PERMIT.—An application by William Difford, for a music permit for his licenced premises, Port Maitland Inn, Horseshoe Bend, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Following on the demand made by the powers for the punishment of those guilty of instigating outrages, another Imperial edict on the matter has been published. This edict, which is dated Nov…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →E. P. Capper and Sons v. J. G. Budden, Lismore, goods sold and delivered, £8 5s [?] Defendant did not appear. Verdict for plaintiffs for full amount with 5s costs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN inquest was held at Gulgong on Friday on the body of an old man named Alfred Kirk, who was found lying in a waterhole at Springfield. A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ON October 31 an inmate of the Yarra Bond Asylum (Melbourne) named Valentine Curtis Robertson, crept stealthily up behind another inmate,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ASSAULT AND LANGUAGE.—Sarah Flack charged Walter Stedman with unlawfully assaulting her. He pleaded not guilty. Sarah Flack was charged by Walter Stedman with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LIKE the Superannuation Fund of the Public Service, that belonging to the Police Force is in monetary difficulties. But the latter differs from the former in that it has never received…
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