Muswellbrook District Court. Saturday, March 23. (Before Acting Judge Wade.)
BURNESS v. Brecht and another, trustees of the Percy estate. The plaintiff sued the defendants for £15, being a proportionate amount of…
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Courts & crime, 1901
989 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 50
The Coningham Divorce Scene in Court
THE evidence the Coningham case on Tuesday commenced by the export handwriting witnesses, who were subjected to a clever cross-examination by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Rand Police. They Burn a Hotel. Germans Compensated. LONDON
The Johannesburg Mounted Police burnt a hotel at Boschkop, on the West Rand, to the ground. The place had become a regular…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important Police Change at Singleton. Retirement of Senior-sergeant Moylan
After thirty-six-and-a-half years' service in the police force of New South Wales, Senior-Sergeant Mid[?] Moylan will retire on Sunday next on a well-merited pension. This, the first published…
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Although it is not officially aunounced, it is well-known that Senior-Sergant Moylan is to be retired in a week or two. It is also believed that it is probable that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Circuit Court
R. M. Sly, Doctor of Laws, has been appointed to act temporarily as Judge of the Supreme Court for the trial of civil and criminal issues at the Maitland Circuit Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Denman Small Debts Court
ADAM BRINDLE versus P. Bour ke Verdiet for amount claimed' (£1 3s 6d), with 5s costs. Same v. J. Pascoe. Fresh sum…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Headless Body. Supposed Brutal Murder. (By Telegraph.)
WHAT has every appearance of a brutal murder has been discovered near Adjunbilly. An Indian hawker came across the headless body of a man in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Denman Police Court. Marcg 14Th, 1901. (Before Edw. White, II. Bell, and E. R. White, Esqs., Js P.)
GEORGE WILSON, charged with bring drunk in Bullock Place, on 13th inst., was discharged with a cau'ion. Jnines 'Scott (a stranger) was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Chinese Crisis. Japan Sees Trouble Looming. a Cruel Murder. [By Cable.] London
THE position of affaire in the East at the present moment is keenly realised in Japan and the Marquis Ite, in addressing his constituents at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Busy from the Sea. [All Rights Reserved.] [Being a narrative of adventure compiled from the diary of Richard Brice. Esq., H.M.S. Consul at Malaga to the Court of Spain.]
Though born in Australia, I was bred from the time I was six months old, in that mottle[?] aggregate of mixed races and cosmopolitan tastes,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, April 1. (Before Messrs. F. P. Mears, Acting P.M., H. Crothers, and. M. Murray; J's.P.)
DRUNKENNESS.—Two inebriates were fined 5s, or 24 hours; and two others, 5s or till the rising of the court. The fines were paid.—A youth (said to be 19 years of age, but who looked much younger) pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. F. P. Meares (Chairman), R. Scobie, and E. E. Wright, L.M.'s.)
RENEWAL OF A LICENSE,—Francis Moore, of Bishop's Bridge, was granted a renewal of his publican's license…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Orange. a Bold Burglary
Mr. Bouffier, Council Clerk at East Orange, found on his arrival at the Council Chambers this morning that an entrance had been forced during the night by a burglar by wrenching the padlock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Murder. a Wife Charged with Killing Her Husband. Sydney
At the Criminal Court to-day Margaret Coberoft pleaded not guilty to a charge of having feloniously and wilfully murdered Henry Coberoft, her husband. The Crown prosecutor, in his opening address, stated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bank Law. What is Stealing
PEOPLE who think there ih no crime in "taking a bank down" will do well to read the following. At Goulburn Polico Court on Thursday last James…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eloquence in a Babbu Court
A correspondent sends to the Madras Mail the following copy of a speech delivered by a, native picador at Barisal :— "My learned friend, with more wind from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Circuit Court. Tuesday, April 2
The Maitland Circuit Court was opened at the Corthouse, East Maitland, this morning before his Hoor Acting-Justice sly. Mr. C. Delohery was Ca[?] prosecutor. He was assisted by Mr. beaver…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →De La Rey's Swoop. Badly Beaten. Sniper's Driven off. Commandant Surrenders. Baden Powell's Police. LONDON
General De La Rey on the 22nd inst. suddenly made a sweeping movement and tried to intercept the rear portion of 200 British troops who were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bank Law. What is Stealing
PEOPLE who think there is no crime in "taking a bank down" will do well to read the following. At Goulburn Police Court on Thursday last James…
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