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Obtained licence for new omnibus called the 'Britannia' to run between Maitland and Morpeth
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Took out three carriage licences
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Charged with breach of Towns Act by throwing a horse into the river. Case dismissed as his servant Warne was to blame
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Coach proprietor. Fined 2 pounds for infecting the river by throwing in a dead horse
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Employed young lad Thomas Cummings to drive the 'Champion' carriage. Gave Cummings a good character reference in Court
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Simon Aymer fined 5 pounds or 1mth imprison for assaulting James Stilsby after a dispute about use of a paddock
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Simon Aymer fined 5 pounds or 1mth imprison for assaulting James Stilsby after a dispute about use of a paddock
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Cautioning against purchasing property he occupied that was advertised for sale by J.S. Hanson
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Fined 5s for allowing pigs to stray about the street
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Charged Mary Anne Turner with laying excessive impounding damages on his three pigs. Case dismissed
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Fined 5s for allowing pigs to stray about the streets
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Elizabeth Comber applied for maintenance of Stilsby's two children stating that she had been living with him for many years. Stilsby ordered to pay 20s per week for maintenance
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Charged John Stevens with stealing money. Case dismissed when it was found that Stilsby was intoxicated at the time
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From and to Maitland, East Maitland and Morpeth daily
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Mail contractor. 75 pounds
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Offering reward of two hundred pounds for information leading to conviction of person who poisoned three of his horses
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Found not guilty on a charge of perjury that arose when he accused Thomas Kerrigan of assaulting him
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Death of James Stilsby aged in his 80's. Insisted on having his leg amputed when it became swollen and the shock to the system was too great
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West Maitland Marriage Register 1844 - 1855. Living Histories
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Marriage of Edward Wall to Eliza Jones. Witnesses James Stilsby and Anne Frances Jones of Maitland. Chaplain Rev. Robert Chapman
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West Maitland Burial Register, 1851 - 1855 p 17
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James Stilsby, son of a cab man, died age 3 years on 19 June 1855. Buried 20 June 1855
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The Newcastle Sun
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Recollections of James Croft in 1921 - I recollect the old trestle bridge. We boys used to wait for the arrival of the mail coach from Maitland, driven by Old Stilsby. He used to have a bugle and when near the Lake road would start to blow, and all the kids (50 or 60 of us) would turn out. Sometimes the coach would get stuck in the sand and the passengers would get out, and we boys, planted behind the trestles would given them a coaled occupation