Small Debts Court
BEFORE Captain Sinclair, P.M. AVERY AND HAYNES V. M'COOEY. A claim of £7 19s. 6d. for saddlery, and interest on debt at the rate of ten per cent. for twelve months. Defendant not…
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Courts & crime, 1871
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Small Debts Court, Lawrence. Wednesday, May 31St
BEFORE Captain Sinclair, P.M., Mr. A. Cameron, and Mr. J. zuill, J.P.'s. E. YOUNG V. J. COLLEY. A. claim of £3 3s., for blacksmith's work. No bill of…
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BEPORE Mr. A. Comoren, J.P. DISOBEDIENCE OF ORDERS. Henry Smtih a seaman, belonging to the Macquarie, schooner. was brought before the Court in custody, charged with wilful…
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BEFORE Capain Sinclair, P.M., and Mr. W. H. H. Becke, J.P. PUBLICAN'S LICENSES. A special Court of Petty Sessions was held on…
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Befored his Honor Judge Moymott. w. s. WHITE V. BASSHMANN AND HARRIS. This was a claim of £7 14s. 6d., for labor and the erection of a pump at the police barracks. The plaintiff awore that he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drake Police Court. Tuesday, June 13Th. Before Messrs. J. Ellis and C. II. E. Chauvel, J.P.'s Publicans' LICENSES
George Webb, of Perseverance Reef, applied for a publican's license, which was granted. The house is situated next to the Perseverance and Golden Crown Reefs, and is called the Golden Crown Hotel…
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BEFORE MR. W.H.H.Becke, J.P. DRUNKENNESS. William Hallum appeared before the Court, charged with drunkeness and disorderly conduct. The prisoner having…
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Henry Webb, who surrendered himself, as a murderer, is found to have been suffering from the ill effects of a severe attack of brain fever which he had when living in the West Indies, and being now ratinal, there being no grounds for his…
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BEFORE Captain Sinclair, P.M. and Mr. W. Robert[?]on, J.P. ABUSIVE LANDUAGE. John Kea[?]an pleaded guilty to the charge of making are of abusive and insulting language, in Prince-Street, on Sunday,…
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BEFORE Captain Sinclair, P.M., and Mr. A. Cameron, J.P. w. NORBER[?]Y v. J. VESPER. This was a suit under the Masters' and Servants' Act, to recover the sum of £2 2s., alleged to be due to plaintiff for wages…
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BEFORE Captain Sinclair, P.M., and Mr. A. Cameron, J.P. R. NIGHTINGALE V. G. FACER. A claim of £3 15s. 9d. for goods supplied to defendant, who resides in Grafton, but admitted the debt, and promised to pay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court. Monday. Before Captain Sinciair, P.M., and Mr. W. Roberison, J.P. [?]. GALE V. J. APPLEDY
A claim of £[?] 3s. the value of nine pigs and four bags of maize. There was a good deal of ovidence taken, but the substance was that the defendant agreed to give the pigs and corn for a maro and foal said to be worth £10, but about which there…
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BEFORE Captain Sinclair, P.M. PUBLICAN'S LICENSE. The application of George Pocock, for a license, for his house at Smith's Flat, was adjourned, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Determined Attempt at Suicide in Parramatta Gaol. (From the Evening News.)
PARRAMATTA, SATURDAY MORNING.—Last night, about eight o'clock, a most determined attempt to commit suicide was committed in Parramatta gaol, by the celebrated Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grafton Police Court. Tuesday. Befou[?] Mr.W.H. Becke, and Mr.J.D.Brown.J.P.S. Ob[?]cene Language
Thomas Murray, charged with making use of obsceno Language,having pleaded gullty, was fined £1 or fourteen days' Imprisonment. ASSAULT…
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BEFORE Captain Sinclair, P. M., and Mr. W. H. H. Becke, J. P. PUBLICAN'S LICENSE. A publican's license was granted to Mr. George…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drake Police Court. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Tuesday, July 25Th. Before Messrs. John Ellis, and A. B. Chauvel, J.P.'s. WAGES
Michael Kenny, a rough carpenter, sued George Webb, of the Golden Crown Hotel, under the Masters' and Servants' Act, for wages, alleged to be due for the erection of a building. The agreement being a…
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ON Thursday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, a savage and brutal assault which it is anticipated must result in the death of a very useful and highly respected subordinate officer of the gaol at Parramatta, was committed by one of the…
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BEFORE Captain Sinclair, P.M. PUBLICAN'S LICENSE. The application of William Eaton, for a publican's license, was adjourned to the 15th instant, the…
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BEFORE Captain Sinclair, P.M., and Mr. E. M. Ryan, J.P. AUCTIONEER'S LICENSE. An auctioneer's district license was granted to Mr…
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