Bathurst Circuit Court. (Abridged from the S M. Herald.)
The Bathurst Circuit Court was opened on Wednesday, the 20th instant, before his Honor the Chief Justice. The first case called was for…
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Courts & crime, 1848
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Sydney News. Bathurst Circuit Court. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Friday, September 22, 1848. (Before his Honor the Chief Justice.)
Mr. Holroyd moved that William S[?]okes, who had been committed, charged with the murder of Peter Carling, should be discharged, Patrick White having, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bathurst Circuit Court. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Monday, Sept. 25, 1848. (Before his Honor the Chief Justice.) Cattle Stealing
John Mantel Legge and William Cox were indicted for [?]tealing, a[?] An[?]onio's Creek, on the 28th April last, one bullock, the property of Thomas Thomps[?]n, and one heifer,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central Criminal Court. [Abridged from the S M. Herald.] Thursday, November 2, 1848. ABDUCTION
Thomas Graves was indicted for taking a girl under the age of sixteen, named Clarinda Thomas, from her [?]ome without the consent of her parents, on the 25th October, 1847…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney News. Supreme Court. (From the Herald, November 8.) (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Manning, the Primary Judge.) Murphy V Maughan
The plaintiff in this suit is the trustee of the insolvent e[?]tate of one Edward Turner; and the bill is instituted, praying a specific performance of a certain alleged agreement,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney News. Supreme Court.—friday, Dec. [?]. (From the Sydney Morning Herald.) (Before his Honor Sir Alfred Stephen, and a special jury of twelve.) LANG V. SCOTT
Mr. Broadhurst was about to open the pleadings, when his Honor asked whether some arrangement in the nature of a compromise could not be had between the parties,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Murder of Peter Johnston
On Wednesday evening, at a late hour, the jury at the inquest on the body of Peter Johnston, after a retirement of two hours and a half, returned the following verdict:—"We are of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English News. [From Our Files Per Late Arrivals.] Murder, Arson, and Pillage, for the Good of the Nation.—the Chartists in Town and Country. (From the Atlas, August 19.)
LONDON.—On Wednesday night a strong body of police surrounded the Angel public house, Webber-street, Blackfriars, where Superintendant Rutt, accompanied by a number of constables,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter River District News. [From Our Correspondents.] Warialda.—the Murder of the Black Woman
Having observed that you have not yet published any complete account of the evidence taken against the men charged with the murder of the black gin, Bootha, on the night of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supreme Court. in Equity.—wednesday, Dec. 20, 1848. [From the S. M. Herald.] in the Estate of H. SCOTT
In this estate a plan of distribution had been filed and co[?]firmed by the full Court; in that plan it appeared that one Addams, a superintendent, appeared as a preferent creditor; but…
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To-day it is expected that the prisoners now confined in Newcastle gaol, numbering we believe about forty, will be brought up per steamer, and be lodged in the new gaol, East…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central Criminal Court. Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1848. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Dickinson.; Stealing on the High Seas
Thomas Brockell was indicted for that he, on the 16th October, on board of the General Hewitt, then at sea, feloniously broke open a certain safe, and stole a quantity of beef…
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