Maitland Circuit Court. (Before Mr. Justice Dickinson.) Saturday, 18Th August, 1855. Stealing Gold
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 August 1855 · page 1
George Berresford was indicted for stealing about four ounces of gold dust, the property of John Campion, at Mr. Denison's station of Gunandady, on Melbourne Plains, near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland Circuit Court. Monday, 20Th August, 1855. (Before Mr. Justice Dickinson.) RAPE
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 August 1855 · page 2
James Doudican was indicted for committing a rape on Elizabeth [?]roudfoot, at East Maitland, on 14th March. Mr. Purefoy appeared for the prisoner; attorney,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Circuit Court. Thursday, August 23, 1855. [Continued from the Supplement.] RUSDEN V. BAGNALL. (Before Mr. Justice Dickinson and a special jury of tour.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1855 · page 2
This was a case of trespass. The plaintiff was a squatter, and had purchased a run called the Birreri run, a portion of which was Connor's Creek, of which the defendant was in unauthorised possession, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supplement to the Maitland Mercury. Saturday, August 25, 1855. Maitland Circuit Court. Civil Business. Tuesday, August 21, 1855. (Before Mr. Justice Dickinson and a special jury of four.) KENNY V. SHIELDS
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1855 · page 2
This was an action brought by Eugene Kenny against James Shields, to recover the value of certain bullocks, and the use of a run, which had been purchased and paid for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Circuit Court. Saturday, August 25, 1855. CAMERON V. GRAHAM. (Before Mr. Justice Dickinson and a special jury of four.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 August 1855 · page 1
This was an action of ejectment, under the common law procedure, for the recovery of 147 acres or thereabouts of the Bowthorne estate, whereby a writ was issued calling on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Seamen's Lodging Houses Extension Act. An act to apply to Newcastle, and to other ports, as occasion may require, the provisions of the Water Police Regulation Act of 1853, respecting Seamen's Lodging Houses. [Assented to 22nd August, 1855.]
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 August 1855 · page 2
Whereas from the great increase of shipping at the port of Newcastle, it has become expedient to extend to that port the provisions respecting seamen's lodging houses, contained in the Act of Council 17 Vict., No…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bathurst Circuit Court. (Abridged from the Sydney Papers.) (Before Mr. Justice Therry.) Monday, August 27, 1855
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 September 1855 · page 2
John Langan was indicted for stealing £16, the property of Charles Brotherton, at Orange, on the 4th August. Guilty; three years on the roads…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bathurst Circuit Court. (Abridged from the Bathurst Free Press.) Wednesday, August 29, 1855. (Before Mr. Justice Therry.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1855 · page 1
Angelina Moore pleaded guilty to a charge of abandoning her infant child at Bathurst, endangering its life. She was sentenced to one month's imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Goulburn Circuit Court. (Abridged from the Sydney Papers)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 September 1855 · page 2
This court opened on Monday, Sept. 10, before the Chief Justice. William Cook, a lad, was indicted for stealing a mare, at Yass. Guilty. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suspected Murder by Poisoning in Wales
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 September 1855 · page 3
On Thursday, a young woman named Dorothy Williams was committed to Carnarvon gaol to take her trial on a charge of having murdered her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney News. Goulburn Circuit Court. (Abridged from the Sydney Papers.) Thursday, September 13. (Before the Chief Justice.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 September 1855 · page 2
John Thompson, alias M'Guiness, was indicted for stealing a horse, at Gundagai, on 1st February. The prisoner had been tried at the previous Circuit Court for the same…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney News. Supreme Court.—monday, Sept. 24. (From the Herald.) (Before Mr. Justice Dickinson and a jury of four.) POSTLETHWAITE V. O'HARA
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1855 · page 2
This was an action of assumpsit, upon a contract for the purchase, for shipment, of twenty tons of potatoes, to be sound and in good condition. The issue raised by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central Criminal Court. (Abridged from the Sydney Papers.) Monday, October 1, 1855. (Before Mr. Justice Dickinson.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1855 · page 2
James White pleaded guilty to a charge of forging a bank cheque, and was remanded for sentence. Peter Lynch was indicted for stealing a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney News. Central Criminal Court. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Wednesday, October 3, 1855. (Before Mr. Justice Therry.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1855 · page 2
Henry Snelgrove and Archibald Thomson were indicted for unlawfully embezzling certain property after having been adjudged insolvents. James Begges Holmes was a shopman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney News. Supreme Court.—saturday. (From the Empire, October 1.) Sittings As in Banco. (Before Mr. Justice Dickinson and Mr. Justice Therry.) INSOLVENCY
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1855 · page 2
A certificate by the Chief Commissioner to Edward Taylor, was confirmed. IN RE PURSER, CHAVASSE, AND CO. This was a motion by rule nisi to supersede…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central Criminal Court. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Thursday, October 4, 1855. (Before Mr. Justice Dickinson.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 October 1855 · page 1
John Campbell was indicted for presenting a blank cheque of the Australian Wool Company, purporting to be a one pound note, with intent to defraud David Burke,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney News. Central Criminal Court. (Abridged from the [?]erald and Empire.) Saturday, October 6, 1855. (Before Mr. Justice Dickinson.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 October 1855 · page 2
In the case of—Nash and—Forbes, on trial for fraudulently buying gold with deficient weights, the jury, who had been locked up all night, were called in, but said they were still…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney News. Supreme Court.—october 12, 1855. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Before the Full Court. the Queen V. CONNOR
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 October 1855 · page 1
This was a special case, from the last Maitland Assizes, on a point reserved by Mr. Justice Dickinson. The prisoner Connor had been indicted for the wilful murder of Emily…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Extracts. Mysterious Case.—suspected Murder and Robbery
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1855 · page 3
We copy the following statement relating to Mr. Longchamp, a gentleman well known in Sydney, from a New York paper of 4th July. The case was still under investigation, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney News. City, Port, Hamlets, and Country Towns Police Further Regulation Act. (From the Herald, Nov. 5.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1855 · page 2
The above is the title of a bill assented to on the 31st ultimo, making further regulations for preserving order and good conduct within the city, port, and hamlets of Sydney, and other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →