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Courts & crime, 1803

9 stories in Sydney's papers

A Court of Civil Jurisdiction

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1803 · page 4

Assembled on Monday last at 10 o'clock, and adjourned at half past 2. The Court met again on Tuesday morning, and was taken up the whole of that day,…

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Court of Civil Jurisdiction. M0nday, March 28

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1803 · page 3

This day the Court met (per adjournment) and proceeded among others, in determining the following causes: SHERWIN V. M'CARTHY…

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Court of Civil Jurisdication

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Sunday 10 April 1803 · page 2

On Monday last a Court of Civil Jurisdiction assembled for the trial of special Causes, among which, the following appeared some-what interesting:…

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Court of Criminal Jurisdication. APRIL 9

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Sunday 10 April 1803 · page 1

At ten o'clock the Court opened, and RoBERT JILLET, Labourer, stood indicted, for that he, the said Robert Jillet, on the 6th day of April, in the year of Our Lord 1803,…

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Civil Court. Lord (as Agent for Mr. Hugh Macken) v. J. Palmer, Esq. (Administrator in the Estate of the late Mr. John Stogdell)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Sunday 10 July 1803 · page 3

This business, which commenced in the Month of August last, and has much engrossed the attention of the public, was on Monday the 4th Instant determined by the…

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Criminal Court

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Sunday 25 September 1803 · page 2

At ten o'clock on Monday last Criminal Court assembled for [?]he Trial of prisoners for divers felonies; when James Alder, labourer, was indicted for…

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Criminal Court

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Sunday 25 September 1803 · page 4

This morning the Court assembled again, (as per adjournment) and proceeded to the Trial of Wm Bladders alias Embridge, and Isaac Simmo[?]ds, for the wi[?]ul Mur[?]er of…

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Criminal Court

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Sunday 13 November 1803 · page 3

At ten o'clock on Thursday morning a Court assembled for the Trial of Felonies and Misdemeanours: when William Brooks and Francis Cox were put…

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Criminal Court

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Sunday 25 December 1803 · page 2

At ten o'clock on Monday last a Crimi[?]al Court assembled, and proceeded to the [?]al of Morgan Morgan, on a charge of sejoniously killing and destroying a male Colt,…

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