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Courts & crime, 1826

404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 21

Police Incidents

The Australian · Saturday 3 June 1826 · page 3

On Monday, as usual, the Office was assailed with numerous bacchanals, of both sexes. Judith Macleod was among the foremost. Some constables hat nicked up her ladyship the previous night or…

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Sitting Magistrate for the ensuing Week, John Piper, Esquire

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1826 · page 2

Average Prices of Articles at the last Sydney Market:—Wheat, 9s. 3¾d. per bushel; maize, 3s. 3d. per ditto; barley, 0s. 0d. per ditto; potatoes, 7s, 6d. per cwt.; butter, 2s. 3d. per…

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Supreme Criminal Court. Friday, June 2, 1826

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1826 · page 3

Thomas Watkins, Wm. Bateman, and William Hathaway, were indicted for a highway robbery, on the person of Wm. Boyce, near Longbottom on the Parramatta-road, on the evening of the…

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Sheriff's Office, June 1, 1826. In the Supreme Court. Campbell, jun. v. Peisley

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1826 · page 1

ON Wednesday, the 7th Instant, at 12 o'Clock, the Defendant's DWELLING-HOUSE, on the Premises at Parramatta, with Stabling, Out-houses, Garden, &c. (subject to a Mortgage of £416, with Interest). After…

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Sitting Magistrate—John Piper, Esquire

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 7 June 1826 · page 2

Average Prices of Articles at the last Sydney Market:—Wheat, 9s. 3¾d. per bushel; maize, 3s. 3d. per ditto; barley, Os. Od. per ditto; potatoes, 7s. 6d. per cwt,; butter, 2s. 3d. per…

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Police Incidents

The Australian · Wednesday 7 June 1826 · page 3

Forty cases and upwards wore disposed of before the Police Bench on Monday last; the greater proportion being made up of night walkers, offensive and inoffensive of male and female personages; who had been…

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The Police

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 7 June 1826 · page 3

FRIDAY, JUNE 2.—Luzarus Levey, free, charged by Catherine Marlin, with having brought to her house and offered for sale a cotton gown which she agreed to purchase at the price he as ked…

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Supreme Court. Monday, June 5th, 1826

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 7 June 1826 · page 3

REV. V. BROADBEAR & WIFE.—This was an application to set aside a conviction, on the ground of illegality, that took place before certain Magistrates at Parramatta; the proceedings on which it was founded, having been brought before…

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Sheriff's Office, June 1, 1826. In the Supreme Court. Campbell, jun. v. Peisley

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 7 June 1826 · page 1

ON Wednesday, the 7th Instant, at 12 o'Clock the Defendant's DWELLING-HOUSE, on the Premises at Parramatta, with Stabling, Out-houses, Garden, &c. (subject to a Mortgage of £416, with Interest). After…

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Law Intelligence. Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, December 22, 1825. Crim Con. Parker V. Cheswich

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 7 June 1826 · page 4

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who had formerly been a partner of Mr. Jefferies, a plumber and glazier, in Bristol, to recover from the defendant, who is a Magistrate for the Counties…

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Supreme Civil Court. Monday, June 5, 1826. REX, v. BROADBEAR

The Monitor · Friday 9 June 1826 · page 5

AFTER some explanations between the Attorney General (the private counsel of three of the six magistrates at Parramatta, implicated in this case, and crown solicitor of the other four) and Mr. Wentworth,…

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The Police

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1826 · page 3

TUESDAY, JUNE 6.—Thomas Fitzpatrick, prisoner of the crown for 7 years, stood charged with stealing a pair of black cloth trowsers from the kitchen of Mr. D. Maziere, the property of…

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Sitting Magistrate for the ensuing Week, Thomas M'vitie, Esuri[?]

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1826 · page 2

Average Prices of Articles at the last Sydney Market:—Wheat, 9s. 3¾d. per bushel; maize, 3s. 3d. per ditto; barley, 0s, 0d, per ditto; potatoes, 7s, 6d, per cwt.; butter, 2s. 3d. per…

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SUPREME COURT—(Friday, June 9, 1826.)

The Australian · Saturday 10 June 1826 · page 3

The King against Richard Braudbear and Mary his wife. Broadbear and his wife had been committed at the instance of the Archdeacon, by the Bench of Magistrates of Parramatta. (some of the Magistrates never…

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Supreme Court. Friday, June 9, 1826

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1826 · page 3

The King against Richard Broad[?] and Mary his wife. In this case the CHIEF JUSTICE proceeded to give judgment as follows:—"The conviction made by the Magistrates in this case, has been objected…

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Sitting Magistrate—Thomas Ma[?] Esquire

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 14 June 1826 · page 2

Average Prices of Articles at the last Sydney Market:—Wheat, 9s. 3¾d. per bushel; maize, 3s. 3d. per ditto; barley, 0s. 0d. per ditto; potatoes, 7s. 6d. per cwt.; butter, 2s. 3d. per…

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The Police

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 14 June 1826 · page 3

FRIDAY, JUNE 9.—Alexander Brazil, prisoner of the crown for 7 years, who had been absent from the road party to which he was appointed, since the 29th of last month, and who was…

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Police Incidents

The Australian · Wednesday 14 June 1826 · page 3

The Bench, on Monday, was, as usual, chiefly busied in disposing of drunken cases and runaway prisoners, with now and then a charge of some petty theft. Daniel Bayle, and Thomas Quin, two absentees from…

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Supreme Criminal Court. Saturday, June 10, 1826

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 14 June 1826 · page 3

George Page was indicted for stealing a quantity of printed cotton, the property of Mr. John Charlton, Master of the brig Lord Rodney, in December la[?]…

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Supreme Criminal Court

The Monitor · Friday 16 June 1826 · page 5

ON Saturday last the following Prisoners were brought up for trial, viz. James Collins and Bridget Fairless,—for Highway Robbery, Guilty Remanded…

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