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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1829

324 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 17

Supreme Court. Wednesday, December 9. (Before Mr. Justice Dowling.) Bucknall v. Moran

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 10 December 1829 · page 2

This was an action of trespass, in which the damages were laid at £500. The first witness called proved the execution of a deed whereby the defendant…

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Supreme Court

The Australian · Saturday 12 December 1829 · page 3

Before the Judge of the previous day, and Messrs. Carter and Bunn, assessors. Backnell v. Moran. This was an action of trespass upon premises rented by the…

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DUCKS and Green Peas; Or, the Joys of a Gaol. To the Editor of the Australian

The Australian · Saturday 12 December 1829 · page 3

SIR,—The spitalfield's Cockney of the signature S. who peeped at pea shells there, and whose south watered at the duck, chickens, green seas, and the hosts of other delicacies he states…

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Paterson's Plains. Bushrangers and the Police. To the Editor of the Australian

The Australian · Saturday 12 December 1829 · page 3

Mr. Editor,—Never was the powe of your pen or your types called for more than at the present moment, to do a benefit for this district. The hate most daring and burglarious entries into…

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Supreme Court. Thursday, December 10. (Before Mr. Justice Dowling.) Raine v. Nettleton

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 December 1829 · page 2

This was an action on a Bill of Exchange drawn by the defendant in favour of Mr. Arthur Hill of Sydney, and by him endorsed to the Plantiff.—Verdict for plaintiff…

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Supreme Court. Saturday, December 12. (Before the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Dowling.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 15 December 1829 · page 2

The Attorney General rose to move that the recognizance to be of good behaviour, in the sum of £500, entered into by Mr. E. S. Hall, on the 5th of January last, when brought…

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Supreme Court. Thursday. Mr. Justice Dowling was the only Judge

The Australian · Wednesday 16 December 1829 · page 3

Present this day on the civil side of the Court. RAINE. Huh.—This was an action on a bill of exchange, to which defendant's name appeared as an endorser, having been…

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Spirit of the Official Notices, &c. The Judges are resolved upon trying the effects of a second expensive circuit. The following Notification has been published under the land of the Chief Justice:— Supreme Court

The Australian · Wednesday 16 December 1829 · page 4

Whereas by the Stamre made at Westminster, in the ninth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord Geroge the Fourth, it is declared to be lawful for the Judges of the Supreme Court in N. S…

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Supreme Court. Tuesday, December 15. (Before the Chief Justice) Stephen v. Joyce

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 17 December 1829 · page 2

This was an action to recover the sum of £131, lent by the plaintiff to the defendant. It appeared from the evidence adduced in support of the plaintiff's case, that some…

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Burglaires and the Police

The Australian · Friday 18 December 1829 · page 3

Instead of hunting and peeping about every hole and corner to find out some sly vender of an odd glass of Jamaica, "blue ruin," or the like, so as to pocket the…

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Supreme Court

The Australian · Friday 18 December 1829 · page 3

Mr. Chief justice Forbes was the sitting judge to day, and Messrs. Brown and Spark were the Assessors. STEPHEN v. JOYCE.—This was an action…

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Palace Court, July 24

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1829 · page 3

DRAMATIC COPYRIGHT.—Moncrieff v. Williams.—This was an action brought against the defendant for having pirated a dramatic piece, written by the plaintiff,…

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Supreme Court. Friday, December 15. Bell v. Leary

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1829 · page 2

This was an action of replevin. Mr. Norton opened the case for the plaintiff. Mr. Keith, in support of the avowry of…

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Supreme Court. Saturday, December 19. (In Banco.) Criminal Information

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 22 December 1829 · page 2

The King at the Prosecution of W. C. We[?]tworth, Esq. v. the Rev. R. Mansfield. In this case, Dr. Wardell rose to move that the rule nisi, for leave to file a criminal…

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Supreme Court

The Australian · Wednesday 23 December 1829 · page 3

Mr. Chief Justice Forbes presided in the Civil Court to-day. Messrs. Manning and McVitie were the Assessors. BELL v. LEARY. This was an action of…

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Another Ex-officio Criminal Court

The Australian · Wednesday 23 December 1829 · page 3

Mr. Justic Stephen having taken his seat, and the Court being opened in due form. Seven commissioned officers, six of them military men, were sworn to try Mr. E. S. Half. Edi…

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Police Office. Monday, Dec. 2lst

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 24 December 1829 · page 2

A Bench of Magistrates were engaged for several hours this morning investigating a case of most daring outrage offered to His Excellency the Governor, on the preceding day, by a person named John…

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Supreme Court Saturday, December 19

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 24 December 1829 · page 2

The ATTORNEY GENERAL rose to move that the recognizance entered into by Mr. E. S. Hall, Editor and publisher of the Sydney Monitor, in the sum of £500, to be…

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Criminal Court. Yesterday

The Australian · Friday 25 December 1829 · page 3

Rex at the suit of Laidley (D. C. G ) v. Hall. This was a criminal information for a libel published in the defendant's paper, Number 204 of The Sydney…

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Supreme Court THURSDAY—Dec. 24. (Before Mr. Justice DOWLING

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 December 1829 · page 2

An information was presented this morning against Mr. E. S. Hall, Editor and proprietor of the Sydney Monito[?], for a libel contained in that journal, of the 6th of June…

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