Police Incidents
TUESDAY, DEC. 27.—Charlotte Welsh, insolent to her mistress, and insisting upon having brandy in her Christmas pudding, was sent to the factory for six weeks…
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Daring Burglary at the Police Office
Such is the presuming character of crime, that occasionally even the sacred precincts of a Court of Justice are not proof against the daring hand of the midnight burglar. An instance of this…
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Rex versus Merritt.---The defendant, who is a carcass butcher, appeared to answer an information, charging him with driving, or causing to be dtiven, ten head of oxen, into the town of…
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Julia Allen, an assigned servant to Mrs. Palmer, was accused of verifying the old [?], "give a woman an inch, and she'll take an [?]." Mr. P. gave her permission to gout for one…
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MONDAY, JAN. 2.—Harriet Cuerton, Mary Davis, and Alice Bolton, three old veteran consumers of Jamaica, were ordered to pay five shillings each, for indulging too freely in this…
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BOW STREET.—Political Handkerchiefs.—On Monday, Owen Davies, a young man who was charged on Saturday for selling news paper printed on calico, to evade the law, was…
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The King, from Windsor, and the Queen, the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, and the, Duchess of Saxe Weimar came from Brighton to St. James, Palace on…
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His Majesty gave an audience yesterday to Earl Grey. The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and…
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THE hours of the Court of Requests, Sydney, owing to the increasing, pressure of business, are to be prolonged by, at least, one hour earlier than usual—the…
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Huncock v. Brown.—The defendant, a respectable boat-builder, appeared on a summons to answer the complaint of his apprentice, who charged him with cruelly and unjustifiably assaulting him…
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MONDAY, JAN. 9.âPhilip King, an old veteran in the path of disobedience, was charged with gammoning lame, although he could find his way to Sydney from his master's farm to sell brooms,…
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A DISTRESSING CASE. A poor man, a shoemaker by trade, made his appearance before the Bench on Saturday, and begged permission to return his ticket of leave, and to be turned into…
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MONDAY, JAN. 16.—Frances Hawkins, possessing a charming obliquity of vision, was charged with "peeling," and offering to have a round with her master for love or money; but…
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MONDAY, JAN. 21.—Thomas Rooney and Peter Cotton, two of the Sydney illuminati, were charged by their master with getting drunk on Sunday, instead of attending mass, for which…
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Mr. Merritt, the butcher, charged three men with stealing four livers, but they proved having purchased and paid one shilling for them, and were consequently discharged…
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John Flanagan, an assigned servant to Mrs. Howell, was charged with sowing his wild oats in various parts of the town when he should have been turning his employer's mangle, contrary…
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A court martial, composed of seven military officers, selected from different regiments, was recently held at Parramatta, for tha purpose of trying James M'Nab, a private soldier of H. M. 4th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supreme Court. (Criminal Side.) Wednesday, 1st Feb., 1832.—Mr
Justice Stephen having taken his seat, a Jury of seven commissioned officers of his Majesty's land forces was empannelled;—when the following prisoners were put to the bar, indicted:—…
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The Court resumed its sittings this morning for the trial of prisoners. A Jury having been sworn, John M'Donnel and Francis Miller, prisoners of the Crown, were indicted for feloniously assaulting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →English Law Intelligence. Court of Chancery—august 19. WELLESLEY v. BEAUFORT.—The Lord[?]
Chancellor, on taking his seat this morning, said he was determined not to make any order until Mr. Wellesley thought fit to purge himself of his…
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