Police Report
LIBEL.â'Mr. Villiers Pearce appeared by warrant, which had been issued on the a[?]davits of Robert Wardell, Esq. LL.D. and Mr. Robert Forster, his clerk, in which it was alleged that Mr. P. had…
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LIBEL.â'Mr. Villiers Pearce appeared by warrant, which had been issued on the a[?]davits of Robert Wardell, Esq. LL.D. and Mr. Robert Forster, his clerk, in which it was alleged that Mr. P. had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MONDAY.—After the Court had been occupied for several hours in hearing arguments on the case of the Soldier Sullivan, the following case was tried before Judge Stephen and the usual…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mary Wilkinson and Esth[?]r Flynn were indicted for a highway robbery on the person of Peter Macpherson, and stealing from his person two promissory notes for the payment of £10 each; two promissory…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A useful hint for their Honors the Judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.—In the course of a cause of no public interest, brought to recover the amount of a sum of money paid as a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Henry Wilson, with a sort of grave-digger's grin on his phiz of allow, and a potato-trap like the muzzle of a two-and-thirty, was accused of putting away three large certain mutton pies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THURSDAY, AUGUST 9' -- Before Mr. Justice Stephen and the usual Military Commission. William, Halfpenny was indicted for a highway robbery, and putting in bodily fear, Andrew Brown,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MONDAY AUG, 13th.âThe Judges having taken their seats, Jermiah Sullivan was placed at the bar. Mr. Justice Dowling (who presided on his trial,) stated to the Court, that on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Jaques, Hugh Taylor, Joseph Rookin, Charles Blakefield, James Hashman, and Thomas Barrett, were indicted, William Jaques as principal, and the other prisoners as accessaries, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THURSDAY.—Edward Brennan was fully committed to take his trial, for a forgery upon Mr. Longford. James Slattery, the alarmist, was placed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THURSDAY.—Before Judge Stephen, and the usual Commission. William Halfpenny was indicted for a highway robbery, in assaulting and putting in bodily fear, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thomas Hipple and James Darb[?]shire were indicted for feloniously assaulting John Tilley on the King's bighwny, on the 9th of July last, and taking from his person 14 pieces of the current coin of the realm,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Attorney-General rose under such evident embarrasment, as to render the first part of his reply indistinct; when recovered he proceeded, I have been attacked, in a manner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →QUEEN-SQUARE.—A Message to His Majesty.— Yesterday (Feb. 24) a young lad, apparently about 18 years of age, was brought before Mr. White, by Serjeant Barton of the B Division, No. 8, charged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MONDAY.—William Thornton, an ugly customer, was charged with doing champion in the middle of George-street, shouting out, "come on, come on, anything alive, anything crawling," when the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William Rogers and Robert Craigie, wo seamen belonging to the Elizabeth, were brought up on a warrant for having absconded from that vessel. They both refused positively to return to duty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MONDAY.—Before Judge Stephen, and the usual Commission. Thomas Hippie and James Darbyshire were jointly indicted for a highway robbery, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Henry Snowden, William Buss, and Henry Godfrey, were indicted, for that they, with force of arms, at Mount Pleasant, on the 8th of June last, twenty pigs of the value of £10, the property of Samuel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural pursuits. -- John Winch, an old offender, was placed at lite bar on the following charge by Mr Sandwell, mine host of the Ross and Crown. Mr. S. stated that he had a fine bed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MONDAY, AUGUST 20.—Thomas Hipple and James Darbyshire were indicted for feloniously assaulting John Tilley on the King's highway, on the 9th of July last, and taking from his person 14…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Before Mr. Justice Stephen and the usual Military Commission. William Jaques was indicted for the manslugther of John Stone, at Parrammatta, on the…
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