Police Report
John Mortimer, a very Solon in his own esteem, was charged with getting moppy, and descanting to a circle of the illiterati, whom he had gathered round him. on "the age and body of the…
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John Mortimer, a very Solon in his own esteem, was charged with getting moppy, and descanting to a circle of the illiterati, whom he had gathered round him. on "the age and body of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William Hawkings and William Smith, assigned servants to Mr. Jones Merchant, were placed at the bar; the former (a footman) was charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sydney Monitor is very wroth with the Commissioner of the Court of Requests for instigating the introduction into the pending Bill for regulating the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Baily, William Fans, William Lacey, and Charles Davis were indicted for putting in bodily fear one Hans Peebles, and stealing ten pieces of foreign coin, called dollars, of the value of £2, fifty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WEDNESDAY.—John Saul, a devotee at the rum bottle, was carried to the bar, and clapped upon his pins, as it appeared doubtful whether he would have been able to have taken the situation without…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FRIDAY.—Before Judge Stephen, and the usual Commission. Owen Mulligan was indicted for falsely making, forging, and counterfeiting a warrant and order,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Tomli[?]s, John Silk, and Hugh Faul[?]ner, were indicted for stealing, at Sydney, on the 4th of August, five handkerchiefs, the property of Isaac Simmons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MONDAY.—Thomas Jones, detected in laving his body in the blue serene of Cockle Bay, when at the time he thought, he said, that he was slipping into bed, was ordered seven days on the Mill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Peter Ross, aged 14 years, was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr. John M'Lean, superintendent of the Government garden, with intent to commit a larceny therein,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Catharine Hains, late Foster, was placed at the bar to answer the complaint of her Lord, who stated, that "she waur a perfect tartar whenever she took a drop,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AUGUST 27. -- Before the Chief Justice and the usual Military Commission. Thomas Clegg, was indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Richardson, an assigned servant, was charged with being drunk, in the street at midnight, with a basket in his possession, which had some how or other become an absentee from its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →David Austen, a baker, and William Clarkson, an assigned servant to Mr. George Howell, were charged with fraud under the following circumstances. It appeared that in consequence of a complaint from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William Richardson, in the assigned employ of Mr. Steele the miller, was placed at the bar for being on terms somewhat too intimate with Mr. Sugarcane, when the following dialogue ensued between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Joseph Dearlore and Mary Lynch assigned to Captain Fisher, were charged on suspicion of having pilferred sundry articles in the shape of pork, cheese, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At length the new Court of Requests Act has made its appearance. The clause compelling plaintiffs to sue defendants at the Court nearest the residence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Patrick Kelly was indicted for the wilful murder of Christopher Rall, by means of blows inflicted on the head of the said Christopher Rall, with a branding-iron, on the 6th May last, by means of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Tomlins, Hugh Faulkner, and John Silk were indicted for stealing five silk handkerchiefs, of the goods of Isaac Simmons, from his shop in George-street, Sydney, on the 4th of August last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WEDNESDAY.—Giles Jackson, Dutch built, round stern, white wig and red nose, was placed at the bar, having been discovered the previous evening with his senses quite absorbed, attempting to do…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MONDAY.—Before the Chief Justice and the usual Commission. John Tomlinson, John Silk, and Hugh Falkner, were jointly indicted for stealing from the dwelling…
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