Police Report
Mr. George Hill appeared on a summons, to answer an information lodged against him for driving into Sydney, north of the toll bar, 15 head of cattle, for the purpose of sale and slaughter,…
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Mr. George Hill appeared on a summons, to answer an information lodged against him for driving into Sydney, north of the toll bar, 15 head of cattle, for the purpose of sale and slaughter,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MONDAY.—Sarah Beer, with a capacious covering to her knowledge box, which prevented her from exhibiting more than one ogle, but that such a piercer, and with which like Arabian maids she…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →I have been reproached by many of my country correspondents for not being more explicit in my descriptions of the means by which I, who, as I said, am but a woman…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an appeal from the decision of the Judge of the Court of Admiralty in a most important salvage cause. The case has for some time past excited much attention among the commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GENTLEMEN.—The serious evils which result from lenient measures, and ineffectual means of carrying into execution the awards of justice in this part of the Colony, are such that property is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action on a contract under the following circumstances:—The defendant being the proprietor of extensive estates in New South Wales, and being dissatisfied with the agent who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Flanagan, assigned to Messrs. Stephens and Stokes, was brought up by Mr. Stephens on a charge of being drunk and negleoting his duty. The Benah sentenced him to receive 25…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THURSDAY.—Ann Sydney advanced to the bar on tip-toe, her face arrayed in " winks and blinks, and wreathed smiles," on a charge of surveying Sydney for the three days last past, as she thought…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SATURDAY, JULY 20.—A little urchin, whose head could scarcely be seen above the bar, was charged by constable Orr with stealing a small quantity of cinnamon from the store of Mr. Girard,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Burn was brought up on a charge of haviug in his possession a pair of puddles which did not belong to his master, Mr. Thompson, of Kissing Point, by whom he was employed as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MONDAY.—William Price and William Harwood were charged with being found, on Sunday evening, in the Spinning Wheel, outside the turnpike, hobnobbing over a pot of XX, with a cinder in it,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THURSDAY.âJames Dumegan, Archibald Noble, Thomas Burrell, Michael farrell, Honora Conner, or Swain, and Margaret Connel, wen brought up for final examination, charged with being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action, the first ever tried in this Colony, in which the plaintiff, residing in London, sought to recover the amount of an account of goods sold and delivered to the defendant, a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SATURDAY.—Joseph Whitely, assigned to Mr. James Underwood, was charged by his master with refusing, this mor[?]ning, to obey his orders, and being otherwise exceedingly insolent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action brought to recover the sum of £37 10s. from the defendant, who is acting Colonial Treasurer, being the amount of a quarter's salary, due to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TUESDAY.—Francis Way, assigned to Mr. John Maughan, was charged by his master with insolence and repeated neglect of duty. His master had done every thing in his power to bring him to a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TUESDAY.—Francis Wade, a youth, in possession of a very refined palate, which even the immortal Ude could not have satisfied, was charged with refusing to eat boiled beef for breakfast, he must…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FRIDAY.—George Barry, assigned to Mr. B. Maclaughlin of the market-house, was brought up by his master, charged with going out of his house on Thursday morning [?]ast about two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THURSDAY, AUGUST 1ST.—Before Mr. Instice DOWLING, and the usual Military Commission Henry Beard, John Richardson, and John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Henry Beard and John Richardson were indicted for a highway robbery on the person of John Quandron, at Anvil Creek, near Maitland, on the [?]th of June last; and John M'M[?]llins, for receiving the…
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