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Courts & crime, 1833

535 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 27

Gaol Delivery

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 11 December 1833 · page 2

ALTHOUGH the criminal sittings are just closed, there are sixty-four prisoners already for trial Some of these were committed for trial and in the goal before the late sittings…

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Court of Requests

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 11 December 1833 · page 4

THURSDAY, DECEMBER, 5th,—Cains v. Mason. The plaintiff sought to recover £10 under the following circumstances. The plaintiff and defendant are the owners of two…

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Domestic Intelligence. Supreme Court, Criminal Side

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 11 December 1833 · page 2

MONDAY, DEC. 9 h.—Before His Honour THE CHIEF JUSTICE, and the usual Military Commission. Anthony Hitchcock alias Hay, James Reilly,…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—criminal Side

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 12 December 1833 · page 2

MONDAY.—Before His Honor the Chief Justice, and a Military Jury. Anthony Hitchcock, John Poole, James Riley. David Jones, John Perry, and James Ryan, stood…

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Supreme Court. Tuesday[?] December 10. (Before the Chief Justice and a Military Jury.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 12 December 1833 · page 2

Anthony Hitchcock alias Hay and John Poole, were indicted for maliciously shooting at Mr. John Larna[?]k, at Castle Forbes, in the district of Patrick's Plains, on the 5th November last, with intent to…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court—crown Side

The Australian · Friday 13 December 1833 · page 3

On Monday last the undermentioned men were tried for the attack upon Mr. Mudie's Establishment. As the trial has been reported at considerable length in the…

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Supreme Court, Criminal Side

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 14 December 1833 · page 4

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10.—Before HIS HONOUR the CHIEF JUSTICE and a Military Jury. Anthony Hitchcock, was indicted for…

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Domestic Intelligence. Supreme Court, Criminal Side. (Continued from last page.)

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 14 December 1833 · page 2

Wm Wilson, assigned to Mr Mudie, commonly called old Darby, another of the sheep washers, deposed to nearly the same effect as the last two witnesses. Saw Hichcock, Pool,…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—criminal Side

The Sydney Herald · Monday 16 December 1833 · page 2

TUESDAY.—Before His Honor Chief Justice, Forbes, and a Military Jury. Anthony Hitchcock, John Poole, James Riley, John Perry, James Ryan, and David Jones, were placed at…

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English Police

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1833 · page 4

PREVENTION OF FORGERY.—The Lord Mayor received a letter containing a plan for preventing the issue of forged checks or bills. His Lordship stated, that though the communication…

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Police Report

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1833 · page 2

SATURDAY, DEC. 14.—Margaret Lynch appeared, on a summons, to answer the complaint of Mr. Anthony Best, for breaking down his garden gate and destroying his lock thereon; by which he…

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Assault on Oporto, July 25. (From Correspondent of a London Journal.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 19 December 1833 · page 2

"Shortly after five o'clock yesterday morning, a heavy fire of artillery from all the batteries, upon both sides of the river, bearing upon Lordello, and Quinta de Vanzeller,…

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Police Incidents

The Australian · Friday 20 December 1833 · page 2

TUESDAY—A small bit of Irisk misunderstanding John Casey, John Donoghoe, and Patrick Foley, alias McSherry, appeared to answer the complaint of one Patrick Doran, who keeps a…

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Police Incidents

The Australian · Friday 27 December 1833 · page 2

MONDAY.—Curious Case.—Dennis Calaghan, free, was brought forward, charged by a settler residing at Kissing Point, named James Frost, with robbing him, under the following circumstances—…

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[By Our Reporter.] Funeral of John Stephen, Esq. Late Judge of the Supreme Court

The Australian · Friday 27 December 1833 · page 2

The Body of the above respected individual was brought into town, form his country house as Clareville, accompanied by some members of his family, at 1 o'clock yesterday morning, and…

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New Rules of Court

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 28 December 1833 · page 2

New Rules for the conduct of the Sheriffs office, are con[?]g. We have heard members of the Bar complain bitterly, that our Supreme Court pays little attention to its own…

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