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Courts & crime, 1834

667 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 34

Police Report—yesterday

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 25 December 1834 · page 2

Edward Chalker and Timothy Crawley was brought before the Police, charged with committing a breach of the peace. J. M'Nally, a corporal in the Mounted…

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Police Incidents. the Convict System

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 25 December 1834 · page 2

James Harper Peat, assigned servant to Colonel Shadforth, and employed in the capacity of tootman, was brought forward on a charge of absconding from service, maliciously breaking the new p[?] of a gate in…

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Police-office Wolongong. Wednesday, December 17

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 25 December 1834 · page 2

Before W. N. GREY, Esq.—William Hunt, a shoe-maker assigned to Mr. J. S. Spearing, was taken before the Bench on the folowing charges, namely, insolence…

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Police Report

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 December 1834 · page 2

James Harrogan (free), William Parnell(free), William Stowell (7 years), and Charles Smith (commonly called "the fighting Gypsey)," were brought before…

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Matter Furnished by Our Reporters and Correspondents. Police Office

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 27 December 1834 · page 2

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24.—Before COLONEL WILSON and Mr. STEWART. Edward Chalker and Timothy Crawley were charged with having been engaged in a prize-fight…

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British Police

The Sydney Herald · Monday 29 December 1834 · page 2

MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday a person of respectable appearance, named John Card, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having embezzled money to…

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Police Incidents

The Sydney Herald · Monday 29 December 1834 · page 1

Peter Lynch, free, was brought forward under the following circumstances—Christopher Maguire, residing near Doctor Bowman's mansion at Woolloomooloo,…

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Matter Furnished by Our Reporters and Correspondents. Police Office

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 31 December 1834 · page 2

FRIDAY, DEC. 26.—Before Mr. STEWART.—Jane Mason, assigned to her husband, William Mason, residing in Sussex-street, was charged with having threatened to drown herself yesterday. No…

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