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Courts & crime, 1835

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Matter Furnished by Our Reporters and Corres ondents. Court of Quarter Sessious

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 29 July 1835 · page 2

This Court opened on Monday, 20th inst but there have been very few cases of any importance. Below we have selected a few of the most interesting. TUESDAY, JULY 21—Before Mr. Foster and a…

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Police Report. Tuesday. July 28. 1835

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1835 · page 2

Ann Phillips, assigned to Mrs. Rochester, of Cambridge-Street, was brought before their Worships. Her mistress charged her with being drunk for several…

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Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Committee on Police. (Continued from our last.)

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 30 July 1835 · page 2

WEDNESDAY, 3 JUNE, 1835.—W. N. Gray, Esq., Police Magistrate at Wollongong, called in: and examined.—The district of Wollongong extends from Bulli on the north to Shoalhaven River…

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Colonial Statistics. Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Committee on Police. May 18, 1835

The Colonist · Thursday 30 July 1835 · page 3

COMMITTEE appointed to enquire into and report upon the establishment and strength of the Police Force in all its branches, to what extent it may be expedient to maintain it, and the…

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Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Committee on Police. (Continued from our last.)

The Australian · Friday 31 July 1835 · page 4

(Sir John Jamison—continued) That No. 2 should be distinguished by the light double iron now worn, on each leg, party coloured clothing, the rations to consist of…

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Infamous Conduct of Colonel Wilson, First Police Magistrate

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1835 · page 2

SIR I happened to be present, and on the Bench, at the Police Office on Monday last by mere chance, for I have been…

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Police Report. Friday July,31, 1835

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1835 · page 3

James Young, a sailor of the Hercules, was charged with stealing a watch the property of Mr.Isaac Kerr, the chief officer of [?] hat vessel…

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Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Committee on Police. (Continued from our last)

The Sydney Herald · Monday 3 August 1835 · page 2

FRIDAY, 5 JUNE, 1835—John Bingle, Esq. J. P., called in; and examined:—I am a member of the Invermien Bench, which is attended by six more unpaid magistrates. The Court is held…

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Police Report. Saturday August 1, 1835

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1835 · page 3

George Foster, and Stephen Handerwell, assigned to Mr. Moses Solomon of George Street, George Foster was charged with drunkenness, and violently assaulting a…

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Supreme Criminal Court. (Before Judge Bnrton and a Civil Jury.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1835 · page 3

Patrick Cassidy was arraigned at the bar, and stood indicted for an assault with intenl to murdor or do some grievous bodily harm on tho person of Hugh…

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Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Committee on Police. (Concluded from our last.)

The Australian · Tuesday 4 August 1835 · page 4

MAJOR ANTILL, Police Magistrate at Stonequarry, called in, and examined. Within the last month, a greater number of robberies have been committed on…

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Court of Quarter Sessions

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 5 August 1835 · page 2

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29—Before Messrs. FOSTER and MANNING, and a Military Jury. Elizabeth Thompson, was charged with obtaining goods (to wit) 3 loaves, and 3 lbs. mutton chops,…

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Matter Furnished by Our Reporters and Correspondents. Supreme Court—criminal Side

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 5 August 1835 · page 2

AUGUST 3.-Before Mr. JUSTICE BURTON and a Civil Jury. Patrick Cassidy and George Bagley, attached to No. 7 ironed gang, stationed at Newcastle, were…

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Police Incidents

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 6 August 1835 · page 2

Jeremiah Lynch, alias Flash Jerry, was put to the bar under the following circumstances:—Thomas Smithers, a boy of the age of twelve years, deposed that about six…

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Police Incidents

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 6 August 1835 · page 4

George Manton, free, and George Dunbar, a runaway Convict, from Hyde Park Barracks, was put to the bar under the following circumstances:—On the…

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Police Report. Monday, August 3

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1835 · page 2

John Tunney, was brought before the Bench on suspicion of being a runaway but proving to the contrary, he was discharged…

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Sydney and Parramatta Gaols. Provisional Report of the Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed to take into consideration the state of the Police and Gaol Establishments of the

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 6 August 1835 · page 2

The Committee appointed to enquire into, and Report upon the Police and Gao's in this Colony, are not prepared to make their Report fully upon these…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—criminal Side. the Workings of the Jury System

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 6 August 1835 · page 2

MONDAY.—The criminal department of this court commenced its proceedings this morning; the calendar exhibits one hundred and twepty-six cases of crime for trial…

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In the Supreme, Court. Sheriff's office, 5th August, 1835. Moore v. Pass

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1835 · page 3

AT Nash's Woolpack Inn, situate in Parramatta, on Wednesday the 12th day of August instant at 12 noon, unless the execution be previously satisfied,…

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Supreme Criminal Court. Tuesday, August 4. (Before Judge Dowling and a Civil Jury.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1835 · page 2

Peter Doyle anti Marlin Byrne were indicted for assaulting William Akers, of Bathurst, in April last, and robbing him of property to the amount of £3 10s…

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