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Courts & crime, 1835

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The Australian Magistrate

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 28 January 1835 · page 2

WE have been favoured with a copy of this work and from the [?]ty glance we have cast over it, feel justified in saying, it should be in the hands of every magistrate in the Colony: its utility will be…

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Late English News. Court-martial

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 28 January 1835 · page 4

SINKING THE CAMELION.—Trial of Lord John Hay, captain; John Pike, first lieutenant; the Hon. F. Pelham-(son of the Earl of Chichester), second lieutenant;…

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Matter Furnished by Our Reporters and Correspondents. Police Office

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 28 January 1835 · page 2

SATURDAY, JAN. 21TH.—Before Mr. STEWART,—John Clark, free, was convicted of indecently exposing his person. No defence.—Fi[?] £5, or to be [?]prison[?] in Sydney Gaol for [?] days…

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Police Incidents

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 29 January 1835 · page 2

Mrs Shelah Dorothen Delancy,a very grave and matronly looking personage, appeared on a summons, to answer the charge of one Ellen Joyce, a spinster per Red Rover, for trying the strength…

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Extracts. British Police

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 29 January 1835 · page 4

UNION HALL.—Yesterday Catherine Davis, a young woman about 17 years of age, and her sister Ann, a girl of 13, were brought before Mr. Traille, charged with…

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Police Report

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1835 · page 2

James Challenger was brought before the Bench, charged with stealing a few pieces of wood, of the value of threepence…

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Police Intelligence

The Alfred · Friday 30 January 1835 · page 2

Daniel Emmett, a free man, was placed at the bar, charged by Conductor Rawlins, with driving furiously along the streets, on the wrong side of the road,…

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Dreadful Murder

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 31 January 1835 · page 2

ON Tuesday morning a servant of Mrs. Finnis's was murdered in his hut, it is supposed he attempted to prevent the murderer from robbing it. A prisoner named William…

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Police Report

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1835 · page 2

John Somers and Mary Ann Gorman, were[?] charged with stealing a bag of sugar, the property of Mr. Robertson, dealer, Deut-street. Andrew Barber sworn—About seven o'clock…

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The Australian Magistrate; Or, a Guide to the Duties of a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New South Wales. Also, a brief Summary of the Law of Landlord and Tenant. His Majesty's Solicitor General of New South Wales. Sydney:—Printed for the Author, at the Gazette Office, by Ann Howe, 1835

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 31 January 1835 · page 2

THIS work which has long been required is now selling at Moffit's, price 2l. 5s. Although this is apparently a high price it is not dear, when the labour that must…

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Sydney Gaol

The Sydney Times · Tuesday 3 February 1835 · page 2

When is this unsightly nuisance to be removed, and the Gaol on the South Head Road, of which the walls are alone standing, carried to completion? We had hoped…

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The Australian Magistrate

The Sydney Times · Tuesday 3 February 1835 · page 2

We have not yet been able to examine this work; we, however, consider it well worth the careful study of many of our J. P.'s, and a very useful addition to the…

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Police Intelligence

The Alfred · Tuesday 3 February 1835 · page 2

Thomas Lane, assigned [?] Gore of the North Shore, was [?] at the bar, charged by his mas[?] of duty, and ins[?] consequence of this…

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Police Report

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

James Byrnes was brought before the Bench charged with having stolen property in his possession. A Constable in the police deposed…

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Coroner's Inquest. [Murder at the North Shore.]

The Alfred · Tuesday 3 February 1835 · page 2

An Inquest was held on Friday last, at the "Bricklayers' Arms," in Market-street, on the body of John Smith, aged twenty-eight, assigned to Mrs. Finniss, residing on…

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Supreme Court. Monday, 2Nd February, 1835

The Sydney Times · Tuesday 3 February 1835 · page 3

The Supreme Court opened this day; the chief part of the morning was occupied in arraigning the prisoners with respect to Civil and Military Juries. His…

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Supreme Court. Criminal Side—monday, Feb. 2. Before his Honor the Chief Justice and a Civil Jur[?]

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1835 · page 2

Adam Mossman, chief ma[?] of the barque Juno, and Edward Welsh, a sailor in the same vessel, were placed at the bar, charged wi[?] aiding and abetting…

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Police Office

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 4 February 1835 · page 2

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28TH.—Before Messrs. WINDEYER and STEWART. Lawrence Cullum, assigned to Mr. Kirk, was charged with pilfering 16-lb of sperm candles from…

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English Extracts. Horrible Case of Murder and Self-destruction

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 4 February 1835 · page 4

The following dreadful detail of the murder of a whole family by the father it, is, perhaps, unparalleled. The unnatural act has thrown the whole neighbourhood of…

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Matter Furnished by Our Reporters and Correspondents. Supreme Court, Criminal Side

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 4 February 1835 · page 2

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2.—Before the CHIEF JUSTICE and a Civil Jury. Adam Mossman, late chief officer of the whaling barque Juno of Sydney, and Edward Welsh late a…

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