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Courts & crime, 1837

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Supreme Court

The Sydney Times · Saturday 10 June 1837 · page 2

THURSDAY se'nnight being the first day of term, the learned Judges took their seals in banco. Juries were granted in no fewer than six libel actions, and other motions, of course, disposed of, and…

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Court of Claims

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1837 · page 4

NOTICE is hereby given, that the foilowing CLAIMS for DEEDS of GRANT of Lands and town Allotmeula will be ready for that purpose, under the Act of Counotl 5 William IV.,…

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Supreme Court. Thursday, June 8

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1837 · page 3

Refore the Acting Chief Justice, Robert Campbell, Junior, and Robert How, Esqs., Assessors. Barker v. Thompson.—This was an…

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Superem Court Civil [?]Id[?] Monday. Junes

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1837 · page 4

Before the Actina Chief Justice, and Edye Manning, and Thomas Rider Esquires, Assessors. Counsel for the plaintiff, the A torney…

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Police. Wednesday, June 7Th

The Sydney Monitor · Monday 12 June 1837 · page 2

A man named Thomas Platt, assigned to Mr. Dunsdon of George-street, was charged with absconding. It appeared that he was reported as having absconded…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court—civil Side

The Sydney Herald · Monday 12 June 1837 · page 2

Thursday, June 8.—Before the Acting Chief Justice and Messrs. R. Campbell, tertins, and R. How, Assessors. Barker v. Thompson—This was an action on a…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court—civil Side. Friday, 9Th June

The Sydney Monitor · Monday 12 June 1837 · page 2

Before His Honor the Acting Chief Justice, A. B. Spark, and Eyde Manning, Esqrs. Assessors. Munn v. Bettington—This was allowed…

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Police Incidents

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1837 · page 3

Mary Ann King v. Abraham Myers. Plaintiff staled that an evening or two before she was sitting very comfortably at the fire of the house in which she resided,…

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Law. Supreme Court.—(civil Side.)

The Australian · Tuesday 13 June 1837 · page 3

SATURDAY.—Tyrer v. Wilson.—A motion was made for a rule nisi, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the foreign attachment should not be discharged.—Granted…

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Police. Tuesday, June 13Th

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 14 June 1837 · page 2

John Elliott was charged with creating a disturbance In Pitt-street, on Sunday evening between she hours of ten and eleven. It appeared, from the evidence of…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court—civil Side. Monday, 13Th June

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 14 June 1837 · page 2

Very little business was transacted this day; and only two cases were brought before the Court. Terry v. Rogers, and Blenkensop v…

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Police Incidents

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 15 June 1837 · page 3

Sarah Dixon v. Ellen Wade. This was acase that, without anything like an attempt at defence, wes a most outragcom assault. Ellen deposed that the resided…

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Court of Requests, — Kingsgate-street

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 15 June 1837 · page 3

At this minor Court of Chancery, a number of suits were for ever settled. There were summonses for wages out of number—there were summonses for rint,…

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Supreme Court. Saturday, June 10

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 15 June 1837 · page 3

Before their Honors the three Judges (in Banco). Mr. Foster moved in the case of Tyrer v. Wilion, that the rule of Foreign Attachment…

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Supreme Court

The Australian · Friday 16 June 1837 · page 2

WE have little space left to mako observation upon the letter of Lex Scripta—nor are we quite satisfied, under the doubtful state of the law of libel, that our Correspondent…

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Police Incidents

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1837 · page 3

MR. WEISS RoBBERY-On Wednesday, Henry Bums, Ann Wood and George Brown, who have been in custody for some time past on charge of stealing,…

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Lambeth-street Police

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1837 · page 4

Yestorday Mr. J. Nott, a man nearly CO years of age, with a Bardph-like countcnance, who, it is Baid. not only enjoys a handsome pension from tbo East India Company, but holds a lucrative…

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Jamaica. State of the Police. Message Sent by the Governor to the House of Assembly

The Sydney Times · Saturday 17 June 1837 · page 4

"MR. SPEAKER -- His Excellency the Lieutenant -- Governor has directed me to lay before the Honourable House the copy of a letter which he has found it necessary to…

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[?] COURT. ([?]) Thursday, June 15. Before His Honor Judge Kinchela; and [?] Johnstone and Robert How, Eaqrs'.,[?]

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1837 · page 2

Smart v. Dick—The plaintif in this case was Mr. stuart, the [?] and the [?], Mr Dick, the jeweller-both resting in [?]. Some ahort time since, at a sale of goods at the…

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Government Gazette. Wednesday, June 14. Annoseptimo Gulielmi Quarti Regis. No.9. Be His Exoelloney Mnjor General Sir Richard Bemrke, Knight Commnandor of the Most Honorable [?] Order of the Bath, Captain General and Governor in Chief of the colony of New South Wiles and its Dependenoies, and Vico-Admind of the name, with the Advioc of the Legislativs Cuuncil, "An Act to fatther oonttone foro limited Time, no Act, intnuled," An Act for 'egusting the " Coninstitution of Junes, aud for tho Trinl of " Issues in oertain Casea in the Supreme " Court of New South wales"

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1837 · page 4

WHEREAS, an Act of the Governor and Council ot New South Wales, was peoiod Preamble in the serond year of the Reign of His prasent Majesty, King William the…

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