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Courts & crime, 1839

815 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 41

Supreme Court. Before the Judges in Banco

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1839 · page 2

The Chief Justice delivered judgment in the cases o Terry v. Lamb and L[?]. Holdsworth. The first case, Rosetta Terry, widow v W. J. Lamb, was an action of assumpsit to recover the amount of a…

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Court Quarter Sessions

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1839 · page 2

TUESDAY, APRIL 2 (Continued).--Catherine Ward, free, stealing. No prosecution; discharged. James Craigievar, free, stealing. Not guilty;…

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SUPREME COURT—Civil Side. Thursday, April 4, 1839. (In Banco.) (Before the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Willis.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1839 · page 2

Terry v. Lamb — His Honor Mr. Justice Willis delivered the judgment in this case. The case, it may be recollected, was tried during the past term, on the subject of a promissory-note, brought by…

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Police and Gaols. Despatch

The Sydney Standard and Colonial Advocate · Monday 8 April 1839 · page 3

From the Right Honorable Lord Glenelg, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to His Excellency Governor Sir George Gipps, Knight, enclosing copy of a letter from Mr. Under…

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Court of Session

The Sydney Herald · Monday 8 April 1839 · page 4

CRAWFORD SERVICE—6th November 1838.—The trial of the competing brieves between the Earl of Glasgow and Robert Lindsay Crawford, Esq. having been fixed…

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Police News. Friday, 5Th April

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 8 April 1839 · page 3

Patrick Furcell, assigned to Mr. Knox, of Pitt-street, was charged by his mistress with absconding. Mrs Knox deposed that her husband had been under medical…

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Police and Gaols. Downing-street, 15th October, 1838

The Sydney Herald · Monday 8 April 1839 · page 3

SIR,—With reference to former correspondence on the subject of the charge for the Police and Gaols in New South Wales, and particularly to Sir Richard Bourke's Despatch No. 85, of the 8th…

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Advance Australia Sydney Gazette. Tuesday, April 9, 1839. The First Police Magistrate

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1839 · page 2

WE know not whether our readers are as weary as we confess ourselves to be of the apparently interminable case of Staggs v. Wilson, which bids fair to…

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Police News. Monday, April 8

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 10 April 1839 · page 2

CREW OF THE ARGYLE.—Thirteen seamen of the Immigrant Ship Argyle, Captain Gatenby, were again brought before the police, charged with refusing to work on board the ship. Mr Nichols…

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Police News. Wednesday, 10Th April 1839

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1839 · page 2

Staubury, a prisoner assigned to Mr. Holinshed, miller, Waterman, free. Bowman, free, and a free woman named Bridget Clancy, were placed at the bar. Stanbury was given in charge by his master on…

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The notorious Court of Quarter Sessions

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1839 · page 2

TUESDAY. ½ PAST 5 P M.—Chairman—Gentlemen (of the civil jury) at 9o'clock to-morrow if you please. WEDNESDAY MORNING.—Forty prisoners led into…

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Police

Bent's News and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1839 · page 3

On the 28th ult. Mr. J. B. Smith, a passenger per the Indemnity, appeared to answer a charge of assault preferred against him by Mr Samul Lyons, at sea. The offence being…

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Court of Quarter Sessions

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1839 · page 4

FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1839. (Continued.)--Mark Ashton, stealing from person; not guilty, discharged. George Yates, stealing from person; guilty,…

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Lays of the Police, No. 1. AIR-- "Paddy's Wedding"

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1839 · page 2

I'm Pat Mahone, from Garahone, Not long arrived in Sydney Cove, And by my dad, I'm very glad, I took it in my head to roam;…

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Supreme Court Tuesday, March 26, 1839, Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. In the Goods of Mitchell, deceased

Bent's News and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1839 · page 3

This was an application by a creditor for payment of the sum of £6 6s. 6d. due from the intestate, and referred to the Registrar for his report. His Honor Mr. Justice Wills,…

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Police Incidents

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 17 April 1839 · page 2

MONDAY, APRIL 15.--A man named Dugan charged with stealing a small quantity of sugar from off a barrow, on Saturday evening, opposite Mr. Tompson's Auction Room, was…

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Police News. Monday, April 15

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 17 April 1839 · page 2

Ellen Townshend, assigned to Mr Sempill, was apprehended between one and two on Monday morning, without a pass in Hunter-street. The prisoner was sober. Mr Sempill stated, that the prisoner had…

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Court of Quarter Sessions

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 17 April 1839 · page 3

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10--Mary Hondrahorn stealing;six months first class factory, one week in each month solitary confinement. James Collins, stealing, one year to iron…

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The Sydney Herald. Wednesday. April 17, 1839. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Court of Qurarter Sessions

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 17 April 1839 · page 2

This Court has long been noted for the irregularity of its proceedings. Complaint has followed complaint, but, even if there has been any attempt at reform, it has…

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Police Incidents

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1839 · page 2

MR. STREET AND THE DESPATCH.— Mr. Thomas Street appeared on summons at the Police-office on Tuesday, to answer the complaint of Henry, Slater, late…

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