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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1839

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Vox Populi—Vox Dei. the Duties of the Public Press—the Coroner—the Attorney General—the Proceedings at the Police Office

The Australian · Saturday 25 May 1839 · page 2

Two occurrences have taken place, since the publication of our last number, to which we are fully assured that it is our duty to direct the public attention…

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Police Court

The Sydney Standard and Colonial Advocate · Monday 27 May 1839 · page 2

SURGEON RUSSELL'S CASE. -- On Thursday last, Surgeon Russell appeared at the Police Court, in answer to a summons served on him, at the instance of Mr. Brenan, Coroner, and third Police Magistrate…

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Original Correspond[?] the Gaol. To the Editor of the Sydney [?]

The Sydney Herald · Monday 27 May 1839 · page 2

SIR,—In your publication of yesterday there appears a paragraph headen "The in which it is stated that a main [?] belonging to the Goat Island Police [?]…

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Police News. Saturday, May 25Th

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 27 May 1839 · page 2

The usual number of Her Majesty's lieges were brought up this morning for getting loyally drunk on the Queen's Birth-night, in honour of the occasion. Their sentences were lenient in consideration…

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Supreme Court. Criminal Side. Saturday, May 18. Before their Honors the three Judges

The Sydney Standard and Colonial Advocate · Monday 27 May 1839 · page 2

THE prisoners who had been remanded during the session, were Brought up for judgment. Timothy O'Donnell and Michael Welsh convicted of murdering a shepherd, in the employ of Mr. Charles…

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Hyde Park Barrack Police Office

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1839 · page 2

It is stated in The Australian of Saturday last, that Major MONTGOMERY, on taking his seat on the Hyde Park Barrack Police Bench on his return from…

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Law. Insolvent Debtor's Court

The Australian · Tuesday 28 May 1839 · page 2

SATURDAY—His Honor Mr Justice Stephen, took his seat at ten o'clock to hear applications for discharge under the Insolvent Debtors Act. Mr Doyle (late of King-street) appeared to…

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Supreme Court. SATURDAY, 25th MAY, 1839

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1839 · page 3

His Honor Mr. Justice Stephen took his sent this day, for the purpose of hearing applications for the discharge of debtors under the Insolvent Act…

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English Extracts. Bail Court. (Before Mr Justice Patterson.) Polack v. Lawson

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1839 · page 3

Mr. Humphereys said that the action in this case was brought for a libel alledged to have been published in the Times newspaper, and that his present application was for an order to stay the…

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Police Court

The Colonist · Wednesday 29 May 1839 · page 3

DR. RUSSELL'S CASE.— TUESDAY, MAY 28.—Agreeably to the arrangement agreed to on Thursday last, Captain Innes took fresh depositions in this case, and being of opinion, from the tenor of the information…

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Police Incidents

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 29 May 1839 · page 3

SATURDAY, MAY 25th.--Henry Thomas and --Crawford, two seamen, attached to the Asia, were charged with absenting themselves without leave from their ship. The…

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Pemrith Police. Tuesday, May 7

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 29 May 1839 · page 4

(Before the Police Magistrate, Major Druitt, J. P.; Edward Drown. Robert Dulhunty, Esqs. J. P.; Sir John Jamison.) James M'Cooey, free settler of Mulgoa,stood…

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Police News. Monday, May 27Th

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 29 May 1839 · page 2

COUSINING.—George Rattler free, who represented him self to be a hatter in the service of Mr. Savage, was charged by Inspector [?]yan with being drunk in the yard of the Police Office on Saturday…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court—criminal Side

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1839 · page 2

MONDAY—Before the Chief Justice and a Military Jury. Owen Sullivan and Cornelius Leary were indicted for forging a will in the following words:…

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The Queen v. Russel. Police Office, May 23

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 29 May 1839 · page 2

This was a case at the instance of [?]torney-General, for illegally dissecting t[?] of a man named Macinstosh, who died su[?] and on whom an inquest had been held [?]…

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Supreme Court. Criminal Side.--monday, May 27

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 29 May 1839 · page 3

The witnesses not being in attendance, to enable the Court to proceed with the cases for which it had been adjourned, the case of Owen Sullivan and Cornelius Leary, for forging a…

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Parramatta Police. Saturday, May 11, 1839. (Before Charles Forbes, Esquire.)

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 29 May 1839 · page 4

Thomas Franklin, was charged by Chief Constable Hunt for neglect of duty. It appeared that Mr. Hunt had gone into the Government Domain, and found therein one free…

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Supreme Court. Saturday, 25Th MAY.—Before Mr. Justice Stephen in Chambers

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 29 May 1839 · page 2

APPERTON v. DOYLK, AND BROWN [?] SAME.— The defendant Doyle renewed his application far his discharge under the Insolvent Act. He had been previously remanded, in order to account for books…

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Police

The Australian · Thursday 30 May 1839 · page 3

TUESDAY.—Before Captain Innes, and Sydney Stephen, Esquires. The Queen v. Charles James Russell,—Mr Russsel appeared on summons to answer an answer an information filed…

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Law. Supreme Court—(criminal Side.)

The Australian · Thursday 30 May 1839 · page 2

MONDAY—His Honor the Chief Justice took his sent at ten o'clock, and the Gentlemen of the Civil Jury were in attendance. The following prisoners were arraigned :…

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