Police Incidents. Tuesday, April 14
Four sawyers named Paddy, Geary, Palmer, Ingram, and Duffy, were charged with stopping and robbing a man named Dunnavan on Friday last, at Bullock's public house, up Lane Cove…
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Police Incidents. Thursday, 15Th April. (Before Captain Innes and Mr.Win eyer.)
William Tailor, and Bridget Taylor, were again brought up, charged with an assault upon Mrs. sims; a with so-called on behalf of the prisoners, so far from being of any assistance to them, tepded…
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FREE SIDE—Various complaints 50 Drunkards 36 CONVICT SIDE—Various charges 59 Total 145…
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Mr. Price has again resumed the sanguinary lash. A week's interval seems to have created fresh excitement. We do not wish to adopt the very injudicious comparison made by the Advertiser—the government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder. Capture of Notorious Bushrangers— Death of Opossum Jack
We have been favoured with an account of a most dreadful transaction which has just occurred at Gammon Pla[?]s. We hear that on the Governor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Incidents. Mond[?]y, April 20
Jo[?]eph Will ams was brought up on a charge of pr[?]venting a constable from doing his d[?]ty. It a[?]peared to the co[?]t that the p[?]isoner wi[?]hed to take a drunken [?] home[?] b[?]t [?]he constable who…
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John O'Neil, a journeyman itinerant vendor of mutton and other pies, appeared on warrant charged by his master, and the manufacturer of these and other delicious viands, which are…
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Mary Spriggs, Mary Eagle, and Ellen Barry' charged with disorderly conduct in the streets of Sydney, but as they were not drunk at the time, and upon promising to behave better in future, they were…
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Extract from a letter dated New England, March, 25th. It becomes my painful and unpleasant duty to inform you that on Thursday the 17th, a shep[?]d in charge of year sheep was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Office. Saturday, April 25, 1840. Before the Police Magistrate, and J.A. Betts, Esq., J.P.
Ann Clevesley and Jane Benson appeared on summons, to answer a charge of assault, preferred against them by a female of extreme delicacy, named Mary Sinkings. It appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Domestic Intelligence. the Police and Gaol Expenses, and Immigration Fund of New South Wales
OUR readers will doubtless remember the discussion which appeared in this paper some four or five months ago, on the expediency of maintaining the inviolability of the Immigration Fund,…
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FRIDAY, 1st May.—This being the first day of the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court, for the second session of the present year, their Honors the Chief Justice, and Mr. Justice Willis, in full costume, took…
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William Jones, was brought up, charged with tendering two checks to a shopman in the employ of Mr. Isaacs, slop-s[?]l[?]er, in George-street, the checks being the property of one Sa[?]muel Turner…
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THIS was the first day of term and His Honor the Chief Justice, and Mr. Justice Willis took their seats on the Bench. Mr. Justice Stephen is still too ill to attend to business…
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WEDNESDAY APRIL 29, before His Honor the Chief Justice. William Bain applied for his discharge on the ground, that he had no property in the Colony but…
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JOHN DILLON, (a prisoner of the Crown, in irons at Campbell Town stockade;) indicted for cutting and wounding one Daniel Delane(another convict in the same gang.) on the 4th day of…
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FRIDAY—(Before Mr Juitice Willis). John Ford was indicted for maliciously setting fire to the house in his possession, at Mulgoa, on the 18th September last, with intent to injure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supreme Court. Friday, May [?]. (Before His Honor the Chief Justice.)
John Mo[?]a han was indicted with having on the 18th of January last, assaulted a man named Thomas T[?]opers and stolen from him sundry articles in company with person named Bernard Reynolds,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supreme Court. Criminal Side.—friday, May 1. (Before Mr. Justice Willis and a Petit Jury.)
William Clark was indicted for shooting at Mr. William Grovenor on the 15th January last, with intent to kill him, and Frederick Kirk for being present aiding and abetting Clark in the same…
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Frederick Kirk stood indicted for shooting at, with intent to kill, William Grovenor on the 15th of January last,, at Gunning; and William Clarke, for being present, aiding,…
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