Domestic Intelligence. Murder of Mr. Stapleton
The Sydney Herald · Friday 21 August 1840 · page 2
Intelligence has reached Sydney, by the schooner Nancy, of the murder of Mr. Stapleton and one of his men, hy the blacks, in the neighbourhood of Moreton Bay. The particulars, so…
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The Sydney Herald · Friday 21 August 1840 · page 1
Cuthil v. the Eliza Frances.—Dr. Kinchelapronounced judgement in this cause on the 10th instant, and decreed against Captain Cuthil's claim to the major ownership of the vessel, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Law Intelligence. Insolvent Debtors' Court
The Sydney Herald · Friday 21 August 1840 · page 1
FRIDAY AUGUST 14TH.—Before Mr. Justice Stephen. Lamb v. Peckham. William John Lamb, (accountant), came before the Court, for his…
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The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1840 · page 2
Cuthill v. the Eliza Frances.—Dr. Kinchela announced judgment in this cause on the 10th instant, and decreed against Captain Cuthil s claim to the major ownership of the vessel, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Insolvent Debtor's Court. Friday August 14Th. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen.)
The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1840 · page 2
Lamb v. Peckham. William John Lamb (accountant,) came before the Court, for his discharge, under the act fur the relief of debtors; he having been charged in execution, for the sum…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Quarter Sessions. Thursday, Aug. 20. (Before the Chairman and a Jury.)
The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1840 · page 3
WM. BEICH was indicted on a charge of larceny. John Redda'l recollects prisoner driving him in a hired carriage to Campbell Town from Sydney;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court of Quarter Sessions. Friday, Aug. 21. (Before the Chairman and a Jury.)
The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 24 August 1840 · page 2
PATRICK DUNN was indicted for stealing a tumbler, value 9d., from William Stone, publican, Pitt-street. William Stone sworn, stated—That on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mounted Police
The Australian · Tuesday 25 August 1840 · page 2
We have received the following Petition, to which we hasten to give publicity:— To his Excellency Sir George Gipps, Knight and Governor of the Territory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Quarter Sessions. Monday, August 24. (Before the Chairman and a Special Jury.)
The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Tuesday 25 August 1840 · page 3
ROBERT HINKSTER, sailor on boar d the Roxborough, was indlcted on a charge of larceny guilty. Sentenced to three months in the House of Correction, and every fourth week to be kept…
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The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 26 August 1840 · page 3
THOMAS RAPER, of Clarence-street, was indicted on a charge of committing an assault on the person of Mary Pointer, a child of eleven years of ago, with intent to commit a rape, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court of Quarter Sessions. Wednesday, August 26
The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Thursday 27 August 1840 · page 2
SARAH SMYTH was indicted on a charge of larceny, [?] guilty, and sentenced to six calendar months in the factory. ELIZABETH COME, indicted on a charge…
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Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1840 · page 3
Edward N[?]thill per ship Henry Porcher, attached to the ironed gang, was charged with attempting to pass a counterfeit half-crown to Mr. Henry Usher, on the 19th instant. He was…
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The Colonist · Saturday 29 August 1840 · page 2
ON Sunday last, an express arrived from Encounter Bay, bringing intelligence of a vessel being wrecked on the coast to the eastward, and the crew and passengers, or some of them, having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder of Mr. Stapylton by the Blacks at Moreton Bay
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1840 · page 2
On Tuesday afternoon, the 2nd of June, five of the men belonging to the surveying party of Assistant Surveyor Stapylton, arrived at the cattle station at Cowper's Plains, and reported…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London County Court of Requests. Vitechappel Wittles
Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1840 · page 4
Among the lower class of suitors here, it is sometimes surprising to witness the pertinacity and adroitness with which some contrive to bolster up a rotten case. Like…
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The Sydney Herald · Monday 31 August 1840 · page 5
A General Court Martial commenced at Sydney, on Monday, 27th July, on Lieut. Richard Talbot Sayers, of the 80th Regiment, late of the Mounted Police, on the following charges which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Saturday, August 29.—Finding of the Court
The Sydney Herald · Monday 31 August 1840 · page 5
On Saturday last, the finding of the Court, after having been approved by the Commander of the Forces, was promulgated, which was in substance as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Horrible Murder of Lord William Russell, Uncle to Lord John Russell, Secretary for the Colonies
The Sydney Herald · Monday 31 August 1840 · page 2
Wednesday morning, about half-past seven o'clock, the inhabitants residing in the neighbourhood of Grosvenor-square, were placed in a state of painful and distressing excitement,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Domestic Intelligence. Mounted Police—the Court Martial
The Colonist · Tuesday 1 September 1840 · page 2
MAJOR NUNN v. LIEUT. SAYERS .—Most of readers are aware that a Court Martial has for our some time been sitting in Sydney to inquire into charges brought against Lieutenant Sayers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(From the Hall and East-Riding Times, May 12.) Murder of Lord W. RUSSEL
The Australian · Tuesday 1 September 1840 · page 2
A reward of £400 has been offered for the discovery of the assassins; two hundred by government, and two hundred by the noble relatives of the deceased…
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