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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1842

936 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 47

Water Police court

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 3 March 1842 · page 2

John William Peek, Francis Moore, Thomas Stephen, Frederick Landmark, John Williams, John Robertson, David Nightingale, and Richard Alfred, eight seamen belonging to the…

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Governmetn Gazette. Court of Claims

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 3 March 1842 · page 4

COURT of Claims Office, February 22, 1842. Notice is hereby given, that the following claims for deeds of grant of lands and town allotments will be ready for the examination…

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Maitland Circuit Court

The Sydney Herald · Friday 4 March 1842 · page 2

THE Circuit Court for the Maitland District will commence its sittings on Monday next, the 7th instant, before Mr. Justice Burton. The following is the criminal calendar for…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—equity Side. Tuesday. Before the full Court. SPARKE v. WELLER

The Sydney Herald · Friday 4 March 1842 · page 2

This suit, which has been several years pending, now came on to be heard before the full Court, on an appeal from the decree of Mr. Justice Willis…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—equity Side. Friday. on appeal before the full Court. Thomas Ware Smart, Appellant, v. Henry Macdermott, Respondent

The Sydney Herald · Saturday 5 March 1842 · page 2

His HONOR, Sir JAMES DOWLING, Chief Justice, pronounced the following judgment in this cause:— This was an appeal to the whole Court…

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Mounted Police

The Sydney Herald · Monday 7 March 1842 · page 2

IN Friday's Herald there is a communication from the Fish River, which contains some reflections upon the officers of the Mounted Police Force, for shifting their…

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Domestic Intelligence. Equity Court. Friday, March 4, 1842. Before their honors the three Judges. Thomas Ware Smart, Appellant, v. Henry Macdermott, Respondent

Sydney Free Press · Tuesday 8 March 1842 · page 2

His Honor, the Chief Justice, pronounced the following judgment in this cause: -- This was an appeal to the whole Court from a decree pronounced by the Judge, sitting in…

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Assize Intelligence. Maitland Circuit Court. (From our own Reporter.)

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1842 · page 2

IN consequence of the wet weather, His Honor, Mr. Justice Burton, was not welcomed as he otherwise would have been, he went to the church almost alone, and thence…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court—equity Side. Tuesday. Before Sir James Dowling, Chief Justice. John Terry Hughes and John Hosking, Plain-tiffs, and Thomas Goodall Gore, Frederick Wright Unwin, Matthew D. Hunter, and Acton Sillitoe, Defendents

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1842 · page 2

His HONOR pronounced the following decree in this suit. This was a motion on the answer coming in to dissolve a special injunction, restraining…

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Supreme Court

Sydney Free Press · Thursday 10 March 1842 · page 3

THE following is a list of the persons holding commissions from the Supreme Court up to the 3rd of March instant: -- COMMISSIONERS UNDER THE ACT FOR THE…

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Maitland Circuit Court

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 10 March 1842 · page 2

The assizes at Maitland commenced on Monday last, but there was not a great deal of business done on that day. His Honor Mr. Justice Burton, before taking his seat on the bench, went to church, and a…

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Commissioners of the Supreme Court

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 10 March 1842 · page 2

THE following gentlemen have been appointed Commissioners of the Supreme Court: COMMISSIONERS UNDER THE ACT FOR THE REGISTRY OF DEEDS.—William Adye, Yass;…

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Supreme Court, Sydney, 3Rd March, 1842

The Australian · Thursday 10 March 1842 · page 2

The undermentioned parties have been appointed Commissioners of the Supreme Court, for the several purposes hereinafter mentioned. By order of their Honors the Judges…

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Maitland Circuit Court. Monday, March 7

The Australian · Thursday 10 March 1842 · page 2

His Honor Mr. Justice Burton arrived in Maitland on Monday, and proceeded to church where service was performed by the Rev. Mr. Rusden, who preached an eloquent sermon from the first…

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Thames Police. [From the "Times" of September, 30.]

The Australian · Thursday 10 March 1842 · page 4

On the 29th of September, Mr. Thomas Ward, and extensive shipowner of Ratcliff, appeared before Mr. Croderip, to answer a summons issued at the instance of two seamon named Joseph Henry and…

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[?]Ize Intelligence. Maitland Circuit Court. Tuesday, March 8. (From our own Reporter.)

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 10 March 1842 · page 2

MR. JUSTICE BURTON took his seat this morning at 7 o'clock, and a jury was put into the box to try a man named Waters, for a most unnatural offence, of which he was convicted…

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Domestic Intelligence. Equity Court. Tuesday, March 8. BEFORE His Honor the Chief Justice

Sydney Free Press · Thursday 10 March 1842 · page 2

Hughes and another v. Gore and others. The following decree was pronounced by his Honor in this suit. This was a motion on the answer, coming in…

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Berrima Circuit Court

The Sydney Herald · Friday 11 March 1842 · page 2

THIS Court will commence its sittings on Wednesday, the 17th instant, before His Honor Sir James Dowling, Chief Justice. The following is the criminal calendar:—…

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Law Intelligence. Water Police Court. Wendesday. Before Captains BROWNE and Deloitte. Refusal to Do Duty

The Sydney Herald · Friday 11 March 1842 · page 2

This court was employed nearly five hours on Wednesday, in trying the seven seamen named in the subjoined information. It will be in the recollection of our readers, that when the…

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Police Office. Monday, March 7Th, 1842

The Teetotaller and General Newspaper · Saturday 12 March 1842 · page 2

That intoxicating drinks are the chief instruments in the production of crime, in other countries, is acknowledged and the question, whether. the same cause produces the same…

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