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Courts & crime, 1842

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Insolvent Court—wednesday, Dec. 21. Claims Proved

The Australian · Friday 23 December 1842 · page 2

In the estate of J. Nolan, an adjourned third meeting: Hugh Nowlan, £3 8s.; N. Mandleson, £l5; Wm. Carroll, £100; Mary Dignum, £489, William Carroll's claim was not admitted…

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Hyde Park Police Bench. Curious Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 December 1842 · page 2

A prisoner of the Crown, mined Frederick Forrester, per Nimrod, 1824, under sentence of transportation for fourteen years, was placed before the Bench, Captains Innes and…

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Murder of the Commander of the American Whaler Sharon

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 24 December 1842 · page 703

The American ship Sharon arrived at the island of Ascension, on the 15th October, 1842, where eleven of the ship's company deserted, and could not be retaken, owing to the white people on the…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—insolvency Business

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 December 1842 · page 2

BEFORE his Honor Mr. Justice BURTON. IN THE ESTATE OF G. R. NICHOLS. Mr. Nichols applied to the Court to have his estate released from sequestration, having…

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Government Gazette. Friday, December 20, 1842. Court of Claims.—notice of Hearings

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 24 December 1842 · page 2

The commissioners hereby give notice of their intention to proceed in the investigation of the undermentioned claims to land and town allotments, the descriptions of which for deed of grant have been…

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Insolvent Court

The Australian · Monday 26 December 1842 · page 2

Friday and Saturday were observed, and Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th, will be observed £ holidays at this Court, the meeting, ordered for the latter day having been postponed until…

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Hyde Park Police Bench

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 December 1842 · page 2

ON Saturday morning, Mr. Thurlow and Mr. Dillon were in attendance before the bench, at Hyde Park Barracks, pursuant to the adjournment from the previous day, in…

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Report of the Committee on Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 December 1842 · page 2

THE Committee appointed to inquire into the present state and efficiency of the City Police, and to report thereon, have now the honour to submit to the Council the result of the…

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(No. 6.) Police Fees and Fines in 1842

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 27 December 1842 · page 2

Quarier ending March, 1842—Fees 99 10 6 Fines 244 3 9 June, 1842 Fees 118 6 6 Fines 313 6 0…

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Insolvent Court

The Australian · Wednesday 28 December 1842 · page 2

On Friday last, his Honor Mr. Justice Burton sat in the Supreme Court for the despatch of insolvency business. Mr. Nichols made application to have his estate…

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Report of the Committee on Police

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 28 December 1842 · page 711

The Committee appointed to inquire into the present state and efficiency of the City Police, and to report thereon, have now the honour to submit to the council the result of the inquiries which…

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The Late Murder by the Blacks, Near Port Phillip

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 28 December 1842 · page 710

In consequence of the publicity given to this tragic event in our last publication, the constables have received instructions to institute, a strict search in the neighbourhood where the blacks are…

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Original Correspondence. the City Police. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 December 1842 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—Your paper of yesterday's date furnishes the report of the City Council Committee on the "City Police," and I acknowledge, I view the proposed estimate for 1843…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Wednesday, December 28, 1842. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." City Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 December 1842 · page 2

APPENDED to the report of the proceedings of the City Council, we published (in Monday's Sydney Morning Herald) the Report of the Council's Committee on the…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—insolvency Business

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 December 1842 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. Justice BURTON. CONFIRMATION OF TRUSTERS. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER moved that the election of the trustees in the following…

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Insolvent Court.—wed., Dec. 28. Claims Proved

The Australian · Friday 30 December 1842 · page 2

In the estate of Bastian and Stokes, a third meeting: Geoffrey Eagar, £100; William Moffit, £20; Lyall, Scott, and Co., £80 6s. 8d.; Edward Alcock, £3 4s, 6d, F. Ga[?]nson. £12 2s, 8d…

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The Estimates for Police

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 31 December 1842 · page 714

We have been loaded with communications on this subject during the week. Very considerable and very general discontent seems to prevail, on account of the…

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