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Courts & crime, 1843

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Supreme Court.--civil Side. Thursday. Before the three Judges in Banco

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 22 April 1843 · page 2

John Fair v. Richard Lindley.--An action of trespass--demurrer argued 20th January last. The Chief Justice now delivered judgment for the defendant…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—in Banco

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1843 · page 2

BEFORE THE THREE JUDGES. THE QUEEN v. CHARMS BRITTON. SIR JAMES DOWLING, Chief Justice, delivered the following judgment in this case…

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Supreme Court.—civil Side. Thursday, April 20. (Continued.)

The Australian · Monday 24 April 1843 · page 2

Collins v. Elwin.—An application for a new trial stood over from last term. The plaintiff, resident in this colony, was in partnership with a gentlemen…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—in Banco

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1843 · page 2

BEFORE the three Judges. FRANCIS V. HUCHES. This was an action of trover, brought by the owner of a quantity of cedar, which had…

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Dreadful Murder at the Manning River

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 26 April 1843 · page 981

I send you the following account of an atrocious murder recently committed in this district:--It would appear that one John Chapman, an…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—in Banco

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1843 · page 2

BEFORE the Three Judges. THE QUEEN, AT THE APPLICATION OF THOMAS MAHER, V. JOHN OGLE, GENT., ONE, &c. This was an application on a bill nisi, to show…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1843 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. Justice BURTON, and Messrs. SMYTH and A. B. SPARK, Assessors. JAMIESON AND ANOTHER V. E. MANNING. This was an action brought by the trustees…

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Tuesday, April 25. Court of Revision, Macdonald River

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 27 April 1843 · page 4

Notice is hereby given, that so much of the notice from the police office, Wollombi, dated the 11th instant, as refers to the holding of a court of revision of the electoral lists at the Macdonald River, on the…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—in Banco

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 April 1843 · page 2

BEFORE the three Judges. EX-PARTE G. [?] NICHOLS. Mr. WINDEYER applied for a mandamus, calling upon the Magistrates of the City to…

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Supreme Court.—in Equity. Wednesday, April 26. Before the Chief Justice

The Australian · Friday 28 April 1843 · page 2

On the motion of Mr. Manning, a petition relative to the estate of a[?]lunatic, named Ne[?]ch, whose property consisted of four houses in Sydney, producing a yearly…

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London Police

The Sun and New South Wales Independent Press · Saturday 29 April 1843 · page 4

"NOAH'S ARK" IN CONFUSION. -- On Monday, Richard Andrews and Mary Martin were charged under the circumstances below stated. It appeared from the evidence that, on Saturday evening, there…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—in Banco

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 April 1843 · page 2

BEFORE the three JUDGES. WRUGHT V. WARBY. In this case application was made on a previous day before Mr. Justice BURTON, on the…

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Supreme Court--civil Side.--wednesday. BURDEKlN v. Lyons and Others

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 29 April 1843 · page 986

In this case a decree had been issued by the Chief Justice about a year ago, ordering the property of John Thomas Wilson to be divided among his creditors…

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Supreme Court.—in Banco. Friday, April 28.—Before the full Court

The Australian · Monday 1 May 1843 · page 2

Abercrombie and Co., v. Dunlop and Co., demurrer.—Mr. Darvall appeared on the part of the defendant, in support of a demurrer, made on the ground that the…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—in Banco

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1843 · page 2

BEFORE the three JUDGES. EXPARTE GEOGRE ROBERT NICHOLS, GENT. SIR JAMES DOWLING C. J.: This was an application made on the 27th ultimo, for a rule…

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Court of Chancery, Dec. 8Th. Mitford V. Reynolds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1843 · page 4

THIS case was argued some time since at Westminster. The testator, Mr. Milford, having realised a large fortune in the service of the East India Company, by his…

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Supreme Court.—in Banco

The Australian · Wednesday 3 May 1843 · page 2

Monday, May 1st.—Before the full Court!. Exparte G. R. Nichols, Gent. The Chief Justice delivered judgement on an application made last week for a Rule…

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Court of Requests--m'donald River and Wollombi

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 3 May 1843 · page 996

The governor by proclamation in yesterday's Gazette, in terms of the Court of Request's Act of last session, appoints that Courts of Request shall be holden at the…

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Supreme Court.--in Banco.--thursday. Before the three Judges. WRIGHT v. WARBY

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 3 May 1843 · page 994

In this case application was made on a previous day before Mr. Justice Burton, on the petition of Gilbert Wright, Esq., solicitor, of Balburst, to compel the defendant to sequestrate his estate for the general…

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Supreme Court.—lieutenant-colonel Jones, H. M. 57TH. (From the Madras Examiner, Nov. 7.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1843 · page 4

OUR Law Reports show that Col. Jones has been sued in the Supreme Court, by one Barrett, a private in his corps, for the value of a palankeen, which the Colonel…

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