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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1844

946 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 48

Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—insolvency Business

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 April 1844 · page 2

BETORE His Honor Mr. Justice BURTON. PLANS OF DISTRIBUTION. Plans of Distribution in the estate of Geore A. Kennell, yielding a dividend of 3s, 2d. in…

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Police Incidents

The Australian · Friday 12 April 1844 · page 3

THURSDAY, APRIL 11—Before the Right Worshipful the Mayor. Embezzlement and Forgery.—George Tasker,who had been occasionally employed as clerk…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—in Equity

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1844 · page 2

BEFORE their Honors the three Judges. ATTORNEY-GENERAL [?] ESTALL. Mr. FISHER moved in the case of Roger Therry, Attorney-General, &c., [?] W. H…

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Police Intelligence. SATURDAY. Before Gilbert Eliott, Esq., P. M., and Dr. Forster, J. P.

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1844 · page 2

Mary M'Cann was charged by district constable Hotham with being, on the Thusday evening previous, in that happy state, which Burns describes as making us "o're all the 'ills victorious." Miss M. pleaded…

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Supreme Court.—second Term

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1844 · page 2

THIS being the first day of Term, the following has been posted:- SUPREME COURT—TERM PAPER. Cases for Judgement.—Wilkie v. Peberdy;…

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Police Incidents

The Australian · Tuesday 16 April 1844 · page 4

SATURDAY, APRIL 13.—Before Captain Brown, J. P., and William Potts, Esq., J. P. LEVYING ON ASSESSMENT.—John…

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Police Incidents

The Australian · Tuesday 16 April 1844 · page 3

MONDAY, APRIL 15.—Before the Right Worshipful the Mayor. Youthful Delinquency.—Two girls, aged eleven and thirteen years, named Jane Johnson…

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The Sydney Police. Iv

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1844 · page 2

We think we have now clearly proved, that, compared even with the average usages of England, the present police establishment of this city is wholly…

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Supreme Court.—civil Side. Monday, 15Th April

The Australian · Tuesday 16 April 1844 · page 3

This being the first day of Term, their Honors the Judges appeared in their robes, and after the usual salutation of the bar, proceeded to have the list of jurors called, who had been…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—civil Side. First Day or Second Term. Monday, April 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1844 · page 2

Present: Sir James Dowling, Knight, Chief Justice, W. Westbrooke Burton, Esq., Justice, and Alfred Stephen, Esq., Justice. The Barristers in the Court were—The…

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Police Incident

The Australian · Wednesday 17 April 1844 · page 3

Tuesday, April. 16—Before Charles Windeyer, Esq., J. P. Breaking a Leg.—James Green, a person possessing some property and resident on the…

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SUPREME COURT.—Civil Side

The Australian · Wednesday 17 April 1844 · page 3

TUESDAY, APRIL 16.—Their Honors the Judges sat in Banco, this morning, as yesterday, in the New Court of Equity, and on the opening of the Court,…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—in Banco

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 April 1844 · page 2

[We were compelled, from want of room in our yesterday's number, to compress the reports of the Supreme Court proceedings into the smallest possible space. We now give the…

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Police Incidents

The Australian · Thursday 18 April 1844 · page 3

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7.— Before Charles Windeyer, Esq., J.P., and Colonel Shedforth, J.P. Indentures Cancelled.— Phoobe Jackson applied to the Bench, to have the indentures of…

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Supreme Court.—civil Side. Wednesday; April 17

The Australian · Thursday 18 April 1844 · page 3

His Honor the Chief Justice sat in Equity when the cause of Rutledge v. Campbell and another, was in part heard and forward stage, after which the Court was adjourned til Tuesday…

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Macdermott, Hall, and "Pro Rege, Lege, Grege, versus the Squatters. (A case not reported by the Supreme Court people.)

The Colonial Observer · Thursday 18 April 1844 · page 22

N.B.--So much coughing that it was quite impossible to hear the commencement of the case for the Defendants, which appears to have been in the form of an affidavit…

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Police Incidents

The Australian · Friday 19 April 1844 · page 3

THURSDAY, APRIL 18.—Before Charles Windeyer, Esq , Second Police Magistrate, and Captain Hollingworth, R. N., J. P. Indian Seamen's Articles.—Mr.Dillon applied…

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Supreme Court.—civil, Side. Thursday, April 18

The Australian · Friday 19 April 1844 · page 3

Before their Honors the three Judges in Banco. The Rev. John Christian Handt took the usual oaths, and was admitted a denizon subject of her Majesty. Queen Victoria in this…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—civil Side

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 April 1844 · page 2

BEFORE their Honors the three JUDGES in Banco. NEW MAGISTRATE. John Gordon Collyer, Esq., was sworn in as a magistrate of the territory, in the usual form…

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Bushranging and Murder

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 20 April 1844 · page 4

ON Sunday, the 24th March, one of the most atrocious outrages ever perpetrated in the colony of New South Wales, was committed by two armed bushrangers, near Mount Rouse, on the Portland Bay Road. Two men…

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