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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1844

946 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 48

Law Intelligence. Supreme Court. Insolvency Business

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 October 1844 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. Justice A'BECKETT. CERTIFICATES OF DISCHARGE. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER moved that the allowance of certificates of discharge by him to…

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Supreme Court.—(criminal Side.) (Continued from yesterday's Australian.)

The Australian · Thursday 10 October 1844 · page 3

TUESDAY, OCT. 8.—Before his Honor Mr. Justice a'Beckott. STEALING MEDICINES. Levi Abrahams and William Augustus Crawley…

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Supreme Court.—(criminal Side.)

The Australian · Friday 11 October 1844 · page 3

(Thursday, Oct. 10.—Before his Honor Mr. Justice a'Beckett. MAIMING. Louis Breton was placed at the Bar, charged…

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Police Incidents. WEDNESDAY.—Before the Mayor

The Australian · Friday 11 October 1844 · page 4

THE "HARVEY" AGROUND.—Henry Hill was charged by Constable Tod with rifling the pockets of a seaman named Harvey, who had run aground (under the…

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Law Intelligence. Central Criminal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 October 1844 · page 4

BEFORE Acting Chief Justice STEPHEN, and a Common Jury. MALICIOUSLY CUTTING AND WOUNDING. Louis Britton, of Sydney, was indicted for…

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Extraordinary Case of Murder

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 12 October 1844 · page 4
Also in Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser

FROM information which has been collected by the police, during their recent expedition, we are enabled to furnish our readers with the following particulars of a murder which took place at Yankalilla, about ten or…

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Central Criminal Court

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 12 October 1844 · page 2
Also in Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser

John Morris, of Windsor, was acquitted of a charge of receiving certain articles of bed linen, &c., knowing them to be stolen. Emanual Phillips pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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Supreme Court—(criminal Side.)

The Australian · Saturday 12 October 1844 · page 3

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10.—Before His Honor Mr. Justice A'Beckett. INDECENT ASSAULT. Jeremiah Hyne alias Wilcox was indicted for…

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Police Reports, by "Boz" Parramatta Bench

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 12 October 1844 · page 3

STOCKADE MEN.--Denis Creamour and Moses Johnson, who had absconded on the previous Tuesday from the Parramatta Stockade, and had been forwarded from Sydney, to be dealt with by the Bench as…

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Tuesday, October 8. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice a'Beckett, and a Common Jury.) Cattle Stealing

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 12 October 1844 · page 3

Henry Mud and Thomas Lyons, late of Windsor, laborers, were found guilty of having, on the 25th July last, stolen a cow, the. property of John Towns of North Richmond, and sentenced the former to be…

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Central Criminal Court. MONDAY. Before His Honor Mr. Justice a' Beckett

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 12 October 1844 · page 183

John Morris, late of Windsor, labourer, was indicted for having, at Kurrajong, on the 4th September last, received certain articles of bed linen, clothing, &c., knowing…

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Central Criminal Court. Monday, October 7, 1844. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice a'Beckett and a Special Jury) Receiving Stolen Property

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 12 October 1844 · page 3

John Morris late of Windsor, labourer, was acquitted of the charge of having, at Kurrajong, on the, 4tlh September last, received certain articles of bedding, clothing, &c., knowing them to have been…

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Supreme Court—(criminal Side.)

The Australian · Monday 14 October 1844 · page 3

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10—Before His Honor Mr. Justice A'Beckett. (Continued from Saturday's publication.) STEALING THREE HUNDRED SOVEREIGNS…

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Supreme Court.—(criminal Side.)

The Australian · Tuesday 15 October 1844 · page 3

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11—Before His Honor the Chief Justice. CONSPIRACY. John Hodges (in custody), Richards Webb…

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Law Intelligence. Central Criminal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 October 1844 · page 4

BEFORE His Honor Mr. Justice A'BUCKETT, and a common Jury. ASSAULT ON A BOY. Jeremiah Hynes alias Wilcox, late of Pe[?]rith,…

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Law Intelligence. Suupreme Court.—criminal Side. Conspiracy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 October 1844 · page 2

In the case of conspiracy—J. Hodges and others. This trial was postponed on application of the prisoners' is counsel until Friday next, in consequence of a new information…

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Police Incidents

The Australian · Wednesday 16 October 1844 · page 4

MONDAY.—Before the Mayor, Aldermen Macdermott and Flood. ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.—Charles Bowne, of Elizabeth street south…

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Central Criminal Court. Wednesday, October 9, 1844. (Before His Honor the Chief Justice.)

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 16 October 1844 · page 3

Queen v. Hodges and others— This case, which was to have come on this morning, was postponed till Saturday next, in consequence of the absence of a material witness…

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