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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1844

946 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 48

Supreme Court.—(criminal Side.)

The Australian · Thursday 17 October 1844 · page 2

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15.—Before His Honor the Chief Justice. William Roberts, late of Sydney, was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury, in swearing on…

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Central Criminal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 October 1844 · page 2

BEFORE His Honor the CHIEF JUSTICE. PE[?]JURY. William Roberts, late of Sydney, labourer, was indicted for having, on the 22nd July last, in…

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Supreme Court—(insolvency Jurisdiction.)

The Australian · Thursday 17 October 1844 · page 3

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10.—Before his Honor the Chief Justice. His Honor, stated, on taking his seat upon the Bench this morning, that he would only take…

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Supreme Court.—(criminal Side)

The Australian · Friday 18 October 1844 · page 3

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17.—Before His Honor the Chief Justice. FRAUD. Charles Steele, out on bail, was brought up…

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Law Intelligence. Central Criminal Court. Wednesday, October 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 October 1844 · page 2

BEFORE His Honor the CHIEF JUSTICE. CHARGE OF REVOLT ON THE HIGH SEAS George Scott, Richard Morris, and Benjamin Williams, late seamen on board the whaling…

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Police Incidents

The Australian · Saturday 19 October 1844 · page 4

THURSDAY, Oct. 18.—Before Charles Windeyer, Esq., P. M. A Drunken ATTORNEY.—One of the legal fraternity whose addition is…

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Police.--SATURDAY

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1844 · page 2

THERE was but one confine in the watch-house, on Saturday morning, being a suspected runaway, he was however discharged by Mr. Suttor, after examination. MONDAY…

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Central Criminal Court

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 19 October 1844 · page 1
Also in The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature

William Lackey and William Wood were indicted for stealing 300 sovereigns, two £50 notes, and eighteen £1 notes, the goods and chattles of One Rachael Weldon, alias Divine, alias Beare, at the prisoner Lackey's…

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Supreme Court.—(criminal Side)

The Australian · Saturday 19 October 1844 · page 3

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18.—Before the Honor the Chief Justice. CONSPIRACY. John HOdges, Richard Webb, James Slade…

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Infanticide. Supreme Court, Adelaide.--criminal Sittings

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1844 · page 4
Also in The Star and Working Man's Guardian

Rosa Ann Dow Hyrdess, Julia Hyrdess, and Merlina Hyrdess, aged respectively nineteen, fifteen, and four, teen years, were placed at the bar, charged with the wilful murder of the illegitimate female child of the…

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Sydney News. Central Criminal Court

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1844 · page 4

William Lackey and William Wood were indicted for stealing 300 sovereigns, two £50 notes, and eighteen £1 notes, the goods and chattles of one Rachael Weldon, alias Divine, alias Beare, at the prisoner Lackey's…

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Tables of Rates Upon Vessels at the Port of Sydney. Water Police

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 19 October 1844 · page 203

Coasters, 3d. per ton register, payable every 12 months. Every vessel registered at Sydney, and trading to Van Diemen's Land, 3d. per ton per…

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Charge of Revolt on the High Seas. Central Criminal Court, October, 16. Before His Honor the Chief Justice

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 19 October 1844 · page 202

George Scott, Richard Morris, and Benjamin Williams, late seamen on board the whaling ship Juno, were indicted on a charge of revolt on the High Seas, for that they, on the 6th day…

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Supreme Court.—(criminal Side)

The Australian · Monday 21 October 1844 · page 3

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18.—Before His Honor the Chief Justice. PARRAMATTA CONSPIRACY CASE. John Bodges (in custody), Richard Webb…

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Law Intelligence. Central Criminal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 October 1844 · page 2

BEFORE His Honor Mr. Justice DICKINSON. DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS. William Carnegie, Henty Moote, James Campbell, George Smith, Timothy Call, Thomas Neilson,…

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Legislative Council. Compensation Por Offices Abolisiied or Reduced, and Police and Gaols

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 October 1844 · page 4

REPORT from the Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 6th September, 1844, "to prepare an Address to Her Majesty, to remove any…

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Law Intelligence. Central Criminal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 October 1844 · page 4

BEFORE His Honor the CHIEF JUSTICE. CONSPIRACY. John Hodges (in custody under sentence), and Richard Webb, James Slade, and Thomas…

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Supreme Court.—(civil Side.) Sittings in Banco

The Australian · Tuesday 22 October 1844 · page 3

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1844.—Before their Honors the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Dickenson, and Mr. Justice a'Beckett. This being the first day of form, their Honors…

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