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Courts & crime, 1845

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Bathurst Circuit Court. Monday, March 31. Before His Honor Mr. Justice a'Beckett

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 12 April 1845 · page 171

Henry Hogan, who had been convicted of the murder of his wife, was brought up and received sentence of death, with an intimation that he would be recommended to mercy…

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Law Intelligence. Central Criminal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1845 · page 2

BEFORE His Honor Mr. Justice DICKINSON. HOUSEBREAKING. William Wilkins was placed at the bar, charged with having, at Parramatta, on the…

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Law Intelligence. Central Criminal Court. Monday. Before His Honor Mr. Justice A'beckett. Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 April 1845 · page 2

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated to the Court, that on information had been placed upon the file, charging W. H. Wason, J.P., with assault. The defendant was now on the floor of the…

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The Police

The Australian · Tuesday 15 April 1845 · page 3

THE functionaries in, this department are given to extreme vigilance and zeal, where non-interference would, be much more creditable to themselves, and much more conducive to the…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—(criminal Side.)

The Australian · Tuesday 15 April 1845 · page 3

SATURDAY, APRIL 12.—Before Uis Honor Mr. Justice Dickinson. HOUSEBREAKING. William Wilkins was charged with, having, on the 14th February last, broken into the…

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Police Office.—saturday, April 12. (Before his Worship the Mayor.)

The Australian · Tuesday 15 April 1845 · page 3

There were eight drunkards on the list this morning, two of whom were discharged, and the rest fined under the Police Act. John Hayes was fined 10s., and 2s. Gd. costs…

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Rolls' Court, Westminster. Wednesday, November 20. Cruikshank V. M'vicar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 April 1845 · page 4

THIS cause was resumed, and Mr. Kindersley, for the defendant, in support of the demurrer, finished his reply. The bill stated that the plaintiffs, Cruikshank,…

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At the Police Office, Goulburn. (The Upset price of each lot is £5 per section of 640 acres.)

The Australian · Tuesday 15 April 1845 · page 3

1. Georgiana, 1000 acres, parish unnamed at Wiarborough, Abercromble River. 2. Argyle, 800 acres, pariah unnamed, near Windellama…

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At the Police Office, Port Macquarie. (The Upset price of each lot is £5 per section of 640 acres.)

The Australian · Tuesday 15 April 1845 · page 3

1. Macquarie, 640 acres, pariah unnamed, at Rollens' Plains, near the head of, Bril Bril Brook. 2. Macquarie, 737 acres, parish unnamed, on the Manning Rriver…

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Police Incidents

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1845 · page 2

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF PEDESTRIANISM. -- Henry Turbot -- an odd kind of fish -- in passing through the George-street Market building, on Thursday morning, was seized with an involuntary…

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Central Criminal Court. Tuesday. Before His Honor Mr. Justice Dickinson. Charge of Assault and Highway Robbery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1845 · page 2

Aaron Gainsborg was placed at the bar, charged with having, on the 9th March, 1845, assaulted one Henry Wineberg on the Parramatta Road, and then and there put him in…

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Horrible Murder of a Female

The Sentinel · Wednesday 16 April 1845 · page 1

One of the most brutal and unprovoked sacrifices of human life which it has ever fallen to the task of public journalists to record, took place on Tuesday at Yarmouth, in the county of Norfolk, under the following…

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The Corporation of Sydney. the City Police

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1845 · page 2

IN our recent remarks on the evil workings of the District Councils of the colony, we were careful to show that the question between centralisation and localisation…

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Law Intelligence. Central Criminal Court

The Sentinel · Wednesday 16 April 1845 · page 2

Cornelius Murphy, labourer, residing on the Red fern Estate, near Sydney, was indicted for assaulting one Dennis Haggarty, by firing at him with a gun, with intent to do him some…

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At the Court at "Windsor, the 8th of Novem 1844

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1845 · page 2

PRESENT:— The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. His Royal Highness Prince Albert. Lord Steward…

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Parramatta News. Police Office, 11Th April. -- Before Gilbert Eliott and Gr. B. Suitor, Esqsr

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1845 · page 3

MOFFAT v. DOOLEY. -- This case which which was adjourned until to day, and the particulars of which were reported by us on a former occasion, still remains unsettled…

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Central Criminal Court. Friday, April 11. (Before his Honor the Chief Justice.) SENTENCES

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1845 · page 2

John Connor and John Mackenzie, convicted of horse stealing, were brought up for sentence. Connor was sentenced to be imprisoned in Parramatta Gaol for three years. Mackenzie was further…

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Supreme Court. Criminal Sittings.—friday, April 11. (Before his Honor the Chief Justice.) SENTENCES

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 16 April 1845 · page 2

John Connor, who had been convicted of horse stealing, was placed at the bar and sentenced to be imprisoned for three years in Parramatta gaol. John Mackenzie, who had also been found guilty…

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Refusals of Clergymen to Bury. Arches' Court, Saturday, Nov. 2. the Office of the Judge Promoted by Titchmarsh Against Chapman

The Sentinel · Wednesday 16 April 1845 · page 1

This was a proceeding against the Rev. W. H. Chapman, vicar of Basingbourne, Cambridgshire, under the 68th canon, for refusing to bury the corpse of the infant daughter of a parishioner, without sufficient cause, on the…

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At the Police Office, Bathurst

The Australian · Thursday 17 April 1845 · page 4

The upset price of. each, lot is £5 per section of 640 acres. 1. Roxbourgh, 700 acres, parish unnamed, near Capertee, about six miles north-west of…

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