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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1845

1,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 55

Police Office. Wednesday, May 21, 1845. (Before His Worship the Mayor.)

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1845 · page 3

ASSAULTING CONSTABLES.--John Langham and John Burke were fined, the former 10s. and the latter 20s., for assaulting constables while in the execution of their duty…

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Local Intelligence. Police Office.—thuusday, May 22. Before his Worship tho Mayor

The Australian · Saturday 24 May 1845 · page 4

There were six drunkards on the list this morning, three of whom were discharged, and three were dealt with under the Police Act. There was only a single case on the free list…

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Supreme Court. Equity Jurisdiction. Tuesday, May 20. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice a'Beckett.) WARLAND v. BRODIE

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 24 May 1845 · page 2

This case was a bill for specific performance, in which the plaintiff, William Henry Worland, prayed that the defendant might be decreed to execute in his (plaintiff's) behalf, a mortgage for securing a…

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Supreme Court. Wednesday, May 21St, 1845. Before His Honor Mr. Justice A'Beckett and a Jury of four. STURT V. MILSOM

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1845 · page 2

This was an action of trespass, and the damages were laid at £200. Mr. Michie, with whom was Mr. Windeyer, opened the case for the plaintiff. The declaration…

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Law Intelligence Supreme Court.—nisi Prius Sittings. Friday. Before His Honor the Chief Justice and a Jury of four. LOW V. FOSS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 May 1845 · page 2

This cause, the trial of which was commenced on Thursday, was au action on the case between James Low, plaintiff, and Ambrose Foss defendant, and the plaintiff being a minor, the…

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Law Intelligence Supreme Court—nisi Prius Sittings. Saturday. Before His Honor Mr. Justice DICKINSON' and a jury of four. GREENWOOD V. RYAN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 May 1845 · page 2

This was an action by John Greenwood, plaintiff, against John Ryan, defendant, to recover damages for assault and false imprisonment. The declaration stated, that on the 25th…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court. Sittings in Nisi Prius

The Australian · Tuesday 27 May 1845 · page 3

SATURDAY, MAY 24.—Before His Honor Mr. Justice Dickinson, and a Jury of four. Greenwood v. Ryan.—This was un action of assault and false imprisonment, brought by the…

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Police Office.—saturday, May 24. Before his Worship the Mayor

The Australian · Tuesday 27 May 1845 · page 3

There were five drunkards on the list this morning, two of whom were discharged, and the others were punished under the Police Act. Thomas Smith, a Norfolk island expire of…

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Capital Punishment. Affecting Occurrence. the Force of Conscience.—confession of a Murder Committed Nine Years Ago

The Australian · Tuesday 27 May 1845 · page 4

A report having been circulated in this town [Colchester] that a native, of Polstead, at present in the East Indies, had been apprehended for having committed a…

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At the Police Office, Hartley. (Upset price £5 per section of 640 acres.)

The Australian · Tuesday 27 May 1845 · page 4

1. Westmoreland, 650 acres, parish of Thornshope, near Evan's Crown…

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News From the Interior. (From our various Correspondents.) Parramatta. Court of Requests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 May 1845 · page 3

IHE Court resumed its sittings on Friday morning, and by twelve o'clock the list of summonses in the £10 court were all disposed of. THIRTY POUNDS JURISDICTION…

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Police Office. Saturday, May 24. (Before his Worship the Mayor.)

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 May 1845 · page 3

STEALING A WATCH.--A woman named Mary Allen was committed to take her trial for stealing a watch from the bed-room of William Bassage, wheelright and carpenter, residing in…

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Supreme Court. Friday, May 23, 1845. ROWE V. FOSS

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 May 1845 · page 2

This was an action on the case, and the damages were laid at £500. The defendant pleaded first, that he was not guilty; second, that he was not employed as a…

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Supreme Court. Civil Jurisdiction. Friday, May 23. Before his Honor the Chief Justice and a jury of four. LOW v. FOSS

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 28 May 1845 · page 2

This case, the trial of which was commenced on Thursday, was an action on the case between James Low, plaintiff, and Ambrose Foss, defendant, and the plaintiff being a minor, the name of his father,…

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Law Intelligence Supreme Court.—nisi Prius Sittings. Tuesday. Befdre His Honor Mr. Justice DICKINSON and a Jury of four. TURTON v. SIMMONS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 May 1845 · page 2

This was an action of debt on a bond, the penalty of which was £500. The declaration set forth that the said bond had been given by the defendant as a security for the execution by…

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At the Police Office, Goulburn

The Australian · Thursday 29 May 1845 · page 4

1. Argyle, 640 acres, parish unnamed, near Bungonia. 2. Argyle, 640 acres, parish unnamed, at Mutmuthilly third Bredalbane Plain…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court. Sittings in Nisi Prius

The Australian · Thursday 29 May 1845 · page 3

TUESDAY, MAY 27.—Before His Honor Mr. Justice Dickinson, and a Jury of four. Turton v. Simmons.—This was an action brought by the plaintiff. William Turton, to…

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The Police. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 May 1845 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—The defective system of police at present in force in this colony, having for some time engaged my attention with a view to its improvement, I beg leave, through the medium…

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Local Intelligence. Police Offices.—tuesday, May 27. Before his Worship the Mayor

The Australian · Thursday 29 May 1845 · page 3

There were nine drunkards on the list this morning, six of whom were discharged, and three dealt with under the Police Act. William Sparkes, the well known pugilist, was…

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At the Police Office, Hartley. (Upset price £5 per section of 640 acres.)

The Australian · Thursday 29 May 1845 · page 4

1. Westmoreland, 650 acres, parish of Thornshope, near Evan's Crown…

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