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Courts & crime, 1845

1,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 55

At the Police Office, Pout Macquarie. (The upset price of each lot is £5 per section of 540 acres.)

The Australian · Thursday 29 May 1845 · page 4

1. Macquarie, 650 acres, parish unnamed, at Mitchell Island. 2. Macquarie, 640 acres, parish unnamed, near Wingham…

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Law Intelligence Supreme Court.—nisi Prius Sittings. Wednesday. Before His Honor Mr. Justice A'BECKETT, and a jury of four. DYBALL v. ABERCROMBIE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 May 1845 · page 2

This was an action for work and labour, brought by James Dyball, to recover the sum…

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Law Intelligence Supreme Court.—insolvency Jurisdiction. Thursday. Before His Honor the Chief Justice. in the Insolvency of Hercules Watt, Exparte Moring,—appeal From the Chief Commissioner's Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 May 1845 · page 2

The Court having been opened for the deliver of judgment in the above case, the following decision was given by his Honor the CHIEF JUSTICE:—…

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Police Intelligence

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1845 · page 2

Henry Webster, (ticket-of-leave, for Windsor), and Joseph Angel, (a fallen one, for he had been to Van Diemen's Land,) were placed at the Bar, the first charged with warming his hand in the pocket of one…

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Parramatta Police

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 31 May 1845 · page 2

Mary Lawrence (bond) was brought before the Bench under the following circumstances. Mary being laundress in the establishment of Mr. Wm. Byrnes, and consequently given to get soapy, whenever…

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Court of Claims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 May 1845 · page 4

Court of Claims Office, May 28.—Notice is hereby given that the following claims for deeds of grant of town allotments will be ready for the examination of the Commissioners…

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Parramatta Court of Requests

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1845 · page 3

MAY 23--Before A. Cheeke, Esq., Commissioner, and M. Anderson and--Watkins, Esqs., Assessors. BORSDON V. THORNE…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court. Sittings in Nisi Prius

The Australian · Saturday 31 May 1845 · page 3

WEDNESDAY, MAY 28.—Before his Honor Mr Justice a'Beckett, and a Jury of four. Smart v. Boughten.—This was an action brought by Thomas Ware Smart, to recover…

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The Publicans.--the Police Bench.--and the Infamous Land Regulations

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1845 · page 2

SUCH is the, indeed, "formidable heading" for the leading article in a recent number of our able southern cotemporary, the Portland Gazette. But we quite agree…

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Local Intelligence. Police Office.—thursday, May, 29, 1845. Before his Worship the Mayor

The Australian · Saturday 31 May 1845 · page 4

There were three drunkards on the list; one if whom paid the usual fine, and the other two were discharged. Ann Kelly, free by servitude, was committed…

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Sittings in the Court Of REVIEW. The Trial of "Old Heads and Young Hearts," for Wilful Obscurity

The Australian · Saturday 31 May 1845 · page 4

Mr. Punch for the Prosecution. Q. What are you, sir? A. A dramatic author. Q. Do you remember the night of Monday…

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Supreme Court. Civil Jurisdiction. Tuesday, May 27. Before his Honor Mr. Justice Dickinson and a jury of four. TURTON v. SIMMONS

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 31 May 1845 · page 2

This was an action for debt, on a bond the penalty of which was £500. The declaration stated that the bond had been give by defendant as a security for the execution by Mrs. Simmons of a release of…

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Supreme Court. Wednesday, May 28Th, 1845. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice a'Beckett and a Jury of four.) DYBALD V. ABERCROMBIE

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1845 · page 3

This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for the sum of £57 8s. for work and labor. The evidence of the plaintiff went to shew that…

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Law Intelligence Supreme Court.—nisi Prius Sittinos. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Before His Honor Mr. Justice DICKINSON and a Special Jury of Twelve. MAYNE V. TURNER

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 June 1845 · page 2

This was an action on the case between William Colburne Mayne, plaintiff; and George Cooper Turner, gentleman; one of the attorneys of the Supreme Court of New South…

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The Murder at Salt Hill. Exhumation of the Body of the Murdered Woman

The Australian · Tuesday 3 June 1845 · page 4

WINDSOR, TUESDAY EVENING.—The mother of Sarah Hart, through the activity of the police, has been at length discovered. She was residing with her…

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Law Intelligence Supreme Court.—nisi Prius Sittings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 June 1845 · page 2

BEFORE His Honor the CHIEF JUSTICE, and a special jury of twelve. JURORS. Messrs. John Fairfax, Thomas Cadell, jun.,…

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Local Intelligence. Police Office.—saturday, May, 31. Before his Worship the Mayor

The Australian · Tuesday 3 June 1845 · page 4

There were five drunkards on the list this morning, two of whom were discharged, and three were dealt with under the Police Act. Arthur Harvey was committed to take his…

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The Murder at Salt Hill

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1845 · page 3

WINDSOR, TUESDAY EVENING.--The mother of Sarah Hart, through the activity of the police, has been at length discovered. She was residing with her second husband,…

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Court of Claims

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 4 June 1845 · page 4

Notice is hereby given, that the following Claims for Deeds of Grant of Town Allotments, will be ready for the examination of the Commissioners appointed for that purpose, under the Act of…

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Supreme Court. Saturday, May 31, 1845. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice Dickinson and a Special Jury.) MAYNE V. TURNER

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1845 · page 2

The further hearing of this case was continued this day, when Mr. Foster, for the defendant, moved for a nonsuit on the grounds that no evidence had been given that the defendant had been retained…

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