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Courts & crime, 1845

1,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 55

Police Office. Monday, June 23. (Before His Worship the Mayor.)

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1845 · page 3

The drunkard's list this day contained rather a goodly array of fifteen names. Three paid the fine of eleven shillings, three were sentenced to twelve hours recreation on the treadmill, one was sentenced…

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Court of Requests. Saturday, June 21. Before Alfred Cheeke, Esq., Commissioner, and Messrs. Brown and Griffiths, Assessors

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1845 · page 3

WARD v. MILLER.--This was an action of assumpsit, brought on the part of the plaintiff, Robert Ward, licensed victualler, Bridge-street, against the defendant, Mr. George Miller, accountant to the…

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Supreme Court. Trial at Bar. Monday and Tuesday, June 23Rd and 24Th. (Before their Honors the three Judges.) the Bank of Australasia V. THOMAS C. Briellat. As Chairman of the Bank of Australia

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1845 · page 3

On the venire being called over the following gentlemen were fined in the sum of £10, for non-attendance as jurors--viz., Robert Fitzgerald; Windsor ; George Hill, Surry Hills; John Hoskin,…

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Court of Requests

The Australian · Thursday 26 June 1845 · page 3

THE public complain that the officers of this Court exact unauthorised fees. If this be true, it is an abuse of the very worst kind, inasmuch as the suitors there are chiefly…

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Police Office.—tuesday, June, 24. Before His Worship the Mayor

The Australian · Thursday 26 June 1845 · page 3

There were nine drunkards on the list, two of whom were discharged, it being their first offence, one paid the fine, three were sent to the mill, and three to the cells…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court. Sittings As in Banco. (Continued from our publication of the 24th.)

The Australian · Thursday 26 June 1845 · page 3

MONDAY JUNE 23.—Before their Honors the three Judges, and a Special Jury. The Bank of Australasia v. Thomas Chaplin Breillat, as Chairman of the Bank of Australia…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—sittings at Bar. Wednesday. Before their Honors the three JUDGES, and a Special Jury. the Bank of Australasia v. Thomas Chaplin Breillat, Chairman of the Bank of Australia. (Third Day.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 June 1845 · page 2

Mr. WINDEYER said, that without making any formal application, he would beg leave to intimate to the Court that he conceived the rule made on Monday evening to be such an…

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News From the Interior. (From our various Correspondents.) Parramatta. Police Court.—wednesday, June 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 June 1845 · page 3

MALICIOUSLY SHOOTING CATTLE—Four men named Richard Tuck well, Thomas Nott, David Leving, and Thomas Bradley, were placed at the bar on a charge of having, on the 22nd…

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Supreme Court Rules

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 June 1845 · page 2

The subjoined General Rules, (from 1 to 7 inclusive,) having been made by their Honors the Judges, in the Common Law and general jurisdiction of the Court, are published for…

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Supreme Court Rules. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 June 1845 · page 2

The following General Rules and Orders for the Supreme Court of New South Wales, in its Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, having been made by their Honors the Judges, are published for…

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The Court of Requests Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 June 1845 · page 2

AMONG the many objects of public importance, which in the next session of the Legislative Council will call for the careful attention of the members, will be, we…

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Supreme Court Rules. (From Tuesday's Government Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 June 1845 · page 2

THE following General Rules and Orders of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, in its Equitable Jurisdiction, having been made by their Honors the Judges, are published for…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—sittings at Bar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 June 1845 · page 2

BEFORE their Honors the three JUDGES, and a Special Jury. THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA v. THOMAS CHAPLIN BREILLAT, CHAIRMAN OF THE BANK OF…

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Original Correspondence. Bathurst Police To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 June 1845 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—Having read an address to the Police Magistrate ot Bathurst, in your paper of the 17th instant, signed by eight magistrates, censuring certain stuctures in my letter of the…

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Windsor. Police Court.—tuesday, June 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 June 1845 · page 2

MAGISTRATES present—WILLIAM COX, and D. WHITAKER, Esqs. SHIRLEY v. COLLINS. In this case, the defendant was summon…

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Police Intelligence

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1845 · page 2

Joseph Hendle, answered to a summons for having been guilty of Sunday selling. The charge, although prosecuted by the Chief Constable, appeared to have its origin in the information…

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Parramatta Police

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 28 June 1845 · page 2

Richard Carkett appeared on summons for a breach of the Dog Act, in having suffered a Dog whereof he was the owner, to rush at and attack one Mary Tracy. The defendant having, with an air of greatly injured…

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News From the Interior. (From our various Correspondents.) Parramatta. Police Court, June 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 June 1845 · page 2

MALLICIOUSLY SLAYING CATTLE.—The four men who were before the Court yesterday, charged with the above offence, and remanded until this day in consequence of the counsel…

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Supreme Court Rules

The Australian · Saturday 28 June 1845 · page 3

THE subjoined General Rules, (from 1 to 7 inclusive,) having boon made by their honors the Judges, in the Common Law and general jurisdiction of the Court, are published for…

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The Police and the Water Police. To the Editor of the Australian

The Australian · Saturday 28 June 1845 · page 4

SIR,—As a diligent purveyor of intelligence, such as your experience qualifies you to discern, will be beneficial, or at least, interesting to the public, you will permit me, in the name of a…

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