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Courts & crime, 1845

1,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 55

Police Office.—saturday, July 26. Before his Worship the Mayor

The Australian · Tuesday 29 July 1845 · page 4

There were eight drunkards on the list this morning, four of whom were discharged, two paid the fine, and two were sent to the mill. John Williams, Richard Harrington, John…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—ittings at Bar. Monday. Before their Honors the three JUDGES and a Special Jury. the Bank of Australasia V. Thomas Chaplin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 July 1845 · page 2

Mr. William Hamilton Hart, the Superintendent of the Bank of Australasia, was called, and a question as to what were the communications between the two Banks prior to the,…

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News From the Interior. (From our Correspondent.) Parramatta. Police Court, Monday, July 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 July 1845 · page 3

CAUTION TO SLAUGHTERERS OF CATTLE.—A person named Hay, residing on the Kissing Point Road, appeared on summons for a breach of the act for regulating tho slaughtering of…

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Supreme Court. Saturday, July 26, 1845. (Before their Honors the three Judges.) the Bank of Australasia Versus the Bank of Australia. Sixteenth Day

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 July 1845 · page 3

The deeds which had been proved on Friday were now read. The first of these deeds was a mortgage of the 20th April from J. T. Hughes, in which his wife joined in certain covenants, to H. H. Macarthur,…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 July 1845 · page 2

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated, that in consequence of the decisions of the previous day, he did not propose to ask Mr. Hart any more questions, as any question which he might put…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court. Sittings As in Banco

The Australian · Thursday 31 July 1845 · page 3

TUESDAY, JULY 29.—Before their Honors the three Judges. The Bank of Australasia v. T. C. Breillat, &c. (EIGHTEENTH DAY.)…

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Police Office—tuesday, July 20. Before his Worship the Mayor, and Alderman Broughton

The Australian · Thursday 31 July 1845 · page 3

There were eleven drunkards on the list this morning, four of whom were discharged, three paid the fine, two were sent to the cells one to the mill and on to the stocks for four hours…

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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. (Nineteenth Day.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 July 1845 · page 2

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL now resumed: When he left off on the previous day he was endeavouring to show from the deed of settlement, that even if the right of the Bank of…

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Domestic Intelligence. Court of Quarter Sessions. Wednesday. Before Samuel Raymond, Esq., Chairman, and Major SMYTHE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 August 1845 · page 2

Owen Sullivan was indicted for stealing two hundred weight of hay, the property of Mr. Benjamin Boyd. The CROWN PROSECUTOR, in stating the case…

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Police Intelligence

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 2 August 1845 · page 2

Margaret M'Dowall, an elderly female assigned to Mr. Blaxland, of Newington, and Thomas Fielding, a ticket-of-leave holder, were charged with the first being on Sunday afternoon, in a complete state of…

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Ainsworth's "St. James's; Or, the Court of Queen Anne."

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Saturday 2 August 1845 · page 1

Sir Walter Scott, in 1826, on his way from Abbotsford to London, read during his journey, and with interest, lie tells us, Sir John Chiverton and Brambletye House,…

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Government Gazette. Friday, August 1, 1845. Court of Claims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 August 1845 · page 3

COURT of Claim's Office, July 21, 1845.— Notice is hereby given, that the following claims for deeds of grants of land and town allotments, will be ready for the examination…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—sittings at Bar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 August 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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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court. Sittings As in Banco

The Australian · Tuesday 5 August 1845 · page 3

Monday, August 4.—Before their Honors the three Judges. The Bank of Australasia v. T. C. Breillst, &c. (TWENTIETH DAY.)…

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Local Intelligence. Police OFFICE.—Thursday, JULY 31. Before his Worship the Mayor

The Australian · Tuesday 5 August 1845 · page 4

There were seven drunkards on the list this morning, six of whom were discharged, and one paid the fine of 11s. Ann Ware was sent to gaol for one month…

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Court of Vice Admiralty. Monday. Before the Worshipful S. F. MILFORD, Esq., Deputy Judge and Commissary. MANNING V. the "Terror."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 August 1845 · page 3

The defendant's proctor, Mr. Want, having asserted en appeal in this cause, and having obtained a decree for the stay of proceedings, Mr. DILLON for the plaintiff, now prayed…

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Dreadful Attempt at Murder and Suicide by an Insane Man

The Sentinel · Wednesday 6 August 1845 · page 1

On Friday morning, between five and six o'clock, the inhabitants were thrown into a state of a great excitement, in consequence of an attempt made by Mr. Bony, a carpenter, to kill his wife, and afterwards destroy…

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Court of Quarter Sessions. Monday, July 28

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 6 August 1845 · page 3

Joseph Chambers plead guilty to a charge of stealing a watch, and was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six calendar months in the gaol at Darlinghurst, the last three days in each…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court. Sittings in Insolvency

The Australian · Thursday 7 August 1845 · page 3

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6—Before his Honor Mr. Justice Dickinson. CERTIFICATES.—The Court confirmed the issue of certificates of discharge to John Carfrae…

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Police Office.—tuesday, August 5. Before His Worship the Mayor

The Australian · Thursday 7 August 1845 · page 3

There wore eleven drunkards on the list this morning, six of whom were discharged, one paid the line, two were sent to the cells for 24 hours, one to the stocks for four hours, and one to the…

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