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Courts & crime, 1847

968 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 49

Law Intelligence. Supreme Court. Sittings in Banco

The Australian · Tuesday 13 April 1847 · page 3

MONDAY, APRIL 12.—Before their Honors the three Judges. NEW BARRISTER.—Sylvanus Moriarty, Esq., was on the motion of the Attorney…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—monday. Banco Sittings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1847 · page 2

BEFORE their Honors the three JUDGES. NEW BARRISTER The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for the admission of Sylvanus Moriarty, Esq., as a…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court—tuesday. Banco Sittings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1847 · page 2

BEFORE their Honors the three JUDGES. NEW MAGISTRATE. Mr. Alderman Fisher was sworn in as a Magistrate of this City in the usual form…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court. Saturday. Equity Jurisdiction. Before their Honors the three Judges. SMITH V. SALTING

Sydney Chronicle · Wednesday 14 April 1847 · page 2

This case had been set down by the leave of the Court, in order that the minutes of the decree made herein might be spoken to by counsel, but it was postponed until Saturday next, in consequence of…

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Police Office

The Australian · Thursday 15 April 1847 · page 3

TUESDAY.—Four drunkards were discharge and six were ordered to pay 11s. each, or be sent to the cells for twenty-four hours. Mary Ann Rogers and Margaret Mulverbill, two…

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At the Police Office Yass

The Australian · Thursday 15 April 1847 · page 4

KING.—1. Eight hundred acres, near Biala. 2. Six hundred and forty acres, near Jerrawa Creek. 2. Six hundred and forty acres, same place…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court—wednesday. Insolvency Jurisdiction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 April 1847 · page 2

BEFORE their Honors the three Judges. FLANS OF DISTRIBUTION. The Court confirmed a plan of distribution in the estate of George Townshend, shewing a…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court. Sittings in Banco

The Australian · Thursday 15 April 1847 · page 3

Tuesday, APRIL 13.—Before their Honors the three Judges. NEW MAGISTRATE.—Mr. Alderman Fisher was duly sworn in as a Magistrate of the City of…

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Court of Requests. £30 Jurisdiction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 April 1847 · page 2

BEFORE His Honor the COMMISSIONER, and Messrs. M'GEE and HORDERN, Assessors. STEPHENSON v. FOX. This was an action in t[?]over, broug[?]t by the…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—thursday. Banco Sittings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 April 1847 · page 2

BEFORE their Honors the three JUDGES. O'NEILL v. CLARK. Mr. WINDEYER applied to the Court for an order to deprive the plaintiff of costs, under…

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Police Office

The Australian · Saturday 17 April 1847 · page 3

THURSDAY.—Three drunkards were fined 11s. each. There were ten cases on the general list, eight of which were for assaults or breaches of the peace. Richard Barlow, for assaulting Mrs…

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Police Reports

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 17 April 1847 · page 3

A Volunteer Conservator of the Peace.— A rakish-looking youth, named Thomas Holmes, was brought before Messrs. Thurlow snd Smart, charged with stealing a horse, saddle and bridle,…

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Local Intelligence. Court of Requests

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 17 April 1847 · page 3

GRIBBEN V. STEWART—This was a case in which Andrew Gribben, a farrier, in the employment of Mr. Armstrong, vetenary surgeon, sought damages from Mr…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court. Sittings in Banco

The Australian · Saturday 17 April 1847 · page 2

THURSDAY, APRIL 15.—Before their Honors the three Judges. O'Neil v. Clarke.—This was a motion made by Mr. Windever, on the part of the defendant, to…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—saturday. Banco Sittings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 April 1847 · page 2

BEFORE their Honors the three JUDGES. ORR V. DAVIDSON. This was a special case, reserved by His Honor the Resident Judge at Port Phillip for…

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Tables of Rates Upon Vessels at the Port of Sydney. Water Police

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 17 April 1847 · page 462

Coasters, 3d. per ton register, payable every 12 months. Every vessel registered at Sydney, and trading to Van Diemen's Land, 3d. per ton per…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court. Wednesday. Insolvency Jurisdiction. Before their Honors the three Judges. Plans of Distribution

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 17 April 1847 · page 2

Plans of distribution were confirmed by the Court in the following estates, viz.—George Townshend—dividend 7 1-10d. in the pound…

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Murder in East Maitland. (From the Maitland Mercury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 April 1847 · page 2

ON Thursday last, Peter Pidgeon, who is charged with the murder of William Taylor, late of Illawarra, was finally examined before the Maitland Bench, and having declined to…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, April 19, 1847. Sworn to no master, of no sect am I." Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—saturday. Equity Jurisdiction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 April 1847 · page 2

BEFORE His Honor Mr. Justice THERRY. MACKENZIE v. THOMAS CUMMINGS. Mr. BROADHURST moved, upon notice, for an injunction to restrain the plaintiff herein from…

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Police Office

The Australian · Tuesday 20 April 1847 · page 3

SATURDAY.—Of eight drunkards, whose names appeared on the list, one was sent to the Benevolent Asylum, and one discharged; the remaining six were ordered to pay a fine of 10s…

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