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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1847

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At the Police Office Yass

The Australian · Tuesday 27 April 1847 · page 4

KING.— 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. Sittings in Banco

The Australian · Tuesday 27 April 1847 · page 3

MONDAY, APRIL 26.—Before their Honors the three Judges. Knox (Trustee of the insolvent estate of William Pawley) v. Matthews.—This was a…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—monday. Banco Sittings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1847 · page 2

BEFORE their Honors the three JUDGES. KNOX, ASSIGNEE OF PAWLEY, v. MATTHEWS. In this case there had been a reference to the Prothonotary, who had made his award…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—tuesday. Banco Sittings. Before their Honors the three Judges. Baristers Retainers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 April 1847 · page 2

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that he would beg leave to draw the attention of the Court to a case which had occurred a few days since, in which some remarks had fallen from His…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court. Saturday. Equity Jurisdiction. Before their Honors the three Judges. CHRISTIE V. EALES

Sydney Chronicle · Wednesday 28 April 1847 · page 3

This was an appeal from the decision of the Primary Judge, in an ordinary suit of foreclosure, the appellant being the second mortgagee. Several preliminary points having been argued and disposed…

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At the Police Office. Yass

The Australian · Thursday 29 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 29 April 1847 · page 2

BEFORE their Honors the three JUDGES. CERTIFICATES. The certificates of discharge granted by the Chief Commissioner to Michael Flannigan,…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—thursday. Banco Sittings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 April 1847 · page 2

BEFORE their Honors the three JUDGES. THE QUEEN v. PHILLIPS. This was a rule nisi calling upon one George Phillips to show cause why a criminal…

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Police Reports

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 1 May 1847 · page 2

The list opened as usual with a goodly group of lushingtons, who were disposed of as the lawdirects. Can inc.—The vigilance of Milos' crew in…

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Police Office

The Australian · Saturday 1 May 1847 · page 3

TUESDAY.—Three were discharged four paid 11s. each, and four were ordered to pay a like sum, or be confined for twenty-four hours in the cells. Of six cases on the general…

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Court of Requests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 May 1847 · page 2

The thirty-pound cases, eleven in number, ware called on on Tuesday last at noon, before the Commissioner and Messrs William Bowman and James Hall, assessors. We subjoin…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court. Sittings in Insolvency

The Australian · Saturday 1 May 1847 · page 3

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28.—Before their Honors the three Judges. Exparte R. C. Gordon.—A motion having been made on a former day for the review of…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—friday. Last Day of Term

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 May 1847 · page 2

BEFORE their Honors the three JUDGES. NEW ATTORNEYS. Mr. John Anderson Robertson, formerly a writer to the signet in Scotland, and Mr. James…

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Column for Our Fair Friends. " the Hustle." ("From the Court Gazettt.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 1 May 1847 · page 1

"Bustles!—what are bustles? Ay, reader, fair reader, you may well ask that question. But some of your sex at least know the meaning of the word, and the use of the article it…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—wednesday. Insolvency Jurisdiction. Before their Honors the three Judges. Confirmation of Certificates

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 1 May 1847 · page 2

The certificates of discharge granted by the Chief Commissioner to John Outram Wascoe, Edward John Hawksley, and Michael Flannigan, were confirmed by the Court…

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Winter Fashions. (From the Court and Lady's Magazine, December 19.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 May 1847 · page 3

DRESS of pou-d[?] soic-glace, of a light shado; the skirt without any trimming; the body and sleoves tight. Mantelet of shot silk, blue and pink—it falls low at the back, and has long ends rounded in front—the…

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Libel on the Society of British Artists. Court of Queen's Bench. Hurlstone v. CLAYTON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 May 1847 · page 3

SIR F. Thesiger Q.C., and Mr. Edwards, were counsel for the plaintiffs in this case, who sued as President of the Society of British Artists, to recover damages for a libel on that body, published in the Spectator,…

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Police Office

The Australian · Tuesday 4 May 1847 · page 3

SATURDAY,—Of six drunkards, four were ordered to pay 11s, each and two dismissed. Seven out of ten cases on the summers list were assaults or breaches of the peace…

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Court of Quarter Sessions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1847 · page 2

BEFORE the CHAIRMAN and Major SMYTH, J.P. The CROWN PROSECUTOR, conducted the following cases for the Crown…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court. Sittings in Nisi Prius

The Australian · Tuesday 4 May 1847 · page 3

Monday, May 3.—Before His Honor the Chief Justice and a jury of four. Bow V. Seymour—This was an action of debt, brought by the plaintiff, who is the proprietor…

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