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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1847

968 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 49

Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—in Banoo. the Queen v. Windeyer. Mandamus

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 June 1847 · page 3

SIR ALFRED STEP[?]N, Chief Justice, delivered the judgment of the Court as follows:— This was a rule obtained in the last term, calling on Charles Windeyer, Esq., one of Her…

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At the Police Office, Yass

The Australian · Tuesday 15 June 1847 · page 4

KING—1. Six hundred and forty acres, near Jenara two miles west of the confluence of Grabben Gulled Creek with the Lachlan River…

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At the Police Office, Hartley

The Australian · Tuesday 15 June 1847 · page 4

WESTMORRLAND.—1. Six hundred and forty acres, near Ginneacor Creek. 2. Six hundred and forty acres, at the head of the Fish River…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme COURT.—SAturday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 June 1847 · page 2

Before the full Court. [?]E FRANCIS MORLEY. The point reserved in the above case came on to be argued, having been specially…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court. Sittings in Banco

The Australian · Tuesday 15 June 1847 · page 3

SATURDAY, JUNE 13.—Before their Honors the three Judges. Pawloy v. Matthowa.—His Honor the Chief Justice delivered judgment in this case, which…

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Maitland. Cassilis. Suspected Murder

Sydney Chronicle · Wednesday 16 June 1847 · page 3

I informed you in my last, that the chief constable of this place had gone to Goulburn to assist in the search for Mr. Joseph Palfrey, who had been missed under suspicions circumstances…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—tuesday. Ayrane v. REILLY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 June 1847 · page 2

THE CHIER JUSTICE delivered the judgment of the Court as follows:— This was an action for use and occupation, Plea, non assumpsit. The case was tried…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—saturday. Special Banco Sittings. Before their Honors that three Judges. the Queen V. WINDEYER

Sydney Chronicle · Wednesday 16 June 1847 · page 2

This was a rule nisi obtained in the last term calling on Charles Windeyer, Esq., J.P., to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, commanding him to proceed magisterially in the matter of a…

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Police Office

The Australian · Thursday 17 June 1847 · page 4

Saturday, June 12.—Two drunkards paid 11s. each, and two others, were ordered to pay a like sum, or be confined in the cells for 24 hours. There…

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Police Reports

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 19 June 1847 · page 2

Picking the "Drumstick," or Fowl Play.— John Harrington, a shrivelled old acorn, being under the "influence," fell foul of a "rub-a-dub" belonging to the 99th, last evening; in the tustle…

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The Late Murder Case

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 19 June 1847 · page 1

A Few weeks back John Kean convicted of the murder of a woman at Campbellfield, suffered the extreme sentence of the law in expiation of his crime. Last week,…

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Court of Requests. £30 Jurisdiction

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 19 June 1847 · page 2

A Black Draft for the Doctors.—Pro [?]gris et sanis, is the motto hewn in the stone tablet which in monumental dignity rises above the Hygeizn establishment in Pitt-street, though the…

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Resident Magistrates Court. Wellington, May 7, 1847. (Before Henry St. Hill, Esquire, R. M.)

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 19 June 1847 · page 4

Charles Nicol Wright, acting purser and paymaster of H.M.S. Calliope, (who was brought up on Wednesday last and remanded to this day) was charged with having forged the signature of…

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Police Office

The Australian · Tuesday 22 June 1847 · page 3

SATURDAY.—Two on the drunkards list were discharged, and one paid 11s. Of the three cases on the general list, two were dismissed, and one was remanded. The two cases on the…

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At the Police Office, Hartley

The Australian · Tuesday 22 June 1847 · page 4

WESTMORELAND.—1. Six hundred and forty acres, near Ginneacor Creek. 2. Six hundred and forty acres, at the head of the Fish River…

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At the Police Office, Yass

The Australian · Tuesday 22 June 1847 · page 4

KING—1. Six hundred and forty acres, near Jenara, two miles west of the confluence of Grabben Gullen Creek with the Lachlan River…

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CASSILIS. (From the Maitland Mercury.) the Murder on the Goulburn River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 June 1847 · page 3

JOHN PURCELL, in custody here on suspicion of having murdered Joseph Palfrey, whose body had been found buried on the bank of the river Lett, near its junction with the Goulburn,…

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Police Office

The Australian · Thursday 1 July 1847 · page 3

MONDAY.—Fifteen individuals on the drunkard's list were ordered to pay lls. each, or go to the cells for twelve hours. Susan Watley, for drunkenness and street walking, was ordered…

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The Murder on the Goulburn River

The Sentinel · Thursday 1 July 1847 · page 4

John Purcell, in custody here on suspicion of having murdered Joseph Palfrey, was on Wednesday last committed by the Cassilis bench to take his trial for the murder…

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At the Police Office, Hartley

The Australian · Thursday 1 July 1847 · page 4

WESTMORELAND—1. Six hundred and forty acres, near Ginneacor Creek. 2. Six hundred and forty acres, at the head of the Fish River…

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