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Courts & crime, 1848

922 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 47

Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1848 · page 2

BEFORE W. A. PUREFOY, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of W. Pendray, a special meeting was held, for the examination of…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—wednesday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1848 · page 2

BEFORE their Honors the CHIEF JUSTICE and Mr. JUSTICE DICKINSON. IN THE ESTATE OF H. HAWES WHITTELL. Mr. FISHER, on behalf of one — Hanson, a…

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Bathurst Circuit Court. Wednesday, February 23

The Sentinel · Thursday 2 March 1848 · page 2

Before His Honor Mr. Justice Manning. Thomas Peisley was indicted for stealing a bull calf the property of Thomas Icely, Esq., Mr. Holroyd appeared for the defeace, assisted by…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—wednesday. Insolvency Jurisdiction. Before their Honors the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Dickinson

Sydney Chronicle · Thursday 2 March 1848 · page 2

On the motion of the CHIEF COMMISSIONER, the certificates of discharge of the undermentioned insolveuts were confirmed by the Court, viz.:—Henry Hawes Wittell, Francis Bellingham, and…

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Central Criminal Court

The Australian · Friday 3 March 1848 · page 2

This Court was opened yesterday before His Honor the Chief Justice. Robert Armstrong was indicted for wilfully and maliciously assaulting one Margaret…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1848 · page 2

BEFORE W. A. PUREFOY, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. Certificate meetings were held in the estates…

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Bathurst Circuit Court. Criminal Side

The Australian · Friday 3 March 1848 · page 4

The business of this Court commenced on Tuesday, the 22nd UJt., before bis Honor Mr. Justice Manning. Rose Murray, indicted for stealing a heifer…

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Law Intelligence. Central Criminal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1848 · page 2

BEFORE His Honor Sir ALFRED STEPHEN, Chief Justice. MURDER. Robert Armstrong, late of Sydney, labourer,…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court. Sittings in Insolvency

The Australian · Friday 3 March 1848 · page 2

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1.—Before their Honors the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Dickinson. The Court confirmed the issue of a certificate of discharge to each of tho following insolvents…

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News From the Interior. (From our Correspondents.) Bathurst. Small Debts' Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1848 · page 3

THE usual sittings of this Court was held yesterday, the 28th, the magistrates present being J. W. Lowe, W. A. Steel, and W. H. Suttor, Esquires…

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Police Sketches

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 4 March 1848 · page 2

A MODERN JOSEPH.—A sleek-haired Israelite, whose oily features were thickly smeared with the unction of self-righteousness, one Elijah Joel, a vegetable merchant, preferred a charge…

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Murder of Englishmen in China

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 4 March 1848 · page 2

MOST disastrous intelligence has reached Sydney by recent arrivals from Hongkong, and a renewal of hostilities, with the celestials seems the inevitable result of a…

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The Vice-admiralty Court

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 4 March 1848 · page 57

The following is the Petition on the subject of the Vice-Admiralty Court and the law regulating seamen, which was agreed to at the meeting held recently…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1848 · page 2

BEFORE W. A. PUREFOY, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Charles Abercrombie, a third meeting, the following claims were proved: R…

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Melbourne Criminal Court. Wednesday, February 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1848 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. Justice A'BECKETT. SHOOTING AN ABORIGINAL. Mr. John Stokell was placed at the bar, charged with an attempt to murder one Mr…

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Law Intelligence. Central Criminal Court. Friday, March 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1848 · page 2

BEFORE His Honor Mr. Justice DICKINSON. CONSPIRACY TO REVOLT. Henry Saddler, Henry Aleward, Alexander Servein, William Brett, Thomas…

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Law Intelligence. Central Criminal Sessions. Thursday. Before his Honor the Chief Justice, and a common jury. MURDER

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 4 March 1848 · page 2

Robert Armstrong, late of Sydney, labourer, was Indicted for feloniously, wilfully, and with malice aforethought, making an assault on one Margaret Campbell, by striking her with a club on the head,…

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Central Criminal Court. Friday, March 3. Before His Honor Mr. Justice Dickinson. Conspiracy to Revolt

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 4 March 1848 · page 56

Henry Saddler, Henry Aleward, Alexander Servein, William Brett, Thomas Smith, Frederick Elreche, Thomas Branson, Alfred Eady, William Phillips, and Joseph…

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Bathurst Circuit Court. Monday, February 28. Before his Honor Mr. Justice Manning. SMITH V. BARTON

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 4 March 1848 · page 3

Mr. Lowe, assisted by Mr. G. Wright, appeared for the plaintiff; the Attorney-General, with the aid of Mr. J. W. Bligh, for the defendant; Assessors, Messrs. C. H. Greene, D. M. Irving, R. Lane, and…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1848 · page 2

BEFORE W. A. PUREFOY, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Charles Chapman, a special meeting was held, at which the following…

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