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759 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 38
On Saturday last the town and neighbourhood of Singleton were thrown into a state of intense excitement, owing to the discovery of one of the most brutal murders that has, perhaps, ever been perpetrated in the colony. The murdered person was a female who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PUTTING A SPOKE IN THE WHEEL.—Either the apprentices of Mr. Walton, wheelright, Brickfield Hill, must be mendacious little vagabonds, or Mr. W. himself must be a most determined…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquest WAS held at the Golden Fleece, Singleton, on Monday, the 15th instant. touching the death of Mary Sadler, found murdered at West Brook, Glendon. It appeared that she left…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN the estate of William Wood, a single meeting, at eleven o'clock. In the estates of Finney Eldershaw, Walter Humdale Windeyer, Frederick Cruikshank,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the estate of William Wood, a single meeting was held, when debts were proved by Thomas Taylor, for £53 5s. 10d.; Henry Allen, £8 7s, 6d., and Edward Campbell and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEFORE W.H. K[?] Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of William John Gibbes, a second meeting was held, when the following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the estate of Edward Smith Hill, a first meeting was held, but at which no business was transacted. In the estate of Thomas Wright, a special…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEFORE W. H. KERR, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. A meeting was set down for this morning in the estate of — Barrett, but no parties being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the estate of Henry Lane, a third meeting was held, at which John Smith proved a debt of £23 14s. 8d. The Official Assignee handed in his report, which was read to the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquest was held last week at the Waterloo Inn, West Maitland, on the body of one Margaret Nunn, who met with her death under the following circumstances:--John Nunn, the husband of the deceased, was a hawker in the habit of travelling through the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One of the most frightful murders it was ever our painful duty to record was perpetrated at Campbelltown on Saturday morning last. A short time since, a man named Richardson, a tailor, and sexton of the church at Campbelltown, occupied a small honse at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE BOTTLE.—The morning of Monday presented a more formidable array of the devotees of the bottle than ordinary. Some thirty lugub[?]iously looking bipedal specimens of both sexes,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the estate of Thomas Ryan, a single meeting, at 11 o'clock. In the estate of Charles ST. Julian, a single meeting, at noon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Estate of John Thomas Barrett, an adjourned single meeting was held, when claims were proved by John Henry Nixon for £2 7s.; by Arthur Little for £2 14s., and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEFORE W. H. KERR, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of William John Gibbes, an adjourned second meeting, was held, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the estate of William John Bennison, a special meeting for proof of claims was held, when a debt was proved by Anna Maria Buan for £53 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DELICATE SENSIBILITY.—A lady, with the excessively uncommon name of Nancy Smith, unfortunately fell into the hands of the harpies of the law for an over indulgence in irritating fluids…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the estate of Patrick Hinchey, an adjourned single, meeting was held, but at which no business was transacted, and the meeting was concluded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THOMAS PEATE, of George-street, Sydney, boot and shoe maker: Debts, £1028 5s. 8d, Assets —landed property, £50; personal property, £530; debts due, £87 16s.; cash handed over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →COMPLAINT AGAINST A CONSTABLE.—Magistrates present—R. Fitzgerald, Esq., W. Bowman, M.C., J. L. Scarvill, Esq, and J Panton, Esq. Constable Campbell appeared to answer the…
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