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Courts & crime, 1849

759 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 38

Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court. Meetings This Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 August 1849 · page 2

In the estate of George Beiriger, a Bingle meeting, at half-past 10. In the estates of Frederick Lawson and John M'Donnell, certificate meetings, at noon…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 August 1849 · page 4

THE meetings which had been called for this day were all postponed. NEW INSOLVENTS. William Wilaon, of the South Head Road,…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—thursday. Nisi Prius

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 August 1849 · page 3

BEFORE His Honor Mr. Justice DICKINSON, and a Jury of four special jurymen. JOHN BOOTH V. W. NOWLAND. Mr. MICHIE (with whom was Mr. FISHER,)…

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Police Office Sketches

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 4 August 1849 · page 3

A NEW MAN versus A STRONG ARM.—Henry Hine Newman, Esquire, a gentleman attached to the household establishment of that most Demosthenic of Sydney lawyers, Mr. John Dillon,…

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Police Office, August 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 August 1849 · page 3

DOUBLY COMMITTED,—Before Gilbert Elliot, Esq., P.M., and Thomas Foster, Esq., J.P. Bridget Gilmore, wife of a dealer in old clothes, living in Church-street, was again…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—friday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 August 1849 · page 3

BEFORE His Honor Mr. Justice MANNING, and a jury of four special jurymen. ELI BALSTON, V. MICHAEL [?]. Mr. MICHIE said this was an action of debt,…

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Supreme Court.—thursday. Nisi Prius. Before His Honor Mr Justice DICKINSON, and a Jury of four special jurymen. DAVIDSON v. ROBERTSON

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 4 August 1849 · page 201

This was an action of assumpsit, by which the plaintiff sought to recover damages for alleged ill treatment of the plaintiff, Mr. Gordon Forbes Davidson, and his family, in the course…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—saturday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 August 1849 · page 2

BEFORE His Honor Sir ALFRED STAPHEN and a Jury of four special jurymen. KEEMAM V. KIRSOPP. MURPHY V. KIRSOPP…

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Domestic Intelligence, Insolvent Court. Meetings of C[?]ditors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 August 1849 · page 2

THIS DAY, AUGUST 6.— Thomas Walker, an adjourned first meeting, at half-past 11; Edward Coffey, an adjourned first meeting, at noon; Francis Matthows, an adjourned…

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Council Paper. Rules of Court. Copy of a Lotter from His Honor the Chief Justice, to the Colonial Secrotary. Supreme Court, 5th August, 1848

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 August 1849 · page 2

Sir,—I have the honour to transmit a copy of soventcen General Rules, this day made by the Judges, for the improvement of the practice in Equity proceedings, (chiefly in the Master's…

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Parramatta. Police Office, August 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 August 1849 · page 3

[?] GIL[?]T ELLIOTT, Esq., P.M., and T[?] FO[?] Esq., J.P. Daniel Sullivan, the man from Cockatoo Island, who, in company with another,…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 August 1849 · page 2

BEFORE W. H. KERR, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Edward Coffey, a first meeting was held. The only debt proved was by…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—monday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 August 1849 · page 2

BEFORE His Honer Mr. Justice MANNING and a Jury of four special jurymen. SMART V. FLOWER AND OTHERS. This, said the SOLICITOR-GENERAL (with…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court. Tuesday. Before W. H. KERR, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 August 1849 · page 3

In the estate of George Beiriger, a single meeting was held, at which the following claims were proved:—Peter Kices, £8 15a.; T. Barker and D. Larnach, £13 8s. 9d.; James…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—monday. Before His Honor Mr. Justice DICKINSON, and a Jury of four special jurymen. Gilchrist and Another v. DAVIDSON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 August 1849 · page 3

Mr. BROADHURST said, this was an action on a note made by the defendant, G. F. Davidson, in favour of Captain Charles Robertson, who indorsed it over to the plaintiffs. The only…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 August 1849 · page 3

BEFORE W.H. K[?] Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Thomas Howell, a single meeting was held. The following claims were…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—wednesday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 August 1849 · page 3

BEFORE their Honors Mr. Justice DICKINSON and Mr. Justice MANNING. INSOLVENCY. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER moved that the…

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Court of Requests at Port Phillip

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 August 1849 · page 3

RETURN of the number of coses tried in the Court of Requests, in the city of Melbournes and county of Bourke, Port Phillip, during the years 1847 and 1848…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—thursday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 August 1849 · page 3

BEFORE His Honor Sir ALFRED STEFHEN and a Jury of four. REID V. JACOBS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with whom was…

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Police Office Sketches

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 11 August 1849 · page 3

ELEVENTH AGAIN.—One Michael Maher, who belongs to the Light Company of the Glorious Eleventh, was committed to take his trial on Tuesday last for having, on the previous night,…

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