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Courts & crime, 1849

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Law Intelligence. Central Criminal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 August 1849 · page 2

BEFORE His Honor Sir ALFRED STEPHEN, Chief Justice. BREACH OF THE ELECTORAL ACT. James Dole was indicted for having, at the…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, August 27, 1849. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Darlinghurst Gaol Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 August 1849 · page 2

WHAT should we say if any honorable member of Council were to bring in a Bill, commencing as follows:—"Whereas one HENRY KE[?]K, a hermit,, is desirous of…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 August 1849 · page 2

BEFORE W. H. KERR, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of William Phillips, a single meeting was held. The following claims were…

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THE [?] Morning Herald. Tuesday, August 28, 1849. "Sworn to no Matter, of no Sect am I." the Evtdence on the Gaol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 August 1849 · page 2

THE following question among others, was put by Mr. COWPER, the Chairman of the Committee to Captain INNRS:- What is your opinion as to the general…

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Central Criminal Court. Monday. Before His Honor Mr. Justice Dickinson. Manslaughter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 August 1849 · page 2

Jane Yarnold was indicted for having, at Jamberoo, on the 3rd of June last, killed one Owen Donoho[?], by stubbing him in the right side of the chest with a knife, thereby…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—monday. in Chambers. Bank of Australasia V. Walker

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 August 1849 · page 2

His Honor the CHIEF JUSTICE delivered judgment in the above case as follows:- The judgment in this case decides the question of the liability of a plaintiff to the…

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Law Intelligence. Central Criminal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 August 1849 · page 3

BEFORE Honor Mr. Justice DICKINSON. FRAUDULENT INSOLVENCY. William Knight was indicted for having, on the 3rd of February last, fraudulently…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 August 1849 · page 3

BEFORE W. H. KERR, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of John Murdoch, a single meeting was held, at which the following…

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Law Intelligence Supreme Court. Insolvenct Jurisdiction.—wednesday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 August 1849 · page 2

BEFORE their Honors Mr. Justice Dickinson and Mr. Justice MANNING. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER moved the con firmation of the certificates granted by him to…

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The Gaol Disclosures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 August 1849 · page 2

SURPRISING, monstrous, and disgraceful, as are the facts which have been elicited by the Gaol Committee, and proper as are the recommendations contained in the…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 August 1849 · page 3

BEFORE W. H. KERR, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Michael Lenehan, a first meeting waa held, at which the following…

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Law Intelligence. Central Criminal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 August 1849 · page 3

BEFORE His Honor Mr. Justice DICKINSON. SENTENCE. Joseph Watt, free by servitude, and Stephen Booth, who arrived free, had pleaded guilty on…

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The Darlinghurst Gaol

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 1 September 1849 · page 5

THE following is a summary of the evidence given before the Select Committee of the Legislative Council relative to the Darlinghurst Gaol: -- Henry Keck, Esq.,the principal gaoler, stated that he had held…

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The Gaol at Darlinghurst

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 1 September 1849 · page 4

WE have in this day's publication departed somewhat from our usual course, and excluded a variety of matter from our columns for the purpose of giving a very lengthened summary of the evidence taken before the Select…

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Police Office Sketches

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 1 September 1849 · page 3

A NOVEL PUNISHMENT.—William Druitt, a parchment-covered skeleton, with one foot in the grave, and the other tottering on its verge, was charged with having committed a murderous…

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Bell's Life Ln Sydney. Sydney, September 1, 1849. Darlinghurst Gaol Committee

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 1 September 1849 · page 2

HAVING at length deliberately waded through the mass of evidence appended to the Report of the Select Committee appointed on the 6th June, 1849, "TO…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 September 1849 · page 2

BEFORE W. H. KERR, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Andrew Korn, a single meeting was held, at which two claims were…

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Central Criminal Court. Monday, August 27Th. Manslaughter

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 1 September 1849 · page 1

Before His Honor Mr. JUSTICE DICKINSON. Jane Yarnold, late of Jamberoo, seamstress, [?] indicted for the manslaughter of one Owen [?]ooboe at Jamberoo, on the 3rd June, by…

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Supreme Court.—monday. in Chambers, Towns v. Underwriters of the Isabella Anna

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 1 September 1849 · page 225

His Honor the CHIEF JUSTICE delivered judgment in the above case as follows :—The decision on the application of the defendants, on the 20th ultimo, having been…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 September 1849 · page 2

BEFORE W. H. KERR, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. The following schedule was filed in the estate of Edward Smith Hill (sequestrated in…

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