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Courts & crime, 1850

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1850 · page 2

BEFORE W.H. KERR, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Alfred Hill Austin, a single meeting: The following claims were proved:…

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Law Intelligence. Central Criminal Court. Monday, December. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1850 · page 2

BEFORE His Honor Mr. Justice DICKINSON. CATTLE STEALING. Nicky Nicky, Billy Billy, and Billy Barlow, aboriginal natives, were indicted for that they,…

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Court-martial on Commander Pitman. Thirteenth Day.—the Sentence. Plymouth, Wednesday, September 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1850 · page 3

Just before the Court closed last evening, the [?]secutors, Lieutenant Graham and Mr. [?]lliott, commenced reading a formal applica[?]on for the court to be adjourned twenty-four…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—wednesday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1850 · page 2

BEFORE their Honors the three Judges. Their HONORS, after having finished their labours at Darlinghurst, assembled in the Supreme Court to hear the arguments in the case…

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Central Criminal Court. Wednesday. Before their Honors the Three Judges. Sentences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1850 · page 2

Richard Holly, who had been convicted of assault with intent to commit a rape, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Therry to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in Sydney Gaol for…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—thursday. Before their Honors the three Judges. Terry and Others v. WILSON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1850 · page 2

His Honor the CHIEF JUSTICE said, at the sitting of the Court, that he had since the motion was made yesterday to have a rehearing, consulted with Mr. Justice Dickinson as to the…

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Police Office Sketche[?]

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 5 January 1850 · page 3

THE RAGGED SCHOOL.—Two cast-offs of natu[?] whose joint ages could not have taken the total[?] of teens, were mercifully handed from the wate[?] house to the floor of the court, to answer w[?]…

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Central Criminal Court. Wednesday, January 2Nd. (Before their Honors the three Judges.) SENTENCES

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 5 January 1850 · page 2

Richard Holly, convicted of assault with intent to commit a rape. Imprisonment with hard [?]our in Sydney Gaol for two years, and to be further imprisoned until he shall enter into…

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Law Intelligence. Central Criminal Court. Saturday, December 29. Before his Honor the Chief Justice

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 5 January 1850 · page 5

John Brown, Thomas Cross, Henry Houston, John Huddart, John Levy, Henry Simon, William Marshall, Jacob Aggerman, Thomas Bailey, Edward Waller, and George Smith were indicted tor revolt on the high seas, on the 19th August, on board the ship Una, Capt…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—thursday. Before their Honors Sir Alfred Sterphen, Mr. Justice DICKINSON, and Mr. Justice Therry. the Queen V. ROBERTS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1850 · page 4

The prisoner, during the criminal sittings holden at Darlinghurst during the month of November last year, was tried and found guilty of the charge of bigamy. The charge being,…

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Water Police. Before Captain BROWNE, P.M.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1850 · page 2

A case of great importance was brought on at the W[?]ter Police Office, on Saturday last, the strict investigation of which is highly essential to the maritime reputation of tnis port…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court. Monday. New Insolvents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1850 · page 2

THE following estates were placed under sequestration. George Ray, of George-street, Parramatta, tailor. Debts, £109 15s. 3d. Assets,…

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THE [?] Morning Herald. Thursday, January 10, 1850. Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am 1." the Native Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1850 · page 2

WE believe that both in this district and Port Phillip the experiment of establishing a mounted police force, the troopers of which are taken from the aboriginal…

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Resident Magistrate's Court. Auckland, Monday, December 17. Graham and Another v. JONES

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1850 · page 2

This was an action to recover the sum of £3 7s., as damages sustained by the leakage of a cask of rum, consigned to the plaintiffs from Sydney, per Sarah, caused by the knocking in…

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God's Lightning Pursuing Murder!

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 12 January 1850 · page 1

THE BERMONDSEY HORROR.—God's lightning pursuing murder is become a true and native thing. What was a figure of speech is now a working minister. A phrase in the mouth of…

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Police Office Sketches

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 12 January 1850 · page 3

A BLACK TALE.—Among other things the sun saw through the skylight of the Police-court on Tuesday morning, was one Miss Ann Murphy, politcly introduced to Alderman Allen and Mr…

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The Duties of the Police

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 12 January 1850 · page 2

IT was our province last week to place upon record the somewhat startling fact, that a mob of three or four hundred men and boys had paraded the city on New…

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Chapter Iii. the Police.—the Gamblers

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 12 January 1850 · page 1

That so daring an outrage should have been so nearly successful, and then be passed over with scarcely a thought by the intended victim of the marauders, will not appear strange to the…

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A Peep at the Court of Requests

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 12 January 1850 · page 2

The January sittings of this court commenced on Monday, with a list of 231 cases for adjudication. As usual, we select a few, possessing features of humorous interest for the amusement of our…

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A Lunatic Lay. (By an Officer of the Disbanded Corps of Mounted Police.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 12 January 1850 · page 1

"Adieu my Moustachios—farewell to my Tip!" Adieu my moustachios, farewell to my tip. Lost, lost is the pride of my chin and my lip. The Council has willed it, like Samson I'm cropt,…

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