The Police Register
A NOVEL OFFENCE.—An individual of not over-pr[?]possessing exterior, with a proboscis war[?]ted like a watch of modern times to bo jewelled—with rubies, and a mass of crinegerous…
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A NOVEL OFFENCE.—An individual of not over-pr[?]possessing exterior, with a proboscis war[?]ted like a watch of modern times to bo jewelled—with rubies, and a mass of crinegerous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →March, Tuesday 29. — George Robert Bartlett, a single meeting, at 11. Tuesday 31.—William Farrell, a single meeting, at 11…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ROBBERY IN A DWELLING HOUSE.—Sophia Harwood was charged with stealing a Bank note of the value of £20, the property of Mr. and Mrs. Green, and her husband Thomas Harwood was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This case occupied the Court the wholo day, and was not concluded at its rising, at half-past five o'clock. The case will be resumed this morning at half-past nine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEFORE the CHIEF JUSTICE and a jury of four. O'NEILL v. KING. This was an action on the case to recover…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action on the case to recover damages for an alleged fulse representation of certain property sold by tho defendant to the plaintiff, at public auction. The grievance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE VAGRANT ACT.—James M'Coy, Thomas Hannon, and George Crump, were charged by Inspector Higgins with a breach of the Vagrant Act. The inspector stated that he received…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BEFORE the CHIEF JUSTICE and Mr. Justice THERRY. The only business in Insolvency was a motion by the Chief Commissioner to confirm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The only business offering in this branch of the Court was the confirmation of a plan of distribution, in the estate of Michael Macnamara, showing a dividend of 20s. in the pound, in which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TENEMENT ACT.—Martha Sampson v. Henry Hayes.—The complainant in this case is a widow, and sought a warrant of ejectment against the defendant, who overheld a dwelling-house and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEFORE Mr. Justice THERRY and a Jury of four. HARPER v. HOSKING. This was an notion of assumpsit, to recover…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action of asstimpsit for goods sold and delivered, and money had and received for the use of the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded as to £55, payment before action brought, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WHO STEALS MY PURSE STEALS TRASH.— The well-known Barnet Levy, whose peculiar predilections for looking upon every person's purse as his own, appears to gain strength daily,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LARCENY,—A young woman, named June Earraday, was committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions, on the charge of stealing a quantity of women's apparel of too delicate a description to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEFORE Mr. Justice DICKINSON and a Jury of four. HAYES v. STAREY. This was an action on the case. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action on the case to recover from the defendant, the landlord of the Governor Bourke Inn, damages for the loss of two bags of gold, the property of the plaintiff, a traveller…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →INSANITY.—A young woman called Miss Smith, who appeared in a state of both mental and bodily suffering, was led into Court and accommodated with a chair. Captain R. Lewis, of the ship…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the estate of George Robert Bartlett, a single meeting, at 11 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ASSAULT.—Benjamin Dones was charged by Sergeant Brigden with assaulting him in the execution of his duty. The sergeant stated that he went into a public house in quest of a person…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEFORE S. F. MILFORD, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of George Robert Bartlett, a single meeting. Debts amounting to £36…
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