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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1853

1,316 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 66

Sydney Police Court. (Before the Police Magistrate and E. H. Hargraves.)

Empire · Monday 18 July 1853 · page 2

CUTTING THE QUEEN'S TIMBER.—Mr. Wilkes was charged with unlawfully cutting certain trees, the property of her Majesty the Queen, near Concord. Mr. Pierce, the Commissioner of…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 July 1853 · page 2

BEFORE S. F. MILFORD, Esq, Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Arthur Morrison, a special meeting, for the proof of a claim amounting to…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court. Meeting To-day

Empire · Monday 18 July 1853 · page 2

In the estate of Henry Bingham, deceased; a first meeting at 11 o'clock, a.m. In the estate of Edward Bathurst; an adjourned meeting at noon…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court. Meeting To-day

Empire · Monday 18 July 1853 · page 2

In the estate of Henry Bingham, deceased; a first meeting at 11 o'clock, a.m. In the estate of Edward Bathurst; an adjourned meeting at noon…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 July 1853 · page 2

BEFORE S. F. Milford, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Henry Bingham, deceased, a first meeting was held. A claim for…

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Sydney Police Office. (Before the Mayor, Mr. E. H. Hargraves, Mr. C. H. Chambers, and the Superintendent of Police)

Empire · Tuesday 19 July 1853 · page 3

DRUNKAR[?]S—There were twenty-eight cases of drunkenness this morning. In some of the more aggravated cases lengthened terms of imprisonment were awarded, the remainder paid…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—monday. Sittings in Banco

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 July 1853 · page 2

BEFORE the full COURT. IN RE E. B. DAVIS, DECEASED. The Chief Justice mentioned, for the information of the profession, that, in granting…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—monday. Sittings in Banco. (Before the full Court.) in the Goods of Edward Byrne Davis

Empire · Tuesday 19 July 1853 · page 2

In this case an application was made to the Court on Friday last, that administration to the effects of this intestate be granted to Mr. E. P. Colquhoun, but the question of dispensation with…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court. Monday. (Before S. F. Milford, Esq., Chief Commissiner of Insolvent Estates.)

Empire · Tuesday 19 July 1853 · page 2

In the estate of Henry Bingham, deceased, a first meeting was held; one claim for £20 13s. 2½d. was proved, and the meeting terminated. In the estate of Edward Bathurst, an adjourned…

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Sydney Police Office. (Before the Mayor and the Police Magistrate.)

Empire · Wednesday 20 July 1853 · page 3

DRUNKARDS.—There are 20 persons this morning who pleaded guilty to the charge of being drunk and incapable of taking care of themselves in the streets yesterday. They paid…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 July 1853 · page 2

BEFORE S. F. MILFORD, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Christopher Smith, a single meeting was held. a claim amounting to…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—tuesday. Sittings in Banco. (Before the full Court.) NOWLAND V. BALES

Empire · Wednesday 20 July 1853 · page 3

This was a motion for a new trial. The action was one of tre-pass, for breaking and entering a run belonging to the plaintiff, called Walhalla, in the Liverpool Plains District, and the plaintiff…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—tuesday. Sittings in Banco

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 July 1853 · page 2

BEFORE the full COURT. NOWLAND V. BALES. This was a motion for new trial. This case, which was tried last sittings before Mr. Justice…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court. Tuesday. (Before S. F. Milford, Esq, Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates.)

Empire · Wednesday 20 July 1853 · page 3

In the estate of Christopher Smith; a single meeting was held, claims amounting to £50 3s. 4d. were allo[?]ed, subject to taxation. An interpreter was saorn insolvent being a German;…

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Sydney Police Office. (Before the Police Magistrate and John Campbell, Esq., J.P.)

Empire · Thursday 21 July 1853 · page 2

DRUNKARDS.—The list of these unfortunates contained twenty names yesterday. They went through the usual ceremony with a nonchalance that showed in many cases how much a matter of course it was. Some were fined…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court. Meetings To-day

Empire · Thursday 21 July 1853 · page 2

In the estate of Edward Bathurst, a third meeting, at 11 a.m. In the estate of Willam Farrell, a certificate meeting, at noon…

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Sydney Police Court. (Before the Police Magistrate, and Mr. C. H. Chambers, J.P.)

Empire · Friday 22 July 1853 · page 3

DRUNKARDS.—The troop of Bacchanalians paraded this morning for inspection, only numbered seventeen, who received the usual punishment of a fine of 5s…

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Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 July 1853 · page 2

BEFORE S. F. MILFORD, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Edward Bathurst, a third meeting was held. Debts amounting to £221…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—thursday. Sittings in Banco. (Before the full Court.) FISHER v. Kemp and Another

Empire · Friday 22 July 1853 · page 3

This was a motion for a new trial of an action tried at the last sittings, brought by Mr. Henry Fisher, City Councillor, against Messrs. Kemp and Fairfax, editors and proprietors of the…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—wednesday. Sittings in Banco

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 July 1853 · page 2

BEFORE an the full COURT. FISHER V. KEMP AND ANOTHER. This was a motion for new trial. The case, which was tried at the last sittings,…

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