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The following gentlemen were respectively fined £3 each, for default in attendance:—Messrs. John Rickards, J. P. Ridley, R M. Roley, and Thomas Ryan. It was [?] that for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEFORE the Police Magistrate, Superintendent of Police, Dr. Douglass, Mr. Egan, and Mr. Hargraves. There were sixteen drunkards on the list (10 of them were females); two were fined 40s. and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Louisa Lloyd, charged with being drunk and making use of obscene language in the public streets, was found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of twenty shillings, or in default to be imprisoned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Before Mr. Charles Kemp. Jonathan Hall was convicted of assaulting Samuel Cassidy, a constable, in the execution of his duty, and sentenced to pay a fine of £5, or be imprisoned for six…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BEFORE Mr. Justice THERRY and a jury of four. MOORE AND ANOTHER v. MAGEE AND ANOTHER. This was an action on promises, by a British and mercantile house, the shippers of goods against a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Darvall and Mr. Broadhurst appeared for the plaintiff, and the Attorney-General, Mr. Meymott, and Mr. Stephen appeared for the defence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE DRUNKARDS' LIST.—Twenty offenders were dealt with this morning. One of the number, a man named Thomas Gready, who had been convicted several times previously, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BEFORE the POLICE MAGISTRATE and Mr. EGAN. Catherine Douglass was charged by Elizabeth Clare with a breach of the peace, and was ordered to find sureties to keep the peace for six months, or to be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BEFORE Mr. J. Campbell and Mr. Charles Kemp. Christian Johnson, a seaman belonging to the Maid of Judah, was found guilty of continued wilful neglect of duty, and sentenced to four weeks' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE. James Talbot, who was yesterday indicted for the wilful murder of James Barry, on the 10th of October last, was now placed at the bar, and pleaded not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEFORE Mr. Justice Dickinson, and a jury of four. MORISEY v. WRIGHT. This was an action on premises for breach of agreement by an employer, by the summary dismissal of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BEFORE Mr. John Campbell and Mr. George Thornton. Alexander Katinghead appeared upon summons to answer the complaint of Mr. Thomas J. Powell, Examining Officer in the Shipping Master's Department, for a breach of the 31st section of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There were twelve persons on the drunkard's list. BREACH OF THE POLICE ACT.-Nine draymen were charged with riding on their vehicles, and fined severally I0s., with 2s. 6d. costs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TRYING IT ON.—The rubicund host of the Marine Hotel, Mr James Chapman, on Thursday ensconced his portly person behind those of Messrs Nichols and Martin, whom he had elected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEFORE the Police Magistrate, the Superintendent of Police, and Mr. Hargraves. There were fourteen drunkards; all were convicted, and sententenced in 20s or 40s, according to attendant circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE. Patrick Keys, late of Yass, in the colony of New South Wales, was indicted for feloniously stealing at Yass, aforesaid, on the 8th December, 1853, the sum…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BEFORE Mr. Justice DICKINSON and a Jury of four. JURORS FINED. Mr. Harvod S. Smith was fined £5 for non-attendance as a juror, and Mr. James Simmons was finec £3 for a similar cause. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Attorney-General and Mr. D[?] appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. BROADHURST for the defendant. This was an action upon promises, in which the plaintiff, Mr. Henry Morrisey sought to recover damages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The three persons named William Jay Smith, John Patterson, and Florence Harrington, charged with having wilfully set fire to the West Wind, steam-ship, whereby she was totally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DRUNKENNESS.—Twenty persons were charged with drunkenness; on[?] a notorious offender, named Ann Parr, having been several times convicted previously, was sent to g[?] for one…
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