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Courts & crime, 1854

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Cental Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 September 1854 · page 7

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. Fifteen drunkards (of whom seven were females) pleaded guilty, and were severally sentenced to pay 20s. with the usual alterrative…

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Water Police Court. Frday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 September 1854 · page 7

BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate. William Stephens, Ismael Strong, William Jackson, William Grover, and John Andrews, deserters from H.M.S. Calliope, were ordered to be sent on board…

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Cental Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 September 1854 · page 3

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. Fifteen drunkards (of whom seven were females) pleaded guilty, aod were severally sentenced to pay 20s. with the usual alternative…

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The Police Register

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 9 September 1854 · page 3

LUSHINGTONS.—There is nothing to repent but the old story over again. Squalid wretchedness or flippant vice are the ruling characteristics of of the fallen beings who daily crowd the…

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Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 September 1854 · page 7

BEFORE the Chief Commissioner. In the estate of Richard Henry Wright, an adjourned certificate meeting was held, and the application was granted. MEETING ON MONDAY…

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Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 September 1854 · page 3

BEFORE the Chief Commissioner. In the estate of Richard Henry Wright, an adjourned certificate meeting was held, and the application was granted. MEETING ON MONDAY…

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The Police and the Public

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 9 September 1854 · page 2

IT is frequently observed, and very truly, that the ABUSE of anything, is no argument against its USE. The converse of the proposition is, and equally true, that…

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Court of Requests. Thursday, September 7. £30 Jurisdiction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 September 1854 · page 3

BEFORE the Commissioner and two assessors. HOLLAND V. ALLEN. The plaintiff in this action is a butcher, residing in Sydney; the defendant a grocer, in Park-street. It…

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Court of Requests. Thursday, September 7. £30 Jurisdiction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 September 1854 · page 7

BEFORE the Commissioner and two assessors. HOLLAND V. ALLEN. The plaintiff in this action is a butcher, residing in Sydney; the defendant a grocer, in Park-street. It…

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The Government and Police Versus the People. Mr. Walker's Case

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 9 September 1854 · page 8

IN our last issue we referred to this case, which Mr. Parkes was about to bring forward in the Legislative Council, in order that the strictest inquiry might be made into the conduct of the Police…

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Central Police Court. Saturday. Before Messrs. Dowling, Thornton, Ross, Allen, sad Egan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 September 1854 · page 4

Of sixteen persons apprehended for drunkenness, four were released from the lockup on payment of 40s. each. The remainder were brought before the Court, of whom two were discharged, ten were sentenced in…

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Insolvent Court. Saturday. in Re John C. Miller

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 September 1854 · page 4

MR. JUSTICE THERRY, on reading the petition of John S. Macfarlane, and accompanying papers, issued a rule nisi returnable on the 16th instant, calling upon John Christian Miller, late of Sydney, coal merchant,…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 September 1854 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. Dowling, Dr. Douglass, Mr. Deloitte Mr. Egan, Mr. Joseph West, tertius, and Mr. Allen. Twenty-three persons had been taken off the streets in a state of intoxication: of these, four obtained…

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Sydney Police Court.—monday. (Before the Police Magistrate, Dr. [?]uglass, George Allen, W. S. Deloitte, Daniel Egan, and J. West, [?]erlius, Esquires.)

Empire · Tuesday 12 September 1854 · page 4

DRUNKENNESS.—Twenty-three perons were brought up, and dealt with, for drunkenness, this [?]c[?]ing. Martha Palmer, and old offender, was, on conviction, sentenced to be imprisoned and…

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Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 September 1854 · page 4

BEFORE THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER. In the estate of Thomas May, an adjourned single meeting was held. Insolvent and a witness were examined, and the meeting adjourned, for further…

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Murder of Six Children by Their Mother

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 September 1854 · page 2

ON Saturday morning, June 10th, an awful murder, one of a sixfold character, was discovered to have been perpetrated in a cottage at West-end, situate about a mile west of Esher, and on the borders of the royal domains of Claremont. Some workmen…

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Law. Supreme Court.—monday. Sittings for Trial of Causes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 September 1854 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. Justice THERRY, and a Jury of four. STUART V. NIXON. This was an action of debt for work and labour, &c. Defendant had paid £21 into Court, and the question…

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

Empire · Tuesday 12 September 1854 · page 4

In the Estate of Thomas May, an adjourned single meeting was held. Insolvent and a witness were examined, and the meeting adjourned till Wednesday next, at 11 o'clock…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—monday. Sittings for Trial of Causes. (Before Mr. Justice THE[?]RY, and a Jury of four.) STUART v. NIXON

Empire · Tuesday 12 September 1854 · page 4

This was an action of debt to recover payment for various work said to have been executed for defendant in two houses situated in Castlereaghstreet. Defendant had paid £21 into Court as…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 September 1854 · page 3

[?] Egan, Dowling, Ross, Comrie, and [?]four drunkards were on the list: one had [?] it the lockup, one was fined 40s. on con[?]twenty-one were fined 20s. each, and one was…

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