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Courts & crime, 1854

1,942 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 98

Domestic Intelligence. Insolvent Court. Meeting To-day

Empire · Thursday 9 February 1854 · page 2

In the estate of Moritz Mendell, an adjourned certificate meeting, at noon…

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Central Criminal Court. Wednesday. (Before Mr. Justice Dickinson.) RIOT

Empire · Thursday 9 February 1854 · page 2

Henry Allan Graves was arraigned for having at Sydney, on the 27th day of December, 1853, in the company of divers others, unlawfully and riotously assembled together, and then and there…

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Law Intelligence. Supreme Court.—wednesday. (Before Mr. Justice Therry.) Insolvency Jurisdiction

Empire · Thursday 9 February 1854 · page 2

Upon the motion of the Chief Commissioner, the Court directed that the certificates granted by that officer to L. A. Mannix and Patrick Carroll should be absolutely confirmed…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1854 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. Dowling, Mr. Kemp, Mr. Hill, Dr. Douglass, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Darley. There were but five persons in custody for drunkenness; on the general charge list were the names of thirteen prisoners; and on…

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Sydney Police Court.— (Thursday.) (Before the Police Magistrate, Benjamin Darley, George Allen, George Hill, and Charles Kemp, Enquires.)

Empire · Friday 10 February 1854 · page 2

THE DRUNKARDS' LIST.—Five persons were convicted of drunkenness, and were severally sentenced to pay twenty shillings, or in default to be imprisoned for twenty-four houses…

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Water Police Office

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1854 · page 4

BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate. Frederick Hillard was brought before the Court on suspicion of being a runaway. It appeared from the evidence that he had been apprehended in company with another prisoner, named Stephen,…

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Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1854 · page 4

BEFORE S. F. MILFORD, Esquire, Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Moritz Mendell, and adjourned certificate meeting. Further adjourned until half-past one o'clock on Friday…

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Law. Central Criminal Court. Thursday, February 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1854 · page 4

BEFORE the CHIEF JU[?]TICE and Mr. Justice THERRY. SENTENCE. George Riddle, who had been convicted of stealing in a dwellinghouse, having been placed at the bar for sentence…

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The City Police. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1854 · page 5

SIR,—Perceiving that in your paper of Thursday, the 9th instant, you have called attention to the remarkable numerical deficiency of the City Police force, I wish through the columns of your paper to hazard a few…

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Law Intelligence. Central Criminal Court. Thursday. (Before the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Therry.) SENTENCES

Empire · Friday 10 February 1854 · page 2

George Riddell, found guilty of stealing in a dwellinghouse, was brought up for sentence. HIS HONOR THE CHIEF JUSTICE, in pronouncing judgment, said that the history of the prisoner was one of the…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1854 · page 4

BEFORE the Police Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police. There were six persons charged with drunkenness, who pleaded guilty, and were sentenced to 20s. penalties, with the usual alternative of 24 hours in the cells…

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Central Criminal Court. Monday, February 6. (Before his Honor the Chief Justice.) ASSAULT

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 11 February 1854 · page 4

William Wells, out on bail, appeared on the floor of the Court, and pleaded guilty to the charge of having, on the 30th of Nov. 1853, at Sydney, committed a common assault on one Elizabeth Lane…

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The Police Register

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 11 February 1854 · page 2

AN UNCIVIL GROWL.—Sir George Talbot, of Victoria Terrace, Miller's Point, [?]ad the misfortune to lose a rough haired little terrier, a regular rum-un for varmint, and great was his…

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Water Police Office

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1854 · page 5

BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate and Captain Towns. Mr. T. W. Smart appeared upon summons to answer the information of William Windsor, licensed waterman, charging him with refusing to pay a fare. The complainant stated that he is in…

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Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1854 · page 4

BEFORE S. F. MILFORD, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Morits Mendell, an adjourned certificate meeting was held. Two witnesses were examined, and the meeting was…

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Law. Central Criminal Court. Friday, February 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1854 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. Justice THERRY. SENTENCES. William Kenny, Elizabeth Wall, and Jessie Anderson, who had been convicted of manslaughter, having been placed at the bar,…

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Law Intelligence. Central Criminal Court.—friday. (Before Mr. Justice Therry.) SENTENCE

Empire · Saturday 11 February 1854 · page 4

William Kenny, Elizabeth Wall, and Jessie Anderson, found guilty on the previous day of manslaughter, were brought up for sentence. His HONOR sentenced the prisoner Kenny to be…

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Central Criminal Court. Monday, February 6. Before his Honor, the Chief Justice

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 11 February 1854 · page 2

ASSAULT.—William Wells, out on bail, appeared before the Court, and pleaded, guilty to the charge of having, on 30th Nov., 1853, at Sydney, committed a common assault on one Elizabeth Lane. The Attorney-General stated that an application for…

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Central Criminal Court. Monday, February 6. (Before His Honor, the Chief Justice.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 11 February 1854 · page 2

ASSAULT.—William Wells pleaded guilty to an information charging him with having assaulted Miss Elizabeth Lane, at the Glenmore Road, on the night of the 13th November last…

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Central Criminal Court. Thursday. (Before the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Therry.) SENTENCES

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 11 February 1854 · page 3

George Riddell, who had been convicted of horse-stealing, was sentenced to be worked on the roads or other public works of the colony for the period of ten years. William Wells, who had pleaded guilty to the charge of a…

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