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Courts & crime, 1854

1,942 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 98

Law. Supreme Court. Wednesday, 15Th February. Sitting As in Banc[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1854 · page 4

BEFORE the full Court. TE[?]RY v. OSBORNE and ANOTHE[?] Sir ALFRED STEPHEN, C. J., delivered the judgment of the Court in this case as follows…

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Sydney Police Court.—thursday. (Before the Police Magistrate and J. F. Josephson, Esq.)

Empire · Friday 17 February 1854 · page 2

DISORDERLY CONDUCT.—Henry Belford was brought into Court charged with disorderly conduct in the public streets, and also with having resisted a constable in the discharge of his duty…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1854 · page 2

SITTING Magistrates, Mr. Josephton, Mr. M'Lerie, and Mr. Dowling. John Keogh was charged with stealing a tarpaulin. Job Fowler deposed that on the day before yesterday he…

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Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1854 · page 2

BEFORE S. F. Milford, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. IN the estate of Moritz Mendell, an adjourned certificate meeting. The examination of witnesses having…

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Sydney Police Court.—friday. (Before the Police Magistrate, Captain M'Lerie, Daniel Egan, and Charles Kemp, Esqs.)

Empire · Saturday 18 February 1854 · page 4

THE DRUNKARDS' LIST.—Seven offenders were convicted, and severally sentenced to pay a fine of twenty shillings, or in default of payment to be imprisoned for twenty-four hours.—Margaret…

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Central Criminal Court, Saturday. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice Dickinson.) New Magistrate

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 18 February 1854 · page 5

John Hening Broughton, Esq., took the usual oaths as a Magistrate of the territory. BIGAMY. Charles Edward Booker was arraigned for having at Sydney, on…

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The Police Register

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 18 February 1854 · page 2

MISSED FIRE.—A little shrivelled piece [?] humanity, with a countenance not unlike mummy, delighting in the surname of Chat[?] [?]r Chaytor, called upon Mr. J. N. Robers, [?]…

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Central Criminal Court. Saturday. (Before Mr. Justice Dickenson.)

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 18 February 1854 · page 4

NEW MAGISTKATE.—John Herring Broughton, Esq, was sworn in as a magistrate in the usual form. BIGAMY.—Charles Edward Booker was indicted for having on the 1Sth of August, 1851, married one Ellen Dole, his first wife…

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Central Criminal Court. Saturday, 11Th February. (Before Mr Justice Dickinson.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 18 February 1854 · page 3

[?]Charles Edward Booker was indicted for having on the 18th August, 1857. married one Allen Dole, his first wife. Louisa Carr, being still alive; and to whom he was…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1854 · page 5

BEFORE the Police Magistrate [?] by Messrs. Kemp, Lloyd, and Egan. Eliza [?] was charged by Constable Chambers with having neglected her infant child. On Thursday afternoon he found her…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1854 · page 5

BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate. Cli[?] Jordan, a constable in the Water Police, was brought before the Court, charged with negligently allowing a prisoner to escape. It appears from the evidence of Inspector Ross that the…

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Insolvent Court.—thursday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1854 · page 5

BEFORE S. F. Milford, Esq., Chief Commissioner or Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Meritz Mendell, an adjourned certificate meeting was held. Messrs. L. and S. Samuel, creditors in the estate, had filed fourteen grounds of objection against a certificate being…

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Gaol Breaking. — Escape of the Murderer. From our own Correspondent.)

Empire · Monday 20 February 1854 · page 3

Yesterday, a successful attempt was made to escape from the Gaol at Goulburn. One of the parties was Talbot, the man under committal to take [?]trial for murder near Yass, whose case…

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Law. Maitland Circuit Court. Thursday, February 16Th. (From our own Correspondent.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1854 · page 4

IN consequence of the detention of the steamer, His Honor, Mr. Justice Dickenson did not take his seat on the bench until 1 o'clock p.m., when the Circuit Court was opened with the usual formalities. The barristers…

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Central Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1854 · page 5

BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Captain Wingate. There were eighteen charges on the drunkard list. Two defendants paid 40s. each at the lock-up: the others were convicted in due form, and the usual…

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Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1854 · page 5

BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate. The four seamen belonging to the Dutch ship Eugenie, apprehended on susp cion of being runaways, were further remanded until to-morrow (to-day). They were…

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Insolvent Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1854 · page 4

BEFORE S.F. Milford, Esq., Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Abraham and Saul Lyons, a special meeting was held, at which was proved a claim for…

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Law. Maitland Criminal Court. Saturday, February 18Th. (From our own Correspondent)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1854 · page 4

In the case of the Queen v Thomas Page, tried yesterday, the jury being called in this morning said that they had not agreed —nor were they likely to agree,— upon which his Honor discharged them without a…

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

Empire · Tuesday 21 February 1854 · page 4

In the estate of A. and S. Lyons, a special meeting for proof of debts was held, one claim amounting to £30 was proved, and the inputing terminated…

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Sydney Police Court.—monday. (Before the Police Magistrate and Captain Wingate.)

Empire · Wednesday 22 February 1854 · page 2

The charge sheets this morning were unusually heavy. Owing to the non-attendance of the [?] Magistrates, the business was greatly impeded, and nearly all the cases on the summons'…

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