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Alexander McDougall and Richard Harvey were ordered to pay a fine of 20s. each for drunkennes; in default twenty-four hours' imprisonment. McDougall was also sentenced to twenty-four hours' solitary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alexander McDougall and Richard Harvery were severally fined twenty shillings for drunkenness. McDougall, for using obscene language, was also sentenced to twenty-four hours' solitary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The drunkard list contained ten charges. One had deposited, and, by non-appearance, forfeited, 40s.; eight were fined 20s. each; and one, an old offender, named Margaret Mitchell, who appeared to be too ill…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MARSH AND OTHERS v. BLOXSOME AND ANOTHER. In this case the argument was resumed. On the previous day the Court reserved one point for the respondnt's counsel to reply to, deciding that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The argument in this case (the nature of which was reported in our yesterday's issue) was resumed. The appellants' counsel had been called upon to answer a single point maintained by the other side, as one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the estate of Charles Adrain, a special meeting. One debt, for £218 12s. 3½d. was proved, and a witness was examined. The meeting allowed insolvent his household furniture and wearing apparel, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the estate of Charles Adrain, a special meeting was held, for directions and proof of debts. One claim for £218 12s. 3½d. was proved. Mr. Ashdown was examined. The creditors directed the official assignee to agree to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DRUNKARDS' LIST.—Nine persons were charged with drunkenness; four forfeited their deposits of 40s.; four were fined 20., or twenty-four hours' imprisonment; one was discharged; and Mary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three drunkards, whose names appeared on the list this morning, were severally lined 20s., or in default, ordered to be sent to gaol for twenty-four hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eight persons were convicted of having been found drunk in the streets:—One old offender was sentenced to be imprisoned for six weeks, four paid 40s. each, and three were left to their election of paying 20s. each, or being locked up in the cells for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It becomes our painful duty to record one of the most atrocious and cold-blooded murders that ever appeared in the annals of crime. The parties, named George Jackson and Catherine Reid, have been living together as man and wife,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →RATHER THE WORSE FOR LIOUOR.—A singular looking personage, [?] man of the woods, was after some [?]eazing and coaxing, induced to take his stand in the dock front, to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →David Small appeared upon summons, as master of the steamer Pluto, to answer the information of Mr. W. A. Douglas, at the instance of the Steam Navigation Board, charging him with having, on the 9th April last, in the harbour of Port Jackson,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the estate of James T. Grocott, an adjourned special meeting under a Judge's order, for examination. Insolvent not being in attendance, the examination was postponed until Thursday next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In thE cstatE of James Turner Grocott, an adjourned special meeting was held. Insolvent did not appear, and the meeting was adjourned to Thursday the 10th instant, at 2…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LEONARD v. WATSON.—This was an action brought to recover damages for an alleged slander affecting the character of the defendant. Mr. Redman conducted the case for the plaintiff, and Mr. Russell that for the defendant. The action arose out of some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was asuit for the enforcement of a mortgage debt due by defendant before his insolvency, upon certain leasehold property in Queen's-place, on the ground of his having rendered himself liable by an adoption or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was the suit for the recovery of a mortgage debt upon certain property in Queen's-place. The defendant had been insolvent but had obtained his certificate and would thus have been released, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action for defamation of character; it appeared that the plaintiff was formerly in the employment of defendant, who is a butcher, and was charged by him at the police court with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Five druakards, four of whom were women, were brought before the court and fined 20s., or in default twenty-four hours' confinement in the cells. Michael Lynch was sentenced, under the Vagrant…
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