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This was an action of ejectment and for mesne profits. Mr. Darvall appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Broadhurst for the defendant. Notice of ejectment was proved to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There were seventeen persons charged this morning with drunkenness; they bore all the appearance of old [?]bitues of the dock, and were well known to the Bench. They were all fined in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mary Belmar, Thomas McGower, and Benjamin Blower, were severally convicted of drunkenness, and sentenced, the two former to pay a fine of 20s. each, and the latter, an old offender, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sixteen drunkards were fined 20s. each, and one 40s.; one person accused of the offence was discharged. Twenty-four prisoners occupied the general charge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Benjamin Blewer was once more assigned for drunkenness. On referring, to the records, it was found he had been five times convicted for the same failing since the 5th of April last. Ben indignantly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—An unexpected return to Sydney, in consequence of tempestnous weather, has made me sequainted with the fact that another breeze of a different nature—fathered upon Mr. William…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was an action upon a warranty of beef purchased under a written agreement, and said to be of a quality inferior to that bargained fon Plea, that there was no warrantry, and that the beef delivered…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →This was an action for breach of contract in not delivering a quantity of beef according to quality warranted by a written agreement. The defendants pleaded that they did deliver according to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fifteen persons, of whom ten were females, were charged with drunknesss in the public street; one forfeited a deposit of 40s., left with the watch-house keeper in lion of bail for his appearance at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stephen Timmins, for being drunk in Georgestreet, was fined 20s., in defcult of payment 24 hours' imprisonment. Bridget Holle?, for being drunk and using obscene language was imprisoned, for 21 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →William Head was indicated for having, at a station called Ballowrie, in the Braidwood District, on the 6th of May, stolen three cows and three heifers, the property of Mr. Hugh Wallace…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The general business paper consisted of but eight charges, five of which were dismissed as groundless; two were remanded for further evidence; and the last, a man named Samuel Wall, convicted of having, while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the estate of Alfred Thomas Taylor, of Crown-street, Sydney, mariner, a schedule was filed. Liabilities, £5263 5s. Assets: value of real property, £4884; personal property and moneys, £60; total assets, £4944…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stephen Timmis and Bridget Hollis were found guilty of drunkenness and sentenced to pay the usual fine of 20s., with the alternative of being imprisoned for twenty-four hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alfred Thomas Taylor, of Crown-street, Sydney, mariner. Liabilities, £5263 5s. Assets—value of real estate, £4881; of personal estate, £60: total assets, £4964. Deficit, £319 5s. Mr. Perry, official…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action for work and materials, &c. The defendant pleaded payment as to a part of the plaintiff's claim, and to the residue that he was never indebted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action for work and labour and material furnished for the building of a store. The defendant paid £160 into Court. The Solicitor-General and Mr. Faucett appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ten persons were found drunk in the streets by the police on Tuesday; one was discharged; two forfeited deposits of forty shillings; and the rest were fined twenty shillings, or twenty four hours'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mary Murphy and Margaret Strickland were found guilty of drunkenness and disorderly conduct in the public streets, and were sentenced, the former to pay a penalty of forty shillings, or in default to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mary Murphy, a drunkard, who has been repeatedly brought before the Bench, was sentenced to eight days' gaol, in default of payment of a fine of 40s, Margaret Strickland, for drunkenness and using…
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