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Twelve persons were found guilty of drunkenness in the public streets, and fined 20s., or twenty-four hours imprisonment. John Gaynor was convicted as a rogue and a vagabond, and sentenced to go to gaol for fourteen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There were six persons brought up at the Water Police Court to-day for drunkenness, and having been found guilty, were each sentenced to pay a fine of 20s., or to be imprisoned for twenty-four hours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This was a suit instituted by the widow, and in the name of the infant children of the late Mr. Nelson Lawson against Mr. John Rose Holden, as receiver, appointed by the Supreme Court, of the real and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →This was a suit instituted against Mr. John Rose Holden, as the receiver appointed by this Court, of the real and personal estate of the late Mr. Nelson Lawson, for an account and administration of the trust property…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The proper organization and distribution of the police force in the colony, must always be a subject of interest to its inhabitants, and should never be lost sight of by the Executive and the Legislature. Admitting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following in the formal judgment of their Hone[?] in this case, pronounced on thelaat day of term:— The CHIEF JUSTICE said, that in his opinion the d[?] clarations by Benjamin Hill, that the person called…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There were five persons brought before the Court this morning on the charge of drunkenness, and having pleaded guilty, they were each sentenced to pay the usual fine of 20s., or to be imprisoned for twenty-four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eighteen persons were charged with drunkenness, and fined in the usual penalty, 20s., or twenty-four hours' imprisonment. Jemima M'Donald was found guilty of being drunk and soliciting men in the streets;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] persons convicted of having been found drank in the streets, were sentenced to pey 20s. or to be imprisoned for 24 hours. Selina Bridget Kelly was charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At this court to-day there were five persons found guilty of drunkenness, each of whom was sentenced to pay a fine of 20s., or to be imprisoned for twenty-four hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BEFORE Mr. Dowling, Mr. Merewether, and Mr. J. West, tertius. Nineteen persons were convicted of having been found drunk in the streets, and were severally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nineteen drunkards were brought before the Court, and fined 20s., or twenty-four or forty-eight hours' solitary confinement in the cells. Anne McKall, and Anne Harris, were convicted as idle and disorderly…
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →BEFORE Mr. Dowling, and Mr. West, tertius. Eleven persons were convicted of having been found drunk in the streets [?] sentenced to pay 20s. each, with the usual alternative. Another, a soldier, was forwarded to the military…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BEFORE the Water Police Megistrate. The city sheet this morning, for the first time for some months, was without the name of a single [?]ffonder upon it, while the Water Polise sheet contained the names of three persons only, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WARS [?]AND RUMOURS OF WARS.—Thursday last was a busy day with the Bench, and amongst other cases brought under their notice, was a complaint lodged by the lovely Mary McDermott…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEFORE the Commissioners. John Oliver, licensed drayman, appeared t[?]prefer a charge against Mr. G. C[?]tis, for refusing to pay him a fare a[?] to the sum of 10s. The claim was for the coaveyance of two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,--Your kindness on every occasion towards the oppressed, and your well-known independence in vindicating the cause of truth and justice, have prompted us to solicit the favour of your giving publicity to what follows, which relates…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Twenty-one drunkards were brought before the Court and fined 20s., or twenty-four hours imprisonnient. Anne Smyth and Mary Roberts were found guilty of drunkenness, and being well known disorderly characters, were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BEFORE the Police Magistrate. The array of offenders on the drunkarks list was something larger than is usually the case on Saturday mornings. The majority of those charged (21 in…
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