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This was an action for wages, and for money lent. The defendant pleaded that he was never indebted, and also a set-off of £30. Mr. Stephen appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plaintiff sought to recover a sum of £11 5s. 6d., for work nad labour done and executed. The parties to the action lived near each other at Wolloomooloo, and a friendly intimacy had existed between them up to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The trial of this case was continued, but was still unfinished when the Court rose…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hugh Thompson, cook of the barque Wellington, was charged with insubordination. It appeared that the captain told prisoner he was incompetent to perform his duties, and that he should consequently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thirteen drunkards were muicted in the usual penalty this morning. Catherine Pnillips, a young woman, was sharged with using obscene language in the public streets, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stephen Timmins, a barrowman, who had been twice remanded on a charge of stealing a bag of sugar, was again brought up. John William Payne, storekeeper to Messrs. R. Towns and Co., stated that the bag of sugar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thirteen persons, convicted of having been drunk in the streets, were fined 10s. each, or in default of payment to be imprisoned for twenty-four hours. William Matthews, found guilty of having assaulted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the estate of Gollan Mackenzie and Co., a third meeting, at 11 a.m. In the estate of Henry Lowis Harris, an adjourned examination meeting, under a judge's order, at 10 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sin—Permit me to call your attention to a subject connected with the management of public-houses, to the duties of the police, and to the glaring frauds upon the revenue which are so common, nightly, in this vicinity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The certificates of discharge granted by the Chief Commissioner to Henry Perrier and David Perrier, were confirmed by the Court. PLANS OF DISTRIBUTION…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the motion of the Chief Commissioner, certificates were granted to the following insolvents, Henry Perrior and David Perrier, and were confirmed by the Court. PLANS OF DISTRIBUTION…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This case, the trial of which was commenced on Thursday, was an action upon a contract for the purchase of brandy. The plaintiff's claim was for a balance of the purchase money of a large quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Henry Jones pleaded guilty to desertion from the Electra, and was sentenced to be imprisoned for six weeks, and to be kept to hard labour. Edward Lawson, for deserting from the Camperdown,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alfred Lenman, a person charged with drunkenness, made the following statement in the station-house, after being duly cautioned by Inspector Browniâ"About two years ago I had a bit of a qunrrel with a man named…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Twenty-two persons found guilty of drunkenness were severally sentenced to pay 10s., or to be imprisoned for twenty-four hours. Richard Head, taken into custody for disorderly conduct in the streets, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The list of fines was called over and disposed of. FORBES V. ROSS. This was a motion upon rule nisi calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the venue should not be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The usual returns were submitted by the officers of the Court, and ordered to be filed. The schedule of fines was also gone through, and disposed of. FORBES V. ROSS…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR—On passing down Parramatta-street, a little before ten o'clock last night, with two friends, I witnessed a most soandalous outrage on public decency and morals on the part of the police, accompanied by an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the estate of Gollan, M'Kenzie, and Co., a third meeting. A claim for £13 5s. was proved. In the estate of Henry L. Harris, an adjourned examination meeting. Insolvent was examined by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the estate of Henry Lowis Harris, an adjourned examination meeting was held. Insolvent was sworn and was then examined by Mr. Michael, first as to a quautity of goods, valued at between £2000 and £3000, sold by him in Moreton Bay, in September and…
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