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Plaintiff in this case sought to recover £13 for work and labour done. Defendant did not dispute the debt but alleged that it had never been asked for by the plaintiff. Verdict for the plaintiff in the whole amount…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action for work and labour, pleas, "never indebted" and payment Mr. Dalley appeared for the plaintiff, and the Attorney-General for the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Isabella Royal, for being drunk in George-street, was fined 20s., in default of payment to be imprisoned for twenty-four hours. Henry Stanton, remanded from yesterday on a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eleven drunkards were disposed of according to law. William Roberts was fined 40s. for being drunk and using obscene language, in Palmer-street, and Ann Hogan, 20s. for a similar offence on the Newtown-road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The business, at the Water Police Court on Saturday was very light. Henry N. Stanton, seaman, of the Snapdragon, remanded from a provious day, on a charge of desertion, was discharged,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eight drunkards were sentenced to pay 10s. each, or to be imprisoned for twenty-four hours. Frederick Hanks, apprehended on suspicion of being of unsound mind, was required to enter into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Court will resume its sittings at ten o'clock, this morning, with the hearing of the case, Bury v. Pearson, No. 122, continued from the last sittings The assessors summoned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →June—This Day, Monday 2[?].—In the estate of John W. Roberts, adjourned examination meeting, at ll; J. G. Gollan, adjourned certificate, at 12. Tuesday, 23.—John Pearson, second, at 10.30;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MONDAY, 22ND JUNE, 1857.—MOTIONS GENERALLY.— Devine v. Wilson and others (part heard). DEMURRENS—Scanlon v. Christian and others; Wil[?]nson v. The New South Wales Marine Assurance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plaintiff; a publican, had agreed with defendant, a cooper, to sell him all his empty casks. The former alleged that the transaction commenced in July, 1853, and terminated in January, 1855, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Twenty—eight drunkards were disposed of in the usual manner. Resa Carr was fined 20s., or 7 days; John Falvey, 20s., or 3 days; and Joseph Bishop, 20s., or, 3 days'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BEFORE Mr. Forbes, Mr. Ebsworth, and Mr. Weekes. Twenty-four persons were convicted of having been found drunk in the streets of these nine were sentenced to pay 20s. each, or to be imprisoned for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ebenezer Paterson, found drunk in Jamison-street on the previous night, was subjected to a penalty of 10s., with the alternative of twenty-four hours' imprisonment. In the matter of William Clark versus William Roden,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BEFORE the Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of John W. Roberts, an adjourned examination. Insolvent was examined by Mr. Smith upon a supplementary sehedule, showing his receipts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →—The Court will resume its sittings at 10 o'clock this morning with the hearing of the case, No. 180, continued from the last sittings, Levy v. Cook. The assessors summoned for this day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate, Mr. M'Lean, and Mr. Bligh. John Crowley, for being drunk and disorderly on board the Swan, was lined 20s. or in default…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BEFORE the Full Court. DEVINE AND ANOTHER V. WILSON AND OTHERS. This was a special application, upon notice on the part of the defendants, for an order of the Court to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was a motion on behalf of the defendants for an order of the Court, that the judges' notes of the evidence of certain deceased witnesses callad for the defendants upon the last trial, should be read as the evidence of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the estate of John W. Roberts an adjourned examination meeting was held. Insolvent attended and was sworn; he was examined by Mr. J. Smith, solicitor, as to the correctness of a certain account banded in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action to recover the sum of £30, part of a larger sum of £40 lent by the plaintiff to defendant on the 26th December last. The sum of £40 was advanced in three sums of two £10, and another sum of £20, for…
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