Insolvent Court
BEFORE the Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Mary Wiseman, a third meeting. Debts amounting to £249 11s. 1d. were proved, and the official assignee read his report. The creditors…
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Law. Supreme Court.—thursday. Sittings in Banco
BEFORE the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Dickinso[?]. WILLIAMSON V THE NEW SOUTH WALES MARINE ASSURANCE COMPANY. [?] This was a demurrer to two of defendant's pleas to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Insolvent Court.—thursday, July 2. (Before the Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates.) General Business
In the estate of Mary Wiseman, a third meeting was held. Five debts were proved amounting in the aggregate to £248 12s. 1d., one was withdrawn and another stands over for further consideration. The assignee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Law. Supreme Court.—thursday, July 2. Sittings in Banco. (Before the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Dickinson.) WILLIAMSON V. the New South Wales Marine Assurance Company
This was a demurrer to two of the defendant's pleas in a suit upon a time policy, which had been partly argued on a previous day. The Attorney-General, Mr. Meymott, and Mr. Martin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Water Police Court.—friday, July 3. (Before the Water Police Magistrate.)
DESERTION.—Michael Daley was charged with having deserted from the ship Cyclone. Sub-inspector Cowell, of the Water Police, arrested the prisoner on the previous night in a public-house, in George-street, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Central Police Court.—friday, July 3. (Before the Police Magistrate, Major Lockyer, and Captain M'Lean.)
PROTECTION.—John Brown, supposed to be of unsound mind, was bound over to keep the peace for a month, in default a month's imprisonment. LARCENY.—Joshua Stanley alias Smith was committed…
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BEFORE Mr. Forbes, Major Lockyer, Captain M'Lean, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Burnell, and Mr. Hargraves. Ten drunkards were severally sentenced to pay 10s. each, or to be imprisoned twenty-four hours…
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BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate. Catherine Golding, charged with being drank and incapable of protecting herself, she having likewise been but a short time previous released from imprisonment, was fined 40s., or in default to…
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The quantity of crime disposed of this week has placed the market rather in advance of-previous quotations. 'There was the usual attendance of drunkards, who were shy and…
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BEFORE the Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Richard Webb, an adjourned certificate meeting. The application was opposed by the official assignee, chiefly on the ground that (as alleged) insolvent had appropriated to his own…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Court of Requests. Small Court. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald
SIR,—At the last sittings of the above court a great list of causes was gone through by the learned Commissioner, to the very great convenience of the litigants, through the excellent arrangement made by his Honor of taking some 90 or 100 per day seriatim…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Law. Supreme Court.—friday. Sittings in Banco
BEFORE the full Court, LANG V. MOREHEAD. In this case rules nisi had been taken out on either side, raising exceptions to the Master's report…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Law. Supreme Court.—friday, July 3. Sittings in Banoo. (Before the full Court.) Lang V, Morehead
This was an argument upon cross exceptions to the Master's report. Mr. Cary for the plaintiff; Mr. Murray and Mr. Blake for the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Insolvent Court.—friday, July 3. (Before the Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates.) General Business
In the estate of Richard Webb, an adjourned certificate examination meeting was held. The application of insolvent for a certificate was opposed chiefly on the ground, that he had appropriated to his own use a sum…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Water Police Court. Saturday. Before the Water Police Magistrate and Mr. A. E. Halloran
Charles Jeavea, mason, was charged with a violent assault upon T. M. Mowle, clerk in the Customs. This case was postponed from Friday. Complainant deposed that having left the Theatre on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Central Police Court.—saturday, July 4. (Before the Police Magistrate, and Mr. E. C. Weekes.)
DRUNKARDS.—There have been 120 drunkards brough[?] up this week, who were dealt with in the usual manner ROGUE AND VAGABOND.—John Rolston was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, for being a regu[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Water Police Court.—saturday, July 4. (Before the Water Police Magistrate, and Mr. A. E. Halloran.)
ASSAULT.—Charles Jeanes, of Kent-street, stonemason, remanded from the previous day on a charge of having violently assaulted Stewart M. Mowles, a clerk in her Majesty's Customs, on Thursday night last, somewhere…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Central Police Court. Saturday. Before Mr. Forbss and Mr. Weekes
Twelve drunkards were severally sentenced to pay 10s. or to be imprisoned twenty four hours. John Ro[?]ton, convicted of vagrancy, was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pressure of Police Business
The Police Magistrates and Mr. Weekes sat on Saturday till nearly three o'clock in order to dispose of cases upon the sheet. There would have been no necessity for such an unusual…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Water Police Roster for This Week
The following magistrates are summoned to assist in the discharge of magisterial duties at the Water Police Court this week:—Monday, July 6, Messrs. Henry Clay Burnell…
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