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We have received information of an act of bushranging, which, if true in all the particulars as related to us, is unparalleled in colonial history. We tell the tale as 'twas told to us, premising that our authority is respectable and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fourteen persons were subjected to the usual penalty on conviction of having been found drunk in the streets. Two others, found guilty also of having made use of obscene language while drunk, were sentenced to pay £3 each, or in default to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PEOPLE in these enlightened (?) days look with disfavour, if not contempt, upon the social customs of the Israelites of old as well as of the ancient Irish, with regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the cstate of Thomas Galbraith, a first meeting. Seven debts were proved, and insolvent was examined by Mr. Fitzhardinge, in reference to an equitable mortgage for £200 given to a Mr. Macbeth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was on action of respass upon'a station called Doona, in the Liverpool Plains district. The AttorneyGeneral and Mr. Isaacs appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Plunkett, Q.C.,Mr. Fauoett, and Mr. Stephen for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action for trespass upon a squatting run, which was not concluded when the Court rose, and is likely to last several days. The Attorney-General and Mr. Isaacs appeared for the plaintiff,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Court opened at ten o'oloolc this morning. The prisoner, Alexander Sage, who on the previous day, Thursday, pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with having on the 24th day of December last uttered a forged cheque upon the Joint Stock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the estate of Thomas Galbraith, a first meeting was held. The insolvent attended. Seven debts were proved snd allowed. The insolvent was examined in reference to an equitable mortgage for £200, given to a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This was an action for work and labour done under a contract, by the plaintiff, in preparing certain plans and specifications, and acting as consulting arobitect. There were also counts for work and labour not done under the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alexander Sage was arraigned on an indictment, charging him with having, on the 34th of December, 1857, wilfully and feloniously forged a bank cheque, or order for the sum of £500, with intent to defraud James…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mary Gregory, having been found drunk in George-street, was fined 10s.; and Fanny Graham, for drunkenness and use of obscene language, was awarded the same penalty; for default in either case twenty-four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKARDS.—Mary Gregory, for being drunk in the streets, was fined 10s., or to be imprisoned for twentyfour hours. Fanny Graham, for being drunk and making use of obscene language, was fined 20s., or to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DRUNKENNESS.—Seven individuals were brought before the Court this morning, on the charge of drunkenness. Being severally convicted of the offence, they were ordered to pay the usual penalty of 10s., or, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seven drunkards were fined 10s. each, or, failing in payment, to be imprisoned twenty-four hours; two others, who being drunk, persisted in pugnacity, were sentenced to pay 40s. each, or to be imprisoned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the motion of the Chief Commissioner, certificates of discharge were confirmed to Abraham Abrahams, Nathan Phillips, William Brady, James M'Cree, Robert Bray Cooke, Alexander Clark Davison…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Monday, 15.—William Mansfield, second, at 11. George S. Wilson, special, for proof of debts, at 12. Thomas Galbraith, second, at 12.30. Benjamin Holman, single, at 2. Alfred Sykes, adjourned single and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—My attention having been drawn to a letter signed "Andrew Scott" in the Sydney Morning Herald of the 8th instant, I beg to state that the production in question is a tissue of falsehoods from beginning to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →His Honor confirmed the certificates granted by the Chief Commissioner to Abraham Abrahams, Nathan Phillips, William Brady, James M'Crea, Robert Bray Cook, and Alexander Olurk Davison…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DRUNKARD.—Arthur Blacksland, for being drunk in George-street, was finad 40s. DESERTION.—Charles Simmons and Thomas Waterson, charged with desertion from the ship Telegraph, were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charles Simmons and Thomas Wadison, seamen of the Telegraph, were sentenced to thirty days' imprisonment for desertion. James Robertson, for desertion from the Claro, was sentenced to tweaty-one days' imprisonment…
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