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DRUNKENNESS.—Eleven persons were brought before the Court, charged with having been found drunk about the streets. Being severally convited of the offence, they were ordered to pay the usual fine, or, in default, to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the estate of George Wilson a special meeting for proof of debts was held. Three debts were proved, amounting to £2953 4s. 7d., and the meeting terminated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Joseph Brooks, William Sampson, Adam Cannel, and William Herbert, four seamen of the Junior, appeared before the Court on the charge of murder and piracy. They were placed in charge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →(Before George Allen, A. Boner, Edward Raper, George Bill, R. Nott, J. T. Neale, and James Oatley, Esqrs.) DRUNKENNESS.—Seventeen persons were brought up this morning on the charge of drunkenness. The usual…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thirteen persons convicted of having been found drunk in the streets, were severally sentenced to pay 10s. or to be imprisoned twenty-four hours; and a private of the 77th was remanded to be dealt with by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Carey moved in this case that the Court reconsider their judgment, declaring that a certain equitable mortgage was invalid on account of the defendant's insolvency at the time of its execution, and cited the case of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an application to re-open a case decided between these parties on Friday last, and reported in the Herald of the following day. The question at issue in the case had been whether M'Di[?]rmid was, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the estate of Matthew J. Duncan, an adjourned second meeting. Insolvent was examined as to sundry payments made by him within the six months prior to his insolvency, and the meeting terminated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the estate of Joseph Wyatt, a second meeting was held. One debt was proved, £15 1s. 6d. The insolvent was examined in reference to a bill of sale given by him to Mr. Robert Green, as a security, for a debt of £1500,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE BATTLE OF THE GLEBE.—William Henry Smith, a respectable-looking mechanic, and blessed with an uncommon fluency or speech, was placed at the bar before Messrs James Ebsworth and John Lucas, J.P.s, charged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Twenty-one individuals were convicted of having been found drunk in the streets, and were sentenced to pay—some 10s. and others 20s. according to circumstances, the alternative being twenty-four or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Robert Chipchase, for desertion from the Oceanie, was sentenced to be imprisoned for twenty-four hours. Twenty-five of the seamen belonging to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DRUNKARDS.—George Campbell, George Jones, William Farrell, Margaret Farrell, and George Atkinson, charged with being drunk in the streets, were each fined 10s.; in default, to be imprisoned for twenty-four hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Several Equity motions, involving no points of pub[?]c importance, were heard and disposed of, but the [?]greater part of the day was taken up in hearing further [?]rgument the case of Doe Dem. Devine v. Wilson…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DRUNKENNESS.—Seventeen persons were brought before the Bench this morning, on the charge of drunkenness. The offenders were severally ordered, on conviction, to pay fines, varying from 10s. to 20s., or, in default,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The argument in this case was continued. The fifteenth ground of objection was that a certain power of attorney from Nicholas Devine to Rochford was admitted as evidence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the estate of John Spears, a single meeting. One debt was proved. Insolvent was allowed his household furniture and wearing apparel, on condition that he pay this debt, with the expenses of his insolvency…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the estate of John Spears, a single meeting was held, at which insolvent attended. One debt for goods sold, £22 7s. lld., was proved. Insolvent was allowed to retain his furniture and wearing apparel, on condition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Michael Lewes, found drunk in Essex-street, was fined 10s., in default to be imprisoned for twenty-four hours. Henry Evans, James Macintosh, Richard Fanning,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seven drunkards were fined 20s. each, with the option of spending twenty-four hours at Darlinghurst; and another was ordered to pay 40s., or to be imprisoned forty-eight hours. An old vagrant, named…
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