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This action was brought against the defendant as agent fer the plaintiffs for negligence in the discharge of his duty as freight collector for the plaintiffs. The declaration also contained a count for money received by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fifteen seamen of the Dutch ship Oliver Van Noord were convicted of having unlawfully combined to impede the departure of that ship, and sentenced to eight weeks' imprisonment with hard labour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A PARLIAMENTARY paper, transmitting seven returns, by the Inspector-General of Police to the Colonial Secretary, has just been printed. The tables are very elaborate, and have evidently been drawn up with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the estate of John J. Kyle, an adjourned single meeting. Two debts were proved. Insolvent was allowed to retain his household furniture and wearing apparel on condition that he pay the expenses of his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ten persons convicted of having been found drunk in the streets, were fined in the usual penalties: those who admitted the truthfulness of the charge were called upon to pay 10s. each, while two or three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the motion of the Chief Commissioner, certificates of discharge were confirmed to Thomas Paterson and George Alfred Thrum. IN THE ESTATE OF G. C. TUTING AND CO…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the estate of John J. Kyle, an adjourned single meetingwas held. Two debts were proved and allowed. The insolvent was allowed to retain his furniture and the wearing apparel of himself and his family subject to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action for assault and battery, to which the defendant had pleaded not guilty, and that he had committed the assault in self-defence. Mr. Blake appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Holroyd…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action for assault and battery. The plaintiff had pleaded not guilty, and that he had assaulted the plaintiff in self-defence, the latter, having committed the first assault…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the motion of the Chief Commissioner certificates of discharge were confirmed to Thomas Paterson and George Alfred Thrum. IN THE ESTATE OF G. C. TUTING AND CO…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Joseph Diamond, Stephen Hynes, Francis Kay, Louis Monsenbey, [?]eter Buchan, and Thomas Macarthy, seamen of the Joshua, were convicted of having wilfully disobeyed lawful commands on board,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DISOBEDIENCE.—Five seamen were charged with wilfully disobeying lawful commands on board the ship Joshua, and were each sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DRUNKENNESS.—Thirty-two persons were brought up this morning on the charge of drunkenness. They were severally sentenced on conviction to pay fines varying from 10[?]. to 20s, or, in default, to be imprisoned for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Joseph Wilkes was brought up on an indictment charging him with having on the 9th day of April, 1855, at Deep Creek, in the colony of New South Wales, feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thirty-four persons were convicted of having been found drunk in the streets, and were sentenced in penalties varying from 10S. to 40s., according to circumstances, the alternative being twenty-four hours,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THIS case, which stood over from the last general gaol delivery, was re-opened yesterday morning, before Mr. Justice Therry. The prisoner, Joseph Wilkes, was indicted for the murder of his son, William Wilkes,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action of ejectment to recover possession of fifty acres of land in the Parramatta district. Mr. Cary and Mr. Stephen appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Wise and Mr. Butler for the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was an action of ejectment. The plaintiff claimed 50 acres of land near Parramatta, of which defendant was in possession, and each party [?]ontended that he alone possessed the legal title…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action for work and labour. The defendant pleaded never indebted. Mr. Blake appeared for the plaintiffs; Mr. Isaacs for the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The list for this month comprises sixty-five defended cases, eleven of which are to be heard each day. O'CONNOR V. BRENAN.—This was an action for wages. The defendant is the Sheriff, and the amount…
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