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In the estate of Edward W. Cooke a first meeting was held. Two proofs of debts were allowed and one stands over to the second meeting, to decide whether it shall be allowed as a concurrent or preferent claim for rent,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Nothing contributes more effectually to the contentment of the humbler classes, and to inspire them with a confidence in the political institutions under which they live, than a cheap, prompt, and impartial…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →This was an action for work and labour. Plea, never indebted. Mr. Blake appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Isaacs for the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Samuel Newstead appeared on the complaint of George Duffell to answer a charge of assault. Both parties were seamen belonging to the brig Janet, now in the harbour, and a disagreement had arisen about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Twelve persons were convicted of having been found drunk in the streets, and were sentenced to pay the penalties usual in such cases. William Routley, found guilty of having in a public…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This case, the trial of which commenced on Monday, was a suit in ejectment to recover possession of fifty acres of land, near Parramatts. Mr. Cary and Mr. Stephen appesred for the plaintiff,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYMONS v. PERRY.—This was an action, in which the plaintiff sought to recover £30 from the defendant, a debt alleged to have accrued under the following circumstances:—In January, 1857, the plaintiff…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ASSAULT.—Samuel Newstead, a seaman, belonging to the Janet, was brought before the Court, charged with assaulting George Deffell, a seaman belonging to the same vessel. Complainant deposed: On Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DRUNKENNESS.—Twelve persons were brought up this morning on the charge of drunkenness. They were each sentenced to pay a fine of 10s., or in default to be imprisoned for four-and-twenty hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DESERTION.—W. Jackson, brought up on suspicion of being a desertor from the 77th, was ordered to be sent back to his regiment. NEGLECT TO REGISTER THE BIRTH OF A CHILD.—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nine persons, convicted of having been found drunk in the streets, were severally fined in the usual penalties of 10s., or twenty-fonr hours in gaol; two others, who, while under the influence of liquor, indulged in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →This was an action upon a contract for the sale of horses, upon commission, in India. The breaches declared upon were a neglect to account truly and to hand over the proceeds. The defendant averred that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This was an action of ejectment to recover the possession of fifty acres of land near Parramatta. The trial of this case was commenced on Monday. Mr. Cary and Mr. Stephen appeared for the plaintiff,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the estate of Henry O. Thompson, third meeting was held, no debts were proved, the official assignee read his report, and the first meeting terminated. In the estate of John Hamilton a third meeting was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an notion for libel. The libellers, words complained of were contained in the answers to correspondents of a newspaper known as Bell's Life in Sydney, and were as follows:—"Memoria, You are perfectly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DOUGLASS V. DUDLEY.—This was an action to recover £11, the price of a cask of almonds. It appeared, according to the evidence of the plaintiff, that Douglass purchased at Dean's auction room several casks of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Joseph Mathers, master of the Morayshire, was convicted of having unlawfully suffered a person named Charles Williams to embark on board the said ship when proceeding to sea, the said Charles Williams's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—In the debate which took place in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night, Mr, Owen, as an argument in favour of the appointment of Police Magistrates, alluded to cases which often occur, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Six drunkards were fined—one 20s., and the rest 10s. each; with the usual alternative in the event of non-payment. Another, who was apprehended in the act of soliciting for the purpose ot prostitution, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Joseph Wilkes appeared in the dook to answer an indictment which charged him with having on the 9th day of April, 1855, at Deep Creek, near Casino, in the colony of New South Wales, feloniously, wilfully, and…
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