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In the estate of Hugh Murphy, a first meeting. Forty debts were proved, and sixteen stand over until the second meeting. An application for an allowance was refused, the assignee having no funds in hand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the estate of Hugh Murphy, a first meeting was held. Forty proofs of debts were received and allowed. Sixteen stand over to the second meeting for particulars of the respective claims. An application for an allow,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Court gave judgment in this case. It was an application for a mandamus against the Chairman of Quarter Sessions to compel the hearing of certain appeals against the city assessment. The question was,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DRUNKENNESS.âFourteen individuals were brought up this morning on the charge of drunkenness. They were severally sentenced on conviction to pay the usual fine, with the alternative of imprisonment in case of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Thompson, a seaman who had deserted from the Joshua, was ordered to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve weeks. Ann Knight and William Brown, found drunk in the public…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE BOTER BITTEN, OR, TARRING THEM BOTH WITH THE SAME BRUSH.âEllen Coyle a tidily attires young woman with a Romany complexion and cast of countenance, bestowed a bewitching smile upon her solicitor, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eleven persons convicted of having been found drunk in the streets were severally sentenced to pay 10s., or to be imprisoned twenty-four hours; one was called upon to pay 40s. and two 20s. each, or to be imprisoned forty-eight nours. Two women, having…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The argument in this case was concluded. The Court refused to grant a new trial. They were of opinion that there was evidence of prior possession by the defendant, but as there was also some evidence of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the estate of Hexekiah Gregory, an adjourned single meeting; further adjourned until the 20th instant, then to be held at Maitland. In the estate of John Maloney, deceased, a second meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the estate of Hezekiah Gregory, this was an adjourned single meeting from Maitland. No creditors appeared, and the meeting was again adjourned to Thursday, the 20th instant, to be held at Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was a motion for new trial of action for trespass, in which the plaintiff had obtained a verdict for £200. The grounds of the notion were twofold£that the verdict was against the weight of evidence, and that the learned Judge who triad this case, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sarah Date and Elizabeth Herbert, both convicted of drunkenness, were fined—the former, 10s.; and the latter, 40s. In default of payment in the first case, imprisonment for twenty-four hours; in the latter,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sixteen drunkards were severally sentenced to pay 10s, or to be imprisoned twenty-four hours. Thomas M'Grath and James Russell, were charged with having, while drunk, gone to a public-house, in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Frederick Gorney da Costs, of Sydney, gentleman, Liabilities, £161 11s. Assets: Value of personal property, £5. Deficit, £156 11s. M. Wilson, official assignee…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →On the petition of, Henry Youngman, and Edward Youngman of Pitt-street, Sydney, merchants, praying that the estate of Donald Rankin Macdonald, of Mudgee, surgeon and druggist, may be sequestrated for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the motion of the Chief Commissioner, a certificate of discharge was granted to Philip Henry Magrane. PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION. In the estate of David Henry Stonham, a first dividend…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Chamberlain was charged with having, at Warwick, burglariously broken and entered the store of Marcus Birkman, and with stealing therefrom certain articles named in the information. Mr. Pring…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The certificate of discharge granted by the Chief Commissioner to Philip Henry Magrane was confirmed by the Court upon the motion of that officer. PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →[?]ESERTION.—James Smith and William Polan, charged with being deserters from the ship Lloyds, were each sent to gaol for eight weeks. SUMMONS FOR WAGES.—Matthew Nattrass, master of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Patrick Me[?]an, for drunkenness, was fined 10s., or to be imprisoned for seventy-four hours. Ann Reilly recovered the sum of Ils 6d., which she claimed of Charles Younger, for her services as…
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