Water Police Court
BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate, Mr. G. W. Eliot, and Mr. Moriarty. William Stuart Ogilvie was brought before the Court for a breach of the Police Act, in having obstructed the footway in…
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Central Police Court
BEFORE Mr. Forbes, Mr. E. S. Hill, Mr. Laycock, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Peden, Mr.Raper, Mr. Kettle and Captain M'lean. prisoned twenty-four hours. Daniel M'Nulty, summarily convicted of having stolen a tub,…
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SWEET NEIGHBOURS; or, THE ROMANCE OF THE FLOWER POT.—Bartholomew McMahon, a regular wild Irishman, who dwells in Clarence street, appeared in the withness-box, to complain against his next door neighbours,…
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THE CARPENTER's LAUNCH; OR THE MERRY MAID OF REDFERN.— " Tom Shirley was a nice young man, A carpenter by trade,…
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Murder and Christmas sound inharmoniously together. Their juxta-position, however, is forced upon us by a crime which has deprived of life one human being, and placed the life of another in jeopardy. In the midst of…
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The following Report of the Sheriff, relative to the alleged mismanagement at the execution of Gibbs and Hitchcock, has just been printed:. Sheriff's office, Melbourne, 13th Dec 1858…
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BEFORE the Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of Henry Bachfield, a single meeting. Two small debts were proved, and insolvent was allowed his household furniture upon condition of paying about £3 to Mr. Nixon within…
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BEFORE the full Court. COCKCHOFT AND OTHERS V. HANCY AND ANOTHER. Sir Alfred Stephen, C.J., delivered the judgment of the Court in this case, reversing the deerec of the Primary Judge…
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BEFORE Captain M'Lean, Mr. Lenehan, Mr. Laycock, Mr. G. Hill, Mr. Eliott, and Mr. Peden. Several drunkards were admonished and discharged; one, Ann York, a notoriously bad character, who…
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SIR Alfred Stephen, C.J., delivered the judgment of the Court in this case, as follows:- IN EQUITY—ON APPEAL. COCKCROFT AND ANOTHER V. HANCY AND ANOTHER…
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BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate, Mr. R. Hill, Mr. Williamson, and Mr. Skinner. James Haswell was brought before the Court suspected of having broken into and entered the office of…
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BEFORE Mr. Forbes, Mr. E. S. Hill, Mr. Lucas, and Mr. Raper. Thirteen persons, convicted of having been found trunk in public places, were severally sentenced to…
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BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate and Mr. E. S. Hill. Andrew York was summoned on the information of Jo[?]n Jardine, master of the ship Wagoola, suspected of having embezzled two boxes of cigars, part of the cargo of that vessel. Defendant…
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BEFORE Mr. Forbes, Mr. G. Hill, Mr. Shoobert, Mr. Laycock, and Mr. R. Hill. Five drunkards were fined 10s. each, or in default of payment to be imprisoned twenty-four hours…
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SURRENDER.—William Marshall, of Pyrmont, Sydney, brassfounder. Liabilities, £25 19s 2d. Assets value of personal property, £5; outstanding debt, £10 15s.: total £15 16s. [?] £10 4s. 2d. Mr. Perry, official assig[?]…
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BEFORE the Right Worshipful the Mayor, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Kemp, Mr. G. Hill, Mr. Oatley, Mr. Neale, Mr. Laycock, Captain M'Lean, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Peden, and Mr. Kettle. Twelve persons convicted of having been found drunk in the…
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BEFORE the Water Police Magistrats and Mr. F. Lord. Maris Kernan, who had used threatening language towards Catherine Side, was bound over to keep the peace for three months, herself in £10 and two sureties in £5 each…
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BEFORE F. W. Meymott, Esq., Commissioner, and Messrs. Fletcher and Cox, Assessors. M'CROSSEN V. DAVIS. The action was brought to recover £37 for goods sold by the…
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BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate, Mr. A. Bonar, Captain M'Lean, and Mr. J. J. Brenan. Francis Saymore, convicted on a charge of disorderly conduct in George-street, at an early, hour on Thursday morning, was fined…
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