Central Police Court
BEFORE Mr. Sutherland, Mr. Williams, Mr. Campbell, Mr. J. Hill, and Mr. Peden. Six persons were convicted of having been found drunk in the streets: one was sentenced to pay 20s., or…
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Water Police COURT.—Saturday
BEFORE Mr. J. Hill, and Mr. Williams. John Searle, a seaman belonging to the Lord Ashley, in custody on a charge of desertion, was discharged, no one appearing for the prosecution…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Ravensfield Murder
To the particulars of this murder, which have already appeared in the Herald, from our correspondent, and by telegraph, we add, from our Maitland contemporaries, the following condensation of evidence taken…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Central Police Court. Saturday. Before Captain Scott and Mr. Cook
Three drunkards were sentenced to pay 10s. each, or to be imprisoned twenty-four hours; and one who, when drunk, damaged the window of a person named Leithridge, in Sussex-street, was sentenced to pay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Water Police Court. Saturday. Before Mr. J. Williams and Mr. J. Hill
Adolph Spann, seaman of the Highland Lassie, for wilfully disobeying lawful commands on board, was sentenced to seven days' hard labour in gaol. Ten seamen, of the United States ship Eagle,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Law. Supreme COURT.—Saturday
BEFORE the full Court. APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE ON WRIT OF habeas corpus. Mr. Stephen, on behalf of one Alfred Fairless, a labourer, who, in the absence of sureties of £500 each…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Ravensfield Murder. (From the Maitland Mercury, April 28.)
ON Thursday, George E. Swan was brought up on remand, at the Court House, West Maitland charged with the murder of John Barton, on the 18th of April…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rural Police So the Editor of the Empire
SIR,—In the Empire of the 19th instant I read with interest a letter signed " W." (a resident of Raymond Terrace), relating to the administration of justice. With the propriety of uniting the offices of C. P.S. and J.P. in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Law. Supreme Court—saturday. Last Day of First Term. Before the full Court. in Re John Royce Tomkin
Mr. Stephen moved, upon the usual affidavits, for the admission as an attorney of Mr. John Royce Tomkin, an attorney and solicitor of her Majesty's Court at Westminster, and of the Supreme Court of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central Police Court
BEFORE Mr. Ross, Mr. Peden, Hr. Jones. Sixteen persons were convicted of having been found drunk in the streets; one, on the occasion of his fourth conviction in five week[?], was sentenced to be imprisoned fourteen days as an idle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Water Police COURT.—Monday
BEFORE Captain M'Lean and J. Shoobert, Esq. Two persons charged with drunkenness in the streets were each fined 10s[?] or in default twenty-four hours in gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Central Police COURT.—Monday
BEFORE Messrs. Ross. Peden, and Jonas. Absent:— Captain McLean, and Messrs. Alexander and Cook[?] Eleven men and four women were convicted of drunkenness, and sent to gaol for twenty-four or…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Water Police Court
BEFORE Captain M'L[?]an and Mr. J. Shoobert. Joseph Freshwater and James Lacey, who had been found drunk in different public places, were fined 10s. each, with an alternative of twenty-four hours imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →INSOLVENT COURT.—Monday
BEFORE the Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of William A. Cooke; this was a third meeting. The insolvent attended. Two debts were proved and allowed; the official assignee read his report…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Insolvency Court
BEFORE the Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates. In the estate of William A. Cooke, and of John Cooke, deceased, a third meeting. Two debts were proved, and the official [?]signee read his report. The creditors directed the official assignee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Metropolitan District COURT.—Monday
BEFORE the Acting Judge, Mr. Holroyd, and a jury of four. MOSS v. PHILLIPS AND WIFE. This was an action for slander. The parlies were next…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Law. Supreme COURT.—Monday
BEFORE the full Court. IN EQUITY. PURVES V. LANG. This was an appeal from a decress of the Primary…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Treacherous Attempt to Murder at Port Arthur
THE Hobart Town papers of the 18th April contain reports of the first day's trial of the exconstable Baker, for the treacherous attempt to murder two convicts at Port Arthur. We take…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Metropolitan District Court. Monday, 30Th April
BEFORE the Deputy Judge and a jury of four. STONE V. MANN. This case steed over from the last sittings, on the application of plaintiff, the Judge ordering him to pay into court, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Law. Supreme Court—monday. in Equity
BEFORE the full Court. PUEVES AND OTHERS v. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND OTHERS. This was an appeal against the decree of the Primary Judge removing the Rev. Dr. Lang and Mr. Ramsay from the…
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