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was fined 5s., with coats, for neglecting to maintain, during the night of the 31st ultimo, a lamp lighted over the door of his licensed house. Peter White, a lumper, was charged with attempting to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Patrick Molloy, a pauper, paralysed by a paralytic stroke in New Zealand, had been locked up for protection (having no place of abode), and was ordered to be sent with a recommendation for admission into the Benevolent Asylum…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →James Gordon was charged on suspicion of having stolen 2s. or 3s. from the dwelling of Isaac Wilson. Prosecutor deposed that the knew prisoner, having, in comp[?]sion for his destitution on several occasions, lately given him a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following estates were surrendered: Thomas Edwin Smith, of Gulf Diggings, Moruya, storekeeper. Liabilities, £887 9s 8d. Assets, £425 2s. Deficit, £462 7s. 8d. Mr. Mackenzie, official assignee…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ADMINISTERIN POISON.—George Sliger was brought up, oharged with attompting to poison John Clifton on the 21th May. Souior[?]sorgeant Richards do posed: I know Sliger; on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Chief Commissioner delivered judgement in the matter of john Matthew Geary's application for a certificate, as follows:— In this matter, four objections to the granting of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Sheriff having inquired into the cause of the escape of the six prisoners from the Mudgee Gaol on the afternoon of Thursday, the 28th May, has found it necessary to suspend the gaoler, Mr. Reardon, and the Warders, Rigney and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plaintiff claimed £5 3s, for work, labour, and materials. £4 10s. was for the frame and shafts of a water tank, which it was alleged was an overcharge, that the work was improperly done, and that £3, which was paid into Court, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BEFORE his Honor District Court Judge Purefoy and a jury of four. BROWETT v. ARREN. This was an action brought by Mrs. Mary Ann Ellen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →These causes, which had occupied the Court since Thursday, the 28th ultimo, were at length brought to a inclusion. They were cross actions arising out of a long series of commercial transactions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action brought by Mrs. Mary Ann Ellen Browott, a widow, against William Arren, of this town, for breach of promise of marriage, Damages were laid at £200…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five drunkards were discharged, and one, who was also riotous, was required to pay 10s., or to be imprisoned. Elizabeth Stewart was convicted of two charges—of having made use of obscene language in a public place, for which she…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mary Ann Speerin, of the Observer Tavern, Georgestreet, was charged with using threatening language towards her husband, John Speerin. Plaintiff stated that she had, on two occasions, threatened to cut his throat and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BEFORE the Police Magistrate. Five drunker[?]s were brought up and discharged. Jane Gallagher, for being drunk and riotous in a public place, was ordered to pay 10s.; in default, forty-eight…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate, and Mr. T. C. Breillat. William Smith, seaman, apprehended on warrant, charged with violently assaulting Elizabeth Beck,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SURRENDER.—Philip Phillips, of Sydney, tutor. Liabilities, —87 15s. Assets, £5. Deficit, £82 15s.—Mr. Sempill, official assignee. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The adjourned inquest on the body of George Sims was resumed, on Thursday evening, at Dent's Royal Hotel, Smythesdale. Men named Alexander Davies and Cox were brought up, in custody, on suspicion of having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charles Wilshire, charged with having stolen a pair of boots, the property of Samuel Callaghan, of George-strest, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to be imprisoned one month…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BEFORE the Water Police Magistrate, with Messrs. J. Williams, R. Ronald, and N. D. Stenhouse. Thomas Brune, found drunk on the Queen's Wharf, was discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEFORE the Police Magistrate, with Messrs. Peden, Smithers, Callen, and Murphy. William Cope, John Sullivan, John Johnson, and M[?]ry Jane Sinclair, brought up for drunkenness, were…
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