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Article : 2,027 wordsAnn Foster pleaded guilty to being drunk yesterday. As this was her first offence, and on her promising to reforms, she was discharged. Samuel Molesworth v. Francis Moon.—The plaintiff ...
Article : 67 wordsWilliam Dowd was brought up on remand before the Police Magistrate, charged with forging and uttering a certain document purporting to be a banker's draft for £100. ...
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Article : 1,371 wordsAn inquest was held yesterday (Monday) at the Sawyer's Arms, before Dr. Cannan, coroner, and a jury, no examine into the causes which produced the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Cowell and her servant, Sarah Hunter. ...
Article : 375 words"The Inevitable Rea," not having had sufficient opportunities of hearing his own sweet voice at indignation meetings, has been forced to take up his pen—a goosequill—in order to keep himself before the public, and ...
Article : 1,251 wordsThe Empire publishes the following extract of a private letter, dated Warepah Island, by Rockymouth:—"As a member of my family is about to proceed to the Hunter River, ...
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