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Decisions of the Superior Courts of New South Wales, 1788-1899

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damages, amendment of jury assessment of Brown v. Raine, 1831

damages, appeal against Earle v. Nowlan, 1832; Girard v. Biddulph, 1834; Cavenagh v. Wentworth, 1837; Laurie v. Beilby, 1837; Jones v. Moore, 1837

damages, assessment of Lewin v. Thomson, 1799; Kent v. Mattinson, 1810; Greenway v. Sanderson, 1817; Loane v. Eagar, 1818; Ward v. Karnes, 1824; Aird v. Raine, 1825; Merrett v. Kenn, MacCleod and Butterworth, 1826; Klensendorlffe v. Oakes (No. 1), 1826; Lowe v. Dangar, 1826; James v. Howe, 1827; Thompson v. Baxter, 1827; Bucknell v. Moran, 1829; Wilson v. Johnstone, 1829; Donnison v. Sharpe, 1830; Stephen v. Dixon, 1830; Eager v. Levey, 1833; Longeville v. Brigstock, 1833; Rowe v. Wilson, 1833; Threlkeld v. Lang, 1836; Taylor v. Stuart, 1837; Betts v. Hughes, 1838; Joseph v. Polack, 1838; Kennett v. Cape, 1838; Thorn v. Hunt and others, 1838; Thomas v. Byrne, 1839; Samuel v. Hoadley, 1841

damages, assessment of, in deceit Cape v. McIntosh, 1835

damages, assessment of, libel Lewin v. Thomson, 1799; Cory v. Munro, 1835; Howe v. Stephens and Stokes, 1835; Mudie v. Howe, 1836

damages, assessment of, trespass Marsden v. Lawson and Douglass, 1823

damages, compensatory Betts v. Hughes, 1838

damages, contemptuous Girard v. Rapsey, 1827; R. v. Hall (No. 2), 1829; Plaistowe v. Daley, 1832; Rowe v. Wilson, 1833; Barton v. Parry (No. 1), 1834; Stephens v. Stephen, 1834; Howe v. Stephens and Stokes, 1835; Threlkeld v. Lang, 1836; Faunce v. Cavenagh, 1838; Thorn v. Hunt and others, 1838; Brady v Cavenagh, 1839; Josephson v. Fulton, 1839; Lamb v. Nichols, 1841

damages, defamation Lewin v. Thompson, 1799

damages, exemplary Halloran v. Hall, 1826; Merrett v. Kenn, MacCleod and Butterworth, 1826; Thompson v. Willet, 1829; Roach v. Fitzpatrick, 1830; Tomkins v. Smith (No. 2), 1833; Maguire v. Moses, 1834; Burke v. Parker, 1837; Brenan v. Jones, 1840; Cann v. Ward, 1840

damages, expectation Kelly v. Clarkson, 1813; Eager v. Levey, 1833; Girard v. Biddulph, 1834; Park v. Kenny, 1834; Thompson v. Kenny, 1834; Green v. Hanson, 1835; Lyons and another v. Bryant and another, 1837; Woolley v. Bryant, 1837; Girard v. Dalton, 1838; Carr v. Stephen, 1839; Lee v. Holdsworth, 1839; Walker v. Hughes, 1839; Wight v. Barker, 1839; Wilkinson v. Macdougall, 1839; Harper v. Watkins, 1841; Walford v. Mann, 1841

damages, for insult Merrett v. Kenn, MacCleod and Butterworth, 1826

damages, for mental distress Longeville v. Brigstock, 1833; Betts v. Hughes, 1838; Joseph v. Polack, 1838

damages, in hands of jury alone Rowe v. Wilson, 1833

damages, interest on Bland v. Terry, 1838

damages, loss of use of goods Taylor v. Mackaness, 1828

damages, mitigation Barnard v. Lord, 1819; Lyons and another v. Bryant and another, 1837

damages, nominal Halloran v. Hall, 1826; Klensendorlffe v. Oakes (No. 2), 1827; Wardell v. Howe, 1827; Bignal v. Cooper, 1828; Dickens v. Macquoid, 1829; Roach v. Fitzpatrick, 1830; England v. Sandilands, 1831; Shannon v. Turner, 1831; Bettington v. Munn, 1832; Spicer v. Bigge and wife, 1832; Chambers v. Pawley, 1833; Hyland v. Smith, 1833; Martin v. Munn, 1833; Barton v. Parry (No. 1), 1834; Davis v. Balsover, 1834; Gallagher v. Powis, 1834; Stephens v. Stephen, 1834; Lewis v. Lambert, 1835; Doe dem. Terry v. Robinson, 1838

damages, once and for all rule Ex parte Levey, 1838

damages, personal injury Stedman v. Rose, and Co., 1826; Nowlan v. Whitfield, 1827; R. v. Leighton, 1829; Wardell v. Francis, 1829; Hogan v. Hely, 1831; Rodd v. Townshend, 1833; Bell v. Crowder, 1834; Maguire v. Moses, 1834; Blackburn v. Galliott, 1837; Joseph v. Polack, 1838; Cann v. Ward, 1840

damages, remoteness of damage Taylor v. Mackaness, 1828

damages, sale of land Neale v. Solomon, 1838

damages, slander White v. Atkins, 1835

damages, unavailable in equity Stephen v. Brigstock, 1833

damages, wrongful distraint Kentish v. Jones, 1838

Darling Harbour Busby v. Rowe, 1828; R. v. Payne, 1830

Darling, Governor, attitude to Crown law officers England v. McQuoid and Murray, 1831; Hall v. Hely, 1831; R. v. Girard, 1831; R. v. Stewart, 1831

Darling, Governor, move to impeach Ex parte Wentworth, in re Mansfield, 1829; R. v. Mansfield (No. 1), 1830

Darlington R. v. Saunders, 1838

de minimis R. v. Hay, 1835

dead body, dealing with R. v. Russell, 1839

death, presumption of R. v. Felton and Grey, 1833; Canton v. Norton and others, 1837; Piper v. Beattie, 1837

death, proof of  In re Lindsay, 1835

death in custody R. v. Lowe, 1827; R. v. Young, Hooper and Battie, 1831; R. v. Hagan, 1835

death recorded R. v. Bryan, 1826; R. v. Cable, 1826; R. v. Edwards and Holt, 1826; R. v. Geary, 1826; R. v. Smith, Kelly and Kaine, 1826; R. v. Davison, 1827; R. v. Flanaghan et al., 1827; R. v. Hoyle, 1827; R. v. Lynch, 1827; R. v. Threlfo, Wood, Sheppard and Wilson, 1827; R. v. Watts and Adams, 1827; R. v. Hughes and Donnelly, 1828; R. v. Lelland, 1828; R. v. Morgan, 1828; R. v. Reilley, 1828; R. v. Stephenson, Airs, Turner and another, 1828; R. v. White, Leary and Price, 1828; R. v. Williams, Sullivan and Kirby, 1828; R. v. Hammond, 1829; R. v. Power, 1829; R. v. Farrell, Dingle and Woodward, 1831; R. v. Rookes, 1831;  R. v. Burn, 1833; R. v. Higgins, Fuller, Anderson, Thomas, Belford and Walsh, 1833; R. v. Rooney, 1834

death recorded, against child R. v. Ross, 1832

death recorded, meaning of R. v. Brady and Nutter, 1837; R. v. Brady and Nutter, 1838

debt recovery Palmer v. Jones, 1796; Peyton v. Torch, 1810; Dillon v. Browne, 1826; Dickens v. Macquoid, 1829; Yeomans v. Smith, 1830; De Mestre v. Ramplin, 1831; Loane v. Thrupp, 1836

debt recovery, priority of writs Terry v. Moran, 1835

debt recovey law Polack v. Wilson, 1839

debt Mitchell v. Walford, 1821

debt, action in Murphy v. Paul, 1835

debt, allocation of repayments Stephen v. Joyce, 1829

debts, specialty Tomkins v. Smith (No. 1), 1833

deceit Wilkinson v. Lamb, 1831; Cape v. McIntosh, 1835; Fennell v. Graham, 1837; Simmons v. Westmacott, 1838

deed, execution of Campbell v. Milson, 1831

deed, formalities Burke v. Troy, 1828; Terry v. Howell, 1828

deed, proof of Lee v. Macqueen, 1832; R. v. Mossman and Welsh, 1835

deed of assignment Mitchell v. Walford, 1821

deeds Portus v. Macqueen, 1832

defamation (and see criminal libel; libel; seditious libel; slander) Atkins v. Harris, 1799; Lewin v. Thomson, 1799; R. v. Bowman, 1800; Harris v Cubitt, 1805; Marsden v. Mason, 1806; Bennett's case, 1809; James v. Dillon, 1822; Cooper and Wife v. Best, 1825

defamation, truth as defence Atkins v. Harris, 1789

defences (and see insanity) R. v. Bates, 1825

defences, accident R. v. Fuller, 1827; R. v. Jones, 1827

demurrer Murphy v. Paul, 1835

deodand White v. Atkins, 1835

deposit, recovery of Neale v. Solomon, 1838

detainers Short v. Berry and Woolstencraft, 1828

detinue Cable v. Sinclair, 1788; Loane v. Eagar, 1818; R. v. Mitchell (No. 2), 1825; Lamb v. Nettleton, 1826; Stephen v. Brigstock, 1833

deviation in voyage Lynn v. Johnson, 1830

Dick the Needle Sanders v. Jones, 1814

discipline of attorneys In re Stephen and Nicholls, 1835; Kruger v. Newby, 1839

discipline of attorneys Rowe v. Wilson, 1825; Wilson and others v. Rowe, 1824; Dillon v. Browne, 1826; Ex parte Perkins, 1834; Ex parte Salomon, 1834; Ex parte Attorney General, in re O'Reilly, 1835; Ex parte Smith, in re Sheehy, 1835; In re Grace, 1835; Smith v. Egan, 1835

disorderly house R. v. Kirton, 1821; R. v. Cooke and Walsh, 1829

distress damage feasant Nash v. Purcell, 1828

distress for rent (see also tenancy) Belcher v. Dences, 1829; Kemp v. Dobson, 1829; Dennis v. Solomon and others, executors of Colls, 1833; Hindson v. De Mestre, 1833; Wilson v. Macquoid, 1833; Kentish v. Jones, 1838; Turner v. O'Ferral, 1838

distress for rent, action against landlord Williamson v. Arnold, 1831

documents, delivery of Portus v. Macqueen, 1832

domestic violence R. v. Jones, 1811; ; R. v. Bradney, 1824; R. v. Chapman, 1825; R. v. Claig, 1825; R. v. Bates, 1825; R. v. Bennett, 1825; R. v. Minton, 1824; R. v. Butler, 1826; R. v.  Madden, 1826; R. v. Radley, 1826; R. v. Clives, 1827; R. v. Hartland, 1828; R. v. Miller, 1828; R. v. Russel, 1828; R. v. Hughes, 1829; R. v. Leighton, 1829; R. v. Venables, 1829; R. v. Byrne, 1833; R. v. Needham, 1833; R. v. Brennan, 1834; R. v. Farrel, 1834; R. v. McCormack, 1834; R. v. Smith (No. 2), 1834; R. v. Bowles, 1835; R. v. James, 1836; R. v. Crowley, 1838; R. v. Hodghen and Paten, 1838; R. v. Holden, 1838; R. v. Finnie, 1839; R. v. McGee, 1839; Cann v. Ward, 1840; R. v. Glennie, 1840

domestic violence, among Aborigines R. v. Long Jack, 1838

double jeopardy R. v. Marshall, 1795; R. v. Harding and M'Alister, 1825; R. v. Kirwan, 1825; R. v. James, 1836

Douglass, allegations against R. v. Howe, 1828

dower Cooper v. Clarkson, 1831; Dissolution of Trusts Opinion, 1831; Blower v. Larkin, 1833; Perkins v. McDonald, 1833; Davis v. Crispe, 1834; Middleton v. Taylor, 1837; Wild v. Driver, 1837; Bullivant v. Ikin, 1838; Wild v. Driver, 1838; Bradbury v. Shiel, 1841

Dowling J., affairs of Ex parte Lacelles; in re Dickson, 1833

Dowling J., appointed Acting Chief Justice R. v. Murrell and Bummaree, 1836

Dowling J., attitude to attorneys R. v. Nicholls, 1837

Dowling J., attitude to government In re Jane New, 1829

Dowling J., master of assigned convicts Walker v. Hughes, 1839

Dowling J., opposed by Sydney Herald Crabb v. Booth, 1835

Dowling J., prejudices of Lee v. Shanahan, 1834

drunk witness R. v. Claig, 1825; R. v. Cunningham, 1833

drunkenness R. v. Barsby, 1788; R. v. Bates, 1825; R. v. Chapman, 1825; R. v. Carter, 1833; R. v. Crowley, 1838; R. v. Cutler, 1840

drunkenness, defence of R. v. Long Jack, 1838; Marcus v. Healey, 1840; R. v. Bradley, 1840

drunkenness, defence to civil action Boyles v Lahy, 1839

drunkenness, defence to crime R. v. Phoenix, 1837

drunkenness, offence of R. v. Lelland, 1828; Thorn v. Hunt and others, 1838

drunkenness, no defence R. v. Hagan, 1835

duelling R v. Gillman, 1824; R. v. Atkin, Chalmers and Milton, 1828; R. v. Parke, 1836; Maughan v. Brown, 1837; Carrington v. Hogue, 1840; Ex parte Lettsom, 1840; Mudie v. Kinchela, 1840; R. v. Boyd, 1840; R. v. Boyd, 1841; R. v. Snodgrass, 1841

duelling, provocation of R. v. Catterall, 1838

dying declaration R. v. Donovan, 1824; R. v. Shea, 1827; R. v. Brennan, 1834; R. v. Farrel, 1834; R. v. Kyne, 1834; R. v. Smith (No. 2), 1834; R. v. Billy, 1840

East India Company The Governor v. Ritchie, 1819

East India Company's monopoly R. v. Howe, 1825; R. v. Mitchell (No. 1), 1825; R. v. Mitchell (No. 2), 1825; Mitchell v. Howe, 1825; Raine and Ramsay v. Piper, 1825

ecclesiastical jurisdiction In re Levy, deceased, 1835; Gould v. James, 1837

ecclesiastical law R. v. Hall (No. 1) , 1828; R. v. Hall (No. 1), 1829

ecclesiastical visitor Walker v. Scott (No. 1), 1825; Walker v. Scott (No. 2), 1826

education law (see also schools) Walker v. Scott (No. 1), 1825; Halloran v. Hall, 1826; R. v. Broadbear and Broadbear, 1826; Walker v. Scott (No. 2), 1826; Broadbear and wife v. McArthur et al., 1827; Dissolution of Trusts Opinion, 1831

Eagar, Edward Eagar v. Hall, 1840

eggshell skull R. v. Chapman, 1825

ejectment Doe dem. Ennis v. Conway, 1822; Doe dem. Mills and Douglass v. Robinson, 1826; Busby v. Rowe, 1828; Doe dem. Busby v. Payne, 1829; Doe dem. Harris v. Riley, 1832; Blower v. Larkin, 1833; Doe dem. Unwin v. Salter, 1833; Martin v. Munn, 1833; Doe dem. Clark v. Smithers, 1834; Doe dem. Robinson and Hughes v. Nott, 1834; Doe dem Hunt v. Grimes, 1835; Doe dem. Loane v. Cooper, 1835; Doe dem. Manning v. Hipkiss, 1835; Doe dem. Smith v. Beeson and Weeden, 1835; Doe ex diem Antill v. Hodges, 1835; Jones v. Moore, 1836; Doe dem. Howarth and others v. Elder and others, 1837; Sparke v. Weller, 1837; Bullivant v. Ikin, 1838; Doe dem. Cooper v. Levy, 1838; Doe dem. Terry v. Robinson, 1838; Doe dem. O'Connell v. Pye, 1839; Doe dem. Dowdell v. Roe, 1840; Doe dem. Howell v. Kennedy, 1840; Doe dem. Taylor v. Little, 1840; Doe dem. Taylor v. Roe, 1840; Doe dem. Byrne v. O’Dwyer, 1841; Doe dem. Hall v. Matthews, 1841; Holt v. Hadley, 1841

ejectment, against Crown O'Connell v Bell, 1839

ejectment, necessity for notice Doe dem. Beeson and Weedon v. Best, 1834

election between remedies (see also remedies, choice of) R. v. Mitchell (No. 2), 1825; R. v. Wardell (No. 4), 1827; Martin v. Mansfield, 1830; Tomkins v. Smith (No. 1), 1833; R. v. Smart, 1838

election, doctrine of R. v. White, 1835

emancipist rights R. v. Hay, 1835

emancipists (see also felony attaint, right to sit on jury) R. v. Sheriff of New South Wales, 1825; R. v. Wentworth, Campbell, and Dunn, 1825; R. v. Stephens and Stokes, 1836

emancipists, right to run newspapers Ex parte O'Shaughnessy, in re Lang, 1835

emancipists, right to sit on jury (see also felony attaint, right to sit on jury) Ex parte Wilson, Windeyer and Slade, 1834; R. v. Cassidy and Bagley, 1835; Opinion on Juries, 1836; R. v. Murrell and Bummaree, 1836

embezzlement R. v. Thompson, 1814; R. v. Ison, 1820; R. v. Rotton, 1822; R. v. Harper, 1826; R. v. Gregson, 1830

Emigration Committee Marshall v. Nelson, 1838

employment, dismissal from Chadley v. Wyatt, 1835

employment, indentured McLoughlan v. Jones, 1840

English attitudes to New South Wales courts Willink v. Moore, 1825

English debt, enforcement of Pedley v. Green, 1839

entire contracts rule Hourston v. Norris, 1825; Geary v. Vivian, 1830; Cassim v. the Mary Ann, 1831; Lee v. Macqueen, 1832; Girard v. Biddulph, 1834; Chadley v. Wyatt, 1835; R. v. Cape, 1838

entrapment R. v. Cook and Curry, 1826; R. v. Finch, 1830

equitable compensation Neale v. Solomon, 1838

equitable jurisdiction Mills v. Rowe, 1828

equitable jurisdiction, none in early colony Doe dem. Harris v. Riley, 1832; Harris v. Riley, 1833

equitable principles Raine v. McQuoid, 1830

equitable remedies Norton v. Johnstone, 1840

equity (see also contract, equitable rescission; equitable jurisdiction; injunction) Campbell v. McArthur and Oxley, 1820; Jones v. Knopwood, 1821; Short v. Berry, 1827; Doe dem. Manning v. Hipkiss, 1835; Mann v. Robson, 1839; Moffatt v. Stacey, 1840; Norton v. Johnstone, 1840; Attorney General v. Evans, 1841; Hall v. Borton, 1841; Holt v. Bryant, 1841; Hughes v. Quin, 1841; MacDermott v. Smart, 1841; Regan v. Webb, 1841

equity and common law, separation of Lang v. McEachren, 1841

equity and good conscience Hughes v. Quin, 1841

equity judge, appointment of Pendray v. Greig, 1840

equity jurisdiction

equity of redemption, sale of Ellison v. Kirk, 1834

equity procedure (see also civil procedure) Lord v. Dixon, 1828; Lord, executor of Short v. Berry, 1830; Chancery Practice, 1832; Dixon v. Harvey, Harvey and Murray, 1832; Perkins v. Macdonald and wife, and Jones, 1834; Thorpe v. Smith, 1834; Kinnerly v. Bigge, 1835; Middleton v. Taylor, 1837; Blackman v. Challinor, 1838; Russell v. Jones, 1838; Terry v. Howe; Terry v. Windeyer, 1838; Ex parte Pendray, 1839

equity procedure, delays Raine v. James, 1829

equity rules Raine v. James, 1829

equity, account stated Wilson v. Burdekin, 1838

equity, administration of In re Gurner, 1840

equity, comments on Sydney Herald on Abuses of Law, 1835

equity, damages not recoverable Stephen v. Brigstock, 1833

equity, delays in Dixon v. Harvey, Harvey and Murray, 1832; R. v. Nicholls, 1837

equity, inadequacy of legal remedies Castles v. Bucknell, 1837

equity, laches Lord v. Wentworth, 1832

equity, statute of limitations Eagar v. Hall, 1840

equity, those who seek must give Rapsey v. Riley, 1834

established church of New South Wales R. v. Hall (No. 1), 1829

estate agency, commission Brenand v. Catteral, 1835

estate agent, complaints about Cox v. Baptist, 1841

estate agent, false advertisement by Cape v. McIntosh, 1835

estoppel Cooper v. Clarkson, 1831; Therry v. Wilson and Carew, 1833

Evan Holt v. Hadley, 1841

evidence (see also Aboriginal evidence; convict evidence)Payne v. Smithers, 1825; R. v. Adamson, 1825; R . v. Moloney, 1825; R. v. Donovan, 1824; Halloran v. Hall, 1826; R. v. Curtan and Ryan, 1826; R. v. Galvin, 1826; R. v. Gogarty and Keegan, 1827; R. v. Walsh, 1834; Stephens v. Stephen, 1834

evidence, admission of documents Ready v. Brooks, 1833

evidence, affirmation