1890, Neils Peterson

Evening News, Mon 2 Jun 1890 ¹

SERIOUS CHARGE.
————

At the Water Police Court this morning Neil Peterson, aged 32, a seaman, was charged with having committed in Kent-street on Sunday night, an assault on a child, the particulars of which were unfit for publication. The prisoner pleaded that he was drunk at the time, and knew nothing of what might have occurred. His skull and forehead were bandaged with linen as he stood in the dock. The mother of the child stated that she had struck the prisoner with a washhand basin to her heart’s content, and that she had also broken other items over him, besides slapping him in the face. She denied that he was drunk at the time, though he had had some drink. He was committed for trial at the Circuit [sic] Court, opening next Monday; bail being allowed, if obtainable, the prisoner in his own recognizances of £80, with two sureties of £40 each.

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The Daily Telegraph, Tue 3 Jun 1890 ²

POLICE.
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…
At the Water Police Court yesterday:
…
Neils Peterson, a sailor, was committed to take his trial at the next Criminal Court on the 9th inst. on a charge of assaulting a lad under the age of 12 years. He was allowed bail, self £80 and two sureties of £40 each.

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Singleton Argus, Wed 4 Jun 1890 ³

SERIOUS CHARGE.
———◦———

AT the Water Police Court, Sydney on Monday morning Neil Peterson, aged 32, a seaman, was charged with having committed in Kent-street on Sunday night, an assault on a child, the particulars of which were unfit for publication. The prisoner pleaded that he was drunk at the time, and knew nothing of what might have occured. [sic] His skull and fore-head were bandaged with linen as he stood in the dock. The mother of the child stated that she had struck the prisoner with a washhand basin to her heart’s content, and that she had also broken other items over him, besides slapping him in the face. She denies that he was drunk at the time, though he had had some drink. He was committed for trial at the Circuit [sic] Court, opening next Monday; bail being allowed, if obtainable, the prisoner in his own recognizances of £80, with two sureties of £40 each.

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Depositions for Neils Peterson 13 Jun 1890 Sydney trial ⁴

(a) Town.	Letter from Bench of Magistrates at ^(a) Water Police Court
	transmitting Depositions
(b) Name in full of accused.	in the case Regina v. ^(b) Neils Peterson
(c) Offence.	^(c) Indecently assault a boy

(d) Town.	Police Office, ^(d) Sydney
	3 June 1890
	Sir,
	I have the honor, by direction of the Bench of Magistrates,
	to transmit herewith the Depositions, and other documents in the
(e) Name of accused	case of ^(e) Neils Peterson
(f) “His” or “her”	who has been committed to take ^(f) his
(g) “Circuit Court,” or “Quarter Sessions.”	trial at the ^(g) Central Criminal Court
	to be held at ^(h) Sydney	on Monday
(h) Town where Court to be held.	the ninth day of June 1890
	The accused is ⁽ⁱ⁾ confined in gaol at Darlinghurst
(i) “Is confined in the Gaol at …,” or “has been admitted to bail” (with full particulars as to sureties, addresses, occupations, and amounts, as set out in Recognizance.)
(k) As in Recognizance, both for Crown and defence, specifying also what witnesses gave evidence but were not bound over, with reason for omission.	The Witnesses bound over are ^(k) Samuel Logan. Eliza Plannis and Edgar Miller (by Frederick Wilson)
(l) Short description to enable identification.	The Exhibits enclosed are ^(l)
	I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, [Signed] George H Smithers, Clerk of Petty Sessions and Chamber Magistrate.

The Secretary,
Attorney General’s Department.
N.B.– When a Police Constable acts as Clerk of Petty Sessions, this letter should be signed by one of the Committing Magistrates
4g 201-90

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Water Police Court

(M., 11 and 12 Vict., Cap. 42.)

Depositions of Witnesses.

Sydney,
TO WIT. }

The examination of Samuel Logan of Sydney in the Colony of New South Wales, Constable, Edgar Miller of “Sydney and Melbourne” Hotel, Kent Street Sydney, boy and Eliza Plannis of Kent Street of Sydney in the said Colony, married taken on oath this 2nd day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty ninety at Sydney in the Colony aforesaid, before the undersigned Stipendiary Magistrate plus one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, in the presence and hearing of Neils Peterson who is charged this day before me for that he, the said Neils Peterson on the 1st day of June 1890 at Sydney in the said Colony, did indecently assault a male person to wit a boy aged about 12 years.

Neils Peterson

Indecently assaulting one Edgar Miller, a male person under the age of 12 years. 1.6.90.

Constable Samuel Logan on oath states:– at ten thirty o’clock last night (1st June) I proceeded to [Thomas Cassidy Boardinghouse], 287 Kent Street, [Sydney] where I saw prisoner bleeding from a wound on the head.

I asked where he got that.

He said ⁵

five Frenchmen standing outside the Sydney and Melbourne Hotel,⁶ [251] Kent Street, struck him with something as he was passing. I said to come and see if he could identify the men.

We proceeded to Sydney and Melbourne Hotel but saw no Frenchmen about.

I saw the

landlady of the Hotel, Mrs Plannis. I said “Do you know anything about this?”

She said “Yes, I know all about it because I did so and I give this man in your custody for indecently assaulting the boy Edgar Allen.” ⁷

I took him to CPO Police Station and

charged him with indecently assaulting the boy Edgar Allen ⁸ under the age of twelve years.

He said “It was not a boy it was a girl.”

Prisoner has been drinking but was not drunk. His dress was not disordered.

[Signed] Samuel Logan.

Sworn at Sydney 2.6.90.
[Signed] G[lenworth] W[alsh] F[raser] Addison. [SM]

Edgar Miller on oath states:– I will be 12 in October. I came from Taranaki, New Zealand by the Rotomahana which arrived yesterday. I went to the hotel Sydney and Melbourne Hotel with my brother about 8 o’clock pm last night.

I went to bed

after tea about 9 o’clock in a room upstairs.

There were two beds in the room, one for the prisoner and one for me. Prisoner came, pulled all the clothes off me.

He only had his shirt on.

He jumped on to me. I tried to get him away and called out.

No-one came.

He said I was a little girl and liked it as well as he did.

He scratched me and pushed me, caught me by the throat, got hold of my leg, turned me over. Got hold of my privates and squeezed them.

I screamed out. The Landlady

came.

He did not put anything between my legs or move about.

The Landlady removed me to another room after pulling him off and hitting him away with her hand.

[Signed] Edgar Miller.

Sworn at Sydney 2.6.90.
[Signed] GWF Addison.

Eliza Plannis on oath states:– I am the Licencee’s wife of the Sydney and Melbourne Hotel.

I recognise this man, prisoner, and the boy Miller.

Prisoner came to my place yesterday and had his tea and engaged a bed in the room where there were three beds.

He returned after 9 o’clock.

The bedroom was on the second landing.

The boy came about 8 with his brother and brother’s wife. After a little to eat they went to bed.

I showed the boy into a room of two beds, no-one but the boy was to sleep in the room, which was opposite

prisoner’s.

The boy was the first to go to bed. Prisoner about 25 minutes after went up, he was sober. I heard screams of a child, I went upstairs. I called out “I’m coming.”

The screams were stifled. I pushed open the door.

I saw the man

in his shirt on top of the boy.

I grabbed the boy by the arm, and took him to another room after dragging the man off.

He did not leave the room.

I had a drink of water, came back to the room, struck him with my hands, a brush, and the washing

basin. When I saw the prisoner on the boy he was just in the same position as if having connections. I did not sees prisoner’s person and did not wait to see if he was moving.

The boy was trembling and calling out “Oh Mother!”

[Signed] Eliza Plannis.

Sworn at Sydney. 2.6.90.
[Signed] GWF Addison.

(N., 11 & 12 Vic., Cap. 42.)

Statement of the Accused.

New South Wales, Sydney
TO WIT. }

Neils Peterson stands charged before the undersigned, one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in and for the Colony aforesaid, this second day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety for that he, the said Neils Peterson on the first day of June 1890 at Sydney, in the said Colony, did indecently assault one Edgar Miller and the examinations of all the witnesses on the part of the prosecution having been completed, and the depositions taken against the accused having been caused to be read to him by me, the said Justice, (by/or) before whom such examination has been so completed; and I, the said Justice, having also stated to the accused and given him clearly to understand that he has nothing to hope from any promise of favour, and nothing to fear from any threat which may have been holden out to him to induce him to make any admission or confession of his guilt, but that whatever he shall say may be given in evidence against him u0pon his trial, notwithstanding such promise or threat; and the said charge being read to the said Neils Peterson, and the witnesses for the prosecution Samuel Logan, Edgar Miller, Eliza Plannis being severally examined in his presence, the said Neils Peterson is now addressed by me as follows:– “Having heard the evidence, do you wish to say anything in answer to the charge? You are not obliged to say anything unless you desire to do so; but whatever you say will be taken down in writing and may be given in evidence against you upon your trial;” whereupon the said Neils Peterson saith as follows:– “I don’t know what to say.”

Taken before me, at Sydney, in the said Colony, the day and year first above mentioned.
[Signed] GWF Addison, SM.

G. 190.

REGINA.
versus
Neils Peterson

Offence,— indecently assaulting a boy.

The accused stands committed to take his trial at the next Court of Gaol Delivery to be holden at Sydney, on the day ninth day of June 1890. Bail allowed the accused in £80 and two sureties in £40 each, or one in £

[Signed] GWF Addison, SM.

JP.

Dated at Water Police
Office, Sydney
this 2nd
day of June
AD 1890.
4g 416 - 88

(O. 1, 11 & 12 Vic., Cap. 42.)

Recognizance to give Evidence.

New South Wales, Sydney
TO WIT. }

Be it remembered, that on the second day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety Samuel Logan a Constable of the Police Force, Eliza Plannis of Kent and Margaret Streets Sydney in the Colony of New South Wales, personally came before the undersigned, one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New South Wales, and acknowledged themselves to owe Our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of

FORTY POUNDS EACH,

of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied on their Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements, to the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if they the said before mentioned persons shall fail in the conditions indorsed.

[Signed] Eliza Plannis, Samuel Logan.

Taken and acknowledged, the day and year first above mentioned, at Sydney in the said Colony, before me.
[Signed] George H Smithers, CPS.

The Condition of the within written Recognizance is such, that whereas Neils Peterson was this day charged before GWF Addison Esquire, one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, with indecent assault.

If therefore, they the before mentioned persons shall appear at the next Court of General Gaol Delivery to be holden at Darlinghurst in and for the Colony of New South Wales, on the ninth day of June next, at nine of the clock in the forenoon, and then and there give such evidence as they know, upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Neils Anderson [sic] of the office aforesaid, to the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Neils Anderson [sic]. Then the said Recognizance to be void, or else to stand in full force and virtue. [Signed] George H Smithers.

(O. 1, 11 & 12 Vic., Cap. 42.)

Recognizance to give Evidence.

New South Wales, Sydney
TO WIT. }

Be it remembered, that on the second day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety Frederick Wilson of Sydney and Melbourne Hotel of Kent Street Sydney in the Colony of New South Wales, farmer personally came before the undersigned, one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New South Wales, and acknowledged themselves to owe Our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of

FORTY POUNDS EACH

of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied on his Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements, to the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if Edgar Miller shall fail in the Condition indorsed. [Signed] F Wilson.

Taken and acknowledged, the day and year first above mentioned at Sydney in the said Colony, before me.
[Signed] George H Smithers, CPS

The Condition of the within written Recognizance is such, that whereas Neils Peterson was this day charged before GWF Addison Esquire one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, with indecent assault if therefore Edgar Miller shall appear at the next Court of General Gaol Delivery to be holden at Darlinghurst in the Colony of New South Wales, on the ninth day of June next, at nine of the clock in the forenoon, and then and there give such evidence as they know, upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Neils Anderson [sic] for the offence aforesaid to the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Neils Anderson [sic].

Then the said Recognizance to be void, or else to stand in full force and virtue.
George H Smithers, JP.

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[On the depositions’ cover sheet is the following]

Central Criminal Court
Sydney
9th June 1890
AG’s No. 141
Depositions.
CS’s No. 10
Neils Peterson
Indecent assault
See within [initialled] G[eorge] B[owen] S[impson] AG
4/6/90
Committed at: WPO Sydney
on: 2nd June 1890

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Indecent assault upon a male person
[Signed] GB Simpson, AG
4/6/90

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Justice JGL Innes’s Notebook ⁹

[Darlinghurst Central Criminal Court, Friday] 13 June 1890

13-6-90 Regina v Neils Peterson – Indecent assault on a male person Edgar Miller a boy of 12 1st June ’90 at Sydney. Sec. 60 of 46 Vic: No. 17
Plea: not guilty
Ellis for prisoner.

Samuel Logan. – 168 – Constable. On night of 1 June at No. 287 Kent Street about 10.30 I saw prisoner – he was bleeding in the head – I had information & went into the house – I said “How did you get this wound?” “Five Frenchmen standing alongside The Sydney & Melbourne Hotel gave it to me” That hotel is at the corner of Kent & Margaret Streets – I said come with me & try & identify

the men – (he was not drunk but had been drinking – he got up & walked with me.) I took him to the hotel – I saw no Frenchmen but Mrs Planes ¹⁰ the landlady. I said: “Do you know anything about this?” – the prisoner was bleeding & his head & neck covered with blood – She said “Yes I know all about it, because I did it. I gave him into custody for indecently assaulting a boy, one of my boarders.” He said nothing – I took hold of him to take him to the station saying: “You must come to the station with me.” He replied

“All right I’ll go with you” – & I took him there. Left him there for a few minutes while the Sergeant Shankleton & I went to the hotel & saw the boy, got his age &c – & went back to the station – & there read to him the charge – he then said: “It was not a boy it was a girl.” – That’s all that was said then. He was committed on the Monday morning following – & he asked if he could get some money out of a box on the “(Burmah ?) steamship. While standing in the charge room getting permission from the inspector to go down there

with me he said in the hearing of the inspector “It was not a boy it was a girl” – He went down to the Burmah & got the money.

Cross-examined. The prisoner was well able to walk steadily & without any assistance & he did so – The wound was on top of his head about an inch long – he had a sleepy look about his eyes & smell of drink – he appeared to be slightly dazed – there were no other wounds on him – he had washed himself to some extent. The hotel is a well conducted one – no noise or disturbances or rowdy characters. I’ve been on the beat all the month.

There were two beds in the room the boy was in – they both seemed to have been occupied. The landlady said the prisoner was to have slept in another room off the same passage a little farther on – the doors were all close together.

Edgar Miller. Twelve next October – (a little chap – about 9 years old in appearance – thin & delicate) – On 1st June I came to Sydney from New Zealand with my brother-in-law – married to my sister – we were staying at the Sydney and Melbourne Hotel – I went to bed about 8 in the bed room by myself – no one else in the room. I did not go to sleep but was just falling off to sleep when the prisoner came to

the bed where I was – pulled all the clothes off me & jumped on to me – he never said anything – he caught me by the leg & by the neck & turned me over on to my stomach – he squeezed me on my private parts with his hand – he scratched me on the stomach with what I thought was a knife. I tried to push him off, but he said you’ll like it as well as I do – I struggled hard to push him off – but he held me. I screamed out as well as I could – three or four times – he caught hold of

me round the throat, but I called out – & after a while Mrs Plannis the landlady came & told him to get off & hit him on the head.

Cross-examined. She did not hit him with a washing basin – he brought a light in with him – a candle, it was (burning ?) down – it remained alight all the while he was there – it was about a quarter of an hour. He said when he came up – I think you’re a little girl – he undressed before he came to my bed – he was undressed when Mrs Plannis came up – Mrs Plannis took me to another room & I was in the other room when the policeman came – he moved about around me (deposition put in

& read – no contradictive material.) I had seen him downstairs that night – he was not drunk – nor did I see him drinking.

Eliza Plannis. My husband Antonio P keeps The Sydney & Melbourne Hotel. I remember the little boy coming to my hotel ¹¹ with his brother-in-law & his sister. They took rooms at my hotel – the room the little boy had was on the 2nd floor – 2 beds in it. The prisoner had come in the morning about 11 – the prisoner’s room was not the same room as the little boy (that room was occupied by none but the little boy) – about 9 or so the

boy went to bed – I showed him to the room. It was on the 2nd floor – the sister & her husband were on 1st floor. About 15 or 20 minutes after the boy went up to bed – I was on the ground floor – I heard after a while some crying – one of the people there made a remark & I answered it – I heard the cries going on – so I went up to the boy’s room & there I saw the prisoner in the boy’s bed, nothing on him but his shirt – he was on top of the boy & had hold of the boy – I caught the boy by the arm – & dragged him away – from the prisoner. I felt faint – but got some water – and I came round & I got a washing basin – & a clothes brush & I hit him – I would have stabbed him to the heart – the dirty

blackguard. If I turned him out – & after a while the constable came back with him & said he had said five Frenchmen had struck him – but there was no Frenchmen, it was I hit him.

Cross-examined. When he came in the morning he was a little the worse for liquor but he had a lay down & he got a good tea; ¹² he had no intoxicating drink in my place – he got lemonade & cloves – he seemed quite steady at tea – I hit him hard – my word I did – I broke my basin over him. ¹³

To me. I showed the prisoner his room myself

For Defence.

Antonio Plannis. Landlord of the hotel. Prisoner came to my place on Sunday week the 1st June in the morning – forenoon – he was not drunk – I had never seen him before – he went on board to breakfast he said & came back about 11 – then he engaged a room – my missis showed him his room – 2nd floor – he went to bed about 10 o’clock – he had lemonade & cloves having shouted for a lady shortly before he went to bed.

James Holmes. WP Constable – I know the prisoner – I was on duty the night Logan brought him to the station – he was apparently in a muddled state – his head was cut – I sent him to the hospital, & his head was there dressed.

To me. I didn’t know the prisoner before.

Thomas Martin. Interpreter Scandinavian languages – attached to the Swedish Consul – I have seen the prisoner but not until after he was charged with this offence.
The Crown Prosecutor not objecting, Elles for prisoner puts in various discharges – & also 2½ years good character from John MacKay, Acting Portmaster at Brisbane. ¹⁴

Prisoner now makes a statement. ¹⁵ – I am not guilty of this, had nothing whatsoever to do with it – I got something to drink & don’t know what I was doing.

Elles to the Jury: begins at 12.40. After lunch summed up shortly. Clearest possible case.

Jury retire at 1.45

Regina v Neils Petersen continued – 13 June ’90

At 3, after my calling them into Court and admonishing them pretty strongly, there being no conflict of evidence.

Verdict: Guilty, but strongly recommended to mercy on the ground of previous good conduct. Nothing known against the prisoner.
Sentence. Three years penal servitude.
Rose at 3.15.

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The Daily Telegraph, Sat 14 Jun 1890 ¹⁶

GENERAL NEWS.
————

The examiners of public works proposals will, under direction from the Minister for Works, commence an inquiry at Parramatta on Monday next as to the necessity for railway communication between Dural and Parramatta.

The Minister for Works yesterday morning accepted the tender of Messrs Kerr and Cronin for the construction of the tramway to connect the town of Yass with the railway station, the total cost being £11,968.

At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, before Mr Justice Innes, George Sterling, charged with robbery with violence, was found guilty of assault and sentenced to two years’ hard labour. Neils Peterson, a middle-aged man, was charged with assaulting a little boy. He was found guilty, but recommended to mercy. The prisoner only recently arrived in Sydney from Brisbane, and is a seafaring man. He produced certificates showing that for many years past his character has been uniformly very good. But for this, it was evident from the remarks his Honor that he would have been ordered a flogging and a longer term of imprisonment than he was awarded, three years’ penal servitude. His Honor mentioned that until yesterday he had never felt called upon to order any prisoner a whipping and the man’s previous high character saved him that painful duty then.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 14 Jun 1890 ¹⁷

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.–
Friday.
(Before his Honor Mr Justice Innes and juries of 12.)

Mr PJ Healy prosecuted on behalf of the Crown.
…

CHARGE OF ASSAULT.

Neil Petersen [sic] was charged with having committed an assault upon a boy.

Mr Ellis, instructed by Mr WJ Hill, appeared on behalf of the prisoner, who pleaded not guilty.

The jury deliberated for about an hour, when his Honor sent for them, and said that, as they had been out some time, he would like to know if there was any point upon which he could assist them in arriving at a verdict. He would remark that if they acquitted the prisoner it would be a scandal on the administration of justice. Three respectable witnesses had given corroborative evidence, and the learned counsel for prisoner could not suggest any excuse except that the prisoner was possibly drunk when he committed the crime. The prisoner was not shown to have been drunk, on the contrary he was sober and in possession of his faculties.

The jury intimated their desire to again retire for a few minutes.

After the lapse of a few minutes the jury returned into court, and found the prisoner guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy on account of his pervious good conduct.

His Honor inquired whether the matter of the recommendation to mercy delayed the jury so long. He must repeat that if there had been an acquittal it would have been a scandal on the administration of justice. If he could have any idea of the difficulty which pressed upon the jury he would be glad, but it was quite optional for them to state it.

The foreman said there were several questions which presented difficulties, but the principal one was whether the prisoner was drunk or not when he committed the crime.

His Honor remarked that the question had nothing to do with the verdict of guilty or not guilty. After some further observations from his Honor.

The prisoner, in reply to the question as to whether he had anything to say why the sentence of the Court should not be passed upon him, protested his innocence.

His Honor said he was very glad, in consequence of the recommendation of the jury, that he was not called upon to inflict upon the prisoner the lash. The punishment provided for an offence of this sort was five year’s penal servitude, but in giving effect to the recommendation of the jury, and regarding the prisoner’s former good character, as to some extent a cause for mitigation, he was able to declare in open court that, in his opinion, a less term of punishment and a minimum term of penal servitude might be awarded. The sentence of the Court was that the prisoner be kept to penal servitude for the term of three years.

The Court at 3.20 pm adjourned until 10 am on Monday.

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Neil Peterson, Gaol photo sheet ¹⁸

Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 4767

Date when Portrait was taken: 5/6/1890

Name: Neil (aka Neils) Peterson

Native place: Sweden

Year of birth: 1847

Arrived Ship: Warna
in Colony } Year: –

Trade or occupation
previous to conviction } Seaman

Religion: C of England

Education, degree of: R & W

Height: 5' 11"

Weight On committal: 140
in lbs } On discharge:

Colour of hair: Brown

Colour of eyes: Blue

Marks or special features: Right wrist has been out and bone is prominent. Right elbow bone also – prominent. Scar over left eye, scar on top of head

Where and when tried: Sydney GD.
13th June 1890

Offence: Indecent assault on a male child

Sentence: 3 years PS

Remarks: Recommended to Mercy by the Jury

(No. of previous Portrait ... )

CONVICTIONS

Where and When

Offence.

Sentence

Nil

¹ Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Mon 2 Jun 1890, p. 5.

² The Daily Telegraph, Tue 3 Jun 1890, p. 6.

³ Singleton Argus, Wed 4 Jun 1890, p. 4.

⁴ SRNSW: NRS880, [9/6787], Supreme Court, Papers and depositions, Sydney, Jun 1890, No. 141. Emphasis added.

⁵ Mn: WPC 2.6.90

⁶ See: The Arrow, (Sydney, NSW), Fri 23 Dec 1932, p. 4, for its report about the forthcoming demolition of the Sydney and Melbourne Hotel, entitled” Wreck of the “Sydney and Melbourne”.

⁷ Mn: Boy Miller referred to

⁸ Mn: Edgar Miller referred to

⁹ SRNSW: NRS6223, [2/4553], Judiciary, JGL Innes, J. Notebooks Criminal Causes, 1881-95, pp. 45-57. Emphasis added.

¹⁰ Elsewhere, and in transcript of depositions, Plannis.

¹¹ Mn: about 8 pm

¹² Mn: well able to walk – & sensible. He said he came in the steamer from Brisbane

¹³ Mn: he partly dressed himself after I hit him, & I threw the rest of his clothes out in the street after him

¹⁴ Mn: from ships, character very good for several years

¹⁵ Mn: (a foreigner) Norwegian – been for 2½ years engaged as Lighterman on board Light Ship at Proudfoot Shoal

¹⁶ The Daily Telegraph, Sat 14 Jun 1890, p. 5. Emphasis added.

¹⁷ The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 14 Jun 1890, p. 13.

¹⁸ SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6052] , Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1890, No. 4767, p.24, R5103.

Indecent Assault