The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 28 Nov 1884 ¹

POLICE.
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    At the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday, Mr Buchanan, SM, presided on the bench in the Charge Court.
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    At the WATER POLICE COURT, on Wednesday,
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    Mr Addison, in the Charge Court, heard a charge of having committed an unnatural offence laid against one Thomas Keane. The evidence strongly pointed to the prisoner as the perpetrator of a horrible act, and the case ended in the committal of Keane for trial at the next Quarter Sessions.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Mon 15 Dec 1884 ²

QUARTER SESSIONS LIST.

    The sittings of the Metropolitan Court of Quarter Sessions will be commenced at the Darlinghurst Court-house this morning before Mr District Court Judge Dowling. Mr Lee will prosecute on behalf of the Crown. The following is a list of the cases set down for trial:–
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    Thomas Keane, unnatural offence;

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 16 Dec 1884 ³

LAW REPORT.

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METROPOLITAN QUARTER SESSIONS.
Monday [15 Dec 1884]

    The sittings of the Metropolitan Court of Quarter Sessions were commenced before Mr District Court Judge Dowling, at the Darlinghurst Court house this morning. Mr Tarleton prosecuted on behalf of the Crown.

JURORS FINED.

    The following gentlemen were fined 40s. Ech for non- attendance as jurymen:– Robert Rae, York-street; John Armitage, Glebe-street; William Evans, Hanover-street, Waterloo; William Doherty, Lane-Cove-road, St Leonards; George Diagle, South Head-road, Woollahra.
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    The following is a list of the cases down for trial on Tuesday:–
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    Thomas Lane [aka Keane], unnatural offence;

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 17 Dec 1884 ⁴

METROPOLITAN QUARTER SESSIONS.
TUESDAY.
(Before Mr District Court Judge DOWLING.)

    Mr Charles Irving prosecuted on behalf of the Crown.
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UNNATURAL OFFENCE.

    Thomas King [aka Thomas Keane; Thomas Lane], a young man, was convicted upon a charge of having committed an unnatural offence. The case was one of a most revolting character. The prisoner was remanded for sentence.

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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, Thu 18 Dec 1884 ⁵

TELEGRAMS.
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(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE.)
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A DEFERRED WHIPPING.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A man named [Thomas] Keane, who was convicted at the Quarter Sessions of an unnatural offence, has been sentenced to five years’ penal servitude and fifteen lashes, to be inflicted on the 3rd [sic] of December next year.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 18 Dec 1884 ⁶

METROPOLITAN QUARTER SESSIONS.
WEDNESDAY.
(Before Mr District Court Judge DOWLING.)

    Mr Lee prosecuted on behalf of the Crown.
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SENTENCE.

    Thomas Keane [aka Thomas King; Thomas Lane], who had been convicted of committing an abominable offence, was sentenced to five years’ penal servitude, and to be privately whipped on December 30, 1884, the number of strokes to be fifteen.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 31 Dec 1884 ⁷

NEWS OF THE DAY.
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     AT the Darlinghurst gaol yesterday, a flogging of 15 lashes was given to a man named Thomas Keane, convicted at the last Quarter Sessions of having committed an unnatural offence, and sentenced to five years’ penal servitude and one whipping. The punishment was severe, but the prisoner, who was a strongly-build man, stood it with considerable firmness, and the 15 lashes were administered without cessation.

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Thomas Keane, Gaol photo sheet ⁸

 

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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 3230   
10780-84  

Date when Portrait was taken: 28-11-1884

Name: Thomas Keane

Native place: England Year of birth: 1857 Arrived       Ship: George Gordon in Colony }   Year: 1882 Trade or occupation previous to conviction  } Seaman Religion: R Catholic Education, degree of: R&W Height: 5' 2½" Weight     On committal: 134 in lbs     } On discharge: Colour of hair: Black Colour of eyes: Brown Marks or special features:

Where and when tried: Sydney Quarter Sessions 16th December 1884 Offence: Unnatural Offence Sentence: 5 years P.S. & 15 lashes Remarks: Guilty

(No. of Previous Portrait ... )  PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS
Where and When				Offence.	Sentence
				Nil

 

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¹  The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 28 Nov 1884, p. 10.

²  The Sydney Morning Herald, Mon 15 Dec 1884, p. 4.

³  The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 16 Dec 1884, p. 6.

⁴  The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 17 Dec 1884, p. 7.

⁵  Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, Thu 18 Dec 1884, p. 2.

⁶  The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 18 Dec 1884, p. 4.

⁷  The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 31 Dec 1884, pp. 8, 9.

⁸  SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6046], Darlinghurst Photograph description books, 1884, No. 3230, p. 205, R5101.

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