Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, Tue 30 Apr 1895 1

NEWCASTLE POLICE COURT.
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Monday, April 29.
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(Before Mr Mair, and Mr
O’Mara, JP.)
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…

A HORRIBLE OFFENCE.

    John Jeromson, a young seaman, for whom Mr WA Reid appeared, was committed for trial at next Court of Quarter Sessions in Newcastle, for an abominable offence committed at Carrington on Sunday last.

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The Maitland Daily Mercury, Wed 12 Jun 1895 2

NEWCASTLE.

…
    The sittings of the Quarter Sessions was concluded yesterday before Judge Backhouse.
…
    A young man named John Jeromsen, [Jeromson], aged 23, was found guilty of an abominable offence, and as he was found guilty of an abominable offence, and as he will be in the precincts of Her Majesty’s lodging house at East Maitland for the next two years he will not be likely to repeat his crime, for that period at least.

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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, Wed 12 Jun 1895 3

QUARTER SESSIONS.
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SECOND DAY.
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Tuesday, June 11.
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(Before Judge Backhouse.)
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AN ABOMINABLE CRIME.

    John Jeromsen [aka Jeromson], age 23, was arraigned on a charge of having at Carrington, on April 28, committed an abominable offence [of bestiality with a drake].

    The accused pleaded not guilty, and was undefended, Mr John Ash being foreman of the jury.

    The disgusting circumstances of the case were repeated. The accused denied the charge, and said that it was a case of mistaken identity, as he was not near the spot at the time stated.

    The jury, after a very short retirement, returned a verdict of guilty of the attempt.

    The Judge sentenced the accused to two years’ imprisonment in Maitland Gaol with hard labour, and in doing so said that had the man been found guilty of the actual offence and not the attempt the sentence would have been much heavier.

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The Maitland Weekly Mercury, Sat 15 Jun 1895 4

NEWCASTLE QUARTER SESSIONS.
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    The Quarter Sessions commenced on Monday before Judge Backhouse, who on two or three occasions was much irritated by the noise made by the large attendance of the public and he had the place cleared and the doors shut for a time.
…
    The sittings concluded on Tuesday.
…
    A young man named John Jeromsen, aged 23, was found guilty of an abominable offence, and as he was found guilty of an abominable offence, and as he will be in the precincts of Her Majesty’s lodging house at East Maitland for the next two years he will not be likely to repeat his crime, for that period at least.

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John Jeromson, Gaol photo sheet 5

SRNSW: NRS2326, [3/14127], Maitland Gaol photographic description book, 1873-1922, No. 983, p. 203, R5128.


Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. M 983

Date when Portrait was taken: 22-5-1895

Name: John Jeromson

Native place: Scotland

Year of birth: 1872

Arrived       Ship: “Fingall”
in Colony }   Year: 1895

Trade or occupation
previous to conviction  } Seaman

Religion: Presby[terian]

Education, degree of: R & W

Height: 5' 8¼"

Weight     On committal: 163
in lbs     } On discharge:

Colour of hair: Brown

Colour of eyes: Brown


Marks or special features: Bald patch back of head

(No. of previous Portrait ... ) 

PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS
Where and When Offence. Sentence

Newcastle Q.S

11

 6

 1895

Attempted buggery on a drake

2 years H.L.
By remission 12-3-1897

 

1     Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, Tue 30 Apr 1895, p. 6.

2     The Maitland Daily Mercury, Wed 12 Jun 1895, p. 2.

3     Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, Wed 12 Jun 1895, p. 6.

4     The Maitland Weekly Mercury, Sat 15 Jun 1895, p. 15.

5     SRNSW: NRS2326, [3/14127], Maitland Gaol photographic description book, 1873-1922, No. 983, p. 203, R5128.

Bestiality