Evening News, Tue 17 Dec 1895 1
CENTRAL POLICE COURT.
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TO-DAY’S CASES.
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Mr GH Smithers, SM, presided at the charge court.
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Michael Rourke, 50, was committed for trial on a charge on indecently assaulting Robert Little, a lad of 17.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 18 Dec 1895 2
POLICE COURTS.
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COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr Smithers, SM, Michael Rourke, alias Proudfoot, was committed for trial at the Court of Quarter Sessions on the 30th January, upon a charge of assault upon a man.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 26 Mar 1896 3
QUARTER SESSIONS.
Wednesday.
(Before Acting Judge ROGERS and juries of 12.)
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CASES FOR TO-DAY.
Lenton Clarence Want, maliciously wounding; Robert Bourke, stealing; Michael Rourke, assault.
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The Daily Telegraph, Fri 27 Mar 1896 4
METROPOLITAN QUARTER SESSIONS.
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Thursday, March 26.
(Before Acting Judge ROGERS and juries of twelve.)
Mr WL Merewether prosecuted on behalf of the Crown.
CASES POSTPONED.
The following cases were postponed until the next sittings of the Court:—Lenton C Want, maliciously wounding; and Henry Adey, breach of the Marriage Act .
An Accused Bound Over.
Michael O’Rourke [aka Michael Rourke] was brought up on a charge of assault, and Mr Merewether stated that owing to the absence of a material witness for the Crown, it would be impossible to proceed with this case. The accused had been awaiting trial ever since the last sittings of the Court, and he, therefore, applied that he be bound over in his own recognisances to appear for trial when called upon. The application was granted, and the necessary recognisances having been entered into the accused was discharged.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 27 Mar 1896 5
QUARTER SESSIONS.
Thursday.
(Before Acting Judge ROGERS and juries of 12.)
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ALLEGED ASSAULT.
Michael O’Rourke pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault. Mr Merewether stated that owing to the absence of an important witness for the Crown the case had been put over from last sittings. This witness was still absent, and Mr Merewether suggested that accused should be bound over in his own recognisances to the amount of £10 to come up for trial if called upon. O’Rourke, who, it appeared, had been awaiting trial for 15 weeks, was accordingly discharged on these conditions.
1 Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Tue 17 Dec 1895, p. 5.
2 The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 18 Dec 1895, p. 4.
3 The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 26 Mar 1896, p. 3. Emphasis added.
4 The Daily Telegraph, Fri 27 Mar 1896, p. 3.
5 The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 27 Mar 1896, p. 3.