The Maitland Daily Mercury, Mon 19 Sep 1898 1

TO-DAY’S
NEWS BY WIRE.
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(Press Telegraph Association.)
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SYDNEY.

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AN ABOMINABLE CHARGE.

    A well-dressed man named Albert Smith, described as a butler, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of having committed a disgusting offence in Belmore Park.

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The Daily Telegraph, Sat 1 Oct 1898 2

QUARTER SESSIONS.
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(Before Judge Coffey.)

    Crown Prosecutor: Mr WL Merewether.

AN ASSAULT CASE.

    Albert Smith, a middle-aged man, pleaded guilty to a charge of indecent assault, the case being of a revolting character. His Honor remanded him for sentence, and instructed the police to make inquiries concerning the man’s past life.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 1 Oct 1898 3

LAW REPORT.
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…

METROPOLITAN QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before judge Coffey.)

    Mr WL Merewether was Crown Prosecutor.
…

ASSAULT.

    Albert Smith pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with having committed, [lewdness], an assault in Belmore Park, and was remanded for sentence.

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Albert Smith, Gaol photo sheet 4

SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6063], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1898-1899, No. 7533, p. 100, R5107.


Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 7533
4290/98

Date when Portrait was taken: 30-9-1898

Name: Albert Smith

Native place: BC Tasmania

Year of birth: 1860

Arrived       Ship: —
in Colony }   Year: —

Trade or occupation
previous to conviction  } Butler

Religion: C of E

Education, degree of: R & W

Height: 5' 6⅛"

Weight     On committal: 162
in lbs     } On discharge:

Colour of hair: Fair

Colour of eyes: Blue


Marks or special features: Scars inside right forearm, on inside left forearm. Fingers of both hands swelled from Rheumatism. Indented spot over right eye

(No. of previous Portrait ... ) 

PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS
Where and When Offence. Sentence

Sydney Q.S

30

 9

1898

Indecent assault on a male person

12 months HL 

 

1     The Maitland Daily Mercury, Mon 19 Sep 1898, p. 3.

2     The Daily Telegraph, Sat 1 Oct 1898, p. 14.

3     The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 1 Oct 1898, p. 7.

4     SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6063], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1898-1899, No. 7533, p. 100, R5107.

 

Indecent Assault