The Daily Telegraph, Fri 11 Nov 1898 1
QUARTER SESSIONS.
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(Before Judge Backhouse.)
Mr WL Merewether prosecuted on behalf of the Crown.
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ASSAULTS.
Two boys named John Spalding and Bertie Richards were convicted of having committed an abominable assault [buggery with Walter C Miles ]. Richards was sentenced to six months’ hard labor, and the sentence suspended under the First Offenders’ Act . Spalding was remanded for sentence.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 11 Nov 1898 2
METROPOLITAN QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before his Honor Judge Backhouse.)
Mr Merewether prosecuted on behalf of the Crown.
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ASSAULTS.
Bertie Richards and John Spalding, two boys, were charged with having committed a grave assault. Both prisoners pleaded guilty. The accused Richards was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment with hard labour, the sentence to be suspended under the First Offenders’ Act upon the prisoner finding one surety of £15 for his good behaviour for 12 months. The accused Spalding was released on bail of one surety of £20, and was ordered to appear at the court to receive sentence on Monday next.
1 The Daily Telegraph, Fri 11 Nov 1898, p. 2.
2 The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 11 Nov 1898, p. 3.