Below also see: William McLean, 1904
The Daily Telegraph, Thu 2 Nov 1899 1
POLICE COURTS.
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A SERIOUS CHARGE.
At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr [Frederick William] Edwards, SM., Alfred McGregor, alias William McLean, alias Delehuntley, was charged with having at Woolloomooloo Bay, on Sunday last, committed a serious offence. Accused was committed for trial at the Criminal Court, to be held at Darlinghurst on November 20. Bail was refused.
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Evening News, Thu 2 Nov 1899 2
BREVITIES.
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At the Water Police Court a seaman, named Alfred McGregor, was committed for trial to the Central Criminal Court on November 20 on a charge of seriously assaulting a boy named John Hennessey.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 2 Nov 1899 3
POLICE COURTS.
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Alleged Serious Offence.– At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr FW Edwards, SM., Alfred McGregor, alias William McLean, alias Delehuntley, 33, a seaman, appeared to answer a serious charge, and was committed for trial at the court of gaol delivery to be held at Darlinghurst on the 20th instant. Bail was refused.
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Depositions for Alfred McGregor 20 Nov 1899 Sydney trial 4
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NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE.
No. 3, Station.
Sydney, November 11th 1899.
Metropolitan District,
Report relative to antecedents of:–
Name: Alfred McGregor: alias William McLean: alias Delahuntley.
Offence: Attempt to commit an unnatural offence.
Committed for trial at: Central Criminal Court, Sydney.
Date: 20th November inst.
Senior Sergeant James E Sawtell reports:–
That the accused has been previously convicted as follows:– Central Police Office: 12/6/96. Having supposed stolen property in his possession. Fine 40/-. In default 154 days imprisonment.
Central Police Office 29/10/96. Being a suspected person. 3 months hard labour.
Water Police Office 16/7/98. Assault. 3 months hard labour.
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[Subpoena]
Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c.
New South Wales
TO WIT. }
To: Robert Thomas Paton, Esquire, Government Medical Officer
Greetings:–
We command you and every of you, firmly enjoining you, that laying aside all pretences and excuses whatsoever, you and every of you be and appear in your proper persons, before Our Justices assigned to hold Pleas before Us, on Monday the twentieth day of November instant next, by Nine of the Clock in the forenoon of the same day, at the Supreme Court in our Colony of New South Wales, in the Court House, situate in Darlinghurst there to testify the truth, and give evidence, on the part of the Prisoner, before Our said Justices, touching a certain information to be preferred against
Alfred McGregor
in the case of Sodomy
and that you so appear, from day to day, until the case is tried; and this you, or any, or either of you, are not to omit, under the penalty of One Hundred Pounds, to be levied upon your and every of your Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements, if you, or any, or either of you shall fail in the premises.
Witness the Honorable Sir Frederick Darley, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Our Chief Justice of Our supreme Court of New South Wales, at Sydney, the thirteenth day of November in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine.
For the Prothonotary
(Signed) J Murphy
George Colquhoun, Crown Solicitor
Clerk of the Supreme Court.
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(M., 11 and 12 Vict., Cap. 42.)
Depositions of Witnesses.
New South Wales, Sydney
To Wit. }
The examination of Matthew Linegar of Sydney in the Colony of New South Wales, Constable of Police; Robert Thomas Paton, Government Medical Officer; John Hennessey of 23 Terry Street, Surry Hills, school boy; and Walter Pugh of 6 Junction Lane Sydney in the said Colony, school boy taken on oath this 1st day of November in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine at Sydney in the Colony aforesaid, before the undersigned, one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, in the presence and hearing of Alfred McGregor who is charged this day before me for that he the said Alfred McGregor on the 29th day of October 1899 at Sydney in the said Colony, did assault John Hennessey and then wickedly and against the order of nature carnally knew the said John Hennessey and did commit with the said John Hennessey the abominable crime of buggery.
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Alfred McGregor First
33. Seaman England. RC. R & W.
Wed.
29.10.99
Attempted buggery
Remanded until Wednesday next on the application of Police. Accused not objecting. Bail refused.
[Signed] FW Edwards, SM.
Sydney 30.10.99.
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This Deponent Matthew Linegar on his oath, saith as follows:– I am a Constable of Police at Sydney. About 4.30 pm on the 29th ultimo whilst on duty in Billyard Avenue Elizabeth Bay I met John Hennessey and from what he told me I looked over the fence surrounding the grounds of Elizabeth Bay House and saw the accused running away. I jumped the fence and pursued him. I called out to him to stop or I would shoot him. He continued to run until he came to [a] fence about 7 feet high and tried to conceal himself under some bushes. I arrested him and took him back to the road where the boy was waiting and said to the latter “What did this man do to you?” He replied “He threw me over the fence and I ran into a cave. That man caught me and tied a pocket handkerchief over my mouth, took me back to the fence and pulled down my trousers and did something
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dirty to me.” Accused said “he is telling lies.” I then took them both to the Police Station and afterwards took the boy to be examined by Dr Paton. I told the accused that anything he said would be given in evidence against him and then charged him with assaulting one John Hennessey with intent wickedly and against the order of nature with intent to commit the abominable crime of buggery.
He replied “That is all right.”
On the way to the Station he said “I am a seaman, and have recently arrived from Liverpool England in the ship Lochiel and discharged part cargo at Sydney and then proceeded to Newcastle where I was paid off. I came to Sydney again about a fortnight ago. Since then I have been drinking heavily and sleeping about the Domain.”
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He did not appear to have been drinking and had no sign of drink on him. He was wearing the handkerchief produced around his neck at the time.
No questions.
[Signed] Matthew Linegar.
Taken and sworn at Water Police Office, Sydney, this 1st day of November 1899 before me.
[Signed] FW Edwards, SM.
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This Deponent Robert Thomas Paton on his oath, saith as follows:– I am a legally qualified Medical Practitioner and Government Medical Officer at Sydney. On the 29th ultimo at 1 Richmond Terrace at 5.30 pm I examined the person of John Hennessey now in court. His anus had been distended, and was gaping. His sphincter muscle being relaxed. There was a tear at the junction of the skin and the mucous membrane at the posterior aspect of the rectum. The injuries were recent, and in my opinion had been caused by some rigid body being thrust into the anus.
Later the same evening at the Central Police Station rooms of Paton at the request of the Police and with his request I examined the person of Alfred McGregor and found
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no injury to his genitals.
In my opinion the injury to the boy might have been caused by a man’s finger or by his penis.
[Signed] Rob T Paton.
Taken and sworn at Water Police Office, Sydney, this first day of November 1899 before me.
[Signed] FW Edwards, SM.
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This Deponent John Hennessey on his oath, saith as follows:– I live with my parents at 23 Terry Street, Surry Hills and go to school. I am 13 years of age. On Sunday afternoon last about 10 past 4 I was near Dalgetty’s Wharf in Woolloomooloo Bay. Arthur Pugh a school boy was with me. I met the accused near the wharf. Pugh and I were walking home. He said he had a horse, a trotter, and wanted me to mind it for him. I said “All right, can this little boy come with me?”, and he said “No I have only room to seat two.” He said he would give me sixpence and might give me two bob. I agreed to go and mind the horse for him. He said the horse was very tender about the mouth and not to touch the reins.
I walked down the avenue with him and he pointed out a horse and trap that was standing in front of a house. As we were passing Lady Manning’s fence and I
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he took hold of me and threw me over it and I ran away. We did not go up to the trap. There was [a] cave in the grounds and thinking it was an entrance into the gardens I ran in to it. He caught me just as I got to the cave and took a handkerchief off his neck and put it round my mouth. Handkerchief produced looks like it. He said “You had better come with me,” and dragged me up to some trees near a fence. He then took down my trousers after forcing my braces off. He then pulled out his dickie and put it in my bum. He first put me down on my stomach and got on top of me. I resisted all I could and tried to kick him. He remained on top of me about 5 minutes I think. I could not cry out because of the handkerchief. He hurt me and
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made me cry and I ran away when he got off me and jumped over the fence and met the Constable and told him. He pulled my trousers right down.
To Accused: I first saw the handkerchief on your neck. You held my hands after you put the handkerchief round my neck. You took my trousers down with one hand.
To Police: I never saw the accused before that afternoon.
[Signed] John Hennessey.
Taken and sworn at Water Police Office, Sydney, this 1st day of November 1899 before me.
[Signed] FW Edwards, SM.
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This Deponent, Walter Pugh on his oath, saith as follows:– I am 11 years old and live with my father and mother at 6 Junction Lane Woolloomooloo and I go to school. I know Hennessey. I was with him last Sunday at Woolloomooloo Bay and saw a man like the accused there. He spoke to Hennessey and asked him to mind a trotter horse for him. He said he would have to be used to a horse and might give him 2/- and then the boy asked if I could go and the man said he only wanted one and the boy went with him.
[Signed] Walter Pugh.
Taken and sworn at Water Police Office, Sydney, this 1st day of November 1899 before me.
[Signed] FW Edwards, SM.
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(N., 11 & 12 Vic., Cap. 42.)
Statement of the Accused.
New South Wales, Sydney
To Wit. }
![Alfred McGregor, 1899 SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6064], Photo: SRNSW](../../images/trials/1899-McGregor-6064-photo-7900.jpg "Alfred McGregor, 1899 SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6064], Photo: SRNSW")
NRS2138, [3/6064], Photo: SRNSW
Alfred McGregor stands charged before the undersigned, one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in and for the Colony aforesaid, this first day of November in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine for that he, the said Alfred McGregor on the 29th day of October 1899 at Sydney, in the said Colony, did assault John Hennessey and then wickedly and against the order of nature carnally knew the said John Hennessey and did commit with the said John Hennessey the abominable crime of buggery and the examination of all the witnesses on the part of the prosecution having been completed, and the depositions taken against the accused having been caused to be read to him by me, the said Justice, (by/or) before whom such examination has been so completed; and I, the said Justice, having also stated to the accused and given him clearly to understand that he has nothing to hope from any promise of favour, and nothing to fear from any threat which may have been holden out to him to induce him to make any admission or confession of his guilt, but that whatever he shall say may be given in evidence against him upon his trial, notwithstanding such promise or threat; and the said charge being read to the said Alfred McGregor, and the witnesses for the prosecution Matthew Linegar, Robert Thomas Paton, John Hennessey and Walter Pugh being severally examined in his presence, the said Alfred McGregor is now addressed by me as follows:– “Having heard the evidence, do you wish to say anything in answer to the charge? You are not obliged to say anything unless you desire to do so; but whatever you say will be taken down in writing and may be given in evidence against you upon your trial;” whereupon the said Alfred McGregor saith as follows:– “I have nothing to say.”
Taken before me at Sydney, in the said Colony, the day and year first above mentioned.
[Signed] FW Edwards, SM.
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G. 190.
REGINA.
versus
Alfred McGregor
Offence,— Buggery
The accused stands committed to take his trial at the next Court of Gaol Delivery to be holden at Darlinghurst, on the 20th day of November 1899. Bail allowed the accused in £ and two sureties in £ each, or one in £ refused.
[Signed] FW Edwards
JP.
Dated at Water Police
Office, Sydney
this first
day of November
AD 1899.
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Recognizance to give Evidence. 5
New South Wales, Sydney
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Be it remembered, that on the 1st day of November in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine Matthew Linegar a Constable of the Police Force, personally came before the undersigned, one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New South Wales, and acknowledged himself to owe Our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of
FORTY POUNDS,
of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied on his Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements, to the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if he the said before mentioned person shall fail in the Condition indorsed.
[Signed] Matthew Linegar.
Taken and acknowledged, the day and year first above mentioned, at Sydney in the said Colony, before me.
[Signed] C Jennings, JP.
The condition of the within written Recognizance is such, that whereas Alfred McGregor was this day charged before FW Edwards Esquire, one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, with attempted buggery if therefore, he the before mentioned person shall appear at the next Court of Gaol Delivery to be holden at Darlinghurst in and for the Colony of New South Wales, on the 20th day of November 1899 at nine of the clock in the and then and there give such evidence as he knows upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Alfred McGregor of the offence aforesaid, to the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Alfred McGregor.
Then the said Recognizance to be void, or else to stand in full force and virtue.
[Signed] C Jennings JP.
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Recognizance to give Evidence.
New South Wales, Sydney
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Be it remembered, that on the 1st day of November in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine William Strange of 23 Terry Street, Surry Hills in the Colony of New South Wales, Labourer, personally came before the undersigned, one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New South Wales, and acknowledged himself to owe Our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of
FORTY POUNDS EACH [sic]
of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied on his Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements, to the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if John Hennessey [and] Walter Pugh shall fail in the Condition indorsed.
[Signed] William Strange.
Taken and acknowledged, the day and year first above mentioned, at Sydney in the said Colony, before me.
[Signed] C Jennings JP.
The condition of the within written Recognizance is such, that whereas Alfred McGregor was this day charged before FW Edwards Esquire one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, with committing the abominable crime of buggery.
If therefore John Hennessey [and] Walter Pugh shall appear at the next Court of Gaol Delivery to be holden at Darlinghurst in and for the Colony of New South Wales, on the 20th day of November next at nine of the clock in the forenoon, and then and there give such evidence as he knows upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Alfred McGregor for the offence aforesaid, to the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Alfred McGregor.
Then the said Recognizance to be void, or else to stand in full force and virtue.
[Signed] C Jennings JP.
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[On the depositions’ cover sheet is the following]
Central Criminal Court,
Sydney.
20 November 1899
AG’s No. 242
Depositions.
CS’s No. 7
Regina
v.
Alfred McGregor
Sodomy
Committed at: Water Police Office
on: 1st November 1899
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Oct 29/99 at Sydney
Buggery
[Initialled] C[harles] G[regory] W[ade, Crown Prosecutor]
6/11/99
[Initialled] B[ernard] R[ingrose] W[ise, QC, AG]
8.11.99
Dr Paton not bound over: should be subpoenaed
issued 13.11.99
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Darlinghurst – November 20th 1899.
(Sec. 59) Regina v Alfred McGregor – Sodomy with John Hennessey.
Plea not guilty.
[CG] Wade. [Crown Prosecutor] Jury may find assault with attempt. Consent immaterial. 29th October – Elizabeth Bay grounds. Doctor examined the boy – Police caught the prisoner on the spot.
John Hennessey examined by Wade. 13 years old – live with parents at Surry Hills. I go to school. I know Walter Pugh. I know Woolloomooloo Bay & Dalgety Wharf on the right hand side. I know accused. Saw him in Woolloomooloo Bay on the right hand side near some steps on Sunday a fortnight ago.
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I saw constable that day – (?) afternoon. Pugh was with me when I saw accused. He said he had a horse & wanted it to be minded & said he would give me 6d. I said “all right”. He said she was very tender about the mouth & not to touch the reins. I went with him. I asked accused if Pugh could come & he said no. I left Pugh behind. Accused said there was only room to seat two. He went up the steps & to the left & then to the right, the first street. Then we went ahead & down some more steps & he took me & showed me a big boat in Rushcutters Bay near the place where the man of wars go. Then he turned back & took me down a street & showed me a horse & trap & said that is it. We walked along on opposite side towards the trap.
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He caught hold of me all of a sudden round the arms & threw me over a fence at a low part. I got away & got into a kind of cave. I thought there was an opening. It was the grounds of Lady Manning. Accused jumped over the fence & ran after me. I thought I could get through but I could not & turned back. He was half way to the cave when I got there. I turned back & he caught me. He tied a red handkerchief off his neck round my mouth & led me back to the place where we got over & laid me down in a hollow near the fence. He said you had better come along. He had hold of my hands by the wrist. He took my trousers down before he laid me down, then he threw me down on my stomach.
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He was standing up undoing his fly. He took his dicky out & stuck it in my bum. He lay down on top of me. He spat on it first. He was pushing it in & out & I got away from him then. I took the handkerchief off my mouth & threw it on the ground & got over the fence. I did up the back of my trowsers & one button in front. I saw the policeman as I was running. He was at the (turning ?) coming round. I spoke to him. The policeman gave me his helmet & gloves to hold & ran after the man accused. He got into a bush. The policeman brought him out by the gate. Policeman asked him his name. He said William McGregor. He asked what work he was doing. He said he was a sailor. Police asked what boat. He said Loch (?) Ill 8 or Loch Ayll.
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Policeman asked when he sailed out here. He said a fortnight ago. I said nothing. Policeman asked what he did to me. I told (him ?). Constable asked was it true & accused said yes. I was Constable took me to Dr Paton that evening & he examined me. I have been in the Little Bay Hospital till Wednesday fortnight. (Handkerchief produced) That is the handkerchief.
Cross-examined by accused. You threw me over the fence. I was not hurt. I ran into the cave because I thought it was an opening leading to the house. I went about 3 yards into the cave – a wall stopped my progress, a wall cut out of stone. I went out there with the constable since. I tried to pull the handkerchief off with my hands. I tried to scream – a little.
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You lugged me back to the fence. There are houses all round & people going up & down the road – not many. I did not draw the Doctor’s attention to my bruises or scratches – my stomach was sore. I don’t know whether my trowsers were torn.
Robert Thompson 9 Paton examined by Wade. Doctor, government medical officer. I know Hennessey. I examined him on the 29th October – saw (me ?) (in ?) the evening between 5 & 6 o’clock. I found that his anus had recently been distended. The sphincter muscle was lax & gaping & there was a recent small shallow tear of the mucous membrane on the posterior aspect by his rectum. It was bleeding. (?) Inflicted within a few hours. It could have been caused by a man’s penis – it must have gone inside the (?)
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the orifice. The boy complained of pain in his stomach. I believe he was sent to (Coast ?) (Hospital ?) for some other trouble. I saw accused & examined him. I found nothing on him.
Cross-examined by accused. It would be difficult to inflict the (assault ?) (kind ?) (of ?) (?) unless the boy consented a bit. The tear was quite recent. It was not necessary that anything should be wrong with you.
Walter Pugh. Not examined.
Matthew Linegar examined by Wade. Constable. I arrested accused about 4.30 on the 29th ultimo, while on duty in Billyard Avenue. There I met Hennessey. He was crying. He told me something. I saw prisoner. He was inside the enclosed grounds of Elizabeth Bay House running away. He was about 50 yards away.
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I jumped the fence & pursued him calling out I would shoot him. He continued to run till he came to a fence about 7 feet high, about 100 yards away – some bushes – He tried to hide by lying down under them. I then arrested him & brought him to the road to the boy. I said to the boy what did this man do to you? The boy replied – He threw me over the fence & I ran away into a cave, where he caught hold of me, tied a pocket handkerchief over my mouth & took me back to the fence, pulled down my trowsers, did something dirty to me. Prisoner replied it is all lies. I afterw I took both to the No. 3 Police Station. I afterwards took the boy to be examined by Dr Paton. On the way to the station accused
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said I am a seaman & have recently arrived from Liverpool England in the Lochiel. We discharged part cargo in Sydney & went to Newcastle where I was paid off. I came from Newcastle to Sydney about a fortnight ago & since then have been drinking heavy & sleeping in the domain. No sign of drink on him when I arrested him. He had the handkerchief tied round his neck at the time I arrested him. Handkerchief put in (?) A.
Cross-examined by accused. I was about 10 yards from the fence when I first met the boy. I did not see him get over the fence. You ran away about 100 yards. You lay down & tried to hide yourself. I don’t remember saying did he pull down your
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trowsers (sonnie ?) or ask did he wet your pants? I went next morning with the boy. I went inside the cave. I went to see if the ground was disturbed. There were marks there – the soil was soft. Sunday was a very fine day. The boy’s trowsers were dirty – (otherwise ?) his (clothes ?) they were not disarranged.
Crown case closed.
Accused sworn & stated – On Saturday afternoon I was stupidly drunk. No remembrance of the youngster. He jumped over & asked me to give him a shilling. I refused. He said he would call a policeman. Constable asked did I pull his trowsers down. He said yes.
Cross-examined by Wade. I never told a soul till today about the boy trying to extort money.
Accused addressed the Jury.
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I sum up.
Jury retire 11.25 am.
“ return 11.40 am.
Verdict guilty.
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21 November [1899]
Alfred McGregor
I sentenced him to 5 years penal servitude.
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The Daily Telegraph, Tue 21 Nov 1899 10
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(Before Mr Justice Owen and juries.)
Mr CG Wade, Crown Prosecutor.
ASSAULT.
Alfred McGregor was arraigned on a charge of assaulting John Hennessey on October 19, at Elizabeth Bay, Sydney. Accused pleaded not guilty, and was undefended. Evidence in support of the Crown was given by John Hennessey, Dr Paton (Government Medical Health Officer), and Constable Linnegar [sic], the arresting constable. Accused denied the charge from the box, and subsequently addressed the jury, maintaining his innocence. The jury, after a consultation of 10 minutes, convicted the accused, who was remanded till 10 o’clock to-day for sentence.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 21 Nov 1899 11
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(Before Mr Justice Owen.)
Mr CG Wade was Crown Prosecutor.
The November sittings of the Court began. The sheriff Mr CEH Maybury, occupied a seat on the bench.
ASSAULT.
Alfred McGregor was charged with assaulting a boy named John Hennessey on October 20, near Elizabeth Bay, Sydney. Accused pleaded not guilty and was undefended. Evidence for the prosecution was given by the prosecutor, John Hennessey, a boy aged 13, by Dr Paton, Government Medical Officer, and the arresting constable. Accused had endeavoured to evade arrest. He gave evidence denying the statement of the prosecutor, and he also addressed the jury. The jury, after a few minutes retirement, returned a verdict of guilty. Prisoner was remanded for sentence.
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The Daily Telegraph, Wed 22 Nov 1899 12
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(Before Mr Justice Owen and juries.)
Mr CG Wade, Crown Prosecutor.
SENTENCES.
Alfred McGregor, who had been found guilty the previous day of assaulting one John Hennessey, was sentenced to five years’ penal servitude.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 22 Nov 1899 13
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(Before Mr Justice Owen.)
Mr CG Wade was Crown Prosecutor.
SENTENCES.
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Alfred McGregor, who had been found guilty of a serious offence was sentenced to five years’ penal servitude.
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Alfred McGregor, Gaol photo sheet 14
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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details
No. 7900
Date when Portrait was taken: 21-11-1899
Name: Alfred McGregor
(aka William McLean; William Delahunty; William Matheison)
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Native place: Auckland Year of birth: 1863 Arrived Ship: BC Trade or occupation Religion: R.C. Education, degree of: R & W Height: 5' 4¾" Weight On committal: 150 Colour of hair: Black Colour of eyes: Brown |
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1896 1896 1896 1898 1899 |
Attempt to steal Having supposed stolen property Indecent language Assault Buggery |
20/- or 21 days C 40/- or 21 Days C 20/- or 14 days C 3 months H.L. 5 years P.S. |
William McLean, 1904
The Daily Telegraph, Fri 10 Jun 1904 15
METROPOLITAN QUARTER SESSIONS.
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(Before Judge Backhouse and juries.)
Mr Herbert Harris prosecuted for the Crown.
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GUILTY OF ASSAULT.
William McLean pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault, at Sydney, on May 20. The jury convicted accused. The Court records showed that McLean had served a sentence of five years for a similar offence [see Alfred McGregor, 1899 above]. He was sentenced to three years penal servitude.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 10 Jun 1904 16
QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Backhouse and Juries.)
Mr Herbert Harris prosecuted for the Crown.
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ASSAULTING A BOY.
William McLean, a middle-aged man, pleaded not guilty to a charge of assaulting a boy, [William Martin], 9 years of age, in the vicinity of Belmore Park on May 20. Accused was convicted by the jury, and was sentenced to three years’ penal servitude. For a similar offence he had previously undergone imprisonment for five years.
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William McLean, Gaol photo sheet 17
![SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6069], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1903-1904 No. 9376, p. 205, R5110.](../../images/trials/1899-McGregor-6069-gaol-photo-9376-William-McLean.jpg "SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6069], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1903-1904 No. 9376, p. 205, R5110.") |
Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details
No. 9376
Date when Portrait was taken: 9-6-1903
Name: William McLean
(aka Alfred McGregor; William Delahunty; William Mathieson)
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Native place: New Zealand Year of birth: 1864 Arrived Ship: Trade or occupation Religion: RC Education, degree of: R&W Height: 5' 4¾" Weight On committal: 147 Colour of hair: Dark brown Colour of eyes: Brown |
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(No. of previous Portrait .. 7900 Darlinghurst) CONVICTIONS |
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| Where and When | Offence. | Sentence | |||
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WPC CPC CPC WPC Sydney GD Sydney Q.S |
16 12 31 16 20 9 |
1 6 7 7 11 6 |
1896 1896 1896 1898 1899 1904 |
Attempt to steal Having supposed stolen property Indecent language Assault Buggery Indecent assault on a male person |
20/- or 21 days C 40/- or 21 Days C 20/- or 14 days C 3 months HL 5 years P.S. 3 years P.S. |
1 The Daily Telegraph, Thu 2 Nov 1899, p. 8.
2 Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Thu 2 Nov 1899, p. 4.
3 The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 2 Nov 1899, p. 3.
4 SRNSW: NRS880, [9/6978], Supreme Court, Papers and depositions, Sydney, Nov 1899, No. 242. Emphasis added.
5 Altogether there were three Recognizance to give Evidence included with this case these have been reduced to two.
6 SRNSW: NRS7524, [2/6414], Judiciary, W Owen, J. Notebooks Criminal Causes, 1897-1906, pp. 104-114, 138. Emphasis added.
7 Sir Justice William Owen (1834-1912) was born 4 Nov 1834 at Marlfield, Gorey, Wexford, Ireland. He was educated at Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire, England, in 1848-52 and at Trinity College, Dublin. After eight terms at Lincoln’s Inn, London, in 1859 he was called to the Irish Bar from King’s Inns. Although Owen developed a comprehensive grasp of the law in all its branches, he became eminent in Equity. In 1882 Owen took silk. On 18 Oct 1887 he was appointed to the NSW Supreme Court bench as chief justice in Equity. Dignified, patient, and with ‘a heroic capacity for keeping his temper’, he had a satirical humour and ‘a rare faculty of discarding the superfluous and unimportant issues’; his judgments were ‘regarded as classics’. In Nov 1896 he transferred to the common law jurisdiction. He was knighted in 1906 and in Feb 1908 retired. He lived at Ellesmere, Hunters Hill, NSW where he died, intestate, on 22 Nov 1912 and was buried in the Anglican section of Waverley cemetery. ADB, 1891-1939, vol. 11, p. 113-4.
8 Lochiel in transcript of depositions.
9 Thomas, ibid.
10 The Daily Telegraph, Tue 21 Nov 1899, p. 8.
11 The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 21 Nov 1899, p. 7.
12 The Daily Telegraph, Wed 22 Nov 1899, p. 10.
13 The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 22 Nov 1899, p. 4.
14 SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6064], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1899-1900, No.7900, p. 235, R5108.
15 The Daily Telegraph, Fri 10 Jun 1904, p. 8.
16 The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 10 Jun 1904, p. 8.
17 SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6069], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1903-1904 No. 9376, p. 205, R5110.