Below also see: George Gordon, 1912

Manilla Express, Wed 6 Jan 1904 ¹

POLICE COURT.
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Thursday, December 31.
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(Before Mr WT Langworthy, JP.)

    INDECENCY.—George Gordon (44), a laborer and stranger to this part, who was arrested by Constable Arneil was charged with wilfully indecent exposure in a public street, and was sentenced to one month in Tamworth gaol. The same person was again brought before the Bench (Mr Mackenzie presiding) in the afternoon, charged with attempting to commit bestiality. The scene of the alleged offence was the Junction Hotel stable. After hearing the evidence, the accused was committed for trial to Tamworth Quarter Sessions on February 1.

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The Tamworth News and Liverpool Plains and Gwydir Districts’ Advertiser, Mon 1 Feb 1904 ²

TAMWORTH QUARTER SESSIONS.
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    The Tamworth Sessions opened this morning at ten o’clock, before Acting Judge Armstrong.

    Mr R Browning was Crown Prosecutor.

    Mr E Jones, PM, occupied a seat on the Bench as Deputy-Sheriff.

    Mr ABC Burke, CPS, acted as Deputy Clerk of the Peace.

NEW MAGISTRATES.

    The following gentlemen were sworn in as Justices of the Peace for the State of New South Wales:—Hugh Armstrong, John Robert Allen, John Thomas Flynn, George Boland, SB McGinty, Jeremiah J O’Leary, John H Edwards.
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UNNATURAL OFFENCE.

    George Gordon was charged that he, on December 30, at Manilla, attempted to commit an unnatural offence.

     Accused was undefended, and pleaded not guilty.

     Jury: J Rixon, G Presland, FT Wood, TA Wilson, AS Gill, H McDonald, T Dowe, J Callaghan, AE Grayston, C Evans, D Carter, CH Callcott.

    Sergeant [Theodore] Sewell gave evidence of arrest, and said that when accused was charged at the lock-up with the alleged offence, he said “Good God, I was drunk yesterday. I don’t remember anything about what I did.”

    A couple of eye-witnesses, who were at the time groom and assistant groom at the Junction Hotel, Manilla, gave evidence of what they saw.

    Accused [George Gordon] made a sworn statement. He detailed what he alleged he did during his visit to Manilla, and denied that he was where it was stated he was.

    To the jury he said that, if he was not mistaken, he was at the hour the offence was alleged to have taken place, talking politics with some other men at another part of the town. These men he could not subpoena, because he did not know their names. He declared his innocence of the charge.

    His Honor summed up, and the jury brought in a verdict of guilty after a retirement of ten minutes.

    A sentence of twelve months’ imprisonment was imposed.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 2 Feb 1904 ³

COUNTRY NEWS.
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QUARTER SESSIONS.
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Tamworth, Monday.

    At the Tamworth Quarter Sessions, which were opened to-day before Acting Judge Armstrong, the following sentences were imposed:—Abram Meholt, assaulting James Henry Denton at Quirindi, and robbing him of £3, three months’ imprisonment; George Gordon, assault at Manilla, 12 months’ imprisonment; Arthur Blinsdell, maliciously wounding William Reilly, at Tamworth, 12 months’ imprisonment; Matthew Cashen, stealing a mare at Curlewis and illegally using a gelding at Manilla, three months’ imprisonment and one months’ imprisonment respectively, sentences to be concurrent.

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George Gordon, Gaol photo sheet ⁴

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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. –

Date when Portrait was taken: –

Name: George Gordon
(aka George Pomeroy Gordon)

Native place: England Year of birth: 1859 Arrived       Ship: not known in Colony }   Year: 1883 Trade or occupation previous to conviction  } Cook Religion: C of E Education, degree of: R & W Height: 5' 6¾" Weight     On committal: 162 in lbs     } On discharge: 157 Colour of hair: Brown Colour of eyes: Blue

Marks or special features: Left. 3 vaccination marks upper arm. Right arm and hand. Scars on back of hands. Face and neck. Tooth missing left top front. Long scar on back of head. Back - mole between shoulder blades. Rest of body. Scars on either knee.

(No. of previous Portrait ... )  CONVICTIONS
Where and When				Offence.	Sentence
Goulburn PC ditto Manilla PC. Tamworth Q.S	12 12 31 1	2 2 12 2	1903 1903 1903 1904	Drunk Obscene language Indecent exposure Attempted bestiality	5/- or 7 days HL 40/- or 1 month HL  |  Con. Served Goulburn 1 month HL 12 months HL Discharged 7-1-1905

 

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George Gordon, 1912

 

Barrier Miner, Sat 27 Jan 1912 ⁵

    In the [Broken Hill] Police Court this morning, before Mr CF Butler, SM, a first offender was fined 10/- in default, four days’ imprisonment on a charge of indecent behaviour. For a similar offence George Gordon, with one prior conviction, was fined 20/- or the alternative of seven days in gaol.

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Barrier Miner, Thu 28 Nov 1912 ⁶

INDECENT BEHAVIOUR.
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OLD MAN SENT TO GAOL FOR SIX
MONTHS.
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    In the Broken Hill Police Court this afternoon, before Mr SB Gunn, PM, Chamber Magistrate, John [or Frank] Bridgett [George (or George Pomeroy) Gordon], 57 years of age, was charged with having behaved in an indecent manner near the Central Reserve on November 23 last.

    After hearing the police evidence and that of a witness of the occurrence, the accused was found guilty, and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment with hard labor.

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Frank Bridgett, Gaol photo sheet ⁷

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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 53
12/41 Broken Hill

Date when Portrait was taken: 18 April 1912                          

Name: Frank Bridgett
(aka Gordon Pomeroy Gordon)

Native place: England Year of birth: 4-5-1860 Arrived       Ship: not known in Colony }   Year: 1883 Trade or occupation previous to conviction  } Miner Religion: Church of England Education, degree of: Read & Write Height: 5' 7" Weight     On committal: 162 in lbs     } On discharge: Colour of hair: Brown Colour of eyes: Blue

Marks or special features: Medium build. Sallow complexion. Mole side of left eye. Scar left forearm. Small scar right knee

(No. of previous Portrait ... )  CONVICTIONS
Where and When				Offence.	Sentence
Goulburn PC Broken Hill PC *	12 8	2 4	1903 1912	Drunk Obscene language Exposure person	5/- or 7 days HL 40/- or 1 month HL  |  Concurrent 6 months HL

 

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¹     Manilla Express, Wed 6 Jan 1904, p. 2.

²     The Tamworth News and Liverpool Plains and Gwydir Districts’ Advertiser, Mon 1 Feb 1904, p. 2. Emphasis added.

³     The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 2 Feb 1904, p. 5. Emphasis added.>

⁴     SRNSW: NRS2326, [5/1546], Maitland Gaol photographic description book, 1873-1922, No. –, p. 113, R5126.

⁵     Barrier Miner, Sat 27 Jan 1912, p. 5.

⁶     Barrier Miner, Thu 28 Nov 1912, p. 4.

⁷     SRNSW: NRS2057, [3/6018], Broken Hill Gaol photographic description book, 1904-1929, No.53, p. 53, R5095. * According to the newspaper report of the Broken Hill PC trial the correct date is 28 Nov 1912 and not 8 Apr 1912 as stated on the gaol photographic description sheet.

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