Evening News, Sat 12 Jan 1907 ¹

BANKRUPTCY COURT.
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    At the Narrabri Court yesterday morning, a young foreigner named Henry East, employed as a waiter, was committed for trial on a shocking charge.

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The Narrabri Age and Namoi District Newspaper, Tue 12 Feb 1907 ²

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before His Honor Judge Gibson).

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    Henry East, charged with an abominable offence upon a little boy, pleaded not guilty, and was undefended.

    In this case the evidence was of a disgusting nature, and totally unfit for publication.

    Following jurors were sworn in to hear the case:—Messrs AB Watts, P Reagan, EJ Eckford, MJ Cody, EJ Thorley, W Coughlan, BJ Coughlan, BJ Doherty, AD Frater, T Wyatt, AWJ Balfe, and A Hamilton.

    The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and prisoner was remanded for sentence.

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The Narrabri Herald and Northern Districts’ Advertiser, Tue 12 Feb 1907 ³

NARRABRI QUARTER SESSIONS.
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Monday, February 11, 1907.
(Before Mr Justice Gibson, Chairman.)
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    Crown Prosecutor: Mr Walter Bevan.

    The legal profession was represented by Messrs JM McDonald, WE Potts, and GSE Dale, jnr.
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    Henry East, a German, who was undefended pleaded not guilty to having committed an abominable crime on a male child, [David Magill], aged 11 years, at Narrabri, on the 31st of December, 1906.

    After hearing the evidence, which was of a most revolting and unpublishable nature, the jury after a brief retirement, returned with a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was remanded for sentence.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 12 Feb 1907 ⁴

COUNTRY NEWS.
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QUARTER SESSIONS.
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Narrabri, Monday.

    At the Quarter Sessions to-day, before Judge Gibson, Henry East, a German waiter, was found guilty of assaulting a boy, and was sentenced to five years’ penal servitude. George Thompson was sentenced to nine months for false pretences. James Dewar, charged with an offence, was acquitted. Henry Bond and Ernest Colclough, charged with stealing a quantity of dead wool from Killarney station, were also acquitted.

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Evening News, Wed 13 Feb 1907 ⁵

NARRABRI SESSIONS.
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    NARRABRI, Wednesday.—At the Quarter Sessions, before Judge Gibson, Henry East, charged with indecent assault, was found guilty, and sentenced to five years’ hard labor.

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The Narrabri Age and Namoi District Newspaper, Fri 15 Feb 1907 ⁶

NARRABRI QUARTER SESSIONS.
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(Before His Honor Judge Gibson).

    In the case of Henry East, a German, charged with an abominable offence, the jury returned a verdict of guilty, and he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.

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The Narrabri Herald and Northern Districts’ Advertiser, Fri 15 Feb 1907 ⁷

NARRABRI QUARTER SESSIONS.
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Monday, February 11, 1907.
(Before Mr Justice Gibson, Chairman.)

    Crown Prosecutor: Mr Walter Bevan.

    The legal profession was represented by Messrs JM McDonald, WE Potts and GSE Dale, jnr,

    Henry East, arraigned on a charge of indecently assaulting a male child aged 11 years, was found guilty, and in passing sentence, His Honor said “I have not much to say to you, because anything I could say, and anything that the decent members of any community could think of you would only increase the abominable surroundings of your offence. One thing I thank God for is that you are not an Englishman, and I now pass the full measure of sentence allowed by the law, that is, five years penal servitude in His Majesty’s prison.”

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Henry East, Gaol photo sheet ⁸

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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 10294

Date when Portrait was taken: 22-2-1907

Name: Henry East

Native place: Germany Year of birth: 1881 Arrived       Ship: unknown in Colony }   Year: Trade or occupation previous to conviction  } Sailor Religion: R Cath Education, degree of: R & W Height: 5' 6⅜" Weight     On committal: 141 in lbs     } On discharge: Colour of hair: Brown Colour of eyes: Blue

Marks or special features: Five vaccine marks outside right upper arm. Scar over left eye. Hair – grows across between eyes. Sailors head, flag and leaves in centre of chest. Brown mole below left shoulder blade.

(No. of previous Portrait ... )  CONVICTIONS
Where and When				Offence.	Sentence
Narrabri Q.S	11	2	1907	Indecent assault on a male person	5 years PS

 

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¹     Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Sat 12 Jan 1907, p. 8.

²     The Narrabri Age and Namoi District Newspaper, Tue 12 Feb 1907, p. 2.

³     The Narrabri Herald and Northern Districts’ Advertiser, Tue 12 Feb 1907, p. 2.

⁴     The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 12 Feb 1907, p. 8. Emphasis added.

⁵     Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Wed 13 Feb 1907, p. 3.

⁶     The Narrabri Age and Namoi District Newspaper, Fri 15 Feb 1907, p. 2.

⁷     The Narrabri Herald and Northern Districts’ Advertiser, Fri 15 Feb 1907, p. 2.

⁸     SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6071], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1905-1907, No. 10294, p. 390, R5111.

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