Arthur Leigh, 1908
Below also see: Albert Jackson, 1909 – Sodomy
Evening News, Mon 20 Jan 1908 1
NEW ARRIVAL’S LAPSE
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HE RAIDS A TENT.
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HIS SYDNEY EXPERIENCES.
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Arthur Leigh, [aka Albert Jackson], 19, described as a cotton spinner, was charged at North Sydney Police Court with stealing a tent, two flannel shirts, a white shirt, a pair of trousers, a pair of boots, and other articles, value £2, the property of Walter James Lewis, at Chatswood, on January 15.
The evidence was that Lewis, a laborer, was camped in a tent in the bush off Gordon-road, Chatswood. Lewis went to work about 150 yards away somewhere about 7.30 am, and when he returned to his camp about midday, his tent and belongings had disappeared. Later on Constable Goggins saw Leigh on the Willoughby-road, near Flat Rock. The constable asked him where the bag of stuff was he carried from Chatswood that morning, and pointed out where he had planted it in the scrub. On searching Leigh at the police station an elector’s right, a matchbox, a metal chain, a scarf-pin, and a handkerchief were found in his possession. They had been taken from the tent.
Leigh elected to be dealt with summarily, and pleaded guilty.
“Is there anything known on him?” asked Mr Love, DSM.
Constable Kennedy: He states that he came to Australia in the White Star steamer Salamis about October last with his brother. He said he paid £16 for his passage, and had only 7s 6d when he landed. He comes from Bradford, and shortly after landing he began camping in the Domain, and obtained his meals at a soup kitchen. For a short time he worked in a bag factory in Sussex-street, and lately, after wondering about the city streets, he landed at Flat Rock.
“Did you come out from England about two months ago, as stated,” asked the magistrate, “and did you pay for your passage?”
Leigh: Yes.
The magistrate asked Leigh if he had any relations in this country.
Leigh: No, only my brother, and we have separated.
“It’s a case worth making inquiries about. I’ll grant a remand till Thursday, so that, if possible, something further may be ascertained concerning accused. There might be a chance of getting the Government to put him on a farm. He must, however, be convicted of the charge against him, but something might be done, so as to fall in line with the sentence.”
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 21 Jan 1908 2
POLICE COURTS.
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A SAD STORY.
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WITHOUT FOOD AND DESTITUTE.
At the North Sydney Police Court yesterday, before Mr Love, DSM, Arthur Leigh, 19, was charged with stealing at Chatswood, on January 15, a tent, three shirts, a hat and coat, a pair of trousers, a pair of boots, and other articles, of the value of £2, the property of Walter James Lewis. The evidence of the prosecutor was to the effect that he was camped off the Gordon-road in a tent, and that on January 15, the goods alleged to have been stolen were missed by him. He saw the accused about 150 yards from the tent on the morning the articles were missed. Constable Goggins said that he saw the accused in the Willoughby-road near the Flat Rock bridge, and asked him what he had done with the bag of stuff he had carried from Chatswood, to which accused replied, “I have it here in the bush, I will show it to you.” Witness went with accused into the scrub, and saw the bag produced with all the articles enumerated in the charge in it. Accused also said that the goods were the property of the prosecutor Lewis. Accused, who pleaded guilty, made a statement from the dock to the effect that he was an immigrant. He was quite destitute. Accused was convicted, but sentence was deferred so that inquiries might be made as to the truth or otherwise of his statement.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 24 Jan 1908 3
POLICE COURTS.
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AN IMMIGRANTS' LAPSE.
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WITHOUT FOOD OR MONEY.
At the North Sydney Police Court yesterday, before Mr Love, DSM, Arthur Leigh a recent immigrant, who on Monday last was convicted of theft from a camp at Chatswood, was presented for sentence. The magistrate took a lenient view of the offence, and sentenced accused to imprisonment until the rising of the court. The Prisoner’s Aid Society took an interest in the case, and it is understood that accused will go to one of the Government labour farms.
Albert Jackson, 1909
Depositions for Albert Jackson 14 Apr 1909 Maitland trial 4
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(b) Name in full of accused. |
in the case Rex v. (b) Albert Jackson |
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(c) Offence. |
(c) Buggery |
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Police Office, (d) Newcastle |
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case of (e) Albert Jackson |
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(k) As in Recognizance, both for Crown and defence, specifying also what witnesses gave evidence but were not bound over, with reason for omission. |
The Witnesses bound over are (k) John Ramsay, of Newcastle, constable of police, James McHattie, of Newcastle, senior detective, Alfred Leslie Barrett of New Lambton, schoolboy, age 6 John Harris, of Newcastle, medical practitioner, Maggie Barrett of Avondale Road, New Lambton, married woman, Richard Adolf Leiteritz, of Victoria Street, Adamstown painter, and James Brady of New Lambton, constable of police, Maggie Barrett was also bound for the appearance of Alfred Leslie Barrett aged 6 years.
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[Signed] H[enry] H[arold Septimus] Chippindall |
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“Justices Act, 1902.”
Recognizance to give Evidence.
State of New South Wales, Newcastle
TO WIT. }
Be it remembered, that on the 25th day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine Maggie Barrett of Avondale Road, New Lambton, in the said State, married woman, personally came before the undersigned, one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said State, and acknowledged herself to owe Our Sovereign Lord the King the sum of
FORTY POUNDS EACH, [sic]
of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of their goods and chattels, lands and tenements, to the use of our said Lord the King, his Heirs and Successors, if Alfred Leslie Barrett shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged, the day and year first above mentioned, at Newcastle in the said State, before me.
[Signed] FP Meares, DSM.
The condition of the within written Recognizance is such, that whereas one Albert Jackson, was this day charged before Frederick Potter Devenish Meares, Esquire one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said State, for that on the 20th of February, 1909, at New Lambton in the said State, the said Albert Jackson did assault and then wickedly and against the order of nature did carnally know Alfred Leslie Barrett and did commit with him the abominable crime of buggery.
If, therefore, the before mentioned Alfred Leslie Barrett shall appear at the next Circuit Court to be holden at Maitland in and for the State of New South Wales, on Wednesday the 14th day of April, 1909, at nine of the clock in the forenoon, and then and there give such evidence as they know, upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Albert Jackson, for the offence aforesaid, to the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Albert Jackson.
Then the said Recognizance to be void, or else to stand in full force and virtue.
[Signed] FP Meares, DSM.
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“Justices Act, 1902.”
Recognizance to give Evidence.
State of New South Wales, Newcastle
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Be it remembered, that on the 25th day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine John Ramsay a Constable of the Police Force, stationed at Newcastle, in the State of New South Wales, James McHattie, of Newcastle in the said State, Senior Detective, John Harris, of Newcastle in the said State, Medical Practitioner, Maggie Barrett of Evandale Road, New Lambton in the said State, married woman, Richard Adolf Leiteritz of Victoria Street Adamstown in the said State, painter, personally came before the undersigned, one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said State, and acknowledged themselves to owe Our Sovereign Lord the King the sum of
FORTY POUNDS EACH,
of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of their goods and chattels, lands and tenements, to the use of our said Lord the King, his Heirs and Successors, if they the said before mentioned persons shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged, the day and year first above mentioned, at Newcastle, in the said State, before me.
[Signed] FP Meares, DSM.
The condition of the within written Recognizance is such, that whereas one Albert Jackson was this day charged before Frederick Potter Devenish Meares, Esquire one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said State, for that on the 20th February 1909, at New Lambton in the said State, the said Albert Jackson did assault and then wickedly and against the order of nature did carnally know Alfred Leslie Barrett and did commit with him the abominable crime of buggery.
If, therefore, they the before mentioned persons shall appear at the next Circuit Court to be holden at Maitland in and for the State of New South Wales, on Wednesday the 14th day of April, 1909, at nine of the clock in the forenoon, and then and there give such evidence as they know, upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Albert Jackson, for the offence aforesaid, to the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Albert Jackson.
Then the said Recognizance to be void, or else to stand in full force and virtue.
[Signed] FP Meares, DSM.
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The Clerk of the Peace, Sydney
Subject:– Albert Jackson, alias Arthur Leigh, charged with sodomy, Maitland Circuit Court 14th April 1909.
Report by Senior Detective McHattie, Newcastle Police, dated 25th instant, having reference to the above subject, is herewith forwarded to the Clerk of the Peace.
[Signed] John Saunders, Superintendent of Police.
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NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE.
North Eastern District,
Newcastle Station.
25th February, 1909.
Report relative to antecedents of:–
Name: Albert Jackson, alias, Arthur Leigh.
Offence: Sodomy
Committed for Trial at: East Maitland Circuit Court.
Date: 14th April 1909.
Senior Detective McHattie reports:– That the above named accused arrived in this State as an immigrant on the 31st, August 1907, in the SS Salmis Salamis, and employment found for him at the Government Farm near Windsor, where he is said to have worked till January 1909, when he had absconded and went to Sydney, where he was arrested on the 23rd January last on a charge of stealing clothing at North Sydney and brought before North Sydney Police Court, and sentenced till the rising of the Court.
As far as can be ascertained he came to Newcastle about the early part of February of this year, and has been staying at the Salvation Army, at night time and been going about the suburbs during the daytime begging food, being a very lazy young man, and not fond of trying to get work.
He states that his parents reside at Bradford, Yorkshire England, and prior to coming to Australia he was employed as a Mill hand in one of the mills at Bradford.
[Signed] James McHattie, Senior Detective.
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Depositions of Witnesses.
New South Wales, Newcastle
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The examination of John Ramsay, of Newcastle in the State of New South Wales, Constable of Police, James McHattie, of Newcastle, Senior Detective of Police, taken on oath, of Alfred Leslie Barrett of New Lambton, school boy, not on oath, John Harris, of Newcastle, Medical Practitioner, Maggie Barrett of Evandale Road, New Lambton, married woman, Richard Adolf Leiteritz of Victoria Street, Adamstown, painter and James Brady Constable of Police of New Lambton, in the said State, taken on oath this 25th day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, at the Newcastle, Police Children’s Office, in the said State, before the undersigned, one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in and for the said State, in the presence and hearing of Albert Jackson, who is charged this day before me for that he the said Albert Jackson on the 20th day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, at New Lambton, in the said State, did assault Alfred Leslie Barrett and then wickedly and against the order of nature did carnally know the said Alfred Leslie Barrett and did commit with him the abominable crime of buggery.
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This Deponent on oath saith:–
My name is John Ramsay. I am a Constable of Police at Newcastle. About 11 on the night of the 20th February 1909 I saw defdt in the Salvation Army Home, King Street, Newcastle, sitting at a table and I said to him “I belong to the Police, stand up, I want to speak to you.” He stood up and I said “Were you out at New Lambton today?” He said “No.” I said “Were you out at any of the suburbs today?” He said “No, I’ve been walking about Hunter Street all day, I haven’t been out of town.” I said “You are like a man that assaulted a little boy at New Lambton today.” He said “I never assaulted any boy and I never saw any boy today.” I brought him to Newcastle Police Station. On the way we met Detective McHattie and I said “This is the man wanted for New Lambton.” Defdt said “I’ve never been at New Lambton today.” At the Police Station he said “I went as far as the brewery today. I got on the tram and I rode the penny section. When I got off the tram I met a little boy who was wearing a red cap, he was playing with two other little boys in a waterhole. The boy said to me ‘Will you come plucking blackberries?’ and I said ‘No. But when I used to go plucking blackberries in the old country I used to take my trousers down so that they wouldn’t get torn.’ The little boy said ‘I’ll take mine down,’ and took his trousers off. I never touched him but said ‘Put your trousers on, I don’t want to touch you.’” I detained the defdt at the Police Station for some time.
No questions.
[Signed] John Ramsay.
Taken and sworn at the Children’s Court, Newcastle, this 25th day of February 1909, before me.
[Signed] FP Meares, DSM.
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This Deponent on oath saith:–
My name is James McHattie. I am a Senior Detective in the Police Department and I live at Newcastle. About 10.45 on the night of the 20th instant I saw defdt with Constable Ramsay in Hunter Street. I said to accused “Where have you been all the afternoon today? You answer the description of a young man we are looking for wanted at Lambton for committing sodomy on a little boy.” He said “I have been in Newcastle all day: I have walked up and down Hunter Street several times but I have not been further than the brewery at the other end of the town.” We brought defdt to the Police Station and after a short while he said “I was out at a place called Lambton today I went out in the tram: I saw three little boys playing at a waterhole and one of them asked me to go and show him where he could get blackberries. I walked with him for a short distance but never touched him or attempted to take his trousers off. I never interfered with him in any way.”
About 2 on Sunday morning the 21st instant Sub-Inspector Goulder said to defdt “Would you like to see the little boy that has made the complaint about a man interfering with him this yesterday afternoon?” Defdt said “Yes, I would like to see the boy and see whether he is the same.” Coming into the charge room he saw Alfred Leslie Barrett and said “Yes, that is the boy I had with me in the afternoon.” Barrett said “Yes, you’re the man that took me away in the bush, you took me away over two hills and took my trousers off and hurt me,” pointing to his posterior, “very much.” Defdt said “I never hurt you, you took your trousers off yourself to go and look for blackberries.” Shortly after I charged defdt as he now stands charged and he made no reply to the charge.
No questions.
[Signed] James McHattie.
Taken and sworn at the Children’s Court, Newcastle, this 25th day of February 1909 before me.
[Signed] FP Meares, DSM.
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Witness says he is six years of age, and knows what it is to tell the truth, that it is wrong to tell lies and promises to tell the truth.
This Deponent saith:– My name is Alfred Leslie Barrett. I am six years old and live with my parents at Lambton. I go to school. I remember last Saturday afternoon. I went down to the pit paddock after dinner. Charlie Abrahams and Arthur Abrahams were with me. It was a wet day. I remember seeing defdt: I don’t know what time that was. He told me to come over to him. I went over to him. He told the other boys to wait. He said “Come next to a tree in the pit paddock.” I walked over two hills with him. He said to get blackberries. We got through two fences. He took my clothes off, my coat and trousers. He took me a bit further and then he sat on top of me. He rubbed my tummy. He was lying down when he did that. He turned me over on my back: he told me to wait there till I he got up to the fence and said “Right.” He took his tommy out before that and put it up my bum. I felt it hurt me. He said I could get my clothes then when he got through the fence. He put a handkerchief round my mouth and nose when I lay on the ground. I couldn’t find my clothes when he told me to get them. He went up Newcastle Road. He didn’t give me anything. He didn’t say how I was going to get home. I remember a man coming along and I told him what my name was. I don’t know his name but I know his face.
The man Richard Adolf Teinterz now called into the room is the man I spoke to afterwards last Saturday.
No questions.
[Signed] Alfred Barrett.
Taken and sworn at the Children’s Court, Newcastle, this 25th day of February 1909 before me.
[Signed] FP Meares, DSM.
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This Deponent on oath saith:– My name is John Harris. I am a legally qualified Medical Practitioner at Newcastle. At 2 o’clock on Sunday morning the 21st instant at the request of Inspector Goulder I examined the last witness and found some redness and moisture extending down to the sphincter muscle of the anus. This would indicate that an attempt had been made to penetrate the sphincter or in other words to commit sodomy. I also examined the accused. His foreskin apparently had been removed and the tender membrane at the head of the glans penis has been converted into tough skin through exposure. There was no redness or injury of any kind apparent. From my examination of the boy I should say that the attempt had been within a few hours.
No questions.
[Signed] John Harris.
Taken and sworn at the Children’s Court, Newcastle, this 25th day of February 1909 before me.
[Signed] FP Meares, DSM.
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This Deponent on oath saith:–
This deponent on oath saith:– My name is Maggie Barrett. I am a married woman the wife of Alfred Edward Barrett, a railway employee. I live with him at Evandale Road, New Lambton. Alfred Leslie Barrett now in court is my son. He is six years old last June.
On the 20th instant last Saturday I was at home. The child left home about half past 2 on that afternoon. He said he was going to his grandmother’s for peaches. That is close by. He hadn’t been dressed up: it was raining. He was barefooted and had on navy blue trousers and coat with a blue guernsey and red cap. I next saw him about 20 minutes past 4: he came running home. He only had his guernsey, flannel and cap on. His coat and trousers were missing. He made a complaint to me.
I went to Constable Brady. When I came back I examined the boy about the anus and saw signs of blood and he was very much inflamed. There was just a little blood and it was more inside the anus. The coat and jacket now shown to me are those he had been wearing when he left home that day. The boy is very truthful, honest boy and has been going to school twelve months: he goes to Sunday School.
No questions.
[Signed] Maggie Barrett.
Taken and sworn at the Children’s Court, Newcastle, this 25th day of February 1909 before me.
[Signed] FP Meares, DSM.
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This Deponent on oath saith:–
My name is Richard Adolf Leiteritz. I am employed as a painter by the Scottish Australian Coal Mining Company Limited and I live at Victoria Street, Adamstown. I remember Saturday the 20th instant: I was returning home in the afternoon and came through the bush and about 300 yards from Mr Croudace’s fence I saw a little boy. He was excited and frightened. He sang out “Mister, Mister!” He was running in a northerly direction. I came from a westerly direction and said “What’s the matter, sonny?” He said something to me. He had a blue guernsey shirt, a red cap on, nothing else. It was raining, pretty heavy. Where I found him was about 10 minutes walk from New Lambton through the bush. The boy before the court is the boy I saw who spoke to me. I didn’t notice any mud or dirt about the boy but I saw him scratching his backside.
No questions.
[Signed] Richard A Leiteritz.
Taken and sworn at the Children’s Court, Newcastle, this 25th day of February 1909 before me.
[Signed] FP Meares, DSM.
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This Deponent on oath saith:–
My name is James Brady. I am a Constable of Police at New Lambton. About 5 on the afternoon of the 20th instant from something I heard I went to the residence of Mr Barrett and saw Alfred Leslie Barrett now in the court. He told me something and I took him to the pit paddock and from there to a place called Hinck’s Gully about a mile from a waterhole in the pit paddock. At that About 100 yards from the gully under a tree I found the trousers and coat now shown to me: there is a lot of timber there and it is a lonely secluded place. It is about a mile from the boy’s home.
No questions.
[Signed] J Brady.
Taken and sworn at the Children’s Court, Newcastle, this 25th day of February 1909 before me.
[Signed] FP Meares, DSM.
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(F. 2 – “Justices Act, 1902.”)
Statement of the Accused.
State of New South Wales, Newcastle
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Albert Jackson, (hereinafter called the defendant) stands charged before the undersigned, one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in and for the said State, this 25th day of February in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine for that he, the said defendant, on the 20th day of February 1909, at New Lambton in the said State, did assault Alfred Leslie Barrett and then wickedly and against the order of nature did carnally know the said Alfred Leslie Barrett and commit with him the abominable crime of buggery and the said charge being read to the said defendant, and the witnesses for the prosecution, John Ramsay, James McHattie, Alfred Leslie Barrett, John Harris, Maggie Barrett, Richard Adolf Leiteritz, and James Brady, being severally examined in his presence, and (he having stated that he does not desire the depositions of the said witnesses to be read to him) the said defendant is now addressed by me the said Justice 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 against you in evidence at your trial; and you are also informed, and are to clearly understand, that you have nothing to hope from any promise of favour, and nothing to fear from any threat which may have been holden out to you to induce you to make any admission or confession of your guilt, but whatever you now say may be given in evidence against you upon your trial notwithstanding such promise or threat.” Whereupon the said defendant saith as follows:– “I am not guilty. I never took the boy’s trousers off. I said ‘When we went to pluck blackberries we took our trousers off.’ I asked him what did he want to take his trousers down for: I didn’t want to do anything to him. Then he pulled up his trousers and I went away home.” [Signed] Albert Jackson.
Taken before me and read over to the said defendant at Newcastle in the said State, the day and year first above mentioned.
[Signed] FP Meares, DSM.
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G. 190.
New South Wales, Newcastle
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REX.
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Albert Jackson
Offence,— Buggery
The accused stands committed to take trial at the next Court of Circuit Court to be holden at Maitland, in the State of New South Wales, on the fourteenth day of April 1909. Bail allowed the accused in £80 and two sureties in £40 each, or one in £80
[Signed] FP Mears DSM
JP.
Dated at the Police
Office, Newcastle
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[On the depositions’ cover sheet is the following]
Circuit Court
Maitland
14 April 1909
AG’s No. 09/39
Depositions.
CS’s No. 6
Rex
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Albert Jackson
Buggery
Committed at: Newcastle
on: 25th February 1909
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Court. Maitland
Date. 14 April 1909
Cor. Cohen Judge.
Plea. Guilty
Verdict. Guilty
Judgment. Sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labour in Goulburn Gaol
Sidney Mack
Crown Prosecutor
Note.– In event of postponement, it should be stated whether accused admitted to bail.
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S. 79 Buggery.
[Initialled] H[ugh] P[ollock]
1.3.09
Note: Attempt may be (?) S. 427
Approved
Approved C[harles] G[regory] W[ade]
3/3/09
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Justice HE Cohen’s notebook 5
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[Maitland Assize] 14 April 1909
R v Jackson (Albert) (Bail) – Buggery (Sec. 79)
Plea Guilty.
Robert Schon – Senior Warder, Maitland Gaol.
January 20/09 North Sydney Police Court. Stealing. Imprisoned till rising of Court.
2 years imprisonment with hard labour in Goulburn Gaol
Prisoner’s age – he is 21 y years tomorrow.
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The Maitland Daily Mercury, Wed 14 Apr 1909 6
MAITLAND CIRCUIT COURT.
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Wednesday, April 14.
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Before His Honor Justice Cohen.
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The April sittings of the Maitland Circuit Court opened at the Courthouse, East Maitland this morning. Mr Edgar Cohen, acted as clerk of arraign, and Mr GB Waller deputy sheriff, occupied a seat on the bench. Mr S Mack appeared as Crown Prosecutor, and Mr D’arcy Irvine of the Crown Law Office, was also in attendance. The legal profession was represented by Messrs R Cowan, W Tighe, He De Lissa, J Nicholas, R Watt and J Breckenridge, barristers; and Messrs Jas Carlton, DLB Glasheen, WT Lindsay, TA Braye, and J Readitt, solicitors.
JURORS EXCUSED.
Messrs James Riley and John T Maber were excused from attendance as jurors.
JURORS FINED.
Mr Arthur W Eales was fined 40/ for non-attendance as a juror.
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Unnatural Offence.
Albert Jackson pleaded guilty to a charge of having committed an unnatural offence at Newcastle.
Accused was sentenced to imprisonment for two years in Goulburn Gaol.
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, Thu 15 Apr 1909 7
MAITLAND CIRCUIT COURT.
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(Before His Honor Mr Justice Cohen.)
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The Maitland Circuit was opened at the Courthouse, East Maitland, yesterday, at 10 am, before his Honor Mr Justice Cohen. Mr Sidney Mack was Crown Prosecutor.
Messrs JT Maher and J Riley were excused from attendance as jurymen. Mr AW Eales was fined £2 for non-attendance, as in his affidavit he did not state the nature of the business detaining him.
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A SERIOUS OFFENCE.
Albert Jackson pleaded guilty to a charge of having at New Lambton on the 20th February, 1909, committed a serious offence. His Honor said that Senior-detective McHattie’s report showed that Jackson had come to the State from England a little over a year ago. Since his arrival he had been an idle lad roaming about the streets. His Honor would not impose a heavy sentence, but one that would give him time to be subjected to discipline. The sentence was two years’ imprisonment in Goulburn Gaol.
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury, Sat 17 Apr 1909 8
MAITLAND CIRCUIT COURT.
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Wednesday, April 14.
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Before His Honor Justice Cohen.
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The April sittings of the Maitland Circuit Court opened at the Courthouse, East Maitland this morning. Mr Edgar Cohen, acted as clerk of arraign, and Mr GB Waller deputy sheriff, occupied a seat on the bench. Mr S Mack appeared as Crown Prosecutor, and Mr D’arcy Irvine of the Crown Law Office, was also in attendance.
Messrs James Riley and John T Maher were excused from attendance as jurors.
Mr Arthur W Eales was fined 40/ for non-attendance as a juror.
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UNNATURAL OFFENCE.
Albert Jackson pleaded guilty to a charge of having committed an unnatural offence at Newcastle.
Accused was sentenced to imprisonment for two years in Goulburn Gaol.
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Albert Jackson, Gaol photo sheet 9
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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details
No. 178
53/09 Grafton
Date when Portrait was taken: 10th May 1909
Name: Albert Jackson
(aka Arthur Leigh)
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Native place: England Year of birth: 1888 Arrived Ship: White Star Trade or occupation Religion: CE Education, degree of: Read & Write Height: 5' 8¾" Weight On committal: 131 Colour of hair: Light Colour of eyes: Blue |
Marks or special features: Brown spot on left side – Breast bone and bone on left side enlarged |
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Newcastle PC. E Maitland CC |
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1 4 |
1909 1909 |
Stealing Sodomy |
Rising of Court 2 years HL |
1 Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Mon 20 Jan 1908, p. 3. Emphasis added.
2 The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 21 Jan 1908, p. 5. Emphasis added.
3 The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 24 Jan 1908, p. 3.
4 SRNSW: NRS880, [9/7147], Supreme Court, Papers and depositions, Maitland, 1909, No. 39. Emphasis added.
5 SRNSW: NRS5788, [2/2738], Judiciary, HE Cohen, J. Notebooks Circuit Court, 1895-1910, p. 65. Emphasis added.
6 The Maitland Daily Mercury, Wed 14 Apr 1909, p. 4.
7 Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, Thu 15 Apr 1909, p. 6.
8 The Maitland Weekly Mercury, Sat 17 Apr 1909, p. 5.
9 SRNSW: NRS2258, [3/5993], Grafton Gaol photographic description book, Nov 1894-Jun 1910, No. 178, p. 179, R5125.