1912, Sydney Jeffries

Below also see: Sydney Jeffries, 1913

The Daily Telegraph, Thu 18 Apr 1912 ¹

LAW NOTICES.
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Thursday, April 18.

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SYDNEY QUARTER SESSIONS.

Syd Jeffries, attempted serious offence; Wm Murphy, assault and robbery; George Bernard Forbes, false pretences; Herbert William Pym, Larceny; Christopher Irvine, inflicting grievous bodily harm.

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The Daily Telegraph, Tue 23 Apr 1912 ²

QUARTER SESSIONS.
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(Before Judge Backhouse and juries.)

Mr Herbert Harris prosecuted for the Crown.
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NO CORROBORATION.

Sydney Jeffries, a young man, was charged with attempting to commit a serious offence [sodomy on Albert Frank Rowland Martin , 8 years and 10 months of age] at Thornleigh on March 13. There was a second count of indecent assault. Mr Forbes appeared for accused. After hearing evidence for the prosecution, his Honor said there was no corroboration of the child’s evidence, and he directed the jury to acquit. Accused was then discharged.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 23 Apr 1912 ³

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Backhouse and juries.)

Mr Herbert Harris, Crown Prosecutor.

ACQUITTED.

Mr Forbes appeared for Sydney Jefferies [aka Jeffries], a young man, who was charged with having, at Thornleigh, on March 13, attempted to commit a serious offence. There was a second count of indecent assault.

After the evidence for the prosecution had been given, his Honor said there was no corroboration of the evidence given by the child, and he directed the jury to acquit the accused, who was accordingly discharged.

Sydney Jeffries, 1913

The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 3 Jul 1913 ⁴

LAW NOTICES.
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Thursday, July 3.
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SYDNEY QUARTER SESSIONS.

William Thomas O’Connor, stealing; Sydney Jeffries, stealing.

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The Daily Telegraph, Fri 4 Jul 1913 ⁵

SYDNEY QUARTER SESSIONS.
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(Before Judge Docker and juries.)

Mr Walter Bevan appeared for the Crown.

STOLE TWO ENGINES.

Sydney Jeffries, 34, pleaded guilty to having, at Arncliffe, on February 24, stolen an engine, the property of Reginald William Sydney Harris; and on March 1, at Marrickville, another engine, and an organ, belonging to the same owner.

The accused hired the engines, used in a merry-go-round, from Harris, who did not demand regular payment of rent. Harris found that the engines and organ had been sold by Jeffries, who admitted selling the organ to a blind man for £8. The latter was permitted to retain the organ.

Mr Frawley, who appeared for the accused, pleaded for lenience, stating that Jeffries had a crippled wife and two children. Evidently stress of circumstances had made him commit this offence, which was his first. The character of the accused hitherto had been good.

After hearing evidence of character in favor of the prisoner, his Honor bound the accused over in sureties for good behaviour for a period of three years, and ordered him to come up for sentence if called upon within the next twelve months.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 4 Jul 1913 ⁶

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Docker and a jury.)
Mr Walter Bevan, Crown Prosecutor.

BOUND OVER FOR THREE YEARS.

Sydney Jeffries, 34, was arraigned on two charges of larceny.

Mr JB Frawley represented the accused, who pleaded guilty.

The facts were that the prisoner had on hire from Reginald William Sydney Harris, two portable engines, and an organ, used in the business of a merry-go-round and razzle-dazzle. The owner said he did not insist upon the regular payment of the hire rent, and recently discovered that the engines and organ had been sold. When questioned about it, Jeffries admitted having sold the property. The organ had been sold to a blind man for £8, and the owner had allowed it to remain with the blind purchaser.

Mr Frawley made an appeal for leniency. He said the prisoner had to support a crippled wife and two children. This had been his first offence, and had evidently been prompted by great stress of circumstance.

Evidence of previous good character was tendered, whereupon his Honor bound the prisoner over in recognisances of self and another in £40, or two in £20, to be of good behaviour for a period of three years, and to come up for sentence if called upon within the 12 months.

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The Daily Telegraph, Sat 12 Jul 1913 ⁷

SYDNEY QUARTER SESSIONS.
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(Before Judge Docker and juries.)

Mr CA White, Crown Prosecutor.
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SENTENCE SUSPENDED.

Sydney Jeffries, who pleaded guilty on July 3 to two charges of larceny, was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment, the sentence to be suspended as provided in the case of first offenders on his own recognisance in the sum of £20.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 12 Jul 1913 ⁸

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Docker and juries.)

Mr CA White prosecuted for the Crown.
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Sydney Jeffries, on two charges of larceny, was brought up for sentence. He was sentenced to three months’ hard labour. The sentence was suspended on his entering into a recognisance of £20 to be of good behaviour.

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The Daily Telegraph, Sat 16 May 1914 ⁹

QUARTER SESSIONS.
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(Before Judge Docker and Juries.)
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Mr JN Mason prosecuted for the Crown.
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SENTENCES.

The following persons who had pleaded guilty or were convicted, were sentenced:—

Sydney Jeffries, who had pleaded guilty on July 3, 1913, before Judge Docker, on two counts of larceny, and who was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment, on July 11, but whose sentence was suspended, was brought up for the purpose of being dealt with, he having been convicted at the Newtown Court on the 24th of last month on a charge of stealing. His Honor sentenced Jeffries to three months’ imprisonment, to be concurrent with the sentence prisoner was already serving. The recognisance of prisoner were ordered to be estreated.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 16 May 1914 ¹⁰

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Docker and juries.)

Mr JN Mason, Crown Prosecutor.
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CALLED UP FOR SENTENCE.

On July 3 last, Sydney Jeffries, a young man, pleaded guilty to two charges of larceny, and on July 11 he was sentenced by Judge Docker to three months’ imprisonment on the first count, but released as a first offender on entering into a recognisance (self in £20) to be of good behaviour for 12 months and on the second count he was bound over to come up for sentence if called upon. Having being convicted at the Newtown Police Court on the 24th of last month on a charge of stealing, Jeffries was called up for sentence, when he was ordered to be imprisoned with hard labour in Goulburn Gaol for three months, the sentence to be concurrent with the one he is now serving. The good behaviour recognisance of the prisoner was estreated.

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Sydney Jeffries, Gaol photo sheet ¹¹

Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 13067

Date when Portrait was taken: 3-7-1913

Name: Sydney Jeffries
(aka Sydney Adam Jeffries)

Native place: Darlinghurst

Year of birth: 29-10-1885

Arrived Ship:
in Colony } Year: B.S.

Trade or occupation
previous to conviction } Canvasser

Religion: C of E

Education, degree of: R and W

Height: 5' 4½"

Weight On committal: 131
in lbs } On discharge:

Colour of hair: Black

Colour of eyes: Brown

Marks or special features: Scar on left eyebrow, mole above left nipple, both legs broken and scarred below knees

(No. of previous Portrait ... )

CONVICTIONS

Where and When

Offence.

Sentence

Newtown PC

Sydney Q.S

Newtown PC
Writ lodged
Sentenced

Newtown PC
exd

Kogarah PC
exd

24
29
15

10
8

6
16

4
4
5

11
1

2
10

1913

1914
1914
1914

1915
1916

1918
1919

Not paying van fare on demand

Larceny (2 counts)

Larceny

Stealing

Fraudulent appropriation

Breach of Traffic Regulations

£1-16 or 14 days HL

3 months HL on the 1st count
suspended under 1st offenders act.
Recognisance self in £20 to be of good behaviour for 12 months. Also
bound over in his own recognisance
in £20 to appear to receive sentence
if called upon within 12 months on
the second count. Recognisances
entered into in court and discharged
11-7-1913

3 months HL 2nd count concurrent with
sentence serving sentenced 15-5-1914

1 month HL

£10-2-6 or 3 months HL

48/6 or 21 days HL

¹ The Daily Telegraph, Thu 18 Apr 1912, p. 7. Emphasis added.

² The Daily Telegraph, Tue 23 Apr 1912, p. 3.

³ The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 23 Apr 1912, p. 5.

⁴ The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 3 Jul 1913, p. 5. Emphasis added.

⁵ The Daily Telegraph, Fri 4 Jul 1913, p. 4.

⁶ The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 4 Jul 1913, p. 6.

⁷ The Daily Telegraph, Sat 12 Jul 1913, p. 11.

⁸ The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 12 Jul 1913, p. 9.

⁹ The Daily Telegraph, Sat 16 May 1914, p. 11.

¹⁰ The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 16 May 1914, p. 10.

¹¹ SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6083], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1913-1914, No. 13067, pp. 17-8, R5117.

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