The Daily Telegraph, Tue 4 Mar 1913 1

QUARTER SESSIONS.
———
(Before Judge Backhouse and juries.)

    Mr Herbert Harris prosecuted for the Crown.

PLEAS OF GUILTY.

    The following persons pleaded guilty, and were remanded for sentence:–

    Arthur Egan (a young man), a serious offence [on Walter William John Davis] committed at Sydney on January 14 last.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 4 Mar 1913 2

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Backhouse and juries.)

    Mr Herbert Harris prosecuted for the Crown.

PLEAS OF GUILTY.

    The following prisoners pleaded guilty, and were remanded for sentence:—

    Arthur Egan, a serious offence, at Sydney, on January 14.

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The Daily Telegraph, Fri 7 Mar 1913 3

QUARTER SESSIONS.
———
(Before Judge Backhouse and juries.)

    Mr Herbert Harris prosecuted for the Crown.
…

SENTENCES.

    Arthur Egan, a young man, who had pleaded guilty to a serious offence, was sentenced to penal servitude for three years.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 7 Mar 1913 4

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Backhouse and juries.)

    Mr Herbert Harris prosecuted for the Crown.
…

PRISONERS SENTENCED.

    Arthur Egan, a young man, who had pleaded guilty to a serious offence, was sentenced to three years’ penal servitude.

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Arthur Egan, Gaol photo sheet 5

SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6081], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1912-1913, No. 12834, p.19 9, R5116.


Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 12834

Date when Portrait was taken: 3-3-1913

Name: Arthur Egan
(aka George Roberts, Arthur Pilus)

Native place: South Australia

Year of birth: 17-7-1883

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

Trade or occupation
previous to conviction  } Dealer

Religion: RC

Education, degree of: R and W

Height: 5' 6⅜"

Weight     On committal: 148
in lbs     } On discharge:

Colour of hair: Brown

Colour of eyes: Blue

Marks or special features: Very deaf

(No. of previous Portrait ... ) 

CONVICTIONS
Where and When Offence. Sentence

Lithgow PC

Sydney Q.S

3

3

9

3

1907

1913

Refuse to pay Railway fare

Sodomy

36/- or 7 days HL

3 years P.S.

 

1     The Daily Telegraph, Tue 4 Mar 1913, p. 4.

2     The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 4 Mar 1913, p. 6.

3     The Daily Telegraph, Fri 7 Mar 1913, p. 5.

4     The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 7 Mar 1913, p. 5.

5     SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6081], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1912-1913, No. 12834, p.19 9, R5116.

 

Sodomy