The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 3 Feb 1914 1

LAW NOTICES.
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Tuesday, February 3.
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QUARTER SESSIONS.

    Bertie Drinkwater, indecency; Walter Nicolls, abduction; Annie Jones, stealing in a dwelling.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 4 Feb 1914 2

LAW NOTICES.
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Wednesday, February 4.
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QUARTER SESSIONS.

    Bertie Drinkwater, indecency; Thomas James Fry, larceny; William Wright, receiving stolen property; Israel Jacobs, assault; Arthur Jenkins, stealing.

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The Daily Telegraph, Thu 5 Feb 1914 3

QUARTER SESSIONS.
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(Before Judge Docker and Juries.)

    Mr Herbert Harris prosecuted for the Crown.
…

CONVICTED AND REMANDED.

    Bertie Drinkwater (24) was convicted on a charge of indecent exposure at Newtown on December 7, and was remanded for sentence.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 5 Feb 1914 4

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Docker and juries.)

    Mr Herbert Harris, Crown Prosecutor.

CONVICTED.

    Bertie Drinkwater, 24, was found guilty of a charge of indecency at Newtown on December 7 and was remanded for sentence. Mr ER Abigail appeared for the defence.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 7 Feb 1914 5

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Docker and juries.)

    Mr Herbert Harris, Crown Prosecutor.
…

TWO YEARS' HARD LABOUR.

    Bertie Drinkwater 6 was sentenced to two years’ hard labour in Goulburn gaol, he having been found guilty of indecency at Newtown on December 7.

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The Cobargo Chronicle, Fri 20 Feb 1914 7

SHOW DATES.
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    In sentencing Bertie Drinkwater, who had been convicted of disorderly conduct, to two year’s imprisonment, at the Metropolitan Quarter Sessions, Judge Docker said it had been suggested to him that surf-bathing had blunted the susceptibilities of young men in certain directions, but whether it was so or not he did not know. He did not know enough about the pastime to be able to say. Only the other day when he was on his way to church, he noticed a man standing on a balcony with his pyjama trousers on. Conduct of the kind for which Drinkwater had been convicted called for the lash

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Bertie Drinkwater, Gaol photo sheet 8

SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6085], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1913-1914, No. 13464, p. 11, R5117.


Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 13464

Date when Portrait was taken: 5-2-1914

Name: Bertie Drinkwater

Native place: Sydney

Year of birth: 16-8-1889

Arrived       Ship: —
in Colony }   Year: —

Trade or occupation
previous to conviction  } Salesman

Religion: C of E

Education, degree of: R & W

Height: 5' 6"

Weight     On committal: 138
in lbs     } On discharge:

Colour of hair: Dark Brown

Colour of eyes: Brown

Marks or special features: Slight scars on outside right forefinger slight scar on right shin

(No. of previous Portrait ... ) 

CONVICTIONS

Where and When

Offence.

Sentence

Sydney Q.S

4

2

1914

Indecent exposure

2 years HL

 

1     The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 3 Feb 1914, p. 11. Emphasis added.

2     The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 4 Feb 1914, p. 10. Emphasis added.

3     The Daily Telegraph, Thu 5 Feb 1914, p. 7.

4     The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 5 Feb 1914, p. 6.

5     The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 7 Feb 1914, p. 19.

6     To view Bertie Leslie Drinkwater’s WWI digitised service record (service no. 2912, barcode 3522201) go to: www.naa.gov.au

7     The Cobargo Chronicle, Fri 20 Feb 1914, p. 4.

8     SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6085], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1913-1914, No. 13464, p. 11, R5117.

 

Indecent Exposure