The Daily Telegraph, Sat 16 May 1914 ¹

QUARTER SESSIONS.
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(Before Judge Docker and Juries.)

    Mr JN Mason prosecuted for the Crown.
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CONVICTED.

    George Ernest Jowett (38) was convicted on a charge of having committed a serious offence at Sydney, on April 28. The jury recommended prisoner to mercy on the ground that there was an impression that Jowett had a weak intellect.

    Prisoner was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment in Grafton Gaol.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 16 May 1914 ²

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Docker and juries.)

    Mr JN Mason, Crown Prosecutor.
…

CONVICTED OF SERIOUS ASSAULT.

    George Ernest Jowett, a middle-aged man, was convicted on a charge of having committed a serious assault, [indecent assault], on Albert Luttecke, a youth of 16, at Sydney, on April 28. He conducted his own defence. The jury added a rider to its verdict, recommending Jowett to mercy, as it considered that he was of weak intellect. The prisoner was sentenced to 12 months’ hard labour in Grafton Gaol.

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George Ernest Jowett, Gaol photo sheet ³

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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 13667

Date when Portrait was taken: 16-5-1914

Name: George Ernest Jowett

Native place: England Year of birth: 15-6-1876 Arrived       Ship: Newbridge in Colony }   Year: 1907 Trade or occupation previous to conviction  } Laborer Religion: C of E Education, degree of: R and W Height: 5' 0¾" Weight     On committal: 116 in lbs     } On discharge: Colour of hair: Brown Colour of eyes: Blue

Marks or special features: Nil

(No. of previous Portrait ... )  CONVICTIONS
Where and When				Offence.	Sentence
Sydney Q.S	15	5	1914	Indecent assault on a male person	12 months HL

 

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¹     The Daily Telegraph, Sat 16 May 1914, p. 11.

²     The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 16 May 1914, p. 10.

³     SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6086], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1913-1914, No. 13667, p. 20, R5117.

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