The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 3 Jun 1915 1

LAW NOTICES.
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Thursday, June 3.

…

QUARTER SESSIONS.

    Innocent Micallif, false pretences; Owen Boughton, attempted assault; Herbert Evans, robbery, Alfred John Prior, stealing in a dwelling.

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The Daily Telegraph, Fri 4 Jun 1915 2

CRIMINAL.
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…
    At the Metropolitan Sessions, before Judge Backhouse.
…
    Owen Boughton, was convicted on a charge of indecent assault, [on Leonard O’Sullivan], alleged to have taken place at Waterloo on May 8, and was remanded for sentence.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 4 Jun 1915 3

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Backhouse and juries.)

    Mr JN Mason, Crown Prosecutor.
…
    Owen Boughton, 25, was found guilty on a charge of having committed a serious assault at Waterloo on May 8. He was remanded for sentence.

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The Daily Telegraph, Sat 5 Jun 1915 4

CRIMINAL.
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…
    At the Metropolitan Sessions, before Judge Backhouse.
…
    Owen Boughton, indecent assault—eighteen months’ imprisonment in Goulburn Gaol.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 5 Jun 1915 5

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Backhouse and juries.)

    Mr CA White, Crown Prosecutor.

SENTENCES.

    The following prisoners who had been convicted or had pleaded guilty were called up for sentence:—
…
    Owen Boughton, convicted on a charge of having committed a serious assault at Waterloo, on May 8—18 months’ hard labour in Goulburn gaol.

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Owen Boughton, Gaol photo sheet 6

SRNSW: NRS2467, [3/6089], State Penitentiary photographic description book, 9 Apr1915-2 Jul 1915, No. 14390, p. –.


Gaol Photo Sheet - 
Transcribed Details

No. 14390

Date when Portrait was taken: 5-6-1915

Name: Owen Boughton

Native place: Victoria

Year of birth: 20-5-1890

Arrived       Ship:
in Colony }   Year: BS

Trade or occupation
previous to conviction  } Electrician

Religion: C of E

Education, degree of: R & W

Height: 5' 6"

Weight     On committal: 160
in lbs     } On discharge:

Colour of hair: Brown

Colour of eyes: Grey

Marks or special features: Nil

(No. of previous Portrait ... ) 

CONVICTIONS

Where and When

Offence.

Sentence

Sydney Q.S

3

6

1915

Indecent assault on a male person

18 months H.L.

 


1     The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 3 Jun 1915, p. 7. Emphasis added.

2     The Daily Telegraph, Fri 4 Jun 1915, p. 4.

3     The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 4 Jun 1915, p. 4.

4     The Daily Telegraph, Sat 5 Jun 1915, p. 7.

5     The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 5 Jun 1915, p. 9.

6     SRNSW: NRS2467, [3/6089], State Penitentiary photographic description book, 9 Apr1915-2 Jul 1915, No. 14390, p. –.