The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 16 Jan 1918 1
LAW NOTICES.
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Wednesday, January 16.
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Thursday, January 17.
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QUARTER SESSIONS.
Charles Ernest Beale, larceny; Alfred Thomas Hall, assault; Henry Pierce and James Thomas Pierce, breaking, entering, and stealing.
(Note: Only the witnesses in the abovementioned cases should attend at Darlinghurst Courthouse on Thursday.)
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 17 Jan 1918 2
LAW NOTICES.
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Thursday, January 17.
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QUARTER SESSIONS.
Charles Ernest Beale, larceny; Alfred Thomas Hall, assault; Henry Pierce and James Thomas Pierce, breaking, entering, and stealing.
Note: Only the witnesses in the abovementioned cases should attend at Darlinghurst Courthouse today.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 22 Jan 1918 3
LAW NOTICES.
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Tuesday, January 22.
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QUARTER SESSIONS.
Stanley Misson, break, enter, and steal; James Nicholas, receiving; Alfred Thomas Hall, indecent assault; Henry Pierce, James Thomas Pierce, break, enter, and steal.
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The Daily Telegraph, Wed 23 Jan 1918 4
CRIMINAL.
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At the Sydney Quarter Sessions, before Judge Fitzhardinge.
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Alfred Thomas Hall pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecent assault. He was convicted and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, with hard labor, in Goulburn gaol.
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Evening News, Wed 23 Jan 1918 5
SENTENCED AT THE SESSIONS
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Judge Fitzhardinge passed the following sentences at Darlinghurst Sessions:—
Alfred Thomas Hall, indecent assault, at Balmain, on December 2, six months’ hard labor.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 23 Jan 1918 6
QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Fitzhardinge.)
Mr AF Dawson, Crown Prosecutor.
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Alfred Thomas Hall was charged with committing an indecent assault, [on Thomas Sansom, 11 and John Bishop Sansom, 7], at Balmain on the 2nd ult. He pleaded not guilty. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and Hall was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment in Goulburn Gaol.
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Alfred Thomas Hall, Gaol photo sheet 7
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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details
No. 15982
Date when Portrait was taken: 23-1-1918
Name: Alfred Thomas Hall
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Native place: Balmain Year of birth: 25-12-1875 Arrived Ship: Trade or occupation Religion: Methodist Education, degree of: R & W Height: 5' 6½ Weight On committal: 180 Colour of hair: Light brown Colour of eyes: Blue |
Marks or special features: Scars outside top joint left middle finger, on bridge of nose, & on left shin. |
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(No. of previous Portrait ... ) CONVICTIONS |
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Where and When |
Offence. |
Sentence |
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Balmain PC ditto Sydney Q.S. |
28 30 22 |
10 7 1 |
1914 1917 1918 |
Stealing Drunk Indecent assault on a male person |
£2 or 1 month Hl 5/- or 3 hours Cells 6 months HL |
1 The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 16 Jan 1918, p. 6. Emphasis added.
2 The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 17 Jan 1918, p. 5. Emphasis added.
3 The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 22 Jan 1918, p. 4. Emphasis added.
4 The Daily Telegraph, Wed 23 Jan 1918, p. 9.
5 Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Wed 23 Jan 1918, p. 5.
6 The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 23 Jan 1918, p. 9.
7 SRNSW: NRS2467, [3/6097], State Penitentiary photographic description book, 3 Oct 1917-5 Mar 1918, No. 15982, p. –.
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