The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 16 Jan 1918 1

LAW NOTICES.
———
Wednesday, January 16.

…

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.
———
Thursday, January 17.

…

——
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.
———
Tuesday, January 22.

…

——
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.
———

    At the Sydney Quarter Sessions, before Judge Fitzhardinge.
…
    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
————

    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.
…
    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

SRNSW: NRS2467, [3/6097], State Penitentiary photographic description book, 3 Oct 1917-5 Mar 1918, No. 15982, p. –.


Gaol Photo Sheet - 
Transcribed Details

No. 15982

Date when Portrait was taken: 23-1-1918

Name: Alfred Thomas Hall

Native place: Balmain

Year of birth: 25-12-1875

Arrived       Ship:
in Colony }   Year: BS

Trade or occupation
previous to conviction  } Cook

Religion: Methodist

Education, degree of: R & W

Height: 5' 6½

Weight     On committal: 180
in lbs     } On discharge:

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.

(No. of previous Portrait ... ) 

CONVICTIONS

Where and When

Offence.

Sentence

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. –.