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Lawrence Edwin Kable, 1931
The Sydney Morning Herald, Mon 1 Feb 1926 1
LAW NOTICES.
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Monday, February 1.
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QUARTER SESSIONS.
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No. 2 Court.—John Morris and James Henry Behan, attempt to break and enter (for plea only); Robert Evans, assault, with intent to rob (for plea only); William Joseph Gallagher, stealing in a dwelling; Francis Gordon, burglary; Joseph Messenger, assault and robbery; Alfred Moore, indecent assault; Jack Williams, assault and robbery.
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The Daily Telegraph, Tue 2 Feb 1926 2
CRIMINAL.
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(Before Judge Edwards.)
Crown Prosecutor: Mr LJ McKean.
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(Before Judge Rolin.)
Crown Prosecutor: Mr WT Coyle, KC.
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ACQUITTED.
Alfred Moore, for whom Mr ER Abigail appeared, was acquitted on a charge of indecent assault at Sydney on December 8. Moore was discharged.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 2 Feb 1926 3
QUARTER SESSIONS.
No. 1 COURT.
(Before Judge Edwards.)
Crown Prosecutor, Mr LJ McKean.
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No. 2 COURT.
(Before Judge Rolin.)
Crown Prosecutor, Mr WT Coyle, KC.
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ACQUITTED.
Alfred Moore, 30, waiter, who was defended by Mr ER Abigail, was charged with having indecently assaulted Lawrence Edwin Kable, at Sydney on December 8.
Accused was acquitted and discharged.
Lawrence Edwin Kable, 1926
Truth, Sun 21 Feb 1926 4
MAUD MURPHY HAD HER SAY
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Sidelights on Life in Salubrious Poplar Street
POPLAR STREET, SYDNEY, is one of those thoroughfares where anything may be expected to happen and many things usually do.
THE residents for the most part would not exactly attend Lord Stonehaven’s levee, although many of them from time to time have been presented at court.
Abusing policemen is fairly common in this thoroughfare, and it was for this latter breach of decorum that a lady of quantity named Maud Murphy appeared before Mr McMahon, SM, on Wednesday last.
A budding young crime investigator named Lawrence Edwin Kable, who is attached to Tom O’Brien’s “flying gang,” was the butt of some ribald jests last Monday week. The jester was Maud, and Kable being a man who regarded his profession with dignity could not stand being insulted. So he took Maud along.
At 5.45 pm.
Lawrence told Magistrate McMahon that on February 8 at about a quarter of an hour before the time when alcoholic drought is supposed to hold the city firmly in its grip, he was on duty in Brisbane-street with Constable Sweeney.
He alleged he espied Maud and three females whose mode of living he knew not to be legitimate squatting on the kerbstone on the corner of Poplar-street having an animated conversation.
Kable bore down on Maud.
But Maud espied him before he had time to get right close to her, and seeing that the time was ripe she hurriedly took her departure. She hurried up Poplar-street in the direction of Robin Hood-lane. But Kable was determined to have speech with the corpulent one, and he also accelerated his feet.
He questioned her as to her conduct, so he told the magistrate, and also informed her that she well knew the characters of the women with whom she was associating.
No Flattery
Maud retaliated in anything but flattering terms.
Lawrence, continuing, told how he was deeply insulted by her remarks—so much so that he thought it incumbent upon him to take Maud to the cooler. This he did with the aid of Constable Sweeney. All the way to No. 3 station, said Kable, Maud continued to make remarks of an insulting nature.
Under cross-examination Kable said he had known Maud for about twelve months.
Maud had not told him that she had noticed him going into the houses of Maud Cooper and May Tirrell and staying there until all hours. Neither did she tell him to remove them. He did not say to her, “If you mention those names to me again I’ll run you in.”
Kable’s testimony was ably supported by Sweeney, and then it was Maud’s turn. She stated that she resided in Randwick, but had lived in Poplar-street for eight years. She used to visit her friend, Mrs Thomas, in Poplar-street every day. On the auspicious occasion mentioned in the charge she was standing talking to an unfortunate girl when Kable hove in sight.
The young woman departed with great haste, said Maud, and she then went up to the house of Mrs Bamfield, where she sat chatting idly. Kable came up and asked to speak to her. When she came out he said to her, “What do you mean by running away from me?”
Maud told the Court she resented this.
Speaking with relish she admitted that Kable was the butt of some stinging repartee from her.
Comfortable “In or Out”
According to Maud’s story, Kable told her if she didn’t shut up he’d put her in. She retorted sweetly that he could please himself about that, as she was just as comfortable in as out.
She then told her bosom friend, Mrs Bamfield, that Kable had nothing “on” her, and asked Mrs B to make an especial note that she (Maud) was using no bad language. She informed Mrs Bamfield confidentially that the only thing Kable could put on her was words—the same as did O’Brien, she alleged.
Sergeant Leonard rather spoilt the effect of Maudie’s [sic] denunciation when he persuaded her to admit that she had served a gaol term.
“You were just as comfortable in then, I take it,” said the sergeant sweetly.
“Well, I wasn’t uncomfortable,” said Maud. “One must make the best of a bad job wherever one is.”
Maudie called several witnesses, but she was on the losing end.
Magistrate McMahon fined her £1, or two days’ gaol.
Lawrence Edwin Kable, 1931
The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 19 Aug 1931 5
LAW NOTICES.
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Wednesday, August 19.
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APPEALS.
The following appeals against the magistrates’ orders and convictions will be heard at No. 2 District Court, Queen’s-square:—Oliver James Griffin, assault; Gordon Sperry Phipps, motor Traffic Act; Andrew John Crozier, wilfully prevent an electric meter from registration; Ernest John Parker, apprehended violence; Alfred William Cummings, Commonwealth Electoral Act, three charges; William Donkin, Wellow Lomas, Albert Lang, Stanley Kelly, and Joseph Rohanna, Day Baking Act; Laurence Edwin Kable, maintenance;
1 The Sydney Morning Herald, Mon 1 Feb 1926, p. 6. Emphasis added.
2 The Daily Telegraph, Tue 2 Feb 1926, p. 11.
3 The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 2 Feb 1926, p. 8.
4 Truth, (Syd, NSW), Sun 21 Feb 1926, p. 18. Emphasis in original and added. There is a further article which mentions that “ … Lawrence Edwin Kable, now out of the force.” See: Truth, (Syd, NSW), Sun 26 Sep 1926, p. 15.
5 The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 19 Aug 1931, p. 7. Emphasis added.