Below also see: Herbert James Daly, 1927,
Alice Mary Colbourn, 1926
Evening News, Tue 15 Feb 1927 1
AT CARNIVAL:
STORY
OF ROBBERY
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“CROWN LOOKED ON”“
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TWO MEN FOR TRIAL
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THE story of an alleged assault and robbery within sight of a big crowd of people during the progress of a carnival in Buckland-street, Chippendale, was told at the Central Court to-day, when Roy Cotter, 20, laborer, and John Richard Flanagan, 20, billiard marker, were committed for trial.
THE charge against them was that in the company of Herbert James Daley and a man whose name was unknown, they assaulted Herbert Mottie and robbed him of 1/10½.
Mottie, a newsvendor, alleged that when he got off the merry-go-round at the carnival, somebody struck him between the eyes, while Cotter and Flanagan grabbed him by the arms and threw him to the ground. “Cotter kicked me several times about the face and body,” he added, “and both my eyes were blackened, and a tooth was broken. I felt a hand go to my inside coat pocket. I got up and ran to the police station.”
“WOMEN SCREAMED”
Mr Shepherd, SM: Didn’t any men attempt to protect you when they saw you being robbed?
Mottie: No. Some women screamed, and that probably saved me.
Defendants were each allowed £40 bail.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 16 Feb 1927 2
ASSAULT ROBBERY.
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Roy Cotter, aged 20 years, and John Richard Flanagan, aged 20 years, were committed for trial from the Central Police Court yesterday on a charge of assaulting Herbert Mottie and robbing him of 1/10½. Mottie told Mr Shepherd, SM, that somebody struck him as he left the merry-go-round at a carnival at Buckland-street, Chippendale. Cotter and Flanagan then grabbed him by the arms and then threw him to the ground. Women screamed as they saw Cotter kicking him about the body, and he was released. He ran to the police station. Many people were looking on, but none attempted to protect him.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 11 Mar 1927 3
LAW NOTICES.
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Friday, March 11.
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QUARTER SESSIONS.
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No. 2 Court.—Roy Cotter, John Richard Flanagan, and Herbert James Daly, assault and robbery; Frederick Ryan, break, enter, and steal; Dudley Bernard Daly, conspiracy to defraud (for sentence). To plead guilty: Frederick Jones, stealing a motor car; Reginald Harold Matthew Ratter, break, enter, and steal; Leyburne Ernest Tate, larceny as a servant.
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GIRL’S DEATH.
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FROM BULLET WOUND.
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A report was received at police headquarters yesterday of the tragic death at Moorebank (near Liverpool) on Wednesday night of Kathleen Ellen Bowden, 15, who was found in the garden of her home with her head almost blown off, and a double-barrelled gun, with an empty shell in one barrel, lying across her feet.
Deceased was said to have been riding a horse at a fast pace in the street, and was told by Constable Sweeting, of Liverpool, that he was going to proceed against her for furious riding. She told her mother about it, and seemed worried.
Soon afterwards, about 7 o’clock, her parents heard the report of a gun in the front garden, and when they hurried out to see what had happened, they found their daughter’s dead body, with the gun at her feet.
The body was taken to the Liverpool Morgue by the local ambulance.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 12 Mar 1927 4
QUARTER SESSIONS.
No. 1 COURT.
(Before Judge Edwards.)
Crown Prosecutor, Mr Neill McTague.
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No. 2 COURT.
(Before Judge Curlewis.)
Crown Prosecutor, Mr PV Storkey.
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ACQUITTED.
Roy Cotter, 20, labourer, was charged with assaulting Herbert Mottie, [see 1925, Herbert James Mottie], at Sydney, on February 5, and robbing him of 1/10. He was alternatively charged with common assault.
Mr TP McMahon (instructed by Messrs RR Meagher and Co) appeared for the accused, who was acquitted and discharged.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 1 Apr 1927 5
QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Curlewis.)
No. 1 COURT.
Crown Prosecutor, Mr LJ McKean.
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No. 2 COURT.
(Before Judge Edwards.)
Crown Prosecutor, Mr Neill McTague.
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ALLEGED ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.
Herbert James Daly, 17, labourer; John Richard Flanagan, 20, billiard marker; and Jack Ward, 20, labourer, were charged with assaulting Herbert Mottie, at Chippendale on February 5, and robbing him of 1/10. There was an alternative charge of common assault.
Mr TP McMahon (instructed by Mr WM Niland) appeared for Daly, and (instructed by Mr CP White) for Ward; Mr G Osborne appeared for Flanagan.
All three of the accused were acquitted, Daly and Flanagan being discharged, and Ward was remanded in his former custody.
Herbert James Daly, 1927
The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 3 Jun 1927 6
LAW NOTICES.
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Friday, June 3.
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QUARTER SESSIONS.
Thomas Holley, break and enter with intent (for plea only); Herbert [James] Daly, robbery; James Graves, break, enter, and steal; Herbert Russell, break, enter, and steal (for plea only). Note: The jurors will not be required to attend until 11.30 am.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 4 Jun 1927 7
QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Edwards.)
Crown Prosecutor, Mr Neill McTague.
SENTENCES.
The following persons, who had either pleaded guilty or been convicted during the week, were dealt with as stated:—
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ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.
Herbert James Daly, 18, labourer, was charged with assaulting Alice Mary Colbourn, at Sydney, on April 30, and robbing her of 3/6. He was alternatively charged with common assault.
Accused was convicted on the major charge, and sentenced to three years’ penal servitude.
Alice Mary Colbourn, 1926
The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 4 Nov 1926 8
IN DIVORCE.
(Before Mr Justice Owen.)
HARDING v HARDING.
In this suit Margaret Harding (formerly Fitzpatrick) petitioned for the dissolution of her marriage with Albert Harding on the ground of his adultery with one Alice Mary Colbourne [sic] at the Club House Hotel, Abercrombie-street, Sydney, between January 1, 1920, and January 29, 1926. The marriage took place on June 15, 1910, at Sydney, according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church. His Honor granted a decree nisi, returnable in six months, in favour of petitioner, for whom Mr GM Stafford appeared. There was no appearance on behalf of the respondent or of the woman named.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 29 Jun 1927 9
IN DIVORCE.
(Before Mr Justice Owen.)
DECREES ABSOLUTE.
Decrees absolute were pronounced in the following suits:—Margaret Harding v Albert Vincent Harding.
1 Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Tue 15 Feb 1927, p. 9. Emphasis in original and added.
2 The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 16 Feb 1927, p. 10.
3 The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 11 Mar 1927, p. 9. Emphasis added.
4 The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 12 Mar 1927, p. 14.
5 The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 1 Apr 1927, p. 8.
6 The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 3 Jun 1927, p. 6. Emphasis added.
7 The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 4 Jun 1927, p. 12.
8 The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 4 Nov 1926, p. 6. Emphasis added.
9 The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 29 Jun 1927, p. 12.