Evening News, Thu 16 Feb 1928 ¹

TWO ACQUITTED
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    When Henry Williams and Roy Harrison were charged at Darlinghurst Court to-day with indecent assault, Harrison complained of ill-treatment by the police and gaol officials. Denying the accusation, the Crown Prosecutor, Mr McKean, said Harrison had attempted suicide in Long Bay gaol, by suspending himself from the bars of the prison cell. The jury acquitted both accused, and Judge Curlewis discharged them.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 17 Feb 1928 ²

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 LJ McKean

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ACQUITTED.

    Roy Harrison, 24, salesman, was charged with indecently assaulting Henry Williams, [40], at Sydney, on January 26, and the latter was charged with aiding and abetting. Mr TP MacMahon (instructed by Mr JB Moffat) appeared for Williams, and Mr Sproule (of Messrs RD Meagher, Sproule and Co) for Harrison. Both of the accused were acquitted and discharged.
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THIEVES CONVICTED.
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BLAMED EACH OTHER.
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    Charged with having stolen a cart, a quantity of harness, and a saddle from Murray Owen, at Liverpool, on February 10, three labourers, each of whom blamed the others for the theft, were found guilty by Mr Gibson, SM, yesterday at the Liverpool Police Court.

    Roy Patrick Carr was fined £5, Eric Dunkley £8, and Abraham Stanley £8.

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THEFT OF £286 ALLEGED.
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    At the Central Court yesterday John Edward Ford (29), a clerk, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen £ 286/4/11 from AP Barncastle, Limited, his former employers. It was stated in evidence that defendant had retained money that had been handed to him by other employees on behalf of the company. When the shortage was discovered, Ford, it was alleged, said he had spent the money on horse racing. Defendant was granted bail in £100.

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SENTENCED FOR ASSAULTING
GIRL.
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    John Murray, 29, was sentenced at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions questerday [sic] to three years’ imprisonment with hard labour for a serious offence upon a girl at Villawood. This sentence is to be served, cumulatively upon a sentence imposed last Tuesday, of two years’ imprisonment for housebreaking at Fairfield.

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SENTENCE FOR MANSLAUGHTER.
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    At the Parramatta Quarter Sessions yesterday John Mason, who, on the previous day, was found guilty of having feloniously slain Edwin Elliott, a prisoner at the Parramatta Gaol, on January 2, was sentenced by Judge Armstrong to two years’ imprisonment with hard labour in Goulburn Gaol.

 

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¹     Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Thu 16 Feb 1928, p. 13.

²     The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 17 Feb 1928, p. 7.

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