Charles Henry Cooling, 1895
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Charles Henry Cooling, 1925
The Age, Sat 9 Nov 1895 1
MISSING FRIENDS.
A. A. A. A. A.— Blitz’s Painless Dentistry, 213 Eilzabeth st, op. G.P.O.: sets, £1-1s.; guaranteed, £2-10s. Extractions 8 till 10.30 gratis. To avoid confusion with similar name note No. 213.
ADA.— If you can, meet me at 12, for half hour, at the works. Jack.
ADA.— Working half day. Come down with 12.30 train Jack.
ADDRESS wanted of Charles Henry Cooling (late Bristol, England), at present residing Albert Park. Friend Inquires. Friend, Age Office.
AE. De Saxe, Surgeon Dentist.— Only address 87 Spring-st, op. Gordon’s Monument. Teeth extracted without pain.
Charles Henry Cooling, 1911
Truth, Sun 16 Jul 1911 2
SENT FOR TRIAL.
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On a Scandalous Charge.
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A SCOTCHMAN IN HYDE PARK.
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A famous character in literature is credited with the assertion, “The law’s a hass.” Whether the law, as we know it in New South Wales, is a hass or not may be judged by the following slab of King’s English, which is the charge read out to a man named Charles Henry Cooling, aged 38, a Scotchman, who stood in the dock of the Central Police Court on Wednesday:—
“That he was guilty of scandalous conduct which openly outraged public decency, in that he did, on the 11th day of July, 1911, wilfully —– at Sydney, in the presence of divers liege subjects of our Lord the King, and scandalously did expose to the view of the said persons, his naked body for a space of time, to the great scandal of the said liege subjects of our Lord the King, and the manifest corruption of their morals in contempt of our said Lord the King, and the laws, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our Lord the King, his Crown and dignity.”
The accused man simply gasped when this was read out to him.
The evidence given by plain-clothes Constable Green was revolting. He said that on the previous day, just after 1 pm he followed the accused into Hyde Park, where he stood for a while.
A YOUNG GIRL,
about 15 years of age, came up with her lunch in her hand and sat down on a seat. The accused sat on the seat by her side, and did something. The girl immediately got up and walked away to another seat and sat down. The accused followed, and again sat at her side. The girl was reading. The accused looked around to see if anybody was watching. Witness was then lying on the grass about 30 yards away. The accused then did the act which forms the subject of the charge. Suddenly the girl, who had her back to him, looked round and saw what he was doing. She let out a scream and jumped away. Witness approached him, and arrested him. “This is a filthy game,” said witness to him. He replied, “Oh, let me go. Don’t give me in charge. I will never do it again. I’ll give you £4 if you will let me go.”
At this juncture a man approached, and said that he had seen the accused at the same game before. He would
NOT GIVE HIS NAME,
as he was with his wife, whom he didn’t want dragged into such filth, as he expressed it.
Other evidence of an unprintable nature was given, and the accused was committed for trial.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 29 Jul 1911 3
LAW REPORT.
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LAW NOTICES.
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Monday, July 31.
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QUARTER SESSIONS.
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Charles Henry Cooling, indecency;
Charles Henry Cooling, 1925
Evening News, Thu 17 Sep 1925 4
FRAUD ALLEGED
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A CLERK FOR TRIAL
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Charles Henry Cooling, 38, clerk, was committed for trial from the Central Court to-day on a charge of having fraudulently misappropriated £100, in violation of the terms upon which he had received the money in 1922.
Evidence was given that accused told Eaileen O’Donnell, of Wonderland-avenue, Bondi, that he could invest money for her at 12 per cent. He said he would require £100, and after 18 months she would get the money back.
Miss O’Donnell gave him £100. It was stated, and had received only two quarters’ interest, and had not got back the £100.
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The Sun, Thu 17 Sep 1925 5
CLERK COMMITTED
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WOMAN ALLEGES FRAUD
Mr Jennings, SM, to-day committed Charles Henry Cooling, a clerk, 38 years old, for trial on the charge of having fraudulently misappropriated £100 belonging to Eaileen O’Donnell, of Wonderland-avenue, Bondi.
Eaileen O’Donnell told the magistrate that Cooling proposed that she should give him money to invest, and promised to get her 12 per cent interest. He would require £100, which was to be secured on property, and after 18 months would repay the money. She gave him £100 in notes, and was paid two quarters’ interest. Her efforts to recover the money had failed.
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Evening News, Mon 19 Oct 1925 6
A TRUSTING INVESTOR
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Before Judge Cohen at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, Charles Henry Cooling was found guilty of having received £100 from Eaileen O’Donnell, and having failed to account for it. It was stated that the money was entrusted to Cooling for investment on Miss O’Donnell’s behalf.
He was bound over in £50 to come up for sentence if called upon within two years. An order was made for the payment of £110 to Miss O’Donnell, at the rate of £10 a month.
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The Sun, Mon 19 Oct 1925 7
CLERK CONVICTED
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Charles Henry Cooling, 38, a clerk, was convicted before Judge Cohen and a jury, at the Quarter Sessions to-day, on a charge of fraudulently misappropriating £100, the property of Miss O’Donnell. There was a second count of stealing the money. Cooling obtained £100 from Miss O’Donnell on an undertaking, to lent it to a client on mortgage. When she applied to Cooling for interest on the money, the alleged mortgagor could not be found.
Cooling was remanded for sentence.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 20 Oct 1925 8
QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Cohen.)
(Crown Prosecutor, Mr LJ McKean.
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OMITTING TO ACCOUNT.
Charles Henry Cooling, for whom Mr Leaver (instructed by Mr Fred Marsden), appeared, was charged with having fraudulently omitted to account to one Eaileen O’Donnell for the sum of £100, which he had received under authority upon terms requiring him to do so, at Sydney, on some day in July, 1922. He was further charged with having stolon the money.
The case for the Crown was that accused, who was employed in a solicitor’s office, offered to invest the money for Eaileen O’Donnell at the rate of 12 per cent. In 1920 he said the money was going on a mortgage. He paid £15 as interest, but failed to account for the principal when called upon to do so.
Accused was convicted on the first count, and bound over in recognisances of himself and one surety in £50 each to come up for sentence if called upon within two years, and to pay to the clerk of the peace for Miss O’Donnell the sum of £110, at the rate of £10 forthwith and £10 a month.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 21 Oct 1925 9
QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Cohen.)
(Crown Prosecutor, Mr LJ McKean.
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The instructing solicitor in the case against Charles Henry Cooling at the Quarter Sessions on Monday was Mr AS Gourlay.
1 The Age, (Melbourne, Vic), Sat 9 Nov 1895, p. 3. Emphasis added.
2 Truth, (Syd, NSW), Sun 16 Jul 1911, p. 11. Emphasis added.
3 The Sydney Morning Herald, (NSW), Sat 28 Jul 1911, p. 8.
4 Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Thu 17 Sep 1925, p. 16. Emphasis in original.
5 The Sun, (Sydney, NSW), Thu 17 Sep 1925, p. 18. Emphasis added.
6 Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Mon 19 Oct 1925, p. 7.
7 The Sun, (Sydney, NSW), Mon 19 Oct 1925, p. 9.
8 The Sydney Morning Herald, (NSW), Tue 20 Oct 1925, p. 6.
9 The Sydney Morning Herald, (NSW), Wed 21 Oct 1925, p. 11.