Below also see: Martin Jackson, 1901

 

Clerk of the Peace Registers ¹

No.	Prisoner.	Offence.	Date of committal.
420	Martin Jackson	Bestiality	7th September 1891

Place of committal.	Committed for trial at.	When received.	When sent.	To whom sent.
Port Macquarie	Port Macquarie	11 September 1891	2-12-1891	DCP Port Macquarie

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Martin Jackson, Gaol photo sheet ²

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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 5263

Date when Portrait was taken: 21-12-1891

Name: Martin Jackson

Native place: Norway Year of birth: 1867 Arrived       Ship: Shinas in Colony }   Year: 1888 Trade or occupation previous to conviction  } Bushman Religion: C of Eng Education, degree of: R & W Height: 5' 11" Weight     On committal: 160 in lbs     } On discharge: Colour of hair: Brown Colour of eyes: Blue Marks or special features: Scar on back of neck

Where and when tried: Port Macquarie, 7th October 1891 [sic–7th December 1891] Offence: Bestiality Sentence: 3 years PS Remarks:

(No. of previous Portrait See Maitland photo 1210) PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS
Where and When				Offence.	Sentence
				Nil

 

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Martin Jackson, 1901

 

Clerk of the Peace Registers ³

No.	Prisoner.	Offence.	Date of committal.
462	Martin Jackson	Attempted Bestiality	14th September 1900

Place of committal.	Committed for trial at.	When received.	When sent.	To whom sent.
Coonabarabran	Coonabarabran	19 November 1900	8-3-1901	DCP

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The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette, Wed 21 Nov 1900 ⁴

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
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    At the local Police Court, before Mr Shaw, PM, on Wednesday last, Martin Jackson was committed for trial at the ensuing Quarter Sessions, on a charge of bestiality.
    Edward Ryan, for supplying an aboriginal with liquor at Baradine, was fined £2, costs of court 7s 4d, and 3 witnesses 14s each.
    A case of furious riding against Henry Hardy, was postponed till 12th December.
    Peace being now concluded in the black country, the appointment of Messrs WJ Sutch, PJ Garland, W Harper, and W Pincham as special constables, was cancelled.
    On Friday, the bench granted a hawker’s license to Mr Wallace Edmund White.

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The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette, Wed 20 Mar 1901 ⁵

[COONABARABRAN] QUARTER SESSIONS.
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    His Honor Judge Docker opened the Court of Quarter Sessions on Monday, 13th Inst, Mr JHP Murray prosecuting for the Crown.
    There were no defended cases for the District Court. There were either verdicts by default, or arrangements made satisfactory to plaintiffs.
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UNNATURAL CRIME.

    Martin Jackson, charged as above [bestiality], pleaded not guilty, and was defended by Mr Commins, William Woods, Francis Nelson, John Neate, and Constable O’Brien gave evidence, and the jury after nearly two hours deliberation returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to mercy in consideration of accused being drunk at the time of the offence. Sentence to 12 months in Maitland goal, with hard labor. The evidence was altogether unfit for publication.

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Martin Jackson, Gaol photo sheet ⁶

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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 1210
Maitland

Date when Portrait was taken: 25-4-1901

Name: Martin Jackson

Native place: Norway Year of birth: 1871 Arrived       Ship: Shinair in Colony }   Year: 1889 Trade or occupation previous to conviction  } Fitter Religion: C of E Education, degree of: R & W Height: 6' Weight     On committal: 148 lbs in lbs     } On discharge: Colour of hair: Dark brown Colour of eyes: Grey

Marks or special features: Large scar on nose small scar on back of left hand and round scar on inner side of left knee

(No. of previous Portrait 5263 Sydney) PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS
Where and When				Offence.	Sentence
Port Macquarie Coonabarabran Q.S	7 13	12    3	1891 1901	Attempt to commit buggery Attempted Bestiality	3 years P.S. 12 months H.L.

 

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¹     SRNSW: NRS849, [5/3083], Clerk of the peace registers of criminal depositions received, Nov 1889-Nov 1895, p. 77, R2761.