The Western Champion and Parkes District Representative, Mon 21 Jan 1929 ¹

NEWS IN BRIEF.
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    An old man named Richard Ivey was arrested on Friday last and charged with an attempted offence of which a little boy of six years is said to have been the victim. Ivey has been remanded until Wednesday next.

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The Western Champion and Parkes District Representative, Mon 18 Mar 1929 ²

JURORS FINED.
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    At the [Parkes] Quarter Sessions this morning the following jurors failed to answer to their names and were each fined £2 and costs: William Cole, WG Dodd, and JA Cunich.

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NEW JUSTICES.
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    The following newly-appointed Justices of the Peace took the oaths before his Honor Judge Thomson at the opening of the Quarter Sessions this morning: Messrs A McGregor, CF Willis, CC Brownhill, HK Nock, WH Rogan, CG Fletcher, ED Glasheen, Jas Cobley, R Leach, HJ Hullick and M Ashcroft.
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IVEY CONVICTED.
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    At the Quarter Sessions this morning Richard Ivey, 70 years of age, pleaded not guilty to assaulting a little boy, [Roy Spicer ], of six years with intent to committee [sic] an offence [of buggery]. The jury empanelled were Messrs FD Gamble, E Bullock, Jas Cobley, GE Morgan, WJT Wilson, Joseph Faull, WM Fallon, CW Hamilton, WN Gibbons, WM Stack, TH Taylor. The accused was undefended and did not challenge any jurors. The little boy was called into the witness box, but owing to his tender years his evidence was not taken. Evidence was given by Wm Rees, Harry Smith and Sergeant Ferris, the latter producing two statements made and signed by the accused. Ivey gave no evidence on his own behalf, and called no witnesses. The jury, after five minutes’ retirement, returned to court with a verdict of guilty. Ivey was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, with hard labour.

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Richard Ivey, Gaol photo sheet ³

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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 2106
Maitland

Date when Portrait was taken: 28-5-1929

Name: Richard Ivey

Native place: Cornwall, England Year of birth: 7-11-1858 Arrived       Ship: in Colony }   Year: Trade or occupation previous to conviction  } Laborer Religion: C of E Education, degree of: R & W Height: 5' 4" Weight     On committal: 140 in lbs     } On discharge: Colour of hair: Grey Colour of eyes: Blue

Marks or special features: Nail on left thumb split, growing two nails

(No. of previous Portrait ... )  CONVICTIONS
Where and When				Offence.	Sentence
Parkes PC ditto ditto ditto Parkes Q.S	2 20 30 17 18	7   7 11 11   3	1926 1926 1926 1928 1929	Drunkenness Drunkenness Drunkenness Drunkenness Indecent Language Assault with intent to commit buggery	5/- or 24 hours H.L. 5/- or 24 hours H.L. 5/- or 24 hours H.L. 5/- or 24 hours H.L. £1 or 7 days H.L. 2 years H.L.

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The Western Champion and Parkes District Representative, Thu 21 Mar 1929 ⁴

PARKES RAINFALL RECORDS.
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Official Figures for the last 38 years.

Parkes’s thirty-eight years rainfall records— 1890-1928

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
1890	69	561	704	133	361	352	242	204	282	324	88	97	34.17
1891	624	84	149	343	290	649	325	272	381	256	221	87	36.81
1892	361	0	38	197	385	167	278	233	498	318	179	138	27.92
1893	148	90	470	206	318	308	141	169	117	137	165	193	24.62
1894	330	253	530	443	145	226	280	183	266	191	44	342	32.33
1895	236	37	0	65	130	152	84	204	145	163	134	106	14.56
1896	155	614	159	96	384	133	77	191	55	57	243	114	22.78
1897	332	21	8	0	196	216	196	160	158	108	36	26	14.67
1898	514	164	91	0	128	373	136	129	93	90	39	209	19.66
1899	93	36	10	241	25	223	175	173	62	185	135	13	13.71
1900	467	13	418	241	302	212	236	151	310	89	116	35	25.90
1901	110	13	270	327	40	100	113	251	78	205	91	12	16.10
1902	64	7	57	59	1	79	114	67	140	203	132	202	11.25
1903	2	13	278	287	152	53	121	115	264	117	100	366	18.68
1904	170	111	95	59	134	63	373	129	39	241	15	161	15.90
1905	71	66	300	387	214	147	118	127	81	165	11	29	17.16
1906	108	69	501	75	249	172	24	290	419	284	196	105	24.87
1907	326	180	177	95	26	125	167	172	76	65	200	445	20.54
1908	169	329	6	101	73	121	130	140	261	54	198	179	17.61
1909	145	247	109	92	130	293	33	310	98	160	48	92	17.57
1910	641	0	212	4	135	195	209	25	193	81	167	182	20.44
1911	389	148	84	68	143	106	162	35	119	54	220	496	20.24
1912	180	25	26	4	4	169	490	407	58	152	42	63	16.20
1913	140	154	252	85	219	286	32	54	37	187	19	169	16.34
1914	166	281	188	108	139	86	127	10	88	68	93	380	17.34
1915	12	45	109	49	232	226	220	187	104	141	15	168	15.08
1916	92	50	51	512	65	575	333	458	236	380	409	386	35.46
1917	324	172	33	61	104	319	303	380	174	275	467	116	27.28
1918	279	112	173	172	12	141	105	275	43	97	41	68	15.18
1919	25	101	172	51	301	64	40	197	159	28	68	347	15.53
1920	70	82	102	28	18	469	190	258	230	132	67	499	21.36
1921	114	54	122	273	215	219	184	197	175	73	183	425	22.34
1922	97	124	10	123	138	156	229	144	87	100	3	194	14.05
1923	57	0	34	0	66	460	335	111	133	141	226	96	16.59
1924	70	307	9	246	66	243	229	198	450	134	446	166	25.55
1925	442	557	97	27	192	650	172	120	51	90	277	138	28.13
1926	214	81	779	332	338	212	152	163	84	63	4	405	28.27
1927	549	21	176	125	59	114	63	122	217	234	285	309	22.74
1928	314	511	244	177	82	174	275	90	36	152	79	2	21.36
Average 36 yrs	210	142	168	146	159	237	187	187	170	154	142	190	20.92

 

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¹     The Western Champion and Parkes District Representative, Mon 21 Jan 1929, p. 4.

²     The Western Champion and Parkes District Representative, Mon 18 Mar 1929, p. 6. Emphasis added.

³     SRNSW: NRS2327, [3/5992], Maitland Gaol Photograph description sheets, 1875-1930, No. 2106, p. 76, R5132.

⁴     The Western Champion and Parkes District Representative, Thu 21 Mar 1929, p. 16,

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