The Illawarra Mercury, Thu 28 Mar 1901 1
QUARTER SESSIONS.
Tuesday, March 26.
(Before his Honor Judge Fitzhardinge).
Mr J Armstrong prosecuted for the Crown; Lieut-Col Chisholm, PM, represented the Sheriff, and Mr HS Bingle acted as Clerk of the Peace.
JUROR FINED.
Alfred Broadhead was fined £2 for non-attendance as a juror.
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INDECENT ASSAULT.
James Hill pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting a boy, [ William Thomas Leslie Newton, 14] , at Fairy Meadow. Sentenced to nine months’ hard labor in Darlinghurst Gaol.
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Darlinghurst gaol entrance and description book 1900-1 2
| Date | No. | Name | Address | Committed | Offence | Sentence | ||||
| By whom | When | Where | ||||||||
| April | 3 [1901] | 1612 | James Hill | No fixed place | Fitzhardinge | March | 26 [1901] | Wollongong | Indecently assaulting a male person |
9 months HL |
| Where born |
If born out of colonies |
Religion | Trade | Age | Height | Color of | Education | Remarks | Disposal | |||||
| Ship | Year | Ft. | In. | Hair | Eyes | How | When | |||||||
| Ireland | Not known | RC | Laborer | 40 | 5 | 10 | Black | Black | R&W | Melbourne conviction |
To Parramatta Lunatic Asylum |
15.7.01 | ||
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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus, Sat 30 March 1901 3
QUARTER SESSIONS.
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The sittings of the Criminal Court of the South Coast district began in Wollongong, on Tuesday, Judge Fitzhardinge presiding. Mr J Armstrong acted as Crown Prosecutor.
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SENTENCES.
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James Hill, indecent assault on a male person. Prisoner stated that he had been drinking during the day. Sentenced to nine months’ hard labor in Darlinghurst Gaol.
1 The Illawarra Mercury, Thu 28 Mar 1901, p. 2.
2 SRNSW: NRS2137, [5/1953], Darlinghurst Gaol entrance and description book, 1900-1901, R2359.
3 South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus, (NSW), Sat 30 Mar 1901, p. 8.