The Daily Telegraph, Tue 21 Jan 1913 ¹

QUARTER SESSIONS.
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(Before Judge Docker and a jury.)

    Mr H Harris, Crown Prosecutor.

REMANDED FOR SENTENCE.

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    William Aliphand [aka Oliphant] Pringle and William Richards pleaded guilty to a criminal offence.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 21 Jan 1913 ²

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Docker and juries.)

    Mr Herbert Harris, Crown Prosecutor.
…

PLEAS OF GUILTY.

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    William Oliphant Pringle, aged 55, and William Richards, aged 64, pleaded guilty to a charge of offensive behaviour.

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The Daily Telegraph, Sat 1 Feb 1913 ³

QUARTER SESSIONS.
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(Before Judge Docker and a Jury.)

    Mr H Harris, Crown Prosecutor.

SENTENCES.

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    William Oliphant Pringle and William Richards, who pleaded guilty to a criminal offence, were sentenced to 18 months and two years’ hard labor respectively.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 1 Feb 1913 ⁴

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Docker and juries.)

    Crown Prosecutor, Mr Herbert Harris.
…

SENTENCES.

    William Oliphant Pringle, aged 55, and William Richards, aged 64, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of misconduct in company in a public place, were called up for sentence. After reading statements made by both prisoners, his Honor said he held the elder of the two men more guilty as the instigator of the offence. Richards was sentenced to two years’ hard labour in Goulburn Gaol, and Pringle to 18 months’ hard labour in the same prison.

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Truth, Sun 2 Feb 1913 ⁵

BAD BILLE.
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    Two men named William Richards, 64 years of age, and William Oliphant Pringle, 55, who had pleaded guilty to a bestial charge at the Quarter Sessions, were sentenced by Judge Docker on Friday. His Honor, after inquiring their age, said, “Persons who act as you have, should not be allowed to associate among a civilised community. Consider yourselves lucky that you have escaped a sentence of five years’ penal servitude.” The elder, Richards, was given two years’ hard labor in Grafton Gaol, and Pringle 18 months.

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William Elephant Pringle, Gaol photo sheet ⁶

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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 12740

Date when Portrait was taken: 20-1-1913

Name: William Oliphant Pringle
(aka William Pringle)

Native place: Scotland Year of birth: 19-10-1857 Arrived       Ship: Star of China in Colony }   Year: 1882 Trade or occupation previous to conviction  } Laborer Religion: C of E Education, degree of: R and W Height: 5' 6" Weight     On committal: 150 in lbs     } On discharge: Colour of hair: Brown to grey Colour of eyes: Grey

Marks or special features: Anchor and star on outside left forearm, mole on right nostril, scar on inside right knee, varicose veins on both calves

(No. of previous Portrait ... )  CONVICTIONS Convicted with William Richards
Where and When				Offence.	Sentence
Central PC ditto  ditto ditto Water PC Sydney Q.S	13 21 23 18   3 20	7 11   5   4 11   1	1897 1899 1900 1901 1902 1913	Riotous behaviour Drunk and disorderly ditto ditto Drunk Lewdness	20/- or 7 days confinement 20/- or 7 days confinement 5/- or 24 hours HL – paid fine 5/- or 24 hours confinement 5/- or 24 hrs HL 18 months HL

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William Richards, Gaol photo sheet ⁷

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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 12742

Date when Portrait was taken: 20-1-1913

Name: William Richards

Native place: England Year of birth: 7-6-1848 Arrived       Ship: Bloomer in Colony }   Year: 1851 Trade or occupation previous to conviction  } Carpenter Religion: C of E Education, degree of: R and W Height: 5' ⅞" Weight     On committal: 129 in lbs     } On discharge: Colour of hair: Grey Colour of eyes: Grey

Marks or special features: Anchor and star on outside left forearm, mole on right nostril, scar on inside right knee, varicose veins on both calvesMarks or special features: Scar on outside left wrist, brown mark junction of left thumb, right little finger contracted, bald top of head, scar on both shins ruptured slightly both sides

(No. of previous Portrait ... )  CONVICTIONS Convicted with William Oliphant Pringle
Where and When				Offence.	Sentence
Sydney Q.S	20	1	1913	Lewdness	2 years HL

 

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¹     The Daily Telegraph, Tue 21 Jan 1913, p. 5.

²     The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 21 Jan 1913, p. 4.

³     The Daily Telegraph, Sat 1 Feb 1913, p. 11.

⁴     The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 1 Feb 1913, p. 11.

⁵     Truth, (Syd, NSW), Sun 2 Feb 1913, p. 9.

⁶     SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6081], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1912-1913, No. 12740, p. 93, R5116.

⁷     SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6081], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1912-1913, No. 12742, p. 95, R5116.

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