The Daily Telegraph, Wed 16 Feb 1921 ¹

THE COURTS.
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CRIMINAL.
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(Before Judge Cohen.)
No. 3 COURT.

    The Crown prosecutor was Mr Moriarty.

    Alan Johnstone [aka Alfred Johnson] and John Morrisey [aka John Morrison] were acquitted on a serious charge. Mr ER Abigail defended Morrisey and Mr Clifton Penny appeared for Johnstone.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 16 Feb 1921 ²

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Backhouse.)

    Mr N de H Rowland, Crown Prosecutor.
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(Before Judge Cohen.)

    Mr J Moriarty, Crown Prosecutor.

ACQUITTED.

…
    Alan Johnstone, [35], and John Morrissey, [19], pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecent conduct, [buggery], at Sydney on December 27 last. Mr ER Abigail appeared for Morrissey and Mr Clifton Penny for Johnstone. The jury acquitted the accused, and they were discharged from custody.

¹     The Daily Telegraph, Wed 16 Feb 1921, p. 6.

²     The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 16 Feb 1921, p. 9.