Empire, Fri 6 Sep 1872 1
WATER POLICE COURT.—THURSDAY.
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(Before Messrs Oatley, Evans, and Merriman.)
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John McLaughlin [aka McLoughlin] was charged with indecently assaulting a male child, under the age of five years, named Royal Dane Brown, and was sent to gaol for three months.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 6 Sep 1872 2
LAW.
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WATER POLICE COURT.
THURSDAY.
Before Messrs Oatley, J Merriman, and Evans.
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John McLaughlin was brought before the Court on warrant, charged with wilfully and indecently assaulting a boy aged five years, named Royal Deane Brown. The Bench sentenced prisoner to three month’s imprisonment. 
1 Empire, Fri 6 Sep 1872, p. 3. 1
2 The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 6 Sep 1872, p. 2.