Clerk of the Peace Register 1

No. Prisoner. Offence. Date of committal.
 273  Alexander McDonald  Attempt Commit Sodomy  16th May
Place of committal. Committed for trial at. When received. When sent. To whom sent.
 Coonabarabran  Dubbo  5th June  22 July  McGuire Dubbo

 

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Alexander McDonald, Gaol Photo Sheet 2 

SRNSW: NRS1998, [3/5955], Bathurst Gaol photographic description book, 1874-1930, No. 175, p. 162, R5084.

 

Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 175

Date when Portrait taken: 20 September 1878

Name: Alexander McDonald

Native place: Inverness

Year of birth: 1846

Arrived        Ship: Naval Reserve 
in Colony }   Year: 1865

Trade or occupation
previous to conviction  } Laborer

Religion: Presbyterian

Education, degree of: R&W

Colour of hair: Black

Colour of eyes: Hazel

Height: 5' 2"

Weight     On committal: 154 lbs
in lbs     }  On discharge: 

Marks or Special Features: AMcD on right fore arm

Where and when tried: Dubbo Q.S.
9 August 1878

Offence: Attempt to commit Sodomy [with a boy named William Easom, aka Eason]

Sentence: 2 years HL

Remarks:

 

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PRISON HISTORY
Where and When Offence. Sentence

 

 

 

 

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1 SRNSW: NRS849, [5/3081], Clerk of the peace registers of criminal depositions received, Jan 1878-Dec 1883, p. 16, R2760.

2 SRNSW: NRS1998, [3/5955], Bathurst Gaol photographic description book, 1874-1930, No. 175, p. 162, R5084.

 

Sodomy