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Evening News, Sat 16 Jul 1892 1
YESTERDAY’S BREVITIES.
(Some of the following items appeared in our
later editions of yesterday.)
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Two men named William Gomer, aged 54, and James Walsh, 28, were remanded at the Water Police Court this morning until Monday on a charge of having attempted to commit an abominable offence.
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Evening News, Tue 19 Jul 1892 2
YESTERDAY’S BREVITIES.
(Some of the following items appeared in our
later editions of yesterday.)
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William Gomer and James Walsh were committed for trial to the quarter sessions from the Water Police Court to-day on a charge of having attempted to commit an abominable offence in the Domain on the 14th instant.
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, Tue 19 Jul 1892 3
TELEGRAMS.
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NEW SOUTH WALES.
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Sydney, Monday.
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COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
William Gomer, a middle-aged man, and James Walsh, aged about 26, were charged with an abominable crime at the Water Police Court to-day. The offence is said to have occurred last Thursday evening. Both were committed for trial at the next Quarter Sessions.
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The Daily Telegraph, Fri 5 Aug 1892 4
QUARTER SESSIONS.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4.
(Before Judge Wilkinson.)
Mr Merewether prosecuted on behalf of the Crown.
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UNLAWFUL OFFENCE.
James Walsh was charged with attempting to commit an unlawful offence, and William Gomer with unlawfully consenting to the attempt.
The jury being unable to agree were locked up for the night.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 5 Aug 1892 5
METROPOLITAN QUARTER SESSIONS.
THURSDAY.
(Before his Honor Judge WILKINSON.)
Mr WL Merewether prosecuted on behalf of the Crown.
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ALLEGED UNLAWFUL OFFENCE.
James Walsh and William Gomer were charged with having attempted to commit an unlawful offence on the 14th July last.
The jurors, having failed to agree, were locked up for the night.
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The Daily Telegraph, Sat 6 Aug 1892 6
QUARTER SESSIONS.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5.
(Before Judge Wilkinson.)
Mr Merewether prosecuted on behalf of the Crown.
UNLAWFUL OFFENCE.
In the case of James Walsh and William Gomer, the first-named charged with attempting to commit an unlawful offence, and the last named consenting, the jury, after being locked up all night, said they found prisoners not guilty. A second charge of assault was then preferred against them, to which they pleaded not guilty and were remanded.
Mr Richards defended Walsh.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 6 Aug 1892 7
METROPOLITAN QUARTER SESSIONS.
FRIDAY.
(Before his Honor Judge WILKINSON.)
Mr WL Merewether prosecuted on behalf of the Crown.
ALLEGED UNNATURAL OFFENCE.
In the case of the men William Gomer and James Walsh, who had been charged with an unlawful offence, the jury, who had failed to agree on the previous day, and had been locked up all night, now returned a verdict of not guilty. A second charge of assault was then preferred against each of the prisoners. They pleaded not guilty, and were remanded.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 26 Aug 1892 8
At the Court of Quarter Sessions yesterday his Honor Judge Wilkinson sentenced
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William Gomer, charged with improperly assaulting James Walsh, and James Walsh charged with improperly assaulting William Gomer, were bound over to appear for trial when called upon.
William Gomer, 1894
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Evening News, Tue 8 May 1894 9
ACCIDENTS.
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Several serious accident cases were admitted at Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, yesterday: A man named William Gomer, 59, living at 266 Pitt-street, went to the hospital suffering from severe bodily injuries and a fracture of the left leg. He stated that he had been assaulted in Hyde Park on Sunday afternoon.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 8 May 1894 10
A SEVERE KICK.—A man named William Gomer, residing at No. 266 Pitt-street, was in Hyde Park yesterday when another man came up and assaulted him. Gomer was struck on the eye, knocked down, and kicked on the left leg, which was fractured. The man who assaulted him decamped. Gomer was taken to the Prince Alfred Hospital.
1 Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Sat 16 Jul 1892, p. 6.
2 Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Tue 19 Jul 1892, p. 6.
3 Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, Tue 19 Jul 1892, p. 5.
4 The Daily Telegraph, Fri 5 Aug 1892, p. 2.
5 The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 5 Aug 1892, p. 3.
6 The Daily Telegraph, Sat 6 Aug 1892, p. 10.
7 The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 6 Aug 1892, p. 13.
8 The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 26 Aug 1892, p. 4.
9 Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Tue 8 May 1894, p. 5.
10 The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 8 May 1894, p. 5.