Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, Tue 27 Nov 1883 ¹

NEWCASTLE POLICE COURT.
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THE Police Magistrate, with Messrs S Chapman and David Ludlow, J’sP, presided at the Police Court yesterday; the cases being heard in the smaller court.
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     Moses Mitchell [aka Moses Smith], a negro, was charged with having unlawfully and obscenely exposed his person before a number of females. The case was partially heard with closed doors,  and evidence adduced from Sergeant Griffiths, Sarah Robinson, and Maggie Gardner. Their statements were unfit for publication, but were to the effect that the prisoner lodged at the City Wine Vaults, his bedroom at the back of which overlooked several yards and premises, and from the balcony of which the alleged indecency had been witnessed. The case appeared to be a gross one, and prisoner was committed for trial at the Maitland Quarter Sessions, on the 29th inst. Bail allowed, self in £40, and two sureties of £20 each.

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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, Mon 3 Dec 1883 ²

LOCAL NEWS.
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     THE following sentences were recorded by District Court Judge Wilkinson at the Maitland Quarter Sessions. John Varley, disturbing a Salvation Army congregation, six months’ hard labour; Griffiths and wife (Newcastle), keeping a disorderly house, twelve months’ hard labour. Moses Smith, a negro seaman (Newcastle bench) indecent exposure, found guilty, and remanded for sentence. Ellen Wandless, inflicting grievous bodily harm, was acquitted.

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Moses Smith, Gaol photo sheet ³

 

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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 487

Date when Portrait was taken: 17th December 1883

Name: Moses Smith

Native place: America Year of birth: 1860 Arrived       Ship: Antipodes  in Colony }  Year: 1880 Trade or occupation previous to conviction  } Carpenter Religion: Methodist Education, degree of: R&W Height: 5' 7" Weight     On committal: – in lbs     } On discharge: Colour of hair: Black Colour of eyes: Brown Marks or special features:

Where and when tried: Maitland Q.S.  1st December 1883 Offence: Wilfully & obscenely exposing his person Sentence: 6 months HL Remarks:

(No. of Previous Portrait ... )  PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS
Where and When				Offence.	Sentence

   

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¹  Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, Tue 27 Nov 1883, p. 2. Emphasis added.

²  Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, Mon 3 Dec 1883, p. 2. Emphasis added.

³  SRNSW: NRS2327, [3/5985], Maitland Gaol photographic description book, 1875-1930, No. 487, p. 3, R5129.

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