The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 2 Jul 1891 1

POLICE.
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    Mr Whittingdale Johnson, SM, presided at the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday.
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    Mr TK Abbott, SM, presided in the Charge Division of the WATER POLICE COURT.
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    John Stevenson, 56, a seaman, was charged with assaulting George Waite [aka Wait] Harrold. Accused was committed to take his trial at the next Quarter Sessions, beginning on August 3.

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The Daily Telegraph, Wed 12 Aug 1891 2

QUARTER SESSIONS.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11.
(Before Judge MacFarland.)

    Mr WH Coffey prosecuted on behalf of the Crown.

CRIMINAL ASSAULT.

    James Stevenson, an elderly man, was found guilty of attempting to commit a criminal assault and sentenced to three years’ hard labor in Darlinghurst gaol.

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Evening News, Wed 12 Aug 1891 3

YESTERDAY’S BREVITIES.
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    A man named John Stevenson, was found guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day on an indictment charging him with having, on June 9, attempted to commit a criminal assault on a male person, and he was sentenced to three years’ hard labor in Darlinghurst Gaol.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 12 Aug 1891 4

METROPOLITAN QUARTER SESSIONS.
TUESDAY.
(Before his Honor Judge FARLAND.)

    Mr Coffey prosecuted for the Crown.

JUROR FINED.

    Thomas James Moore, Steyne, Manly, was again fined 40s for non-attendance as a juror.

ASSAULT.

    John Stevenson was charged on two counts with having committed an unlawful assault on June 29 in the Woolloomoolo [sic] shed lately utilised as a night refuge for the unemployed. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to three years’ hard labour.

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John Stevenson, Gaol photo sheet 5

RNSW: NRS2138, [3/6053], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1891, No. 5149, p. 170, R5104.


Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 5149

Date when Portrait was taken: 2-7-1891

Name: John Stevenson

Native place: England

Year of birth: 1835

Arrived       Ship: Port Phillip
in Colony }   Year: not known

Trade or occupation
previous to conviction  } Sailor

Religion: R Cath

Education, degree of: R&W

Height: 5' 6"

Weight     On committal: 135
in lbs     } On discharge:

Colour of hair: Brown

Colour of eyes: Blue

Marks or special features: Top joint right little finger contracted. M over indistinct letters inside right forearm. Piece of flesh protruding under left eye. Broken nose.

Where and when tried: Sydney Q.S.
11th August 1891

Offence: Attempt Buggery

Sentence: 3 years H.L. Sydney Gaol

Remarks: Plead guilty

(No. of previous Portrait ... )

PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS
Where and When Offence. Sentence

 CPO

 8

8 

 1891

Drunk and disorderly

 3 months C

 

1     The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 2 Jul 1891, p. 3.

2     The Daily Telegraph, Wed 12 Aug 1891, p. 3.

3     Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Wed 12 Aug 1891, p. 6.

4     The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 12 Aug 1891, p. 4.

5     SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6053], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1891, No. 5149, p. 170, R5104.

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