Barrier Miner, Wed 2 Dec 1891 ¹

WILCANNIA NEWS.
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Two Deaths From Thirst.
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(By Telegraph.)
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Wilcannia, Wednesday.

    A man named Andrew Readie has perished on Tarella run from want of water. A man named Moore has also perished on Teryawinia run from the same cause.

    Rains are reported as having fallen on the watershed of the Darling as follows:—Surat, 216 points; Yealba, 500 points; Roma, 437 points; Bourke, 135 points. There is now every probability of navigation being prolonged for a further time.

    A man named Frederick Llewellyn Evans was committed for trial at the police court this morning for committing an unnatural offence at [Richard] Bunworth’s [Mechanics] Hotel, [Reid Street, Wilcannia]  ² last night on a man named Alfred McHugh.

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Barrier Miner, Tue 22 Mar 1892 ³

WILCANNIA QUARTER SESSIONS.
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(By Telegraph.)
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Wilcannia, Tuesday Afternoon.

    The court of Quarter Sessions was concluded last night before Acting-Judge Gibson. The following cases were disposed of:—Charles Johnson, John Brown, James A Wilson, charged with attempting to enter the dwelling of Catherine Stone, with intent to commit rape, were acquitted; Charles Johnson for assault was found guilty, and sentenced to one month in Wilcannia gaol; Frederick Llewellyn Evans, charged with committing an unnatural offence, was found guilty and sentenced to five years’ penal servitude; William Johnson was found guilty of escaping from Wilcannia Gaol, and sentenced to two years’ hard labor; James Morphett, who was charged with horse-stealing, was found guilty of illegally using a horse, and on account of his youth was sentenced to three months in Wilcannia Gaol.

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The Cumberland Mercury and Parramatta Gazette, Wed 3 May 1893 ⁴

LOCAL AND GENERAL
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    INQUEST AT THE GAOL.—On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held at the Parramatta gaol on the body of a confinee named Fredk Evans, who had died from general debility whilst serving a sentence of five years’ penal servitude.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 3 May 1893 ⁵

IN PARLIAMENT.
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    Mr JE Bowden, the Parramatta District Coroner, held an inquest in the Parramatta Gaol yesterday touching the death of a prisoner named Frederick Llewellyn Evans, who died in the gaol on the previous evening. Sydney de Montford Bromley, deputy-gaoler, deposed that the deceased was admitted into the gaol on the 11th of April, 1892, under sentence of five years’ penal servitude, which he received at the Wilcannia Quarter Sessions from Judge Gibson, on the 21st March, 1892. A certificate was received from the Wilcannia visiting surgeon to the effect that deceased had been exempted from separate treatment as he was suffering from chronic rheumatism, with a weak heart, and that he considered him unfit for either separate or solitary treatment. Deceased was admitted into the gaol hospital on the 14th of last month. He was a native of Wales, and was 46 years of age. Dr Violette, the visiting surgeon to the Parramatta Gaol, deposed that deceased had been under his treatment for some time. In his opinion death was due to exhaustion, consequent upon suffering from disease of the kidneys, liver, lungs, and a weak heart. The jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes.

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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers’ Advocate, Sat 6 May 1893 ⁶

DEATH IN THE PARRAMATTA
GAOL.
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    An inquest was held in the Parramatta Gaol on Tuesday afternoon into the circumstances surrounding the death of a prisoner names Llewellyn Evans, who died in the gaol on the previous evening, before Mr JE Bowden, the Parramatta District Coroner, and a jury composed of six free men and six prisoners.

    Sydney de Montford Bromley deposed that he was Deputy-Governor of the gaol. The body just viewed by the jury was was [sic] that of Frederick Llewllyn Evans. He was received into the gaol on the 11th of April, 1892, under sentence of 5 years’ penal servitude for indecency, which he received at the Wilcannia Quarter Sessions from Mr Judge Gibson on the 21st of March, 1892. When he was received at the gaol he had been previously exempted from separate treatment by the visiting surgeon at the Wilcannia gaol, who stated in his certificate that the prisoner was suffering from chronic rheumatism with a weak heart, and that he considered him unfitted for either separate or solitary treatment. On the strength of this certificate he was exempted from solitary treatment, and was employed in doing ordinary work and odd jobs about the gaol. He was admitted to the gaol hospital on the 14th of last month, and died at 7.30 pm on Monday evening. Deceased was a native of Wales, and was 46 years of age, and described as a cook. He had no relatives living in the colony.

    Dr Violette, the visiting surgeon to the gaol hospital, deposed that the deceased had been under his treatment for some time. He was taken to the gaol hospital last month, and he remained in the hospital, under treatment, until his death. In witness’s opinion he died from exhaustion, consequent upon suffering from disease of the kidney, liver, lungs, and a weak heart. He received every care and attention possible.

    The jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes.

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Frederick Llewellyn Evans, Gaol photo sheet ⁷

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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 434

Date when Portrait was taken: 27-5-1892

Name: Frederick Llewellyn Evans

Native place: Wales Year of birth: 1847 Arrived       Ship: Ellora in Colony }   Year: 1879 Trade or occupation previous to conviction  } Cook Religion: C of E Education, degree of: R & W Height: 5' 8½" Weight     On committal: in lbs     } On discharge: Colour of hair: Grey Colour of eyes: Grey Marks or special features: Bridge of nose broken. Nail of 2nd finger left hand injured

Where and when tried: Wilcannia Q.S. 21st March 1892 Offence: Buggery Sentence: 5 years P.S. Remarks: Nil

(No. of previous Portrait ... )  PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS
Where and When				Offence.	Sentence
				Nil recorded

 

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¹     Barrier Miner, Wed 2 Dec 1891, p. 3. Emphasis added.

²     Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Sat 4 Nov 1876, p. 5.

“The Wilcannia Times says:—A rather daring robbery took place on the night of the 18th inst, when Mr Bunworth’s hotel was broken into, and his cashbox, containing about £50, stolen. It appears the thieves broke open the trap-door in the verandah leading into the cellar, and then broke open the trap-door leading from the cellar into the bar. Two men were charged with the offence at the local police court on Saturday last, and were remanded.”

³     Barrier Miner, Tue 22 Mar 1892, p. 4. Emphasis added.

⁴     The Cumberland Mercury and Parramatta Gazette, Wed 3 May 1893, p. 2.

⁵     The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 3 May 1893, pp. 4, 5.

⁶     The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers’ Advocate (Parramatta), Sat 6 May 1893, p. 7. Emphasis added.

⁷     SRNSW: NRS2397, [3/6009a], Parramatta photographic description book, 1891-1897, No. 434, p. 25, R5136.

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