The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser, Tue 6 Feb 1894 1

ARMIDALE QUARTER SESSIONS.
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FRIDAY, FEB. 2.
(Before his Honor Judge Coffey.)

    BARRISTERS present: Messrs J Browning (Crown Prosecutor), J Garland, WH Mocatta, and J Kent. Solicitors present: Messrs Kearney, McDonald, Simpson, Weaver, Clapin, Hayden (Uralla), and Thomas (Tenterfield).
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SATURDAY, FEB. 3.

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INDECENT ASSAULT.

    Frank Wilson [aka Frank Williams], a middle-aged man, was charged with committing an indecent assault [on Albert Lonsdale and Daniel Henry Mulholland ] at Uralla.
    The accused was undefended, and pleaded not guilty.
    The following jury were empanelled: J Bardsley, JF Bell, W Hiscox, Geo Bliss, AH Perrott, CA Jackes, Geo McCrossin, R Hargrave, FW Fearby, J Duncombe, D Finlayson, and A Menzies.
    The evidence was unfit for publication.
    The accused was found guilty, and sentenced to two years’ hard labour.

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Evening News, Tue 6 Feb 1894 2

ARMIDALE QUARTER SESSIONS.
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    ARMIDALE, Monday.—At the quarter sessions Frank Wilson, found guilty of an unnatural offence at Uralla on October 19 [1893] last, was sentenced to two years’ hard labor in Armidale Gaol.

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Australian Town and Country Journal, Sat 10 Feb 1894 3

COUNTRY NOTES.

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    AT ARMIDALE Quarter Sessions on Monday Frank Wilson, found guilty of an unnatural offence at Uralla on October 19 last, was sentenced to two years’ hard labor in Armidale Gaol.

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Frank Wilson, Gaol photo sheet 4

SRNSW: NRS1989, [3/6003], Armidale Gaol photographic description book, 1894-1915, No. 13, p. 13, R5083.


Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 13
Armidale

Date when Portrait was taken: 9th August 1894

Name: Frank Wilson

Native place: Sydney

Year of birth: 1861

Arrived       Ship:
in Colony }   Year:

Trade or occupation
previous to conviction  } Draper

Religion: C. E.

Education, degree of: R&W

Height: 5' 4¾"

Weight     On committal:
in lbs     } On discharge:

Colour of hair: Brown

Colour of eyes: Gray


Marks or special features: Nose large, mouth & chin medium. Scar back of left leg

(No. of previous Portrait ... ) 

PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS
Where and When Offence. Sentence

Armidale Q.S

 3

 2

 1894

Indecent assault on a male person 

2 years HL

 

1     The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser, Tue 2 Feb 1894, p. 4.

2     Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Tue 6 Feb 1894, p. 5.

3     Australian Town and Country Journal, Sat 10 Feb 1894, p. 17.

4     SRNSW: NRS1989, [3/6003], Armidale Gaol photographic description book, 1894-1915, No. 13, p. 13, R5083.

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