Evening News, Wed 19 Feb 1896 1

COUNTRY SESSIONS.
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    BINGARA, Wednesday.—The quarter sessions were opened yesterday before Judge Gibson. James Hadden, alias “Scotty,” charged with breaking and entering and stealing from a dwelling, was found guilty, and sentenced to two years’ hard labor. John Jenner, charged with intent to commit an unnatural offence, was found guilty, and sentenced to eighten [sic] months’ hard labor. John O’Connell, charged with wilfully killing sheep with intent to steal them, was acquitted.

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The Maitland Daily Mercury, Sat 11 Jul 1896 2

“GOVERNMENT GAZETTE” NOTICES.
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    OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Constable Henry Hilder to be Clerk of Petty Sessions at Aberdeen, vice Higgins, resigned; Constable Albert Pope to be Acting Gaoler at Bingara gaol, vice Drew; Mary Ann Elizabeth Pope to be Acting Matron of the same gaol.

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John Frederick Jenner, Gaol photo sheet 3

SRNSW: NRS2528, [3/5997], Tamworth Gaol photographic description book, 1894-1929, No. 37, p. 38, R5139.


Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 37
Tamworth

Date when Portrait was taken: March 19th 1896

Name: John Frederick Jenner

Native place: Germany

Year of birth: 1828

Arrived       Ship: Fransises
in Colony }   Year: 1854

Trade or occupation
previous to conviction  } Laborer

Religion: C of E

Education, degree of: R and W

Height: 5' 1¾"

Weight     On committal: 137½ lbs
in lbs     } On discharge:

Colour of hair: White

Colour of eyes: Brown


Marks or special features: Has a double rupture. Walks very stiffly.

(No. of previous Portrait ... ) 

PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS
Where and When Offence. Sentence

Bingara Q.S           *

17

 1

1896

Attempt to commit bestiality with a mare 

18 months H.L.

* According to the newspaper report of Jenner’s trial he was tried on Tue 18 Feb and not 17 Jan as stated on the gaol photo description sheet. 

 

1     Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Wed 19 Feb 1896, p. 2. Emphasis added.

2     The Maitland Daily Mercury, Sat 11 Jul 1896, p. 3. Emphasis added.

3     SRNSW: NRS2528, [3/5997], Tamworth Gaol photographic description book, 1894-1929, No. 37, p. 38, R5139.

 

Bestiality