The Narrabri Age and Namoi District Newspaper, Tue 12 Feb 1907 1
QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before His Honor Judge Gibson).
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James Dewar, charged with an unnatural offence at Tarriaro during December, pleaded not guilty. Mr JM McDonald appeared for accused.
After two rabbit trappers had given evidence, accused went into the box. Before he had finished his evidence, the Jury intimated to his Honor that the jury had made up their mind and wished to record a verdict of Not Guilty, which hi Honor accepted, and prisoner was discharged.
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The Narrabri Herald and Northern Districts’ Advertiser, Tue 12 Feb 1907 2
NARRABRI QUARTER SESSIONS.
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Monday, February 11, 1907.
(Before Mr Justice Gibson, Chairman.)
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Crown Prosecutor: Mr Walter Bevan.
The legal profession was represented by Messrs JM McDonald, WR Potts, and GSE Dale, jnr.
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James Dewar, arraigned on an indictment charging him with having committed the crime of beastiality, [sic] on Tarriaro station, Narrabri, on the 1st December, 1906, pleaded not guilty.
Mr McDonald defended the accused.
After the case for the Crown had been closed, accused gave evidence in his own defence, and the jury intimated that they had arrived at a decision. His Honor directed that proceedings should not go on as the jury had arrived at a verdict. The foreman then announced that they adjudged accused not guilty, and he was forthwith acquitted.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 12 Feb 1907 3
COUNTRY NEWS.
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QUARTER SESSIONS.
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Narrabri, Monday.
At the Quarter Sessions to-day, before Judge Gibson, Henry East, a German waiter, was found guilty of assaulting a boy, and was sentenced to five years’ penal servitude. George Thompson was sentenced to nine months for false pretences. James Dewar, charged with an offence, was acquitted. Henry Bond and Ernest Colclough, charged with stealing a quantity of dead wool from Killarney station, were also acquitted.
1 The Narrabri Age and Namoi District Newspaper, Tue 12 Feb 1907, p. 2.
2 The Narrabri Herald and Northern Districts’ Advertiser, Tue 12 Feb 1907, p. 2.
3 The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 12 Feb 1907, p. 8. Emphasis added.