The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 4 Mar 1908 1
LAW NOTICES.
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Wednesday, March 4.
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SYDNEY QUARTER SESSIONS.
Martin Bennett and John McCormack, attempted serious offence; Mary Ellen Greenow, bigamy.
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A FIRST OFFENDER.
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FALSE PRETENCES.
At the Water Police Court on Monday before Mr Clarke, DSM, Allen Watson, 19, a tailor, was charged with obtaining from J Asawa and Co, 14 dozen silk handkerchiefs, of the value of £17 6s 6d, on February 19 last by a false pretence. A bookkeeper in the employ of the prosecuting firm stated that accused was supplied with the goods on the representation that he had been sent by Henry Bull and Co. Accused, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, with hard labour, but the sentence was suspended under the provisions of the Crimes Act relating to first offenders upon his finding the necessary sureties to be of good behaviour for twelve months.
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TWEED MANUFACTURE.
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GREAT FACILITIES IN AUSTRALIA.
Mr TH Stork, late senior partner of the firm of Stork Bros, spinners and weavers, Huddersfield, has just completed an extended tour of the Australian States, where he has been studying the conditions of the cloth-manufacturing industry.
He fails to see why Australia should import any tweeds from Europe. He has come to the conclusion that tweed could be manufactured here for about 5 per cent more than it costs to buy it in England, and as there is a duty of 25 per cent, and freight charges a very large saving could be effected. Tailors, however, were not keen on the tweeds made here so far. What was required was a mill with thoroughly up-to-date workmen in every department, and a practical man at the head of affairs. This would very soon capture nearly the whole of the trade at present going to England.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 5 Mar 1908 2
METROPOLITAN QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Docker and juries.)
Mr Herbert Harris was Crown Prosecutor.
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CASE POSTPONED.
Martin Bennett was charged with having attempted to commit a serious offence at Sydney, and pleaded not guilty. [John] McCormack was also charged, but did not appear, and it was ordered that his recognisances be estreated. The case was postponed until next Quarter Sessions, or such other court as the Attorney-General might appoint, Bennett being allowed out on the same bail as before.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 9 Apr 1908 3
LAW NOTICES.
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Thursday, April 9.
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SYDNEY QUARTER SESSIONS.
Arthur Tarran and George Lancaster, attempted housebreaking; Martin Bennett and John McCormack, attempted serious offence; John Laule and Peter Toumain, false pretences.
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POLICE COURTS.
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ILL-TREATING A HORSE.
George Gibb, 40, a grocer, was fined £1 with the option of seven days’ imprisonment, at the Central Police Court yesterday, for cruelly ill-treating a horse whilst it was in an unfit condition. The evidence was that defendant, who was the owner of the horse, was driving it in Pitt-street whilst it was suffering from a sore back, on which the saddle was rubbing.
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COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
John Jas Evans, 36, a barman, was charged at the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr Clarke, DSM, with maliciously damaging on April 6 two windows at 4 Elizabeth-street, the property of Agnes and Mary Finnie, and valued at £20. He was also charged with breaking and entering the shop of Agnes and Mary Finnie, with intent to steal, on April 6. A cabman said his attention was drawn to the sound of breaking glass, and he saw the accused in the vicinity of the place, which was near the corner of Hunter-street. He gave information to the police, and accused was arrested. In his defence accused said he saw the window broken, but he had nothing to do with it, and he denied the charges altogether. Accused was committed for trial.
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EVADING PAYMENT OF FARES.
Percy Johnson, John Doyle, Thos White, Geo May, John Wilson, Chas Pritchard, Harold Wilson, and Jack Johnson were charged at the Water Police Court yesterday with having travelled to Sydney by the steamer Riverina without paying their fares, and with intent to avoid payment. Each was fined £2, with the alternative of one month’s gaol.
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CHARGE OF THEFT.
Henry Lofblad, 36, a carpenter, was before Mr Clarke, DSM, yesterday, at the Water Police Court, charged with stealing on April 1 a coat and vest, three jumpers, a pair of boots, a uniform jacket, and some shirts, of the value of £2 12s 6d, the property of Fredk Woods. The prosecutor, who resided at a restaurant in George-street North, missed his property from a box in the room he occupied, which had been forced open during his absence. It transpired that the articles had been sold by the accused to a second-hand dealer. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment with hard labour.
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The Daily Telegraph, Fri 10 Apr 1908 4
QUARTER SESSIONS.
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(Before Judge Rogers and juries.)
Mr Herbert Harris prosecuted for the Crown.
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ACQUITTED.
Martin Bennet and John McCormack, both middle-aged men, were charged with a serious offence. Mr Daniel Levy appeared for Bennett and Mr RH Levien for McCormack. After a very brief retirement the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and the accused were accordingly discharged.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 10 Apr 1908 5
METROPOLITAN QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Rogers and a juries.)
Mr H Harris, Crown Prosecutor.
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ACQUITTED.
Martin Bennet [sic] and John McCormack were acquitted of a charge of being parties to an attempt to commit a serious offence, [indecent assault].
1 The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 4 Mar 1908, p. 7. Emphasis added.
2 The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 5 Mar 1908, p. 10.
3 The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 9 Apr 1908, p. 3.
4 The Daily Telegraph, Fri 10 Apr 1908, p. 10.
5 The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 10 Apr 1908, p. 5.