Below also see: Percy Philip Mallett, 1938
The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 12 Nov 1909 1
LAW NOTICES.
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Friday, November 12.
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SYDNEY QUARTER SESSIONS.
Wilfred Thomas Young and Frederick Augustus Young, conspiracy (part heard); Robert Leatheard, indecent assault;
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The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 Nov 1909, p. 3. Reproduction: Peter de Waal
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 18 Nov 1909 2
LAW NOTICES.
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Thursday, Nov 18.
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QUARTER SESSIONS.
Robert Leatheard, assault; Thomas Field, Edward Gleeson, and William Smith, shooting at with intent to do grievous bodily harm; Edward Aiken, larceny.
Appeals.—Violet Alma Hill, dismissal of complaint; John McMillan, maintenance; Oswald Ferguson, assault; Edward George Wood, breach local government ordinance.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 19 Nov 1909 3
QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Murray and juries.)
Mr Walter Bevan prosecuted for the Crown.
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ACQUITTED.
Robert Leatheard, [50], pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault. Mr RD Meagher appeared for the defence.
The Crown alleged that the accused was guilty of improper conduct with a boy named Percy Philip Mallett on September 16 and 17 at the Naval Stores, Darling Island.
The jury, without waiting for counsel’s address, retired for a short interval, and returned a verdict of not guilty, the foreman adding that the jury were of the opinion that accused left the court without a stain on his character.
His Honor: It appears to me, gentlemen, that the case savours of vindictive malice on the part of some person.
The Foreman: We think that also.
The accused was then discharged.
His Honor: I have no doubt that the naval authorities will properly purify and disinfect this important naval department under their control.
Percy Philip Mallett, 1938
Barrier Miner, Wed 20 Jul 1938 4
RAILWAY FLAGMAN
KILLED
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Percy Philip Mallett (45), railway flagman, who for several hours stood near the Newtown goods shed protecting a gang of men who were working on overhead wires, was run down by the Cooma mail and killed. Hi body was found on the track horribly mangled. At 5 o’clock this morning he was told by a fellow workman to get a cup of tea, but half an hour later it was discovered he had not done so and a search resulted in the discovery of his death.
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Singleton Argus, Wed 20 Jul 1938 5
RUN DOWN BY COOMA
MAIL
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RAILWAY FLAGMAN MANGLED.
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Sydney, Wednesday.
Percy Philip Mallett, 45, a railway flagman, who stood near Newtown goods shed protecting a gang of man who were working on overhead wires, was run down by the Cooma mail and killed.
The body was found on the track, badly mangled.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 21 Jul 1938 6
RAILWAY FLAGMAN KILLED.
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HAD GUARDED WORKMEN ALL
NIGHT.
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After working all night giving warning signals of approaching trains for the protection of men working on the overhead wires on the main suburban line, Percy Phillip Mallett, 45, a flagman employed by the Railway Department, was killed yesterday morning a few minutes before he should have gone off duty.
It is believed that he was run over by the Cooma mail as it was passing the Newtown goods shed for the Central Station, about 5 am. His mutilated body was found on the line after the train had passed. He lived in Toronto Place, Sutherland, and had been employed by the Railway Department for 11 years.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 30 Jul 1938 7
FLAGMAN KILLED BY TRAIN.
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Percy Phillip Mallett, 43, railway flagman who was posted to warn his mates of the approach of trans on the night of the July 20 was himself killed by a locomotive near the Newtown station.
The City Coroner, Mr Oram, yesterday returned a verdict of accidental death, saying that he could not understand how Mallett came to be hit or how he failed to hear the approaching train.
1 The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 12 Nov 1909, p. 7. Emphasis added.
2 The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 18 Nov 1909, p. 7. Emphasis added.
3 The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 19 Nov 1909, p. 5.
4 Barrier Miner, Wed 20 1938, p. 2.
5 Singleton Argus, Wed 20 Jul 1938, p. 2.
6 The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 21 Jul 1938, p. 6.
7 The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 30 Jul 1938, p. 18.