The Daily Telegraph, Fri 6 Oct 1911 1

LAW NOTICES.
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Friday, October 6.

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SYDNEY QUARTER SESSIONS.

    Reginald Moore, assault with intent; Margaret Fitzgerald, stealing in dwelling.

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The Daily Telegraph, Sat 7 Oct 1911 2

QUARTER SESSIONS.
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(Before Judge Backhouse.)

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ASSAULT.

    Reginald Moore, a youth was charged with an attempted assault with intent at Katoomba on August 15 last. The principal witness was a small boy [Ernest Richard Penfound Stretton , 8]. Accused was found guilty, and remanded for sentence.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 7 Oct 1911 3

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Backhouse.)

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FOUND GUILTY.

    Reginald Moore, a lad, was charged with a serious offence. He pleaded not guilty, and was defended by Mr Mack. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and he was remanded for sentence.

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The Daily Telegraph, Tue 10 Oct 1911 4

QUARTER SESSIONS.
———
(Before Judge Backhouse and juries.)

    Mr Herbert Harris prosecuted for the Crown.
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A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER.

    Reginald Moore, a lad of 16½ years, who had been convicted of a serious offence at Katoomba on August 15, was sentenced to imprisonment in Goulburn gaol for six months, and was ordered to find a surety for good behaviour for a period of two years, or undergo a further six months’ imprisonment. His Honor wished particularly that the prisoner should not be sent to Grafton gaol, where he might be associated with old and hardened criminals.

    The recorder said the prisoner would be classified in Grafton gaol.

    His Honor expressed a wish that he should be kept at Goulburn.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 10 Oct 1911 5

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Backhouse and juries.)
(Mr Herbert Harris, Crown Prosecutor.)

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SENTENCED.

…
    Reginald Moore, 16½ years of age, who was convicted of a serious offence committed at Katoomba, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment in Goulburn Gaol. His Honor expressed the wish that prisoner be not sent to Grafton Gaol, so that he might be kept away from older criminals.

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Reginald Moore, Gaol photo sheet 6

SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6077], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1911-1912, No. 12033, p. 199, R5115.


Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 12033

Date when Portrait was taken: 6-10-1911

Name: Reginald Moore

Native place: Hobart, Tas

Year of birth: 30-6-1895

Arrived       Ship:
in Colony }   Year: B.S.

Trade or occupation
previous to conviction  } Porter

Religion: Presbyterian

Education, degree of: R and W

Height: 5' 3"

Weight     On committal: 123
in lbs     } On discharge:

Colour of hair: Fair

Colour of eyes: Grey

Marks or special features: Small brown mole inside bend of left arm, small brown mole inside bend of right arm, scar under right nostril, brown mole under right eye

(No. of previous Portrait ... ) 

CONVICTIONS
Where and When Offence. Sentence

Sydney Q.S

6

10

1911

Assault with intent to commit sodomy

6 mths HL at expiration of sentence
to enter into a recognisance self in
£40 to be of good behaviour for 2 years
in default to be further imprisoned
in the same gaol for 6 mths with HL

 

1     The Daily Telegraph, Fri 6 Oct 1911, p. 5. Emphasis added.

2     The Daily Telegraph, Sat 7 Oct 1911, p. 19.

3     The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 7 Oct 1911, p. 5.

4     The Daily Telegraph, Tue 10 Oct 1911, p. 15.

5     The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 10 Oct 1911, p. 5.

6     SRNSW: NRS2138, [3/6077], Darlinghurst Gaol photographic description book, 1911-1912, No. 12033, p. 199, R5115.

 

Sodomy