The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 1 Mar 1916 1
LAW NOTICES.
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Wednesday, March 1.
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QUARTER SESSIONS.
John Lindsay, larceny; William John Wood, assault with intent to rob; Edward Lynch, assault; Thomas McGrory, assault and robbery.
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The Daily Telegraph, Thu 2 Mar 1916 2
CRIMINAL
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Image: NSW State Library collection. Reproduction: Peter de Waal
The jury acquitted Edward Lynch (51), who was charged at the Metropolitan Sessions, before Judge Docker (Mr Herbert Harris prosecuting), with indecent assault upon an inmate, [Victor Wakefield], of the Randwick Military Hospital on February 9.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 2 Mar 1916 3
QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Docker and jury.)
Mr Herbert Harris, Crown Prosecutor.
ACQUITTED.
Edward Lynch, 51, was acquitted on a charge of having committed a serious assault on an inmate of the Randwick Military Hospital on February 9. He conducted his own case.
1 The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 1 Mar 1916, p. 8. Emphasis added.
2 The Daily Telegraph, Thu 2 Mar 1916, p. 3.
3 The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 2 Mar 1916, p. 4.