Below also see: Arthur Lawson, 1926 – Indecent assault
Evening News, Wed 21 Sep 1921 1
CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.
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Arthur Lawson, 21, was committed for trial by Mr Edwards, SM, at the Central Police Court to-day, on a charge of having between August 23 and September 5, embezzled the sum of £37 16s. The property of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, Limited, Elizabeth-street, by which he was employed.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 5 Oct 1921 2
QUARTER SESSIONS.
No. 1 COURT.
(Before Judge Scholes.)
Mr WT Coyle, KC, Crown Prosecutor.
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EMBEZZLEMENT.
Arthur Lawson was charged with having while in the service of the colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, Ltd, fraudulently embezzled the sum of £37/16/, which he had received on account of the society.
Mr Hogarth appeared for the defence.
Accused pleaded guilty to the embezzlement of £10. This was accepted by the Crown, and he was remanded for sentence.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 8 Oct 1921 3
QUARTER SESSIONS.
No. 1 COURT.
(Before Judge Scholes.)
Mr WT Coyle, KC, Crown Prosecutor.
His Honor passed the following sentences:—
Arthur Lawson, embezzlement, 12 months’ imprisonment in Goulburn Gaol, with hard labour, sentence to be suspended under the first offenders’ provisions of the Crimes Act, and prisoner to enter into recognisance, self and another, in £20 each, to be of good behaviour for 12 months.
Arthur Lawson, 1926
The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 10 Nov 1926 4
LAW NOTICES.
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Wednesday, November 10.
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SYDNEY QUARTER SESSIONS.
Rose Ann Wellington, stealing; James Canning, inflict grievous bodily harm; Cecil Harrie, fraudulent misappropriation; Arthur Lawson, indecency (to be mentioned).
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The Daily Telegraph, Tue 14 Dec 1926 5
TO-DAY’S LAW NOTICES.
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SYDNEY QUARTER SESSIONS.
No. 1 Court.—John Marsden, larceny as a bailee (part heard); Robert Malcolm Robinson, larceny as a servant; Frederick Travis, attempt to steal from the person; Arthur Lawson, indecent assault on a male person; George Edlef Dunk, perjury (to plead guilty); Robert Sands Watsford, false pretences (to plead guilty); Charles Vernon Maxwell, false pretences.
No. 2 Court.—James Hassett, larceny as a bailee; George Cornwell and William Finn, indecent assault on a male person; Arthur Arnold Ford, stealing; Rose Weir, stealing from the person; Demos Morel, stealing (to be postponed).
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 15 Dec 1926 6
QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Scholes.)
Mr LJ McKean, Crown Prosecutor.
ACQUITTED.
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Arthur Lawson, for whom Mr Dovey (instructed by Mr WM Niland) appeared, was charged with indecently assaulting Leonard James Stone, [9 years of age], at Bexley, on November 25, 1925. Accused was acquitted and discharged.
1 Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Wed 21 Sep 1921, p. 5.
2 The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 5 Oct 1921, p. 8.
3 The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 8 Oct 1921, p. 9.
4 The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 10 Nov 1926, p. 10. Emphasis added.
5 The Daily Telegraph, Tue 14 Dec 1926, p. 11. Emphasis added.
6 The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 15 Dec 1926, p. 14.