Below also see: William Pinkerton, 1937 – Indecent assault

 

The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 29 Apr 1921 ¹

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Backhouse.)

    Mr Norman Rowland, Crown Prosecutor.
…

GROSS MISCONDUCT.

    William Pinkerton, 26, for whom Mr Leonard instructed by Mr RD Meagher, appeared, pleaded not guilty to the charge of having grossly misconducted himself at Woollahra on March 21 by attempting to commit a serious offence.

    The accused, who gave evidence, said he was a single man and a labourer. He denied having attempted to assault the boy as alleged.

    Found guilty, he was remanded for sentence.

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The Daily Telegraph, Sat 7 May 1921 ²

CRIMINAL.
(Before Judge Backhouse.)

    Mr Norman de H Rowland prosecuted for the Crown in No. 1 Court of the Quarter Sessions, Darlinghurst.
…
    The following sentences were imposed:—
…
    William Pinkerton, indecent assault, [on Guy William Bingham Moore , 4 years old], two years’ imprisonment, with hard labor.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 7 May 1921 ³

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Backhouse.)

    Mr Norman Rowland, Crown Prosecutor.
…

SENTENCES.

    His Honor passed the following sentences:—
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    William Pinkerton, gross misconduct, at Woollahra, 2 years’ imprisonment, with hard labour.

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William Pinkerton, Gaol photo sheet ⁴

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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 17839

Date when Portrait was taken: 29-4-1921

Name: William Pinkerton

Native place: Sydney Year of birth: 26-6-1894 Arrived       Ship: in Colony }   Year: BS Trade or occupation previous to conviction  } Laborer Religion: C of E Education, degree of: R & W Height: 5' 6⅝" Weight     On committal: 122 in lbs     } On discharge: Colour of hair: Brown Colour of eyes: Blue

Marks or special features: Two scars on forehead. Scar on left temple. Minus 2 joints right forefinger

(No. of previous Portrait ... )  CONVICTIONS
Where and When				Offence.	Sentence
Sydney Q.S	28	4	1921	Assault with intent to commit buggery	2 years HL.

 

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William Pinkerton, 1937

The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 9 Mar 1937 ⁵

LAW NOTICES.
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Tuesday March 9.
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QUARTER SESSIONS.

    No. 1 Court.—Guy Paul McDonald and John Henry Davidson, conspiracy to cheat and defraud.

    No. 2 Court.—William Pinkerton, indecent assault; Erland Haddon Thorn, break, enter, and steal; Robert Joseph Hartley, shoot at with intent to do grievous bodily harm.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 10 Mar 1937 ⁶

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Thomson.)

    (Crown Prosecutor, Mr TS Crawford, KC, (instructed by the Clerk of the Peace.)
…

TWO YEARS’ SENTENCE.

    William Pinkerton (41), labourer, pleaded not guilty to a serious offence against a male person. He was undefended.

    He was found guilty and was sentenced to two years’ hard labour.

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Truth, Sun 14 Mar 1937 ⁷

GAOL FOR SEX OFFENDERS
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    “You picked an innocent boy. I do not intend to pass it over lightly.”

    Thus Judge Curlewis at the Sydney Quarter Sessions last to William Pinkerton, who had been found guilty of an offence against an eleven-years-old boy at the Sydney Showground on the night of January 16. His Honor passed sentence of two years’ gaol with hard labor.

    A second case in which John Alexander Heatley was found guilty of what Judge Curlewis termed a “filthy and loathsome offence” occupied the attention of a jury the following day.

    Heatley, an unemployed commercial traveller, claimed that at the time of the commission of the alleged offence he was so far under the influence of intoxicating liquor that he did not appreciate the nature of his acts.

    Detective Wells told the judge after conviction that Heatley was a married man with two children.

    Sentence of twenty-three months gaol was passed.

    Mr GM Stafford appeared for Heatley.

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William Pinkerton, Gaol photo sheet ⁸

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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 30191

Date when Portrait was taken: 10-3-1937

Name: William Pinkerton

Native place: Sydney Year of birth: 26-6-1894 Arrived       Ship: in Colony }   Year: Trade or occupation previous to conviction  } Labourer Religion: C of E Education, degree of: R & W Height: 5' 6⅝ Weight     On committal: 117 in lbs     } On discharge: Colour of hair: Brown Colour of eyes: Blue

Marks or special features: Two scars on forehead. Scar on left temple. Minus two joints of right forefinger.

Previous Portrait NSW 94/157. Special Photo 47/37. CONVICTIONS
Where and When				Offence.	Sentence
Central PC Sydney Q.S	5 9	9 3	1932 1937	Stealing Indecent assault on a male person	£2 or 4 days H.L. 2 years H.L. to date from 18-1-1937.
1 Previous Conviction

 

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¹     The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 29 Apr 1921, p. 6.

²     The Daily Telegraph, Sat 7May 1921, p. 7.

³     The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 7 May 1921, p. 9.

⁴     SRNSW: NRS2467, [3/6105], State Penitentiary photographic description book, 9 Oct 1920-14 May 1921, No. 17839, p. 393.

⁵     The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 9 Mar 1937, p. 6. Emphasis added.

⁶     The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 10 Mar 1937, p. 12.

⁷     Truth, (Syd, NSW), Sun 14 Mar 1937, p. 13. Emphasis in original and added.

⁸     SRNSW: NRS– [17/1521], State Penitentiary photographic description book, 4 Feb 1937-17 Apr 1937, No. 30191, p. –.

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