Evening News, Thu 20 Dec 1923 1

FIVE YEARS
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BUSH WORKER’S CRIME
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    John Jones, 58, bush worker, who pleaded guilty at the Darlinghurst Sessions to a serious offence, was sentenced by Judge Scholes to five years’ penal servitude.

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The Sun, Thu 20 Dec 1923 2

WITNESS ALSO
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TWO MEN GAOLED
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    Charged with an abominable offence at Tamworth, John Jones, 59, bush-worker, was sentenced by Judge Scholes, at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, to five years’ penal servitude. He pleaded guilty.

    In the lower court one of the chief witnesses against him was James Frederick Lynn, aged 25, laborer, who also pleaded guilty to-day to a charge of having illegally used a horse at Moor Creek, near Tamworth. Judge Scholes sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment.

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The Daily Telegraph, Fri 21 Dec 1923 3

QUARTER SESSIONS
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(Before Judge Scholes.)

    Crown Prosecutor: Mr LJ McKean.
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SERIOUS OFFENCE.

    Pleading guilty to a serious offence at Tamworth on November 20, John Jones was sentenced to five years gaol.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 21 Dec 1923 4

QUARTER SESSIONS.
No. 1 COURT.
(Before Judge Scholes.)
Crown Prosecutor, Mr LJ McKean.

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UNNATURAL OFFENCE.

    John Jones, for whom Mr Spear appeared, pleaded guilty to an unnatural offence [bestiality with a mare] at Tamworth on November 20, and was sentenced to five years’ servitude.

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John Jones, Gaol photo sheet 5 

SRNSW: NRS2467, [3/6110], State Penitentiary photographic description book, 11 Aug 1923-12 Jan 1924, No. 19857, p. –.


Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 19857

Date when Portrait was taken: 21-12-1923

Name: John Jones

Native place: Victoria

Year of birth: 2-3-1864

Arrived       Ship:
in Colony }   Year: BS

Trade or occupation
previous to conviction  } Laborer

Religion: C of E

Education, degree of: R & W

Height: 5' 9½"

Weight     On committal: 147
in lbs     } On discharge:

Colour of hair: Brown to Gray

Colour of eyes: Gray

Marks or special features: “W over M” and wreath inside left forearm. Bullet wounds on back of right thigh & under right kneecap. Large nose.

(No. of previous Portrait ... ) 

CONVICTIONS
Where and When Offence. Sentence

Sydney Q.S

20

12

1923

Beastiality [sic]

5 years PS

 

1     Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Thu 20 Dec 1923, p. 15.

2     The Sun, (Sydney, NSW), Thu 20 Dec 1923, p. 3.

3     The Daily Telegraph, Fri 21 Dec 1923, p. 3.

4     The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 21 Dec 1923, p. 6.

5     SRNSW: NRS2467, [3/6110], State Penitentiary photographic description book, 11 Aug 1923-12 Jan 1924, No. 19857, p. –.

 

Bestiality