The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers’ Advocate, Wed 26 Mar 1924 1
AT THE [POLICE] COURT.
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At the Parramatta Police Court, on Thursday,
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Joseph Moulds, aged 58, was committed for trial at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions on April 7. Bail was fixed at £40.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 8 Apr 1924 2
PARRAMATTA QUARTER
SESSIONS.
The Parramatta Quarter Sessions opened yesterday before Judge Armstrong. Mr J Crawford prosecuted for the Crown.
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Joseph Moulds pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted bestiality at Glenorie on March 14. Sentence was deferred.
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers’ Advocate, Sat 12 Apr 1924 3
QUARTER SESSIONS.
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Parramatta Quarter Sessions opened on Monday, Judge Armstrong presiding. Mr TS Crawford was Crown Prosecutor; Mr LJ Utley, Deputy Clerk of the Peace; and Mr JH Murray, Deputy Sheriff.
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ATTEMPRED UNNATURAL OFFENCE.
Joseph Moulds, [58], pleaded guilty when charged with having attempted to commit an unnatural offence, [bestiality with a cow], at Glenorie on March 14.
It was stated that accused, for whom Mr FW Todhunter appeared, had always been simple-minded.
“However beastly the act,” said His Honor, “it was the act of a harmless, simple-minded. It was not done in a shocking way; nor was there any public scandal. Under the circumstances, I have decided to give accused the benefit of the First Offenders’ Act .”
A sentence of nine months’ hard labor in Parramatta Gaol was suspended accordingly.
1 The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers’ Advocate (Parramatta), Wed 26 Mar 1924, p. 2.
2 The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 8 Apr 1924, p. 6.
3 The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers’ Advocate (Parramatta), Sat 12 Apr 1924, p. 6.