Evening News, Fri 2 Dec 1927 1

SESSIONS SENTENCES
————

    The following persons were sentenced by Judge Cohen at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day:—

    George Walters, 22, laborer, breaking and entering, 18 months.

    John O’Brien, 17, laborer, indecency, two years, and ordered to be kept under medical observation.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 2 Dec 1927 2

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Cohen.)
Crown Prosecutor, Mr Neil McTague.

…

INDECENT ASSAULT.

    John O’Brien, 17, pleaded guilty to having indecently assaulted a male person, [William Edward Smith, 7 years], at Sydney on July 20, and was remanded for sentence.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 3 Dec 1927 3

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Cohen.)
Crown Prosecutor, Mr BV Stacey.

SENTENCES.

…
    John O’Brien, 17, labourer, indecent assault, two years’ hard labour in Maitland Gaol. His Honor recommended that the prisoner be kept under medical observation.

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John O’Brien, Gaol photo sheet template 4

SRNSW: NRS2467, [3/6120], State Penitentiary photographic description book, 8 Oct 1927-24 Feb 1928, No. 22655, p. 340.


Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 22655

Date when Portrait was taken: 3-12-1927

Name: John O’Brien

Native place: Redfern

Year of birth: 9-11-1909

Arrived       Ship:
in Colony }   Year:

Trade or occupation
previous to conviction  } Nil

Religion: R. C.

Education, degree of: Nil

Height: 5' 6"

Weight     On committal: 129
in lbs     } On discharge:

Colour of hair: Black

Colour of eyes: Hazel

Marks or special features: Nil

(No. of previous Portrait ... ) 

CONVICTIONS
Where and When Offence. Sentence

Childrens Court Sydney

ditto

ditto

Sydney Q.S

13

20

  7

  1

11

  1

  6

12

1919

1925

1927

1927

Break enter & steal

Incontrollable

Riotous behaviour

Indecent assault on a male person

6 months Probation & pay 9/-

To an Institution

Admonished

2 years HL.

 

1     Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Fri 2 Dec 1927, p. 12. Emphasis added.

2     The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 2 Dec 1927, p. 10.

3     The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 3 Dec 1927, p. 14.

4     SRNSW: NRS2467, [3/6120], State Penitentiary photographic description book, 8 Oct 1927-24 Feb 1928, No. 22655, p. 340.

 

Indecent Assault