Below also see: Joseph Ruane, 1930

 

Cowra Free Press, Tue 6 Mar 1928 ¹

SERIOUS OFFENCE AT
WOODSTOCK
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MIDDLE AGED MAN SENTENCED
TO 12 MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT.
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    This morning Joseph Ruane was charged with at Woodstock on 23rd January indecently assaulting a boy, [Martin Andrew Hudson], 13 years of age.

    Accused, who was undefended, pleaded guilty.

    The Crown Prosecutor (Mr Stacy) said there were two previous convictions against accused, one for offensive behaviour in South Australia, and the other for being drunk and disorderly.

    His Honor said he would not take any notice of them, as they were not offences of the same nature.

    Accused said he had been drinking. He walked from Cowra to Woodstock, where he had more drink. He then went out about half-a-mile and had more drink with some friends. He got muddled and did not know what he was doing. If he committed the offence he was very sorry. He had been in custody six weeks and had received a letter from the Department stating his pension had been stopped. He thought being locked up had something to do with it.

    Accused was remanded for sentence until 2 o’clock.

    Upon resuming, His Honor said he had taken into consideration all that accused had said, but he could not give very much weight to it owing to the extreme youth of the boy. The sentence was that accused be imprisoned for one year in Bathurst Gaol with hard labor, to date from January 23rd.

 

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Joseph Ruane, 1930

 

Daily Examiner, Wed 16 Jul 1930 ²

CHARGED WITH UNLAWFULLY
BEGGING ALMS.

    Before Mr J Dough an, JP, in the Grafton Police Court yesterday, Joseph Ruane, 49, was charged with having unlawfully begged alms in Prince street Grafton.

    Constable Norman Jackson said that about 4.30 pm on Monday last he was on plainclothes duty in Prince street when defendant approached him and said “Hello Snow, how are you? Have you a cigarette about you?” He (the constable) said that he had not. Then defendant said, “I’ll tell you a good joke, Snow. I was down in the hotel a while ago. I saw a couple of ‘traps,’ and one was a bit like you, too. I was just going to put the fangs into them. I was lucky. I heard after that I was talking to Paterson, the screw.” Defendant then asked the constable to give him “a couple of bob,” stating that he had been having “a pretty tough time.” Previous to this conversation, Constable Jackson said he saw defendant intercept at least six persons in the same street. He would have a short conversation with them and they would leave him. Defendant, who pleaded not guilty, was sentenced to imprisonment for seven days, with hard labor.

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Joseph Ruane, Gaol photo sheet ³

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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 22931

Date when Portrait was taken: 28-3-1928

Name: Joseph Ruane

Native place: Ireland Year of birth: 29-4-1880 Arrived       Ship: Not known in Colony }   Year: Came young Trade or occupation previous to conviction  } Laborer Religion: C of E Education, degree of: R & W Height: 5' 9⅝" Weight     On committal: 163 in lbs     } On discharge: Colour of hair: Fair Colour of eyes: Blue

Marks or special features: Nil

(No. of previous Portrait ... )  CONVICTIONS
Where and When				Offence.	Sentence
CPC ditto Cowra Q.S Grafton PC CPC ditto ditto Sing ditto ditto Queensland Nambour PC  Central PC Victoria Queenscliff PB  Newcastle   Brisbane Swan Hill Nyah West Melbourne PC Deepwater Melbourne PC Yass Maitland PC.. Newtown PC...... Newcastle PC ditto North Sydney Hornsby	11 8 6 15 18 14 20 11 11   8 28   29 18   16 29 2 31 23 23 19 18 9 25 25 26 30	5 9 3 7 8 9 11 12 12   5 8   10 7   10 2 3 3 11 3 5 6 2 7 7 10 3	1925 1926 1928 1930 1936 1936 1936 1936 1936   1937 1937   1937 1938   1943 1944 1944 1944 1944 1945 1945 1946 1949 1949 1949 1949 1950	Offensive behaviour Disorderly Conduct Indecent assault on a male person Vagrancy Drunk ditto Indecent behaviour Drunk Indecent language   Evade rail fare Beg alms   Vagrancy Evade rail fare Page Two Vagrancy Language Indecent behaviour Vagrancy Insulting words Drink Metho Language ditto Indecent behaviour Indecent language Drunk Drunk ditto	10/- or 4 days HL 14/- days HL 12 months HL. To date from 23-1-1928 7 days HL 14/- or 24 hours HL 24/- or 2 days HL 44/- or 4 days HL 20/- or days HL £5 or 10 days HL   11/8 or 48 hours HL Bound over for 13 months    14 days HL. Police Docket £2.9.2. or 5 days HL PTO 3 months imprisonment 10/- or 24 hours HL £4 or 14 days HL 3 weeks HL £3 or 6 days HL £10 or 30 days HL 30/- or 3 days HL 10/- or 24 hours HL £1.5.0 or 48 hours HL £3.3.0 or 6 days 25/- or 48 hours HL 24/- or 48 hours HL 45/- or 4 days HL

 

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¹     Cowra Free Press, Tue 6 Mar 1928, p. 2.

²     Daily Examiner, (Grafton, NSW), Wed 16 Jul 1930, p. 4. Emphasis added.

³     SRNSW: NRS2467, [3/6121], State Penitentiary photographic description book, 24 Feb 1928-23 Jun 1928, No. 22931, p. 95. Emphasis added.

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