Evening News, Thu 28 Jun 1928 ¹

PERVERT GAOLED
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OFFENCE AT BURWOOD
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    COLIN WALKER, 33, painter, charged at Burwood Court to-day with indecency, was sentenced for six months hard labor.

    Mrs Eleanor Daisy Jeff said defendant had committed the offence in full view of four young women in the back yard of her premises.

    It was stated that Walker had previously been convicted for similar offences.

    The magistrate commended Mrs Jeff for her public service in having come forward to give evidence against defendant.

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Truth, Sun 1 Jul 1928 ²

DID HIS DUTY

AFTER having looked for a man who had been acting offensively about Burwood Park for twelve months, John Francis Jeffs, following on a complaint from his wife, chased and caught Colin Walker in Park Avenue, Burwood, last week.

    On the evidence of Jeffs and his wife, Walker was sentenced to six months’ hard labor by Mr Camphin, SM, at Burwood Court.

    “You have performed a duty to the public,” said the Magistrate, adding that it was not a pleasant task to give evidence in cases of that nature.

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Evening News, Wed 25 Jul 1928 ³

ASSAULT CHARGE
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LITTLE GIRL IN CASE
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    “We allege that this man assaulted a little girl and acted indecently,” said the police prosecutor, Sergeant Walker, at Burwood Court to-day, when Colin Walker, a young men, was charged with assault.

    Defendant was remanded until August 7 on £150 bail.

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The Sun, Wed 25 Jul 1928 ⁴

FRIGHTENED OFF
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CONCORD ASSAULT CASE
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    Colin Walker was remanded till August 7, on bail of £150, at the Burwood Court to-day, on a charge of having assaulted a little girl near her home at Carrington-street, Concord.

    It was stated that the screams of the girl frightened off a man who approached her before she was injured in any way.

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Daily Examiner, Thu 26 Jul 1926 ⁵

LITTLE FIRL ATTACKED
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Man Remanded on £150 Bail
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Sydney, Wednesday.

    At Burwood Court, Colin Walker was remanded on bail of £150, on a charge of having assaulted a little girl at Concord yesterday.

    It was stated the girl’s screams frightened off her assailant before she was injured in any way.

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Northern Star, Thu 26 Jul 1928 ⁶

NEAR AND FAR
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NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS
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    At Burwood Police Court yesterday Colin Walker was remanded on bail of £150 on a charge of having assaulted a little girl at Concord on Tuesday. It was stated that the girl’s screams frightened off the assailant before she was injured in any way.

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Tweed Daily, Thu 26 Jul 1928 ⁷

BURWOOD ASSAULT.
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Man Remanded on Bail.
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    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At Burwood Court to-day, Colin Walker was remanded on bail of £150 on a charge of having assaulted a little girl at Concord yesterday. It was stated the girl’s screams frightened off her assailant before she was injured in any way.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 2 Aug 1928 ⁸

 

LAW NOTICES.
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Thursday, August 2.

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QUARTER SESSIONS.

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APPEALS.

    The following appeals against the Magistrate’s orders and convictions will be heard in No. 3 District Court, Queen’s-square: Richard Smith Motor Traffic Act; Colin Walker, vagrancy; Thelma Bennett, stealing; Thelma Bennett, solicit for an immoral purpose; Francis Anthony O’Brien, Motor Traffic Act; Patrick William Donaher, Motor Traffic Act; Robert Bruno Koller, having unclean room on premises.

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Colin Walker, Gaol photo sheet  ⁹

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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details

No. 15965

Date when Portrait was taken: 12-1-1918 [sic]

Name: Colin Walker

Native place: England Year of birth: 31-1-1891 Arrived       Ship: Cassel in Colony }   Year: 1911 Trade or occupation previous to conviction  } Painter Religion: C of E Education, degree of: R & W Height: 5' 9" Weight     On committal: 143 in lbs     } On discharge: Colour of hair: Brown Colour of eyes: Grey

Marks or special features: Dimple in chin

(No. of previous Portrait ... )  CONVICTIONS
Where and When				Offence.	Sentence
Central PC Burwood PC Sydney Q.S.	11 27   2	1 6 8	1918 1928 1928	Expose person Expose person	6 months HL 6 months HL. To bail on appeal from Court Appeal dismissed conviction affirmed £3/3/0 costs within 14 days

 

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¹     Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Thu 28 Jun 1928, p. 5.

²     Truth, (Syd, NSW), Sun 1 Jul 1928, p. 16.

³     Evening News, (Sydney, NSW), Wed 25 Jul 1928, p. 9.

⁴     The Sun, (Sydney, NSW), Wed 25 Jul 1928, p. 13.

⁵     Daily Examiner, (Grafton, NSW), Thu 26 Jul 1928, p. 4.

⁶     Northern Star, Thu 26 Jul 1928, p. 6.

⁷     Tweed Daily, (Murwillumbah, NSW), Thu 26 Jul 1928, p. 3.

⁸     The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 2 Aug 1928, p. 8. Emphasis added.

⁹     SRNSW: NRS2467, [3/6097], State Penitentiary photographic description book, 3 Oct 1917-5 Mar 1918, No. 15965, p. –.

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