Mark James Wilson, 1923
Below also see: Albert Brown, 1924,
Alfonces Roy Wilson, 1925 – Buggery
John Wilson, 1928,
Bert Jones, 1929,
John McNamara, 1930,
Jack O’Dea, 1931 – Indecent assault

 

The Advertiser, Mon 28 May 1923 ¹

LAW COURTS.
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ALLEGED LARCENY

    At the Adelaide Police Court on Saturday Mark James Wilson [aka Jack O’Dea] was charged with having stolen an automatic revolver, valued at £7, the property of Arthur Albert Walls, at Unley, on April 23. The accused was arrested by Plainclothes Constable Kirk, of St Peters. Detective Sergeant Allchurch asked for a remand, as there were other charges against the accused which the police wanted to prepare. Mr EM Sabine, PM, granted a remand until May 30.

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The Advertiser, Thu 31 May 1923 ²

LAW COURTS.
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REVOLVER AND WATCH STOLEN.

    Mark James Wilson [aka Jack O’Dea] (19) was brought before Mr LH Haslam, SM, in the Adelaide Police Court on Wednesday, on two charges of larceny. The first was that on April 23 at Unley he stole an automatic revolver, valued at £7, the property of Arthur Albert Walls. Detective Allchurch prosecuted.

    Arthur Albert Walls said he had the revolver in his bedroom ast the premises of Mr Adcroft, of Unley, where he and the accused were boarding. He missed it on April 23.

    Plainclothes-constable Kirk said he recovered the revolver from the accused at Norwood. When asked where he obtained the revolver, Wilson said, “I got it from a house in Unley, where the people were afraid of it. It belongs to Mr Wales, and I took it from the room the day I left.

    The accused pleaded guilty under extenuating circumstances. “The people were afraid of the revolver,” he said, and he took it with the intention of handing it over to the police.

    The SM fined the accused £5, and allowed him a month in which to pay; in default, three months imprisonment.

    On a charge of stealing a watch and chain, valued at 10/-, the property of John K Adcroft, a schoolboy, of Thomas-street, Unley, the accused was fined £1. He said Adcroft had given him the watch to wear, and he had not returned it. He did not intend to steal it.

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The Register, Thu 31 May 1923 ³

IN THE COURTS.
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LARCENY OF A REVOLVER.

    Mark James Wilson 19, admitted having stolen an automatic pistol, valued at £7, owned by Arthur Albert Walls, at Unley, on April 23, before Mr LH Haslam, SM, in the Adelaide Police Court on Wednesday.

    Detective-Sgt Allchurch prosecuted.

    Informant, a steward residing at Thomas street, Unley, said accused was living at the same house as himself, but left on April 23. Witness missed the revolver from a box in his room on that date.

    Plainclothes Constable Kirk, of St Peters, stated that when he arrested accused at a house in Osmond street, Norwood, he admitted that he had the revolver, and said he took it away from the house at Unley because the people were afraid of it. He told them he would not dispose of it for them. Accused finally admitted he had stolen the weapon from Mr Walls.

    To a second charge of having stolen a watch and chain worth 10/-, belonging to John K Adcock [sic], accused also pleaded guilty.

    Adcock, a youth living at the same house as previous informant, said the watch and chain were left on the mantle-shelf in his bedroom, and he missed them on April 23.

    Plainclothes Constable Kirk gave evidence of arrest.

    A fine of £5 was imposed on the first charge, and £1 on the second.

 

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Albert Brown, 1924

 

Recorder, Wed 17 Sep 1924 ⁴

POSED AS POLICEMAN
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“Not Safe at Large”
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OFFENDER FINED £5.
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    The sequel to a complaint regarding the peculiar behaviour of a young man who was alleged to have posed as a policeman, was the appearance of Herbert Brown [aka Jack O’Dea] before Mr DC Scott, SM, at the Port Pirie Police Court yesterday, on a charge of having unlawfully impersonated the police.

    Brown, a thin-faced young man, pleaded guilty.

    Evidence was given by two boys that the defendant met them at Solomontown on Saturday night and told them that he was a police constable on duty in Port Pirie during the absence of Policewoman Curtis.

    They went into a bakery where, the boys alleged, the defendant began to hug them.

    “We told him to stop,” said one of the lads, “and then ew ran away.”

    Constable Badams told the Court that when he questioned Brown in regard to the alleged offence, the man said, “I’ll tell you the truth. I’m guilty.”

    Mr Scott, SM (to the defendant): What have you got to say?

    The defendant said he told the boys he was a policeman, but his reason for doing so was to frighten them away from some timber he wanted for a bakery he was going to establish.

    Mr Scott: But you seemed to lose control of yourself in another way.

    The defendant said he did not think so.

    “It is not safe for you to be at large,” said the magistrate, “you will go to Gladstone for a month.”

    Sergeant Howie informed the Bench that the defendant was a special constable during the police strike in Melbourne.

    The magistrate subsequently altered his decision and imposed a fine of £5.

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The Advertiser, Thu 18 Sep 1924 ⁵

THE COUNTRY.
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PORT PIRIE.

    September 16.—At the Police Court this morning, before Mr DC Scott, SM, a young man, Bert Brown, pleaded guilty to a charge of impersonating the police. Constable WH Badams, of Solomontown, ⁶ said the defendant had represented himself to two boys named Michael Moloney and Sydney John Harmer, as being a police officer taking the place of Police woman Curtis, who is absent from the town on leave. The constable added that when he first accosted the defendant the latter denied the charge, but subsequently he admitted it, expressed regret, and asked to be given a chance. The evidence of the constable was corroborated by that of the two lads. Defendant was fined £5, in default a month’s imprisonment.

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The Register, Thu 18 Sep 1924 ⁷

IN THE COURTS.
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IMPERSONATION.

    At the Port Pirie Police Court on Tuesday morning (before Mr DC Scott, SM) a young man, Bert Brown, who said his home was Mount Gambier, pleaded guilty to a charge of impersonation. Constable WH Badams said that defendant had represented himself to two boys as being a police officer, taking the place of Policewoman Curtis, who is absent from the town on leave. The lads also stated that the defendant had asked them to accompany him on lonely walks along the wharfs at night. The constable added that when he first accosted the defendant the latter denied the charge, and said he had no recollection of doing anything of the sort, but subsequently admitted it., expressed regret, and asked to be given a chance. Defendant was fined £5, in default a month’s imprisonment.

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Chronicle, Sat 27 Sep 1924 ⁸

COUNTRY NEWS.
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PORT PIRIE.

    September 16.—At the Police Court this morning, before Mr DC Scott, SM, a young man, Bert Brown, pleaded guilty to a charge of impersonating the police. Constable WH Badams, of Solomontown, said the defendant had represented himself to two boys named Michael Moloney and Sydney John Harmer, as being a police officer taking the place of Policewoman Curtis, who is absent from the town on leave. The constable added that when he first accosted the defendant the latter denied the charge, but subsequently he admitted it, expressed regret, and asked to be given a chance. The evidence of the constable was corroborated by that of the two lads. Defendant was fined £5, in default a month’s imprisonment.

 

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Alfonces Roy Wilson, 1925

 

The Age, Fri 17 July 1925 ⁹

CONVICTED PRISONERS.
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Judge Passes Sentence.

    Sentence was passed by Judge Wasley in the Court of General Sessions yesterday on a number of prisoners.
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    Alphonsus Roy Wilson, 18 years, was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment on each of two charges of an offence against a boy at Berwick. His Honor said he would not send Wilson to an reformatory as there was a danger that he would contaminate the boys there.

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The Argus, Fri 17 Jul 1925 ¹⁰

PRISONERS SENTENCED.

    Sentences were imposed by Judge Wasley yesterday on prisoners who had pleaded guilty or had been found guilty in General Sessions:—
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    “I am afraid that if I sent you to a reformatory prison you would contaminate the others there,” said Judge Wasley when he sentenced Alfonces Roy Wilson, [aka Jack O’Dea], a young man, to imprisonment for 12 months on each of two charges of having committed a serious offence against a boy. The sentences were made cumulative.

 

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John Wilson, 1928

 

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser, Thu 7 Jun 1928 ¹¹

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
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    To-day is the monthly licensing and police court, and a large number of cases are listed for hearing. All licenses in the Jerilderie Licensing District come up for renewal, while a number of cases will be heard in the Industrial Court, as well as a fairly lengthy list of police cases.
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    In the Jerilderie Police Court on Saturday last before Messrs JC Prosser and WW Elliott J’sP, John Wilson [aka Jack O’Dea], was fined £10 or three months hard labour in Deniliquin gaol on a charge of being in possession of articles reasonably supposed to be stolen. From particulars adduced defendant, who was a stranger to the town, was in possession of a scoutmaster’s shirt, whistle and other equipment belonging to a Numurkah (Vic.) Resident. During his short stay here he endeavoured to induce a number of schoolboys to form a unit of the Boy Scouts, and collected a number of small subscriptions from them.

  

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Bert Jones, 1929

 

Daily Standard, Thu 19 Sep 1929 ¹²

POLICE COURT REMANDS.

    Charged that, between September 6 and 9, at Southport, he stole 5s, the property of Robert Mitchell, Bert Jones (28, baker) was remanded till Tuesday by Mr JS Berge, PM, in the Police Court to-day.

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The Brisbane Courier, Fri 20 Sep 1929 ¹³

BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES.
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METROPOLITAN COURTS.
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STEALING ALLEGED.

    Bert Jones [aka Jack O’Dea](aged 28), baker was charged, in the Police Court yesterday, before Mr J Stewart Berge, PM, that, between September 6 and 9, at Southport, he stole the sum of 5/, the property of Robert Mitchell. Evidence of arrest was given by Detective Constable Mahoney, and, on the application of Sub-inspector Lipp, defendant was remanded until September 24.

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The Brisbane Courier, Wed 25 Sep 1929 ¹⁴

BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES.
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METROPOLITAN COURTS.
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BOGUS SCOUTMASTER.

    “You are sentenced to three week’s imprisonment, with hard labour, on each charge, the terms to be cumulative; that makes one years,” said Mr J Stewart Berge, PM, to Bert Jones (28), baker, on remand, in the Police Court yesterday, after Jones had pleaded guilty to 19 charges of stealing at Southport. In each case, with one exception, where the amount was 19/6, the sum obtained was 5/6. Sub-inspector Lipp said that Jones arrived in Southport from New South Wales on September 6. He visited the Convent School and addressed the boys there, representing that he was a scoutmaster, and was forming a boy scout movement in Southport. He enrolled 54 boys. From one he collected 19/6, from 18 5/6, and from 35 6d each. Sixpence was for enrolment, and the remainder was for the purpose of coming to Brisbane to buy uniforms, which were to cost 19/ each. Jones organised a camp. On the night of September 9 he formed up a party for about eight boys, and marched them along the railway line from Southport to Ernest Junction. He then told them to march back again, and he got on the train and came to Brisbane. About this time inquiries were made by the police in New South Wales, where a warrant had been issued for defendant. He was located at Windsor, and complaints arrived from Southport. He said that he had spent the money, and that he was not a scoutmaster, but had been an honorary scoutmaster in Newcastle. It appeared that he got a number of boys together in that town, and when he was asked to produce his credentials he was unable to do so. He had a criminal history, and had been convicted for stealing in Adelaide, for impersonating a police officer in Port Pirie (“I don’t know how he did it,” commented the sub-inspector), and in Melbourne. In passing sentence as above, Mr Berge said that defendant had got to work very quickly, and that it was hard to understand how people could be so easily taken in.

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Morning Bulletin, Wed 25 Sep 1929 ¹⁵

SALUTARY SENTENCE.
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POSED AS SCOUTMASTER.
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MANY STEALING CHARGES.

Brisbane, September 24.

    Three weeks’ hard labour on each of 19 charges of stealing, the sentence to be cumulative, was to-day imposed on Bert Jones, 28, baker, who, it was alleged, had come to Queensland from New South Wales and represented himself as a scoutmaster. It was stated that he had enrolled 54 boys at Southport and collected various amounts from them, ranging from 6d to 19s 6d. He had a criminal history, having been convicted of stealing in Adelaide and impersonating a police officer in Port Pirie. There was a warrant out against him in New South Wales.

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Townsville Daily Bulletin, Wed 25 Sep 1929 ¹⁶

“SCOUTMASTER” GAOLED.
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Enrolments at Southport.
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Brisbane, September 24.

    Three week’s hard labour on each of nineteen charges of stealing, the sentence to be cumulative, was to-day imposed on Bert Jones, age 28, baker,, who, it was alleged, had come to Queensland from New South Wales, and had represented himself as a Scoutmaster.

    It was stated he had enrolled 54 boys at Southport, and collected various amounts from them, ranging from sixpence to 19/6.

    He had a criminal history, having been convicted of stealing in Adelaide, and impersonating a police officer in Port Pirie. There was a warrant out against him in New South Wales.

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Cairns Post, Thu 26 Sep 1929 ¹⁷

BOGUS SCOUT MASTER
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SENTENCED TO 57 WEEKS.
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Brisbane, September 24.

    Three weeks’ imprisonment with hard labour on each of nineteen charges of stealing, the sentences to be cumulative, was to-day imposed on Bert Jones (28), baker, who it was alleged, had come to Queensland from New South Wales and represented himself as a scout master.

EFFRONTERY.

    It was stated that he enrolled 44 [sic] boys at Southport and collected various amounts from them, ranging from sixpence to 19/6. He had a criminal history, having been convicted of stealing in Adelaide and impersonating a police officer in Port Pirie. There was a warrant out against him in New South Wales.

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The Capricornian, Thu 26 Sep 1929 ¹⁸

QUEENSLAND.

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Brisbane, September 24.

    Three week’s hard labour on each of 19 charges of stealing, the sentence to be cumulative, was to-day imposed on Bert Jones, 28, baker, who, it was alleged, had come to Queensland from New South Wales and represented himself as a scoutmaster. It was stated that he had enrolled 54 boys at Southport and collected various amounts from them, ranging from 6d to 19s 6d. He had a criminal history, having been convicted of stealing in Adelaide and impersonating a police officer in Port Pirie. There was a warrant out against him in New South Wales.

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Truth, Sun 29 Sep 1929 ¹⁹

NOT PREPARED FOR THIS!
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Boy Scouts Lose Money When Bogus
Scoutmaster Absconds
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MEAN PERVERT SENT TO GAOL.

    “Be prepared” is the Boy Scout motto, but 59 Southport lads, who were prepared to join that movement, were not prepared enough to withstand the wiles of Bert Jones.

    Having collected 5/6 from each lad, Bert Jones, posing as a Big Noise in the Scout game, marched eight of the lads to Ernest Junction, gave them his blessing, and then caught the train for Brisbane, while the lads foot-slogged it back to home and mother.

    And now for 12 months Bert Jones will occupy a little cell at Boggo-road gaol, for so a magistrate has decreed.

    JONES left Newcastle, New South Wales, at the beginning of September for Newcastle’s good. A pervert with convictions in South Australia and Victoria, he inflicted himself on the public of Newcastle and posed as a cobber of Baden Powell.

    The going was good and the pickings easy until an officious stickybeak asked to see Jones’s credentials. They were of a microscopic quantity, which is equal to nothing.

    For the good of his health and liberty Jones removed himself to Queensland, and his choice fell on Southport.

    Jones’s physiognomy runs mostly to nose. That organ stands out prominently like Cape York Peninsula. A pair of close set dark eyes and an elongated countenance resembling the narrow part of an egg, surmount a weedy body clothes in shabby raiment.

    There was a time when Jones’s graft led him to impersonate a policeman, and the role was so unsuccessful that he never tried it again.

    He could not convince anyone that his stumpy figure was identified with the majesty of the law.

    When Jones breathed the ozone of Southport a stroll in the streets apprised him that the seaside town was the home of scholastic institutions, and these were to be the oyster that with his good tongue he would open and extract the elusive silver and gold.

    When his steps strayed to the door of a school and he knocked timidly, it was because he had seen a “beware of the dog” sign and was afraid that if a canine tore his garments he could never hope to replace them.

Immediate Success.
    Success crowned his first efforts. His patter about boy scouts and “be prepared” drew like a magnet, and he succeeded in interesting people enough to assure him that his money making scheme would be a financial success.

    He engaged a hall and gave a lecture. Words flowed from his lips like molten lava down the side of Vesuvius. Boys listened open mouthed and swallowed the bait offered.

    Next day enrolments came in and as each enrolment carried a fee of 5/6, part payment for rig out and entrance fee, Jones began to reap the reward of his labors.

    Fifty-four credulous boy–fish bit. One rose to the full fee of 19/6; 18 wheeled 5/6 from their proud parents, while another 39 managed to scrape up sixpence each.

    Uneasy would have slept the parents, had they known that the man whoo took their children on a two days’ camp had been convicted in the South of Grave offences against morality.

    After two days Jones began to tire of this retinue of scouts and to long for the city and the amber pot of beer.

    Behold him then on the third day, haranguing his army and explaining that the time had arrived when uniforms should grace those slender limbs and show off the youth of Southport at their best.

    Selecting eight scouts he trekked them to Ernest Junction and halted them in the shadow of the railway station.

Off to the City.
    As the train was about to draw into the station, like Napoleon saying goodbye to his old guard, he bade a fond farewell to his platoon, and begged them to “trek” back to the camp and then home. As for him, duty called to Brisbane and much as he would like he could no longer abide among them.

    Not a word did he say about a refund of their fees. A trifle such as that escaped his memory.

    The boys went home and Jones came to the city and spend his ill-gotten gains.

    Not for long was he to remain at liberty. The Southport boys went home and when indignant parents realised that they had not only exposed their boys to a grave moral risk but had sacrificed their money as well, a hymn of hate went forth to the police and eventually reached the CIB.

    Detectives Mahoney, Bookless and Gooch took up the trail of the bogus Scout leader and eventually he was discovered at Newmarket in the shade of a tree with four young boys around him.

    Promptly he was marched to the lock-up and brought before Magistrate Berge.

    As Sub-Inspector Lipp narrated his misdeeds Jones stood in the dock unconcerned. He did noot know that his record down south was known to the police, and at most he expected to be asked to make restitution and pay a small fine.

    When his criminal record was unfolded, Jones got a shock. A further shock was the imposition of three weeks’ imprisonment with hard labor on each of 19 charges of imposition.

    Crushed and almost weeping, this immoral crook went out of court. The public will sigh with relief when they know that a pervert like Jones is safe behind the brick walls and the iron bars of Boggo-road gaol.

 

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John McNamara, 1930

 

The Newcastle Sun, Mon 8 Sep 1930 ²⁰

HERE AND THERE
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    SENTENCED FOR FRAUD.—Guyra, Monday: John McNamara, 35, alias Bert Jones, alias John McMara, was charged at Guyra Police Court with fraudulent representation. It was stated that he represented himself as a scoutmaster to hoodwink boys into paying him money for uniforms. He was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labor.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Mon 8 Sep 1930 ²¹

SENTENCED FOR FRAUD.
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Guyra, Saturday.

    John McNamara, 35, alias Bert Jones, alias John McMara, was charged at Guyra Police Court with fraudulent representation. It was stated that he represented himself as a scoutmaster to hoodwink boys into paying him money for uniforms. He was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour.

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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, Tue 9 Sep 1930 ²²

NEWS OF THE DAY
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    John McNamara, 35, alias Bert Jones, alias John McMara, was charged at Guyra Police Court with fraudulent representation. It was stated, that he represented himself as a scoutmaster to hoodwink boys into paying money for uniforms. He was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour.
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    Eight Maltese, some of whom were railway workers, were charged at Casino on Saturday with vagrancy. More serious charges, [buggery], are expected to follow. A large number of Maltese recently arrived at Casino, and encamped either in buildings that they could secure, or in tents pitched on the river bank. They expect to find employment on the proposed railway line from Casino to Bonalbo.

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Guyra Argus, Thu 11 Sep 1930 ²³

GUYRA POLICE COURT.
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    Saturday, September 6, 1930—Before Messrs H Beesley and TE Sole, J’sP.

HOODWINKING BOY SCOUTS.

    John McNamara, 35, alias Bert Jones, alias John McMara, was charged with fraudulent representation. It was alleged that defendant represented himself as a Scoutmaster, to hoodwink boys into paying him money for uniforms, etc. on Friday he had a number of boys at Rocky Gully, close to town, with the object of interesting them in his scheme. Sergeant Orrmsby and Constable Jeffrey arrived on the scene and arrested him. Constable Jeffrey had had the man under observation for some days. McNamara had been three weeks out of Boggo Road Gaol, Brisbane, after serving a sentence of twelve months for fraud, and came to Guyra. He was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment in Tamworth Gaol, with hard labour.

  

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Jack O’Dea, 1931

 

The Maitland Daily Mercury, Mon 2 Feb 1931 ²⁴

JUDGE CAUSTIC
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Newcastle, Monday.

    Jack O’Dea a former scoutmaster, pleaded guilty at Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day to two charges of indecent assault.

    The prisoner had a long list of previous convictions.

    Addressing O’Dea, the Judge said: “You took advantage of your position as scoutmaster to commit those abominable offences. The scout movement is one of the greatest in the world and you, like other leeches fastened yourself on it.”

    O’Dea said he was suffering from a leaking valve of the heart.

    Judge: “Rest is the best cure for that. You are sentenced to eighteen months on each charge, sentences to be cumulative. You are a menace to the community.”

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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, Tue 3 Feb 1931 ²⁵

QUARTER SESSIONS.
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Monday, February 2.
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(Before Judge Sheridan.)

“MENACE TO COMMUNITY.”

    Described by Judge Sheridan as “a menace to the community,” Jack O’Dea, 30, pleaded “Guilty at the Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day to two charges of indecent assault committed [on Harvey Strudwick] at Hamilton and Charlestown respectively, in July, 1929. He was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment on each count. The sentence are to be cumulative.

    His Honor: The facts are that you became a scoutmaster, and used your position to enable you to carry out this disgusting practice.

    O’Dea: I am suffering from a leaky valve of the heart.

    His Honor: Well, a rest cure is the best for that.

    “There is only one thing to do with you. You are a menace to the community,” he [sic] Honor added.

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The Maitland Weekly Mercury, Sat 7 Feb 1931 ²⁶

JUDGE CAUSTIC
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NEWCASTLE SESSIONS

    Jack O’Dea, a former scoutmaster, pleaded guilty at Newcastle Quarter Sessions to to two charges of indecent assault.

    The prisoner had a long list of previous convictions.

    Addressing O’Dea, the Judge said: “You took advantage of your position as scoutmaster to commit these abominable offences. The scout movement is one of the greatest in the world and you, like other leeches fastened yourself on it.”

    O’Dea said he was suffering from a leaking valve of the heart.

    Judge: “Rest is the best cure for that. You are sentenced to eighteen months on each charge, sentences to be cumulative. You are a menace to the community.”

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Jack O’Dea, Gaol photo sheet ²⁷

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Gaol Photo Sheet - Transcribed Details 

Name Jack O’Dea No. 2217 Maitland Date when Portrait was taken: 5-2-1931								Finger Print Classification
Native Place Mount Gambier, South Australia Year of Birth 1-6-1900 Arrived in State   Ship                        }     Year Trade or occupation previous to conviction  } Baker Religion R. C. Education, degree of R & W. Height, without shoes 5' 5¼" Weight in lbs.     On committal 120                      }   On discharge Colour of hair Dark. Colour of eyes Brown. Marks or special features Scar on forehead. Scar on left thumb.					(Nos. of previous Portrait ... )
CONVICTIONS St 7574 97939
Court.	Date			Offence.		Sentence	Name.		Gaol No.
Adelaide Port Pirie Melbourne GS ditto Jerilderie PC Brisbane PC Guyra PC Newcastle Q.S	30 16 1 1 2 24 6 2	5 9 7 7 6 9 9 2	1923 1924 1925 1925 1928 1929 1930 1931	Larceny 2 charges Impersonate Police Buggery Buggery Goods in custody Stealing 19 charges Fraudulent  Representation Indecent assault on a male person 2 charges		Fine £6.0.0 * £7 or 1 month 12 months H.L. 12 months H.L. £10 or 3 months H.L. 3 weeks H.L. on each charge Acc £5.4.0 or 3 months HL 18 months H.L. on each charge Acc	[Mark James Wilson] [Albert Brown]  |  Acc [Alfonces Roy Wilson]   [Bert Jones]   John McNamara Jack O’Dea		Tamworth 305   M’land
* According to the three newspaper reports of the Port Pirie court proceedings the fine imposed was £5 and not £7 as stated on the gaol photographic description sheet.

 

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¹     The Advertiser (Adelaide), Mon 28 May 1923, p. 7.

²     The Advertiser (Adelaide), Thu 31 May 1923, p. 7.

³     The Register (Adelaide, SA), Thu 31 May 1923, p. 11. Emphasis added.

⁴     Recorder (Port Pirie, SA), Wed 17 Sep 1924, p. 3. Emphasis added.

⁵     The Advertiser (Adelaide), Thu 18 Sep 1924, p. 16. Emphasis added.

⁶     A detailed illustrated article entitled ‘Methodism in Solomontown’ can be found in the following newspaper. Australian Christian Commonwealth, (SA), Fri 24 Oct 1913 p.6.

⁷     The Register (Adelaide, SA), Thu 18 Sep 1923, p. 4. Emphasis added.

⁸     Chronicle (Adelaide, SA), Sat 27 Sep 1924 p. 14. Emphasis added.

⁹     The Age, (Melbourne, Vic), Fri 17 Jul 1925, p. 13.

¹⁰   The Argus, Fri 17 Jul 1925, p. 9.

¹¹   Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser, (NSW), Thu 7 Jun 1928, p. 2. Emphasis added.

¹²   Daily Standard, (Brisbane, Qld), Thu 19 Sep 1929, p. 12.

¹³   The Brisbane Courier, Fri 20 Sep 1929, p. 11. Emphasis added.

¹⁴   The Brisbane Courier, Wed 25 Sep 1929, p. 3. Emphasis added.

¹⁵   Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld), Wed 25 Sep 1929, p. 9.

¹⁶   Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld), Wed 25 Sep 1929, p. 4.

¹⁷   Cairns Post (Qld), Thu 26 Sep 1929, p. 4.

¹⁸   The Capricornian (Rockhampton, Qld), Thu 26 Sep 1929, p. 43.

¹⁹   Truth, (Brisbane, Qld), Sun 29 Sep 1929, p. 19. Emphasis in original and added.

²⁰   The Newcastle Sun, (NSW), Mon 8 Sep 1930, p. 7.

²¹   The Sydney Morning Herald, Mon 8 Sep 1930, p. 10.

²²   Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, (NSW), Tue 9 Sep 1930, p. 8.

²³   Guyra Argus, (NSW), Thu 11 Sep 1930, p. 2.

²⁴   The Maitland Daily Mercury, (NSW), Mon 2 Feb 1931, p. 5.

²⁵   Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, Tue 3 Feb 1931, p. 2. Emphasis added.

²⁶   The Maitland Weekly Mercury, (NSW), Sat 7 Feb 1931, p. 11.

²⁷   SRNSW: NRS2328, [14/3084], Maitland gaol photographic description book, No. 2217, p. –.

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