The Daily Telegraph, Thu 8 Oct 1903 ¹

QUARTER SESSIONS.
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(Before Judge Rogers and juries.)

    Mr H Harris acted as Crown Prosecutor.
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ACQUITTED.

    Frederick Douglas Lee, charged with an assault, [buggery], on an apprentice on the ship Falklandbank, [sic] was found not guilty, and discharged.

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Evening News, Thu 8 Oct 1903 ²

DARLINGHURST SESSIONS.
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    Frederick Douglas Lee was acquitted of a charge of having assaulted Alexander Blackie, an apprentice on the British ship Falkland Bank, on April 1 last, whilst the vessel was on the high seas. He was discharged from custody.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 8 Oct 1903 ³

QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Before Judge Rogers and juries.)

    Mr Herbert Harris Crown Prosecutor.
…

ACQUITTAL.

    Frederick Douglas Lee pleaded not guilty to a charge of having, on April 1 last, committed a serious offence. The jury acquitted the accused, and he was discharged.

    The Court adjourned to the following day.

¹     The Daily Telegraph, Thu 8 Oct 1903, p. 8.