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7 November 1831
Police Incidents
Monday October 31, Charles Arthur and Bridget Warren were charged, the former with refusing to do his master’s work until he had finished his smoke, and the latter with being discovered in Charles’s dormitory in an unequivocal situation, and when ordered to part, with ripping her master’s nankeen from top to bottom, Charles to be milled for eight days and Bridget to reside in the factory for two months.
*** Mary McNally for likening her mistress’ house to a prison, and instead of going to hear to “word” as she requested, with whiling away the time is a disorderly house, was sent for two months to the third class.
*** Mary Fox for being found linked arm in arm with a fellow in the Domain, who was whispering soft nonsense in her ear, instead of attending mass, was sent six weeks to the third class.
*** Daniel Farrell, drunk as a fiddler, two hours in the stocks.
*** Senor Dominio Quiney, shipped as per invoice from Canton, with a phiz as black as charcoal, stumped up five bob for some rum antics exhibited by hum in the streets the previous evening.
*** Wednesday November 2, Jane Carr, a complete Xantippe was charged with exhibiting most outrageous conduct to the terror of all the constables, who trembled at her countenance. She was ordered a month at the factory; on hearing her sentence, she clapper-clawed all hands within her reach, and was only removed from the bar by the united strength of six constables
28 November 1831
Police Incidents
George Burton was charged with being picked up on the race-course, lying on the broad of his back, singing forth lustily “my lodging is on the cold ground” – for which he was ordered to receive 25 lashes. *** Dan McCarthy, for sucking a whisky bottle, six months on a stretch, was ordered to undergo to receive 50 lashes, *** John Morris enjoying himself in a grog shop, which he declared he had mistaken for the church, was sent to the cells for three days. *** Susan Irving, drunk, and hugging a male servant in the next house around the neck, most lovingly, Three months to Gordon’s villa. *** John Riley, with an incurable taste for hot punch, was ordered 25 lashes to correct his taste. *** Jane Hewson, going on a trip of pleasure, was sent 3 hours to the stocks. *** James Toole, for nearly starving to death two horses belonging to his master and selling their corn for rum, with which he treated all the brickmakers in the neighbourhood, was sent three months to an iron gang *** John Jones, drunk as any gentleman need wish to be, was sent 3 hours to the stocks. *** Joseph Baddington, drunk, amorous, and clamorous, was sent three hours to the stocks. *** Yambo Stanton, a gentleman in yellow, professing the polite accomplishment of tambourine playing, was charged by Quashi Brett, a gentleman in black, with easing him of a pair of ancle johns, a jacket and waistcoat and two one pound notes, in violation of good faith etc. The black gentleman acknowledged he had been imbibing potions of wine and footing to Yambo’s soft toned instrument, until his reasoning facilities were confused. The yellow gentleman, by way of defence, said that he borrowed the articles in question to make himself comfortable at a free and easy he was about proceeding to, but the gentleman in black had no recollection whatever of the circumstances, in consequence, the yellow gentleman was committed for the offence. *** James Finn was charged by his mistress with breaking open her door at two o’clock in the morning, and standing over her with an axe, demanded a fig of tobacco, she replied that she had none, when he swore he would cut her up and smoke her in his pipe. The Bench send him to the mill for 14 days. *** George Swainson was committed to take his trial for forging and uttering a promissory note, purporting to bear the signature of Charles Mallard Esq. R. N., with intent to defraud James Danks.
*** Harriet Wright, with hair dishevelled, and drunkish, was sent two months to the third class in the factory. *** Ann Cook was charged with absenting herself for five weeks, which she stated were spent by her in the bush, “far from the busy hands of men” Three months in factory residence. *** Richard Lewis, tapping every pretty girl he met on the chin, was chin to the mill for three days. *** 5 December 1831
Police Incidents Monday, November 28, John Carney, an idle young dog was charged with telling his master he would not work – not he, no he’d give his master a pill first. 25 lashes *** Pat Higgins, for the gentlemanly amusement of pelting a man’s door with brickbats at the dead hour of night, was sent three days to the mill. *** John Crawley and John Smith were charged with having five loaves cut at once, on the plea that they could not eat stale bread, and when required to finish the loaves in question, with bolting to the baker’s and purchasing a twopenny burster. 3 days on the tread mill *** 12 December 1831
Thomas Field for keeping bad company, and solacing himself with the rum bottle, was sent to the mill for 7 days *** William Christopher, absenting himself from his master because he could not stand work any longer, was sent to the mill for 7 days. *** Margaret Marmion, for an unprovoked assault upon a man of colour, belonging to the Prince Regent, was fully committed to take her trial for the offence. *** Elizabeth Nicholson, decked in green from top to toe, was charged by her mistress with offering to fight her, as she was bloody minded. It appeared that she had hoaxed her mistress out of a ten shilling pair of earrings, on the plea that her eyes were bad. Prisoner said her mistress was such a rumbusticus sort of women, that she would not return to her again. The Bench sent her to the factory for three months, which time was to be added to her original sentence of seven years. *** Ann O’Brien, possessing all right, title and interest to a charming squint, was charged with rusticating on the South Head Road, with her chere amie, for which she was sent to the factory for one month. *** William McCullock, for striking his master’s left ogle a sledge hammer blow, when ordered into custody, was sentenced to 50 lashes. *** Johannah Brown, for being picked up in the streets in company with a sailor after hours, was sent to the factory for one month. *** James Brown was sentenced 18 months to a penal settlement, for endeavouring to pass a forged order, purporting to bear the signature of his mistress. *** Timothy Hawkins, celebrating the arrival of His Excellency in too deep potations, paid five shillings for his lark. *** James Compton, a lazy idle fellow, was ordered 10 days on the mill, to eradicate, if possible, these bad qualities. *** Catherine Ringworth, a remarkably loquacious personage, was charged with insolence; while the depositions were being taken, she kicked up a rare phillilloo in the office, which not all the rhetoric of the Bench could subdue; on being sentenced one month to the third class, she became perfectly furious, exclaiming, “give me any punishment you like, but don’t send me to the third class; so help me God. I’ll never go back to my masters service – I won’t, I won’t” striking one hand against the other, with the fury of a maniac; and it required all the strength of the posse committatis to remove her from the bar. *** William Norman, drunk, absent and riotous, a shipmate as usual was the defence, 3 days milling. *** Isabella Brodie, in the habit of getting drunk once or twice a week, was charged by her mistress, but which she maintained was only once or twice a fortnight, was sent one month to the 3rd class. *** John Hannon, a fellow possessed of the most consuming assurance, was charged by his master with refusing to carry a box for him, without he would open it and take out the contents for his inspection, and that he might carry it piecemeal, although a child of 9 might have conveyed it to its destination whole. 25 lashes and to be doubled should he again relapse. *** Rex v. Sullivan. The defendant appeared to answer for harbouring Maria Sullivan, on the 23rd November, It was represented to the Bench that he kept a disorderly house, and ginger beer shop, so much so, that every servant girl passing the house was sure to be enticed in., Defendant pleaded guilty, Fined 11 dollars and 3s. 9. costs. *** Catherine Rose, for wasting her fragrance in the desert air, instead of residing in a dwelling, was sent one month to the gaol. *** Mary Greeson, playing old rose and burn the bellows at her mistress’s was sent 6 weeks to the factory. *** Joseph Smith, a philanthropist, who took himself off from his master’s farm to assist the settler’s to get in their wheat, was ordered 50 lashes for his generous intentions. *** Mary Bigden, not getting her husbands breakfast or dinner, and not washing his linen or mending ditto, was sent one month to the second class *** 19 December 1831
Police Incidents
Thomas Hissle (printing blurred) was ordered to exhibit the symmetry of his legs in the stocks for three hours, for sacrificing freely at the shrine of Bacchus the previous evening. *** Owen Rooney, a rare broth of a boy, was charged with inserting his digits into the ogles of a Mistress Sharpnell, for her not taking a great liking to him as he imagined his fine form might have demanded. The Bench sentenced him to 25 lashes. *** William Turner, for what he called an amateur exhibition of the pugilistic art with a friend in George Street, was sent to three days to the mill. *** Charles McBride a shookey headed Emeralder, was charged by one of the conservators of the peace with kicking him in the bread basket, and disarranging his box of dominoes. It however appeared that Charles was drunk at the time, and that the constable had belaboured his cranium with his staff of office until it broke, and the said cranium developed more organs than were ever contemplated by Gall or Spurzheim under the circumstances, Charley dubbed up five bob, and was discharged. *** Michael Smith for insolence, and telling his mistress that he was one of the Lords of the creation, and therefore would not mend his stockings, was sent to the mill for seven days. *** 26 December 1831
Sarah Sutcliff, an ungrateful hussy, with the rotundity of a rum puncheon, was charged with having an inveterate hankering after the male sex; factory fare for one month. *** James Jones and Thomas Kelly, a couple of “fly by nights” were charged with being in Mr. Holts yard at 5 o’clock in the morning. Jones showed fight but was quickly floored, and both consigned to the round house, one month each to the gaol as the house of correction. *** William Power was charged with milling the glaze of three lamps, as he said for the purpose of receiving board and lodging at the King’s expense, having tasted of the good fare on a former occasion. The Bench, in compliance with his request, sent him to the gaol in default of sureties to keep the peace. *** William Lambe, for being found in a house of questionable character, and becoming bouncible, stating that he was a free-going subject, was ordered to seven days heaving down in the mill. *** Elizabeth Marmion was sent to take her trial for feloniously, wilfuly, maliciously, and unlawfully wringing the head of a fowl, the property of Mr. Cornelius Pront, and making a broth of the carcass of the said bird. Mr Pront complained that his fowl house had of late been confoundedly well cleaned. *** Samuel Cordwell for keeping a house, the character of which had as many holes in it as a calendar, was ordered to be turned into barracks, and his assignment to his wife cancelled. *** Mary Evans, a maiden lady considerably advanced in years, was charged with having perpetual motion in her tongue, and a gout for strong waters, in which she has been overtaken the previous nigh, and in consequence, handed out the rhino and was discharged.
2 January 1832
On Tuesday morning, while two ladies were standing at an open window in the dwelling of Mr. Macpherson, the Collector of Internal Revenue, some miscreant threw a stone from one of the back yards or gardens towards the cattle market, between Castlereagh and Pitt Streets; which struck one of the ladies severely on the head. Mr. M. has offered reward of £5 for the conviction of the offender; and it is to be hoped that the parties will not long elude justice *** |
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Convict Giggles from the Sydney Herald |