Captured: Portraits of Crime 1870-1930 - Flipbook - Page 122
CAPTURED
Por traits of Cr ime
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HORSE STEALING BOY
George Morrison
NRS 1993, Entrance books, Bathurst Gaol, [4/8500] #52/97,
Reel 2323.
NRS 3906, Entrance books, Industrial Schools Branch,
[8/1746] p. 282, Reel 2887.
‘Bourke Quarter Sessions’, Western Herald, 3 February 1897, p. 2.
State Archives and Records Authority NSW, ‘Administrative
History’, Agency #411 - Nautical School-ship ‘Sobraon’,
(Online) available https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/
agency/411 (Accessed 31 March 2017).
‘In Divorce: Lisson vs Lisson’, The Sydney Morning Herald,
8 July 1920, p. 4.
‘Picton Police Court: An interesting case; Gorrick v Emmett’,
Scrutineer and Berrima District Press, 29 April 1922, p. 4.
Why was Briggs hanged and Lisson reprieved? Duncan
and Macindoe, Sydney, 1899.
Crimes Act 1900 (NSW).
Image
Page 64, 66: NRS 2138, Photographic Description Books,
Darlinghurst Gaol, [3/6063] Napoleon Jean Lisson, photo
7545 (detail).
Image
Page 61: NRS 1998, Photographic Description Books, Bathurst
Gaol, [3/13072] George Morrison, no photo number (detail).
FORGING AN ESCAPE
Harold Weldon
NRS 2547, Entrance and description book, Trial Bay Prison,
[5/1610] Harry Weldon #40/1900, Reel 1610.
NRS 2399, Discharge book, Parramatta Gaol, [5/1777]
Harry Weldon #99/703; Harry Pantlin #04/281.
‘Central Criminal Court’, The Australian Star, 13 February
1899, p. 5.
‘Daring escape from Braidwood Gaol’, The Braidwood
Dispatch, 21 January 1903, p. 2.
‘Braidwood Quarter Sessions’, The Braidwood Dispatch,
4 April 1903, p. 2.
‘Current News’, Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’
Advocate, 18 November 1916, p. 4.
Images
Page 62 (from top): Department of Corrective Services,
Unregistered series, NUA 331, Parramatta, Harry Pantlin (aka
Weldon), photo 957; NRS 2232, Photographic Description
Books, Goulburn Gaol, [3/5974] William Pearson Bentley (als
Weldon ...), photo 1683.
Page 63: NRS 2138, Photographic Description Books,
Darlinghurst Gaol, [3/6063] Harold Weldon, photo 7616
(detail).
THE JUDGE WEPT
Napoleon Lisson
NRS 880, Papers and depositions, [9/6957] Central Criminal
Court, September 1898, Regina v. Napoleon Jean Lisson.
NRS 13495, Divorce case papers, Item 387/1920 Emma
Margaret Lisson and Napoleon Jean Lisson.
NRS 13660, Probate packets, Series 4-501773 Napoleon
Jean Lisson .
NRS 2163, Condemned prisoners’ daily record, Darlinghurst
Gaol, [5/1739] Napoleon Jean Lisson, pp. 37-8.
‘The George Street Tragedy: Lisson found guilty of murder’,
The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 October 1898, p. 7.
‘Private Advertisements’, NSW Government Gazette,
5 January 1917, no. 4, p. 103.
‘Life Imprisonment: Wife’s surprise’, The Sun, 24 June 1920, p. 5.
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A KILLING COWARD
Stuart Briggs
NRS 880, Papers and depositions, [9/6973] Central Criminal
Court, February 1899, Regina v. Briggs.
NRS 2163, Condemned prisoners’ daily record, Darlinghurst
Gaol, [5/1739] Stuart Wilson Christopher Briggs, p. 39.
NRS 4232, Minute books, Executive Council, [4/1601] 14
March 1899, p. 218.
NRS 10958, Police Gazette, [1/3228] 20 September 1893,
p. 324; 15 November 1893, p. 387, Reel 3141.
NRS 13340, Deceased estate files, [20/1061] Pre A 015097,
Kimini E. Dutt.
NRS 13538, Case papers, Curator of Intestate Estates, [10/27552]
6/1899 Maggie Binud Dutt; 13/1899 Margaret Millar.
‘At the Water’, Truth, 2 December 1894, p. 5.
‘Petersham Tragedy’, The Australian Star, 17 February 1899, p. 7.
‘The Petersham Tragedy’, Evening News, 17 February 1899, p. 4.
NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Stewart Wilson
C. Briggs, birth registration 1658/1874.
NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Elizabeth Dutt,
death registration 2627/1888.
NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Kimini E. Dutt,
death registration 10070/1925.
Rookwood General Cemeteries Reserve Trust, Family History
Search: Anglican and General, Stuart W.C. Briggs, Zone A
Presbyterian 05C Grave 4255; Maggie Binud Dutt, Zone
A Presbyterian 05C Grave 4241; Margaret Millar, Zone A
Presbyterian 05C Grave 4241, (Online) available
http://www.rookwoodcemetery.com.au/deceased-search
(Accessed 24 April 2017).
University of Glasgow, The University of Glasgow Story,
‘Behary Lall Dutt’, (Online) available http://www.universitystory.
gla.ac.uk/search/ (Accessed 24 April 2017).
Image
Page 67-8: NRS 2138, Photographic Description Books,
Darlinghurst Gaol, [3/6063] Stuart Briggs, photo 7625
(detail).
FORGER, UTTERER, AUTHOR
James Dwyer
NRS 880, Papers and depositions, [9/6975A] Central
Criminal Court, May 1899, Regina v. James Francis Dwyer,
Frederick Peter Craig and Joseph Miller.
