Indigenous colonial court cases 1788-1838
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Name | Offence | Date of Trial | Place of Trial | Sentence | Verdict | Agency | Series | Item No | Page No | Remarks | |
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Hatherly | Wilful murder of John MacDonald at Nelson Plains near Newcastle | 18/12/1822 | Court of Criminal Jurisdiction Sydney | Not Guilty | Court of Criminal Jurisdiction | Informations, Depositions and related papers, 1796 - 1812, 1816-24 | [SZ 800] | 1 | Adjourned to 1 January 1823. Returns of prisoners tried [X725; Reel 2652] See also Colonial Secretary Correspondence under 'HATHERLY. Aborigine' | Details | |
Hobby & Maitland Paddy | Robbery at Brisbane Water | 5/08/1835 | Supreme Court | Not guilty | Supreme Court | Informations & other papers, 1824 - 1947 | 1835 [T41] | See also Supreme Court, Miscellaneous Papers [5/1161; COD 294A, Bundle 49, p272-3] | Details | ||
Edward Powell, Simon Freebody, James Metcalfe, William Timms, William Butler | Charged with murder of two natives | 15/10/1799 | Court of Criminal Jurisdiction | Court of Criminal Jurisdiction | Minutes of Proceedings, 1788-1815 | [X905] | Depositions and defence statement see Miscellaneous Criminal Papers [5/1152; Reel 2392, p65] | Details | |||
William Lane | Murder of three Aboriginal women | 01/06/1824 | Supreme Court | Supreme Court | Miscellaneous papers, 1824 | [T19] | 24 | Details | |||
Devil Devil (alias Bumblefoot) | Charged with violent assault on Jeremiah Buffey at Newcastle on 19 September 1824 | 3/06/1825 | Supreme Court | Not sentenced | Guilty | Supreme Court | Informations & other papers, 1824 - 1947 | [T20] | See also Clerk of the Peace: Depositions [CP T129; 90] Sydney Gazette 9 June 1825, p3. See also Supreme Court, Miscellaneous Papers [5/; COD 294A, Bundle 49, p272-3] | Details | |
George Brown | Murder of an Aboriginal child at Wellington Valley | 29/2/1828 | Supreme Court: Criminal Jurisdiction | Informations & other papers, 1824 - 1947 | [T28] | See also Clerk of the Peace: Depositions [CP T137; 572] | Details | ||||
[against Simeon Lord] | Investigation of a complaint by three natives of Otaheite against their employer Simeon Lord | 8/08/1812 | Bench of Magistrates, Sydney District | Bench of Magistrates | Minutes and Proceedings | [SZ773] | Details | ||||
Jackie | Wilful murder of John MacDonald at Nelson Plains near Newcastle | 18/12/1822 | Court of Criminal Jurisdiction Sydney | Not Guilty | Court of Criminal Jurisdiction | Informations, Depositions and related papers, 1796 - 1812, 1816-24 | [SZ 800] | 1 | Returns of prisoners tried [X725; Reel 2652] See also Colonial Secretary's Correspondence under 'JACKIE. Aborigine' | Details | |
Little Dick | Stealing at Brisbane Water | 11/02/1835 | Supreme Court | Not Guilty | Supreme Court | Informations & other papers, 1824 - 1947 | [T41] | See also Supreme Court, Miscellaneous Papers [5/1161; COD 294A, Bundle 49, p272-3] | Details | ||
Thomas Miller | Shooting and wounding an Aboriginal man, Joey, at Bathurst | 01/01/1824 | Court of Criminal Jurisdiction | Informations, Depositions and related papers, 1796 - 1812, 1816-24 | [SZ803] | 59 | Details |
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