List of Cases in the Judge Willis Casebooks

Judge Willis Casebooks

List of Cases in the Judge Willis Casebooks

This Case List, compiled by His Honour Paul R Mullaly QC, lists, in chronological order, the cases in the Criminal Casebooks. It gives the name or names (in joint trials) of the accused, the date of their appearance, the principal crime charged, any plea of guilty, the verdict and any final order or sentence.

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• 1. Jeremiah Murphy – 12 April 1841 – larceny – guilty – transported for 7 years
• 2. John Drumgold – 12 April 1841 – larceny – guilty – transported for 7 years
• 3. James Browne – 12 April 1841 – larceny, property of his master – guilty – transported for 14 years
• 4. Henry Watson – 12 April 1841 – assault with Intent to abuse a Child under 10 – common assault – acquitted
• 5. William Wayland – 12 April 1841 – larceny – guilty – transported for 7 years
• 6. Walter William Maxwell – 16 April 1841 [26 April 1841] – larceny – acquitted
• 7. William Gammill – 12 April 1841 [26 April 1841] – assault with intent to commit an unnatural crime – guilty – imprisoned and kept to hard labour in HM Gaol at Melbourne for 2 years
• 8. Denis Hogan – 26 April 1841 – horse stealing – guilty – transported for 15 years
• 9. William Alexander Wallen – 26 April 1841 – assault – guilty – imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne for 12 months with hard labour
• 10. John McCarthy, alias John Kiddy, alias John Davis – 26 April 1841 – horse stealing – guilty – transported for 15 years
• 11. Henry Agnew – 26 April 1841 – assault – guilty – imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne for 6 months and to pay a fine of £50 & imprisoned until fine paid
• 12. William Riley – 26 April 1841 – larceny – guilty – transported for 7 years
• 13. Alexander Wilson – 26 April 1841 – forgery – guilty – Death recorded – Commutation recommended by Judge – to be transported for life
• 14. John Paine – 15 May 1841 – manslaughter – guilty – recommended to mercy – imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne for 24 hours
• 15. Thomas Leahy – 15 May 1841 – murder – guilty – death sentence passed
• 16. William McVea – 15 May 1841 – manslaughter – acquitted
• 17. Michael Goodwin; Thomas Connock – 17 May 1841 – manslaughter – acquitted
• 18. Charles Scott – 18 May 1841 – larceny – guilty – transported for 7 years
• 19. John Roach – 18 May 1841 – assault – guilty – imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne for one calendar month and to pay a fine of £5 & imprisoned until fine paid
• 20. William Jenkins; John Remington; William Martin, Edward Collins, John Morrison – 18 May 1841 – shooting with intent to kill or maim Tommy otherwise Goudu–urmin, an aboriginal native – acquitted
• 21. Joseph Thompson; Robert Gosling – 18 May 1841 – larceny – guilty – transported for 7 years
• 22. John Caton – 18 May 1841 – assault – guilty – imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne and kept to hard labour for 12 months

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• 1. Margaret Allen – 15 August 1842 – larceny– guilty – sentenced to 6 months imprisonment
• 2. George John Williams – 15 August 1842 – larceny – guilty – transportation for 7 years
• 3. Thomas Fisher – 15 August 1842 – horse stealing – guilty – transportation for 15 years
• 4. Mary Jackson – 15 August 1842 – stealing – acquitted
• 5. John Doyle – 16 August 1842 [15 August 1842] – assault with intent – guilty –imprisoned for 2 years and to be kept at hard labour and at expiration to find a security for his good behaviour for 2 years, himself in sum of £100 with 2 bondsmen each in sum of £ 50 and imprisoned until such security be found
• 6. Elyiah Broad – 15 August 1842 – larceny from the person – acquitted
• 7. Stephen Clancy – 15 August 1842 – assault with intent to commit a rape – guilty common assault – imprisonment for 2 months 1 week in each month in solitary confinement and the rest at hard labour
• 8. Ann Kenny – 16 August 1842 – larceny – guilty – sentenced to 6 months imprisonment
• 9. Benjamin Taylor – 16 August 1842 – larceny – guilty – transportation for 7 years
• 10. Charles Peck – 16 August 1842 – larceny –guilty – sentenced to imprisonment for 2 years with hard labour
• 11. John Whitaker – 16 August 1842 – cattle stealing – acquitted
• 12. John Smith alias John Stanney – 16 August 1842 – stealing a pony – guilty – transportation for 15 Years
• 13. David Rees – 16 August 1842 – larceny as a servant – guilty but recommended to mercy – imprisonment for one month with hard labour
• 14. George Arden – 17 August 1842 – libel – sentence deferred to 15 September 1842 – Arden entered bond with securities to appear on that date. To pay a fine of £50 and find security for his good behaviour for two years himself in £500 and two sureties of £250 each – imprisoned till fine paid and security given
• 15. Edward Goble – 15 September 1842 – larceny– acquitted
• 16. Thomas Hennessy – 15 September 1842 – larceny – guilty – transportation for 7 years
• 17. Henry Agnew – 15 September 1842 – perjury – guilty – transportation for 7 years.
• 18. William Andrews; Francis Smith – 15 September1842 – larceny from the person – acquitted
• 19. John Young – 15 October 1842 – larceny – guilty – imprisonment for 3 months with hard labour
• 20. John Taylor – 15 October 1842 – rape – guilty – sentenced to death – commuted to transportation for life
• 21. John Conolly alias Malonney – 17 October 1842 – murder – guilty – sentenced to death – commuted to transportation for life
• 22. Geo Wellbank – 26 November 1842 – larceny – acquitted
• 23. John McNamara – 26 November 1842 – assault on bailiff – guilty – sentence postponed
• 24. Mary Baird – 26 November 1842 – larceny– acquitted
• 25. William Wilson – 26 November 1842 – larceny – guilty – transportation for 7 years
• 26. William MacDonald – 15 December 1842 – burglary – guilty – transportation for 10 years
• 27. William Barrett – 15 December 1842 – libel – acquitted
• 28. John Jones – 7 January 1843 – larceny – pleaded guilty – sentenced to 24 hours imprisonment
• 29. William Robinson – 7 January 1843 – larceny– discharged
• 30. William Rafter – 7 January 1843 – cattle stealing – acquitted
• 31. Enoch Walkedine – 7 January 1843 – larceny. – guilty –transported for 7 years
• 32. Henry Carr –7 January 1843 – assault – trial did not proceed as the parties reconciled
• 33. John McIntyre – 9 January 1843 – larceny – acquitted
• 34. James Hemmingsley – 7 January 1843 – manslaughter – acquitted
• 35. William Rafter –7 January 1843 – cattle stealing – guilty – transported 10 years
• 36. James McGuire; William Duncan; John Robinson – 7 January 1843 – stealing in a dwelling house – Mcguire and Duncan guilty – both transported for 15 years; Robinson – not guilty
• 37. Robert Kent – 15 February 1843 – larceny – acquitted
• 38. John O’Donnell – 15 February 1843 – forgery – guilty –transported for life
• 39. Samuel Wilson – 15 February 1843 – wounding with intent to kill – guilty of grievous bodily harm – transported for life
• 40. William Risk – 15 February 1843 – proffering a bribe of Ten pounds to the Chief Constable with the view of obstructing the due administration of justice – acquitted
• 41. Terence O’Neill – 17 February 1843 – larceny – pleaded guilty – imprisoned for 2 months with hard labour
• 42. William Bourke – 17 February 1843 – larceny – pleaded guilty – imprisoned for 2 months with hard labour
• 43. Daniel Connell – 17 February 1843 – fraudulent insolvency – acquitted
• 44. William Barry Smith – 17 February 1843 – embezzlement – charge withdrawn
• 45. John McNamara – 15 April 1843 [15 March 1843] larceny– acquitted
• 46. James Woods – 15 April 1843 [15 March 1843] – larceny – guilty – imprisonment for 14 days
• 47. John McNamara – 15 April 1843 [15 March 1843] – larceny – guilty – imprisonment for 2 years with hard labour
• 48. Emma Cox alias Clarke alias Smith – 15 April 1843 [15 March 1843] – stealing from the person – acquitted
• 49. Charles Duncan – 15 April 1843 [15 March 1843] – embezzlement – guilty –imprisonment for 6 months with hard labour
• 50. Thomas Williams –16 April 1843 [16 March 1843] – larceny – pleaded guilty – imprisonment for 6 months
• 51. Henry Pendergess; Patrick Nesbitt – 16 April 1843 [16 March 1843] – common assault; – each pleaded guilty – imprisonment for 1 month with hard labour
• 52. James Hyland – 16 April 1843 [16 March 1843] – assault – pleaded guilty – fine £6 and to be imprisoned until fine be paid
• 53. Warrie –16 April 1843 [16 March 1843] – sheep – not capable of understanding proceedings
• 54. Phoebe Watts – 7 April 1843 – forging an order – guilty, recommended to mercy – transported for life
• 55. John Lloyd Smith – 7 April 1843 – forgery – pleaded guilty – transported for life
• 56. William Manuel alias Ferguson; – 7 April 1843 – escaping from transportation
• 57. John Robinson – aiding and abetting – Ferguson pleaded guilty – Robinson – guilty – Both – sentence of death recorded
• 58. Michael Flannigan – 7 April 1843 – forgery – acquitted
• 59. George Galloway – 8 April 1843
• 60. Joseph Simmons – Charles Birch – stealing – larceny – pleaded guilty – transported 7 years – acquitted
• 61. William Watts – 8 April 1843 – forgery – acquitted

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