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.
Casebook 11
- 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
Casebook 12
- 1. John Marshall – 15 September 1841 – larceny – pleaded guilty – imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne for 14 days
- 2. Thomas Tookey – 15 September 1841 – horse Stealing – guilty – transported for 15 years
- 3. Michael Finnigan (Finigan) – 15 September 1841 – horse Stealing – guilty – transported for 15 years
- 4. Evan Rees – 15 September 1841 – forgery – guilty – transported for life
- 5. James Brown –16 September 1841– obtaining goods under false pretences – guilty – transported for 7 years
- 6. Bon Jon – 16 September 1841 – murder – acquitted
- 7. William Callagher; David Mahony; John Cockerell; John Ward – 15 October 1841 – conspiracy to raise wages – Acquitted
- 8. James Hall – 15 October 1841 – larceny – acquitted
- 9. Charles Jones – 16 October 1841 – extortion – acquitted
- 10. William McCanlin Bannister – [16 October 1841] – forgery – acquitted
- 11. Charles Jones – 16 October 1841 – forgery – acquitted –
- 12. Catherine Fitzsimmonds – 26 November 1841 – larceny – guilty – imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne for 12 months
- 13. John Smith – 26 November 1841 – robbery – guilty – transported for 7 years
- 14. John Murray –26 November 1841 – larceny – guilty – imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne for 2 years
- 15. Marie Smith – 26 November 1841 – larceny – acquitted –
- 16. George Kilpatrick – 26 November 1841 – horse stealing – guilty – transported for life
- 17. John Levy – 17 November [27 November 1841] – cattle stealing – acquitted
- 18. Thomas Jones – 27 November 1841 – larceny – guilty – imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne for 2 days
- 19. James Elliot – 27 November 1841 – receiving – guilty – imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne for 2 days
- 20. John Smith – 27 November 1841 – larceny – guilty – imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne for 12 months
- 21. James Sullivan – 27 November 1841 – larceny – guilty – recommended to mercy – imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne for 1 week
- 22. Thomas Groves – 29 November 1841 – assault with intent to maim – guilty – common Assault – imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne for three months and to pay a fine of £10 & imprisoned until fine paid
- 23. John Bollman and Frederick Nicholls – 29 November 1841 larceny – guilty – imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne for 2 calendar months
- 24. Mary James alias Mary Vallance – 29 November 1841 – larceny from the person – acquitted
- 25. John Wilson – 29 November 1841 forgery – guilty – transported for life
- 26. John Moonee (Mooney) – 29 November 1841 – extortion – acquitted
- 27. Joseph William Houston (Hooson) – 30 November 1841 – extortion – acquitted
- 28. Joseph Day and Robert Bruce – [30 November 1841] £ highway robbery – guilty – transported for life
- 29. William Macana – 1 December 1841 – receiving – acquitted
- 30. William Macana – 1 December 1841 – larceny – acquitted
- 31. Miles Kernes – 1 December 1841 – forgery – acquitted
- 32. Sandford George Bolden – 2 December 1841 – shooting with intent to murder – acquitted
- 33. Mary James alias Mary Vallance – 4 December 1841 – larceny – pleaded guilty – imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne for 3 years & there kept to hard labour
- 34. Thomas Emmerson Chandler – 24 December 1841 [4 December 1841] – stealing in a dwelling house – guilty – transported for 15 years
- 35. George Say – December [4 December 1841] – larceny – acquitted
- 36. Patrick Kelly – 15 December 1841 – horse stealing – pleaded guilty – transported for life
- 37. Rob’t Temmy Jemmy Small Boy; Jack Napoleon Tunninerpareway; Lallah Rookh Truganina; Fanny Waterpoordeyer; Maria Matilda Nallepolemmer [Nattepoleninner] – 20 December 1841 – murder – males guilty – recommended to mercy – Aboriginal Natives of VDL – Sentence of Death – females, not guilty
- 38. Michael Lawler – 22 December 1841 – assault – guilty – imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne for 2 years
- 39. John McEvoy – 22 December 1841 – embezzlement and larceny – acquitted
- 40. Vesey Duffey –22 December 1841 – larceny – guilty –imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne for 2 years
- 41. Peter Cardwell – 22 December 1841 – larceny – guilty – transported for 7 years
Casebook 13
- 1. Peter, Turte Catherine Turte– 7 January 1842 – keeping a disorderly house – guilty – both imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne for 2 years – Peter Tuet also to be fined £ 50 & imprisoned until paid
- 2. Patrick Conroy – 7 January 1842 – larceny – guilty – transported for 7 years
- 3. William Marchant – 7 January 1842 – cheating (false pretences) – acquitted
- 4. John Barry – 7 January 1842 – forgery – acquitted
- 5. John Griffiths –7 January 1842 – larceny – guilty – transported for 7 years
- 6. William Weay – 15 February 1842 – stealing in dwelling house and putting in fear – guilty – imprisoned in HM Gaol at Melbourne for 2 years & kept to hard labour
- 7. Daniel And Mary Solhurst – 15 February 1842 – larceny – Daniel guilty but recommended to mercy – 3 years imprisonment in H M gaol at Melbourne with hard labour – Mary acquitted
- 8. John Davidson (Davison) – 15 February 1842 – horse stealing – acquitted
- 9. Edward Brown – 15 February 1842 – larceny – acquitted
- 10. Jane Brown – 15 February 1842 – larceny – pleaded guilty – imprisonment in HM gaol at Melbourne for 6 months
- 11. John Cousins (alias John Welbank) – 15 February 1842 – larceny – acquitted
- 12. Mary Saunders – 15 February 1842 – uttering – acquitted
- 13. George Wellbank – 16 February 1842 – assault police – Juror withdrawn
- 14. John Levy – 16 February 1842 – larceny – acquitted
- 15. Henry Mallett – 16 February 1842 – larceny – acquitted
- 16. William Salisbury Rossburgh (Roxburgh) – 16 February 1842 – obtaining goods under false pretences – guilty but recommended to mercy – imprisoned for 2 months
- 17. William Jarvis – 16 February 1842 – obtaining goods under false pretences – guilty – imprisoned for 2 months
- 18. William Watts – 15 March 1842 – Stealing from the person – acquitted
- 19. Thomas Mason – 15 March 1842 – larceny – guilty –3 months imprisonment and to be kept to hard labour and during the last 2 months alternative weeks on the treadmill
- 20. William Calver (Calvert) – 15 March 1842 – assault with intent to rape – guilty – imprisonment for 2 years and kept to hard labour and for 3 months with intervals of a fortnight to be worked on the treadmill
- 21. Patrick Foley – 18 March 1842 – uttering a forged order – guilty – transported for life
- 22. John Sharp – 18 March 1842 – stabbing – acquitted
- 23. Tempest Parker – 7 April 1842 – stealing – acquitted
- 24. Bryan Carroll – 7 April 1842 larceny – pleaded guilty – 1 months imprisonment and to be worked for the second & last week on the treadmill
- 25. William Anderson – 7 April 1842 larceny – acquitted
- 26. Thomas Henessy – 7 April 1842 – larceny – acquitted
- 27. Patrick Barry – 7 April 1842 – forgery – guilty – transported for life
- 28. Charles Jones – 9 April 1842 – stifling Justice – guilty – imprisoned for 2 years and fined £100 and imprisoned until paid
- 29. Lawrence Connaghty – 9 April 1842 – cattle stealing – acquitted
- 30. Charles Ellis; Daniel Jepps; Martin Fogarty – 11 May 1842 – Wounding with Intent to Kill – guilty – Death Sentence
- 31. Sylvester Newton – 16 May 1842 – assault police – guilty – imprisonment for 6 months with hard labour
- 32. George Waller – 16 May 1842 – obtaining money under false pretences – guilty recommended to mercy – imprisonment for 6 months
- 33. John Connor – 16 May 1842 – larceny –guilty –imprisonment for 3 months
- 34. Thomas Bodle – 16 May 1842 – cattle– stealing – transported for 15 years
- 35. James Cox – 17 May 1842 – assaulting a constable – acquitted
- 36. Peter Cassidy – 17 May 1842 – larceny of timber – guilty – F S – imprisonment for 12 months
- 37. Robert Finly (Finlay) – 17 May 1842 – larceny from a wharf – – guilty – transported for 10 years
- 38. James Macklin – 17 May 1842 – false pretences – acquitted
- 39. James Macklin – 17 May 1842 – larceny – acquitted
- 40. William Camm – 17 May 1842 – receiving stolen goods – guilty – sentenced to 14 years transportation
- 41. Richard Salisbury Roxbury (Roxburgh) – 17 May 1842 – obtaining goods under false pretences – pleaded guilty – transportation for 7 years
- 42. Stephen Egan, James Smith – 20 May 1842 – stealing a heifer – acquitted
- 43. William Palmer – 20 May 1842 – larceny – guilty – sentenced to 1 month and public whipping of 50 lashes on its expiration
- 44. Thomas Penny – 15 June 1842 – embezzlement – guilty – imprisonment for 6 calendar months and kept to hard labour
- 45. Alexander Verner – 15 June 1842 – larceny – guilty – imprisonment for 6 months and kept to hard labour
- 46. Robert Marsden; John Harrison, – 15 June 1842 – larceny – guilty – both 7 years transportation
- 47. John Hepworth – 15 June 1842 – forgery – acquitted
- 48. Edward Brown – 15 June 1842 – larceny – guilty – 7 years transportation
- 49. John Palmer (aka William) – 15 July 1842 – stealing – guilty – sentenced to 3 months and to be 3 times flogged within the period – 50 lashes each time – at end of 6 weeks, 1 week later and at expiration of sentence
- 50. Thomas Nowlan – 15 July 1842 – larceny – acquitted
- 51. Michael Maloy – 15 June [15 July] 1842 – murder – Verdict Mute by the Visitation of God.
- 52. Francis Bones – 16 July 1842 – perjury – guilty – 7 years transportation
- 53. Transcript of trial of Roger for Murder
- 54. Cold Morning – 18 July 1842 – stealing & putting in bodily fear – by consent a juror was withdrawn & the Trial stood over
- 55. William Quirk – 18 July 1842 – perjury – guilty – 7 years transportation
- 56. John Sinclair – 18 July 1842 – perjury– acquitted
- 57. Henry Concannon – 18 July 1842 – embezzlement – acquitted
- 58. Figara Alkepurata (aka Roger) – 19 July 1842 – murder – guilty – Sentence of death passed
Casebook 14
- 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
Casebook 15
- 1. James Shaw – 15 May 1843 – larceny – guilty – imprisonment for 8 months with hard labour
- 2. Charles Rix alias Panton – 15 May 1843 £ larceny – pleaded guilty – imprisonment for 6 months with hard labour
- 3. Robert Hancock – 15 May 1843 £ larceny – acquitted
- 4. Robert Uppsey – 15 May 1843 £ uttering forged cheque – guilty – transported for life
- 5. James Simeon – 15 May 1843 £ fraudulent insolvency – guilty – new trial ordered
- 6. Robert Nicols – 18 May 1843 – wounding with intent to murder – guilty of assault with an intent to do some grievous bodily harm – judgment arrested and prisoner discharged
- 7. George King – 16 June 1843 – horse stealing – guilty – transported for 15 years
- 8. John Phillips – 16 June 1843 – stealing a letter – acquitted
- 9. Patrick Brennan – 21 June 1843 – assault – guilty – imprisonment for 1 week with hard labour
- 10. Sarah Bruce – 21 June 1843 – larceny – acquitted
- 11. Mary Anne Bruce – 21 June 1843 – receiving – acquitted
- 12. Richard Guiness Hill; John Beswicke; Joseph Betts £ 24 June 1843 – Habeas Corpus
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