So now..
An item typed in full for your interest
Ballarat Star Saturday 27 June 1868, page 2
"On Saturday (says Wednesday's Daylesford Mercury) Mary Foley, of Castlemaine, who was sent to prison by the local bench for three months, for dislocating
Mr Pearson Thompson's hip, was liberated from the gaol at that town. The first thing she did was to break the windows of the Queen's Head hotel, Castlemaine, upon which she was again handed over to the police. How she escaped their hands we are not aware, but about half-past 4 p.m. on Tuesday she arrived at Daylesford by the Castlemaine coach, and went straight to
Mr Pearson Thompson's house, who, we may remark, has been crippled for life. On reaching his residence, she encountered
Mrs Riley, who is again living with Mr Thompson. On meeting each other, the two women commenced abusing one another, and a scuffle ensued. The neighbours were alarmed by screams of " murder," and the shrieking of a little child of the woman Foley's, the paternity of which she attributes to Mr Thompson. At length the police arrived, and marched Foley off to the lock-up. Should she be found the aggressor, we trust—as it will be her sixth or seventh appearance in court here—that we shall be relieved of her presence for some time to come. We cannot but add that the frequent disturbances at Mr Thompson's house are a scandal to himself and the town. It is deplorable that a gentleman by birth, a member of a learned profession, and the father of a distinguished cavalry officer in the British army, should, at eighty years of age be the victim of abandoned women".
And another a little earlier
The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Friday 25 October 1867
"Emerald-hill (Wednesday).
Mary Riley summoned
Pearson Thompson, to compel him to contribute towards the maintenance of his illegitimate child. The defendant was in attendance, and as tho complainant did not appear the case was dismissed."
Ongoing "problems" for THOMPSON along the same lines
Mount Alexander Mail Mon 22 Nov 1869
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197311375 And.....
Mt Alexander Mail 9th July 1874
"A late Police Gazette contains a black list of those in arrears for maintenance of children in the Industrial and Reformatory Schools. Among the number is the name of
Pearson Thompson who removed from' Daylesford to Castlemaine years ago, and died there. This paragraph will bring a smile on the faces of many of our readers in this district who hail from Castlemaine and Daylesford ".
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