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Research in Other Countries => Australia => Topic started by: moo on Saturday 06 June 20 19:48 BST (UK)
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Good Evening
I was wondering if someone could please help with the information on Margaret Barclay b 1873 with an event date of November 3rd 1915 (pg 532).
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Moo
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Frederikka Levoina (58), Jane Knuth (52), and
Margaret Barclay (42), tried at the Newtown Police
Court on the 25th October, 1915, fortune telling; each
sentence, three months' hard labour. To be of good
behaviour for twelve months.
from: Ancestry - New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930
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Adding the column heading
First Offenders Discharged under Crimes Act of 1900.
The following offenders have been released under the provisions of the above Act:
Frederikka Levoina (58), Jane Knuth (52), and
Margaret Barclay (42), tried at the Newtown Police
Court on the 25th October, 1915, fortune telling; each
sentence, three months' hard labour. To be of good
behaviour for twelve months.
from: Ancestry - New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930
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1915 'FORTUNE TELLERS SENTENCED', Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), 26 October, p. 2. , viewed 07 Jun 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45355887
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Thank you so much Matthew
Very much appreciated.
Regards
Moo
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This news item offers an address for Margaret BARCLAY at the time of the offence.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/176925092
This item suggests they were trying to deceive a policeman 8) Constable FRASER.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154907924
Jane KNUTH, Margaret's co-offender, suffered memory loss in later life.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230013446
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FYI
I think Fredrikka LEVOINA continued her craft a couple of years later in QLD
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/113163034
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National Library of Australia has the NSW Police Gazettes, freely available, digitised, online :
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/251647487 NSW Police Gaz 3 Nov 1915, page 532
https://trove.nla.gov.au/
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https://trove.nla.gov.au/gazette/search?adv=y&searchTerm=
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Thank you Everyone, you have been very helpful.
Regards
Moo