CRIMINAL & OTHER CASE FILES FOUND IN VICTORIA POLICE CORRESPONDENCE FILES.

Researched and compiled by Helen D. Harris OAM.

PART 2: M - Z

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McALEESE, Hannah. See ARMFIELD, E.

MACARTNEY, George David Dr., M.L.A. Died of overdose of chloral at Williamstown in1878. File covers 1878-1884 re missing papers and possible suicide. 56 pages.

McCABB, Michael. Ballarat police report on his destitution and that of his two children, aged 2 years and 6 months, who are given to Mrs. BLUET to mind, 1872. 2 pages.

McCAMEY, John. See FALL, John.

McCANN, H.T. See SPARGO, Thomas.

McCARTHY, Catherine. Master in Lunacy requests details of her background in 1869. Admitted Collingwood Asylum 1866, brother Timothy and sister Mrs Wm WILLIAMSON went to New Zealand, other brother Florence not found. 6 pages, List 4.

MACARTHY, Julia. See JASPERSON, Frederick

McCOLL, Ewen. James McColl, MLA wrote in 1899 re this man, believed to be in Western Australia, who had a brother Ronald. 14 pages.

McCONAGHY, John. See DAVIES, Christina M.

McCONNELL, Bertie. Sought by his mother Isabella in Sydney; he was 13 years old. Her brother was William A. McCONNELL. Found interstate, 8 pages, List 9.

McCRAE, J.C. of Fifield via Trundle NSW, wrote in 1938 re his boys Les and Vincent who had been staying with their aunt Mrs. PENFOLD at Richmond, Victoria, and who had ill treated them. 5 pages, List 2.

McCULLAGH, Richard St Leger Barton. Father John wrote in 1877; he was 19 yrs of age and supposed to be working in the country, but was worried as he hadn’t heard for some months. 7 pages, List 5.

McDONALD, Allen. See MERRILEES, A.

McDONALD, Mrs Henry, wrote from Petone NZ in 1905 re a newspaper report of a man found dead in the bush at Beaumaris, originally identified by John RUXTON as John McDONALD, , but he was subsequently found alive. Her husband is in Australia somewhere, she has not heard from him for about 12 years, and wonders if this is him. He had a brother John. 11 pages, List 11.

McDONALD, Mrs. J.H. See MOORE, Delia.

McDONOUGH, Edward. Thirteen years old, escapes from St. Augustine's orphanage at Geelong in 1894, and escapes twice from police custody. 18 pages.

McFARLIN, Mary. See SMITH, Louis L.

McGEE, Eveline. See TEMPLE/McGEE, Eveline.

McGRATH, Ada M. See CLARKE, Samuel

McGREGOR, John Donald, hawker, c48 years, pawned a piano belong to Alice BOSTON of South Yarra in 1904; photo of him on file. 7 pages, List 10.

MacINTOSH, John, wanted for failure to pay maintenance on his illegitimate child by Miss ROGERS; her solicitor writes in 1899. 4 pages, List 8.

McKAY, -. See FITZPATRICK, Alexander

McKAY, William. See KELLY, Edward

McKECHNIE, James. Wife in Sydney wrote in 1905, h had deserted her. He was a tobacconist in Fitzroy, aunt BOWDEN. 10 pages, List 9.

McKENNA, William. Born Prahran, March 1907, mother Clara. Adopted by Mrs. Gertrude ROSE of Paddington NSW, who has had several miscarriages, and a husband (Thomas) anxious to have a child. She plans to fool him into believing the child was her own. 6 pages, List 3.

McKENZIE, Arthur of Burnabunnia near Barnawartha. Complains in 1901 of neighbours BUSSE. 10 pages, List 4.

McKENZIE CREEK SCHOOL. No. 2396. Investigation into its destruction by fire, 1896. 8 pages, List 3.

McKIE, Charles. See MITCHELL, John

MacKIE, Elizabeth. Prostitute, Juliet Terrace, 1874. Letter from her.

McKISSON, -. Performer. See MELBOURNE FREE CONCERTS

McLAREN, Bert. See HORE, Marie J.

McLAREN, Rev. John, wife Mary and daughter Jean. Complicated story, involving parents who lived apart and put daughter into custody of Miss M. STEWART, manager of Scots Church Neglected Aid Society in 1906. Jean absconded from her placement at Frankston; parents try a reconciliation. 23 pages, List 3.

McLEAN, Hugh. See COX, James.

McLEAN, Roderick. See POND, D.

McLEOD, Miss. See TOLLEY, Mary.

McLOCKLAN, Catherine. Later Mrs Leonard BISHOFF. File compensation to be paid her for loss of bullocks at Bairnsdale in 1866; includes two letters from her. 31 pages, List 6.

McLOUGHLIN, John and Mary. See SMITH, Louis L.

McMAHON, John & Thomas Middleton. See BARFOOT, Laura.

McMAHON, W.P. See ANTI CONSCRIPTION MEETINGS.

McMANUS, Alfred Patrick. See CLARKE, Elizabeth

McMILLAN, Edward. Se PAGE, Gladys.

McNAB, Mrs. See JONES, Louisa

McNAMARA, Gladys. See SMITH, Mrs. E.

McNAMARA, James. Applied for position of blacksmith and farrier to the police department in 1864; he had been in business in Bendigo for ten years. 4 pages, List 4.

McNAUGHTON, John. Wrote from Launceston Tasmania in 1904. His late father John was living in Carlton, a bootmaker, when he went security for a man on a criminal charge c1860, and forfeited his farm. He believes the family might be able to recover a portio of the value. Two letters. 8 pages, List 10.

McRAE, Annie. See GRAHAM, Alice

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MACK, Lena. See O’GRADY, Thomas Joseph

MADDEN, Mrs. J.H. See HENNESSY, J.

MADDY FAMILY. See BRABENDER, Mrs. K.

MADIGAN, Mrs. Anonymous letter in 1918 claiming her confectionery and refreshment shop at 36 Glenferrie Rd. Malvern was used for gambling purposes. She was a widow; her married daughter Mrs. SAVAGE and two children lived with her, her husband was at the war. Police report there was no sign of gambling, but ‘the lads frequent the place for something else besides supper’. Madigan subsequently sells to William SYMONDS. 6 pages, List 3.

MAGILL, Miss H. ‘Westella’ Canterbury Rd., St. Kilda, knocked over by cyclist Mark KEMPTON in Melbourne in 1898; file on case. 8 pages, List 7

MAHONY, Martin Francis. Charged with carnal knowledge on Irene Daisy KILEY at Shepparton in 1914. Incomplete file. 12 pages, List 3.

MAIS, Harold Clement alias ANDREWS. Failed to pay maintenance to M.T. DRAPER at Rushworth in 1918; brought back from Qld to face court, and promised to marry her, but ran away again. He was an engineer. 16 pages, List 3.

MALAM, Ed. Writes from Menzies Western Australia in 1897, asking police to confirm background of his wife Alvena Elizabeth Annie (Addie) BURFORD, is divorcing her.

MANCEY, John, wrote from Launceston Tasmania in 1898. His 15 year old son Richard John had taken ship to Melbourne; gives physical description and asks police to put him on a ship back there. 4 pages, List 7.

MANLE, Frank. See ELCHORN, C.

MANN, Grace. See SHULTON, Mrs.

MANNERING, Cornelius. See WHITE, George.

MANNERS, Hon Arthur Cecil Selwyn. Sought by solicitor in Sydney in 1904, is in delicate health. Found in private care, 5 pages, List 9.

MARCHAUD, Adolphe. See LIAUT, A.

MARCOPOLO, John. Large file re his bigamy; married Lily NORTH at Shepparton in 1894 as MARKA, a widower, had earlier married Margaret WHITE. 1881. CONNECTION FOUND.

MARKA. See MARCOPOLO, J.

MARKS, Oliver. See NETHERSOLE, C.W.

MARMO, John Joseph. Fathered an illegitimate child which subsequently died while in care of Agnes LYTTON, 1887

MARSDEN, Mrs. See HAMILTON, Irene.

MARSDEN, Jeremiah. Died at Longwood in 1866, leaving a wife and nine children in poor circumstances. File re refusal of local justices to attend inquest. 15 pages, List 3. CONNECTION FOUND.

MARSH, Mary Jane. See WRIGHT, Henry

MARSH, Nicholas. See SPENCER, Jessie E.

MARSHALL, Harold Henry. See LAW, George

MARSHALL, Joseph. See HORNBLOWER, Sophia

MARTIN, Elizabeth. See BERTRAM, Henry; HOOKE, George

MASLIN, Mrs. Annie. See FLOOD, Nellie

MASON, Andrew James Duncan alias Harold LEIGH. Sought by wife Elizabeth in Newcastle NSW in 1904, he left there with Mary/Molly WRIGHT. She has six children and he has paid no maintenance. 9 pages, List 9.

MASON, Lucy and Mary. See SMITH, Louis L.

MASTERTON, William. Lost in bush at Warrandyte, 80 years old, 1882.

MATES, Harold. See HOLLINGSWORTH, A. & H.

MATHEWS, Mrs. J. of Port Victor, South Australia, wrote in 1899 regarding Richard Wolfenden Mathews, a music teacher, aged about 55 yrs. Not clear what the relationship between the two was, perhaps husband and wife. Not found. 4 pages. List 4

MATHIESON, William. Charged with intent to murder Alice GAFFER, 1905. Incomplete file.

MATLOCK, John. Performer. See MELBOURNE FREE CONCERTS

MATTEI, Agnes. See ARMFIELD, E.

MATTHEWS, William James. See ARCHER, Alfred.

MAXWELL, Elizabeth. See JONES, Andrew Thomas

MAY, Mrs. See REID, Alice.

MAYBURY, F. Belmore Rd, Balwyn. Writes letter of complaint in 1906 regarding neighbours SINCLAIR and TAYLOR who are verbally abusing his wife. He is a railway detective, they are in government employment. 4 pages, List 3.

MAYSON, James Hickson. Sends strange telegram from Melbourne to police in Hobart Tas., and they ask an investigation. He is the son of late Rev. Joseph Mayson, an early chaplain in Tas. 5 pages, List 5.

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MEADOWS, Phemmy. Illegitimate child, adopted by Mrs. Emily MORLEY in 1891, but died. Morley came from Islington NSW, lives in a Melbourne brothel and had two illegitimate children herself, who died. She has left her husband.

MEALEY, Miss. See entry for ALLMAN, George Henry.

MEEKING, Eric. Embezzled money from Australian Mining Standard (journal), 1905. Correspondence re costs of investigation and who should pay for his extradition c30 pages, List 3.

MELBOURNE FREE CONCERTS. File re supposedly free concerts given on Sundays in 1894, but for which entrance fees were asked. Frank M. Clark, manager of the Grand Rational Concerts prosecuted for insulting language to undercover police who were monitoring them as against government regulation to charge on Sundays. Several flyers listing performers on file; all names listed have been placed on this webpage. 26 pages.

MELROSE, Elena. See CARBUHN, J.

MENDOZA, Anita. See JORDAN, Charles J.

MERRIGAN, Jack. See HUXTABLE, Florence.

MERRILEES, Allen McDonald. R. SIMPSON of Freemantle Western Australia wrote in 1899 on behalf of the wife of this man. He married Mary Eliza SIMPSON in South Australia in 1896, was a seaman, left in December 1897 and hasn't returned. They have seen a newspaper report of the death of a seaman named Allen McDonald who is believed to have jumped overboard and drowned, and her husband used this name. Police find it is a different person. 6 pages, List 2.

MERTON, Mrs. C. Writes from Balmain Sydney in 1906 re her daughter Mrs. Ted CHRISTIE, who hasn’t been in touch for some time. 6 pages, List 4.

MEYER, Caspar and Mathew. See POND, D.

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MILES, John. Agent General’s office asks details of his death, died in Melbourne in 1888, intestate, had a sister in England. 8 pages, List 5.

MILL, Jane. See SMITH, Louis L.

MILLAR, Frederick Thomas. Gatekeeper near Malvern railway station, complains of assault by a passerby in 1892. Witness statement from Walter DUNSTAN, plasterer, Malvern, on file, and letter from Millar. 12 pages, List 12.

MILLER, Annie. See TOWNSEND, J.

MILLER, Frederick. See MOLLER, Fredk.

MILLER, Harry. See REILLY, John L.

MILLER, Mrs. Jane of Bellevue, West Australia, wrote in 1906 re Pearl MOSES not paying maintenance on her child who is in Miller’s care. Moses’s parents live in Midland Junction. 7 pages, List 4.

MILLER, Joseph, Lonsdale St., wrote in 1880, asking police to protect a vine growing in front of DAKIN’s shop in Bourke St., as he was preparing the grapes for the Exhibition. 6 pages, List 4.

MILLER, Mary Matilda. Widow, Ballarat, married Henry SWIFT or Henry Swift POOLE in 1870, and discovered in 1872 he had committed bigamy. He had previously married Esther COLEMAN in Kadina South Australia in 1861. File covers 1872-1887 when he is found living as John MILLS with another wife and family. CONNECTION FOUND

MILLET, Charles. See PILSTER, John.

MILLS, John. See MILLER, Mary M.

MILSTON, Meyer of Wrightville via Cobar NSW, wrote in 1917 re his daughter Rachel, who left there suddenly and was believed to be in Melbourne; is concerned for her safety. Found. Photo and 7 pages, List 3. See instructions re cost of copying photographs.

MINTON, W. See LATROBE STREET RAGGED BOYS HOME.

MITCHELL, Annie Gladys. See LAW, George

MITCHELL, George Charles. Wrote from Coolgardie Western Australia in 1906. On a ship back to Australia recently, he was told by an elderly passenger that poisoned rabbits were sold for human consumption at Bacchus Marsh in Victoria; writes to warn department. Police decline to act unless he names informer, but he refuses. 4 pages, List 3.

MITCHELL, John alias Charles THURGOOD or McKIE. Escaped from Ararat gaol in 1917, charged with false pretences. Had previous convictions in N.S.W. and Victoria. Born 1884 England, a journalist. Listing of his possessions which were sold by police. 19 pages.

MITCHELL, R. of Corowa, NSW, wrote in 1938 re alleged neglect and ill treatment of his unnamed son, who is living with his mother and Jack ROBERTS at Bowenvale near Maryborough, Victoria. 8 pages, List 2.

MITCHELL, Victor James. See LAW, George

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MOE SWAMP. Reports on series of fires deliberately lit there in 1898; locals suspected. Names mentioned: Frank and John BRAITHWAITE (13 and 15yrs old), Dorothy Ann BURKETT, George EVANS, James HENNESSY, George and Joseph HOUGH, Mr. HUNTER, Catherine LEISHMAN, and James WHITTON. 23 pages, List 7.

MOGG, Herbert Francis. See REILLY, John L.

MOHABEER, Vincent. Herbalist, 1895. Letters on his behalf re non payment of debt ‘puts his faith in the power of God and the Bible, with a little assistance from police’.

MOLLER, Frederick Conrad. Deserted wife Rebecca in Sydney in 1908; is also known as MILLER, ARMSTRONG and CONRAD. 4 pages, List 5.

MOLONEY, Mrs. E. See FLOWERS, Nellie

MOLONY, J. D. A solicitor in Forbes N.S.W., he wrote in 1906 seeking police help in finding the death of Mary Ann FLANAGAN nee KEALY, who was first married to Charles EDWARDS in Yass in 1853, and had a daughter Mrs. LEGGE at Granya, and died there. Legge reports that her mother was Mrs. EDDY nee CALDWELL, but Molony writes that she was not married to Eddy. 13 pages, List 4.

MOLONY, John Thomas. Wrote from Torrington NSW in 1908 re his wife [unnamed] and child, believes she is living with George PERT; wants his daughter Blanche Molony back. 10 pages, List 5. CONNECTION FOUND

MOODY, A.C. Solicitor, Adelaide. Writes in 1902 re his wife Dora TAYLOR, formerly a barmaid, found in a brothel.

MOONEY, Ellen. See O’GRADY, Thomas Joseph.

MOORE, Dr. See TODD, Ellen

MOORE, Delia of Newtown Sydney, wrote in 1905 re her husband John, who had deserted her and their young baby, and had left her 9 year old daughter Winnie with a Mrs J.H. McDONALD in St. Kilda. McDonald’s husband worked on ships; she traced to Sydney. 10 pages, List 3.

MOORE, Mrs. Sarah, a widow of Jeffcott Nth near Donald, complained in 1918 that someone was annoying her at night. She lived alone, on 160 acres. Her brother James STRICKLAND, at Billery via Coonamble NSW is informed of police investigations. 10 pages, List 3.

MORAN, James of Redfern, Sydney, wrote in 1917 re his wife Lizzie, the mother of James, Nellie, Richard, Elizabeth, Kitty and Florence. Found. 7 pages, List 3.

MORGAN, Kate. See BRUNT, Mrs. Allen

MORGAN, Thomas. See THOMPSON, Mary Ann.

MORGUE, MELBOURNE. Correspondence re cost and method of conveying bodies to, 1884.

MORGUE, RICHMOND. Correspondence re necessity for, 1865.

MORLEY, Mrs. Emily. See MEADOWS, Phemmy.

MORRIS, Eric William Bray. Born 1914, mother Mildred claims she is married to father, but still married to – HOWARD. Court case.

MORRIS, Ethel. Mrs. E. Keefe, a neighbour, claims she is running a brothel at “Claretta” 38 Lennox St., Richmond. Several letters from Keefe and several police reports, 1902. 36 pages, List 12.

MORRIS, Samuel and Annie. See CARSON, Samuel.

MORRISON, Emmie. Performer. See MELBOURNE FREE CONCERTS

MORRISON, Janet. Mother Martha of Waterloo near Myrtleford, wrote to the CCP in 1888 re Constable FAIGH, who had seduced her daughter, and suggested an abortion when she became pregnant. She demands that he be forced to marry her. 5 pages, List 4.

MORSHEAD, Priscilla. Domestic servant, Bendigo, suicides, 1898. Large file re treatment of body, newspaper claims etc.

MORTENSEN, Hans. Employed as nightwatchman at river widening works at Heyington in 1930, an explosion occurred in the hut he occupied. The foreman of the works was John BRASHER and the contractor G.W. VAUGHAN. 6 pages, List 4.

MOSES, Pearl. See MILLER, Mrs. Jane.

MOYLAN, Evan M.J. See LEWIS, Mrs. M.

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MUELLER, Louis. See BANK OF VICTORIA.

MULDER, Louisa. See CRANE, Barney

MULHENS, Edward Adolf. See BREUR, Edward A.

MULLALLEY, Charles. Child desertion, Sydney police write, 1884. Large file. CONNECTION FOUND.

MULLINS, Maude. Adopted infant illegitimate daughter of Martha COOK, at Women’s Hospital, 1901. She had no children of her own, is married to Thomas.

MUMMERY, A.G.F. and Kate. Write from Qld in 1906, asking police help in obtaining property of late George BROWN, who died in the Liverpool (NSW)Asylum, which was taken by Frank Mummery of Whitfield. 10 pages, List 3.

MUNRO, Alan Lockwell. See HOLLINGSWORTH, A. & H.

MURPHY, Elizabeth. See MURPHY, Jeremiah.

MURPHY, Hannah. See GALE, Samuel

MURPHY, Jeremiah. He and his brother William are sought by Mrs. Louisa KNIGHT of Collingwood in 1877. They and their sister Elizabeth were bought up in a Catholic orphanage in Emerald Hill [South Melb.]. Jeremiah would be now c23 yrs. Found. 27 pages, some very faint as ink has faded. List 5.

MURPHY, Mary. See CLARKE, Samuel

MURPHY, Thomas Joseph. Wife Bridget wrote from Berrigan, NSW in 1908. He, under the name of CARMODY, lived there about a year with another woman, but sent her away when Bridget returned. She subsequently found out about the other woman, the pair quarrelled and he cleared out, leaving her destitute. She is crippled, has lost one of her hands etc. Three of his children are kept by Victorian State government.

MURPHY, William. See MURPHY, Jeremiah.

MURRAY, Alexander. Charged with murdering Walter Graham BLACKLOW at Stratford in 1913. Trial brief, legal opinion; coroner found self defence.

MURRAY, Eva Rosena. See CARBUHN, J.

MURRAY, Georgena Wrote from Wallsend in 1906 re her husband David who had deserted her and their boy. 6 pages, List 5.

MURRAY, Richard Marr. See REED, Richard

MURTAGH, Herbert. See NATIONAL MUSEUM.

MYERS, -. See BARKLY MANSIONS.

MYERS, Hannah. Elderly woman, died in brothel of Ellen ROSE, Bendigo, 1886.

MYERS, Isaac, known as Nick. Escaped from military custody in 1919, while being bought to Melbourne; a Sapper, 40 yrs, well known in Adelaide as a hairdresser. One small photo and an enlargement of him in uniform on file. 12 pages, some repeats.

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NASH, Mrs. See SMITH, Louis L.

NATION, Mrs Maud, of Browns Plains near Chiltern, wrote in 1906, asking if a young man now in New Zealand, could join the police force without coming to Melbourne. 1 page, List 3.

NATIONAL MUSEUM (VICTORIA). Police report on finding of human bones in a hollow tree near Coleraine by Herbert JARRETT and Herbert MURTAGH in 1906. Bones subsequently identified as Aboriginal, and given to the museum. 10 pages, List 4.

NEALE, David Andoneran. Arrived Sydney 1839, then came to Victoria, used name GADSDON or GADSON, married and had family. 1902 enquiry.

NEEDLE, Martha. Charged with murder; file re exhumation of children etc.

NEGUS, John. See RUTHERGLEN ROBBERY, 1899

NELSON, Sarah. Master in Lunacy requests information on, admitted Collingwood Asylum in 1868. Husband Andrw is a Norweigan, real name A. Julius NIELSON; mother Mrs. BENNETT. 9 pages, List 4.

NELSON, Sarah. Mother died at Geelong, father left four children in Orphan Asylum. Sarah in service in Melbourne; alleged seduction of 15 year old Christine by Harry JEFFERYS, a sailor on the Cerebus, 1885.

NETHERSOLE, C.W. Series of letters in 1915 re Oliver MARKS, whose wife and child left him and went to the country. His daughter Dora took out a maintenance order, but Marks absconded. Nethersole critical of slowness of police action.

NEVINS, Wilton. A commercial traveller living in Camberwell, he was robbed by Stanley WITHEL, a friend of his domestic servant Annie SIMPSON in1913. File includes letter of thanks from Nevins. 13 pages, List 8.

NEWLANDS, Christina. Wrote from Melbourne in 1877 seeking her uncle William TOOMATH; found. 5 pages, List 5.

NICHOLL, Amelia. See BERTRAM, Henry.

NICHOLL, Mrs. John. See PURSE, Clara

NICHOLLS, John. Herbal specialist. False registration of eight children, Mrs. Sophia DENNIS involved. Large file covering 1894-1898.

NICHOLLS, W.A., Ararat, 1902. Applies to join force, served in South Africa. 1 page, List 12.

NICHOLS, W. Writes from Regina Canada in 1898; is a member of the North West Mounted Police, with five years experience, is 30yrs, applies to join police in Victoria. 1 page, List 7.

NICOLELLA/NICOLETTA, Nicola. Italian Consul wrote in 1905 on behalf of his mother who was anxious about him, hadn’t heard for a year, he was cc 22 years old. 8 pages, List 9.

NIELSON, A. Julius. See NELSON, Sarah.

NIGHTINGALE, John Hollier, file re his damaging a railway bridge at Moorabool, brothers George and Frederick SCALES witnesses. 14 pages, List 13.

NIMMO, Mina. Performer. See MELBOURNE FREE CONCERTS

NIXON, John. See RANKIN, Dora.

NOACK, Friedrich Wilhelm. German Consul Melbourne seeks death certificate in 1908; born 1807 Schoneberg, believed died Victoria 1888. 3 pages, List 5.

NOLAN, Daniel Emmett. See LAW, George

NORTH, Lily. See MARCOPOLO, J.

NORWOOD, Charles. Performer. See MELBOURNE FREE CONCERTS

NOTT, A. South Yarra, 1920 letter requesting return of pea rifle confiscated from son Oswald by Healesville Court. 4 pages, List 3.

NUBIE, Lizzie. Qld. Aborigine, c18 years old, working as a nurse girl at Wycheproof, 1898. Alleges rape by Hugh Anderson; he acquitted. Gives birth to a child but it dies.

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O'BRIEN, John. See LAZBROOK, John H.

O’BRIEN, Laurie, child, of Bridge Road Richmond, found a wallet and money in 1919. It was handed to police but not claimed, so given to him. He was to share part of the proceeds with friend Basil CHARLESTON. 7 pages, List 3.

‘OCEANA’ GOLD ROBBERY. Sydney, 1897, £5,000 stolen. Very large file.

O’CONNOR, Annie See WARD, Lizzie

O’CONNOR, Bartholomew. See HOGAN, Alice

O’CONNOR, James Shiel. See HOLLINGSWORTH, A. & H.

O'CONNOR, Maggie. See WILSON, Ellen F.

O’CONNOR, William George. Port Melbourne. Bomb thrown at his house, 1928. 1 page, List 4.

OCTAVIA, Lillie. Performer. See MELBOURNE FREE CONCERTS

O’DWYER, James. See BURKE, Robert O.

O’FARRELL, Peter Andrew Charles. Threats to William LANE of St. Kilda, 1886. Further file 1886. Taken to hospital by police 1898, died destitute a few days later; former solicitor who attempted to shoot Archbishop Goold.

O’GORMAN, Thomas. Morwell, 1898. Two letters re joining the police force; rejected on medical reasons. 4 pages, List 7.

O’GRADY, Thomas Joseph. His wife Elizabeth writes from Yass in 1906. They were married in 1895 and have three children. She has heard that he has married Lenna MACK. He has a sister Mrs. Ellen MOONEY in Footscray. 9 pages, List 4.

OGNAR, Mrs. Mona. See GOSSLER, Frank

O'HEARN, John. See FRANCIS, John.

O’KEEFE, Elizabeth. See JONES, Andrew Thomas

OLD, Ernest, Dingee, 1902, applies to join force, fought in South Africa, is a racing cyclist. 2 pages, List 12.

OLD, Theophilus. See JONES, Andrew Thomas

OLFE, M. Wrote from Adelaide in 1888 re her husband J.D.M., a watchmaker. Police report states that she is really only trying to confirm his death and he has attempted suicide several times. 3 pages, List 5.

O’MAHONY, Edward. Wrote from O’Mahony’s Creek, Lardner in 1894, complaining of the treatment he received by a local constable. Comment on his character. 17 pages, List 13.

O’MEARA, W.H. See SEITELBACH, J.B.

O’NEILL, Sybil. See FAIRS, David.

ORD, George. File re paying for his stillborn child, born at Shepparton in 1894; he is working on the railways. 15 pages, List 4.

O’REILLY, Bessie & James. Charged with murder of child Elizabeth at Ballarat, acquitted, 1901. Large file.

ORFORD, Mrs. See SIMPSON, Hannah.

O’ROURKE, Patrick. Large file re his death in 1906. Annie BROGAN involved, letters to her on file.

O’SHANNESY, Mathew. See BRAY, Blanche

O’SHEA, Timothy. Suicided at Kerang in 1906. Father at Wagga Wagga seeks details; letter from brother Michael on file. 18 pages, List 3.

OTWAY, Benjamin. His wife writes from Creswick to Scotland Yard, thinks he may have committed bigamy in England. They reveal he is a suspect in a murder there in 1897, is found to be a habitual criminal, with an alias of Joseph THOMBLIN. Has a brother Charles. File covers 1897-1904. 40 pages, 2 almost illegible, including sketches of him. List 10.

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PAGE, - Miss. See BAKER, Seymour

PAGE, Gladys. Writes from Brisbane in 1920. She is 19 years old and pregnant to Captain Edward MacMILLAN; seeks police help in finding him.

PAGE, Thomas. Wife Annie writes from Adelaide, hasn’t heard from him for 9 mths; he is a railway carpenter, 42 yrs, born Gloucester England. 6 pages, List 5.

PALEY, Dr. Edward. See REED, Richard

PALMER, Alfred George. See TEMPLETON, Ruby.

PANKHURST, Adele. Anti conscription brochure on file, report on her speech.

PARKER, Christopher. Sought by Agent General in 1888, a tinsmith. Found interstate. 8 pages, List 5.

PARTRIDGE, Charles. Formerly a tobacconist, c74years old, with a one son who is a butcher. Information sought by James WORTLEY of Brisbane, 13 pages, List 10.

PATEZELNR, Johanna. See CARSON, Samuel.

PATTENDEN, Mrs. F. of Neutral Bay Sydney, wrote in 1918 re Elizabeth CHAFFEY, last heard in Brisbane. Her widowed invalid mother is anxious to find her; not found. 4 pages, List 3.

PATTERSON, Alexander. Victorian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children reports that he has illtreated a child named Bertie RICKETTS at Mornington in 1898. Police report. 5 pages, List 3.

PATTERSON, David. Complains in 1919 that the woman he married in 1917, Agnes McWHINNIE, committed bigamy as her first husband was still alive when they married. Two marriage certificates on file, one with Patterson, the other with Albert Edwin SHEPPERD. Patterson described as 'eccentric'. 16 pages.

PAUL, E. Sought by police in 1913 over fraud on Royal Bank in Melbourne by an N. Paul. He and a Mr. GOTOBED were farmers in Langwarrin; faded photo of the two of them in front of a tent. File is incomplete; 5 pages, List 8. See comment below re cost of photographs.

PAYNE, Maggie. See BREEN, James.

PAYNTING, George Jnr. File re charge of receiving stolen property at Eaglehawk, 1880. Witnesses William CRACK, Thomas GIST, William LEWIS give evidence. Case dismissed. 18 pages, List 2.

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PEACH, -. Female. See GRANT COMMON SCHOOL.

PEACOCK, Dr. Samuel. Anonymous letter from Cape Town, 1902, alleges he is an abortionist. Police report on his activities.

PEGUS, S.G., Maytown, Cooktown, Qld, wrote in 1894, asking if the ‘Civiate Remedial Agency’ Dr George Walsh, 131 Collins St., Melbourne was genuine, of a ‘quack’ organisation. 8 pages, List 13.

PEIRCE, William. Died in Bendigo Hospital in 1881. File re expenses of burial. 6 pages, List 2.

PENCO, Francesco. Italian Consul in Melbourne writes on his behalf; he is working at Yarraville and has been threatened by his workmates. 6 pages, some very faint as ink has faded, List 5.

PENFOLD, Mrs. See McCRAE, J.

PENSON, J.O. See GLASS, C.E.

PENTRIDGE GOVERNOR. Unsuccessful attempt by police in 1894 to identify printer of scandalous verse being circulated about the governor, J? BULL. Copy of the poem on the file. 5 pages, List 3.

PERRY, George and Harriet. See JACKSON, Sarah

PERT, George. See MOLONY, John T.

PHILLIPS, W. See AMBROSE, Fanny

PHILLIPS, William Myles. See BRADY, William

PICKEN, Elizabeth. See CLOTHIER, Charles.

PICKERING, Albert, Eliza Geraldine, Florence. See HOOF, Bert.

PIGDON FAMILY. Queenscliffe. Correspondence re charge of neglecting children, 1898.

PILSTER, John, wrote from Queensland in 1905. His mother had died and his father deserted him. His aunt Mrs. R.A. WARREN of Richmond Vic., has told him that he has a brother Charles, known as MILLETT. Asks police help to find them. 7 pages, List 8.

PINKERTON, John. Foster (Gippsland) police report that he has applied to join force, but is not suitable ‘is only half witted & has no education’. 4 pages, List 6.

PINNAGER, Mrs. See BARTEL, Lydia Harriet.

PIRONI, Giovanni. See TORRENTE, V.

PITT, Mrs. See BRAY, Blanche

PIZARS, Sabina. Left her home in Geelong with Eileen KEATING, to visit sailors in Williamstown in 1913, both teenagers; parents alert police. 3 pages, List 8.

PLANCKE, Aloyse/Louis, sought by Belgian Consul in Melbourne in 1877; hasn’t been heard of since 1873. Found. 8 pages, List 5.

PLOWRIGHT, Mrs. Laura. See GRANEY, M.

PLUMMER, J.B. of Kogarah NSW, asked police to find his daughter Alice Maud GODDARD in 1908. She had a son William. Found. 4 pages, List 4.

PODFREY, Minnie. See SINNETT, Eleanor.

POLLARD, Arthur. Proprietor of Lilliputian Opera Co. Wife writes from Qld re his address, 1909. List 4.

POLLARD’S STROLLING PLAYERS. See GOULDING, Frank

POLLOCK, Alexander. Charged with murder of Thomas C. BRUNER at Queenscliff, 1899. Large file, List 3.

POND, Dick, young child, alleges father shot someone and disposed of body in dam at Springhurst in 1894. Detailed report of investigation, story dismissed. Names mentioned: Mathew and Caspar MEYER, Thomas SINCLAIR, Robert CANNING, Roderick McLEAN (a youth). 26 pages, List 13.

POOLE, Henry Swift. See MILLER, Mary M.

POPE, Charles. Performer. See MELBOURNE FREE CONCERTS

POPJOY, Mrs. See GOSSLER, Frank

POSSET, Eugene. Murdered, inquest and trial brief, 1894. James C. WATSON and Alfred DOUGLAS suspected.

POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE. See FRIEND, George H.

POTTER, Daniel. Wife writes from Parramatta NSW in 1883, he deserted her in 1875; had been in NSW police force.

POTTER, James. See BAUER, B.

POULTON, Alfred, of Korumburra, committed to gaol in 1904 for failure to pay maintenance on children Beatrice May, Edith Jane and Frederick FIRTH, whose mother had died. Also had a child by Mrs. Honora TILBY. 10 pages, List 10.

POWER, Henry/Harry. 1870 file re trial. 1887 complaint from his sister Mrs. SLATER of Oakleigh, that local constable is bringing people to see him – he is living with her.

PRENDERGAST, Theresa. See ROBINSON, Emma.

PRENTICE, William Edward. Lodges complaint in 1918 about his treatment by police. He is a returned soldier. Report states he went to the South African War, was associated with the Whitton episode [Breaker Morant], and sentenced to death. Detail of his criminal activities. 11 pages.

PRESTON, A.T. See HARWOOD, Frank

‘PREUSSEN’. Quarantined 1887; engineer VON RUTI escapes.

PRICE, Mary. See DUNKLEY, Thomas.

PRIDAY, Sydney. See HURFORD, Stella

PRIMROSE, -. See COOK, Robert

PRINCESS THEATRE. Over crowding at, 1890-97, reports on cases and results; very large file c200 pages.

PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL LEAGUE OF VICTORIA. Printed rules and platform, 1891.

PROSSER, Annie. See WALLACE, Annie.

PURCELL/PURSELL, William. His mother, who lives at Bendigo, has not heard from him for about two years, and asks police to check if a murdered man at Nowra in NSW is her son, as he was last heard from there. He was a blacksmith. Police find him alive. 7 pages, List 2.

PURSE, Clara. Mother, Mrs. John NICHOLL of Carlton, writes in 1894, stating that Clara, 13 yrs, had left Seymour some months before with Charles BOND and his family, and he refused to return her. 7 pages, List 13.

PYLE, William Robert. See HART, Emily M.

PYSING, George. Incomplete file re him being arrested at Perth and extradited to Melbourne in 1898. 5 pages and photo, List 7. See comment re photographic costs.

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QUIGLEY, I.T., Terang, 1902; applies to join police force, 2 pages, List 12.

QUILL, Teresa nee FAHEY. Large file re her bigamy with John Francis ROE, school teacher. His mother wants her prosecuted. 1901-02. Further large file - Teresa sues him for maintenance of their child.

QUINLAN, James. See WHITE, Margaret T.

QUINLAN, William. See LINDSAY, Mrs. E.J.

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RADIGOIS, Eugene. Sought by French Consul in Melbourne in 1877; found. 9 pages, List 5.

RAGGED BOYS HOME. See LATROBE STREET RAGGED BOYS HOME.

RAGGEDY GOLDFIELD. Two reports on rush there in 1871. List 4.

RANKIN, Mrs. Dora. Writes from Sydney in 1906, seeking John NIXON, police pensioner, has news for him. 8 pages, List 4.

RATH, -. German, living in North Melbourne in 1916, report that soldiers might attack him because he is German. List 6.

RAY, Frederick Arthur Theodore, of Footscray, wrote to friend and former resident Gerald McCARTHY in New York in 1917, giving local news, and using ‘indecent language’. Not clear, but appears letter was opened as McCarthy could not be found. Ray subsequently interviewed by detectives and charged under the Postal Act. Letter on file and very crude language used. List 3.

RAYMOND, Samuel. Charles Hamilton STERNE enquired for his address on behalf of a friend in London, 1869. Details of Raymond, (was formerly in Vic police force) and two letters from him, on file. 17 pages, List 4.

READ, Alice. Wrote from Brisbane in 1908. She had divorced her husband Joseph for adultery with her sister, who had a child to him. Alice given custody of her son Jack Bertram Read, but Joseph has taken him away to Melbourne. 12 pages, List 5.

REARDON, Charles Philip of Tocumwal, NSW, wrote in 1919. He was a wounded returned soldier and sought help in finding his parents Elizabeth and Patrick Kilday Reardon as he needed his birth certificate and the Registrar General had no record of it. Found. 7 pages, List 3.

RED CROSS SOCIETY. See FRENCH ISLAND PROG. ASSOC.

REDDAN, Sal. See LT. LONSDALE ST. – Nos. 112/116.

REED, Richard of West Melbourne, alleged in 1877 that Dr Edward Paley had been using Yarra Bend Asylum funds to pay for his coachman. C.F. ROBERTS and Richard Marr MURRAY ask investigation. 6 pages, List 5.

REED, William. See GRANT COMMON SCHOOL.

REEVES, George. See FITZPATRICK, Alexander.

REID, Alice. Brought from Berrigan NSW to Melbourne by grandmother Margaret CORBETT to give birth to illegitimate child, 1892; suspected father named. Child went to Bendigo, Alice to Good Shepherd Convent for seven years, then into domestic service. Lost her right hand in a mangle accident. In 1900 living with Mrs. MAY, who writes to uncle John CORBETT for financial assistance for her. He asks police to investigate. CONNECTION FOUND.

REILLY, John L. Secretary of the Epsom Racing Club in 1913; robbed of £700 takings. File includes evidence of witnesses Henry James BUCKLAND, assistant secretary, Herbert Francis MOGG, VRC employee, John ISHERWOOD, weigher, Harry MILLER, contractor of Hawthorn, J. LUDLOW, Edward CONWAY, trainer, John LEEK, commission agent. 20 pages, List 8.

REINER, John Godfrey. Writes strange letters to police headquarters in 1904. He lives near Dargo, is a German, 61 years and a ‘perfect nuisance’ to local police, according to them. 24 pages, List 10.

REYNOLDS, Ruby. See HUGHES, John William Enoch.

REYNOLDS, Thomas. Sought by brother G. COLLINS in York Western Australia in 1900; may take the name Collins. Was in the employ of Dr. L.L. SMITH in 1864. Not found. 4 pages, List 2.

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RICH, Charles James. See YOUNG, Elizabeth H.H.

RICHARDSON, Charlotte M. Toorak, 1898, brutally attacked at night; uncle reported case to police, and asked that it be kept out of newspapers, but Herald published details. A suspect was bought in for identification, but her parents refuse to allow her to attend the police station.

RICE, A.E. ‘Professor’. Writes from Ravenswood Qld in 1897 re his wife and son Fernleigh Archibald, born Ipswich 1875/6. He was a performer of some sort, who travelled around, and left his wife behind as she had ‘taken to drink’. Now wants his son back. 25 pages, List 6.

RICHMOND AMY (no surname). See SMITH, Louis L.

RICKETTS, Percy. See PATTERSON, Alexander

RING, Thomas. See entry for CASWELL, John H.

RITCHIE, Malcolm. Large file re his alleged incest on daughters Mabel and Helena Ann at Pakenham in 1899. List 2.

ROACH, Jane. Deniliquin police enquire about her and her illegitimate child in 1864; she is a housemaid in Melbourne. Police find child is being cared for by Mary BARRY. 11 pages, List 3.

ROBERTS, Arthur Lee. See JONES, Andrew Thomas

ROBERTS, C.F. See REED, Richard

ROBERTS, Frank. See GARTH, Murray.

ROBERTS, Harry Douglas. See HART, Emikly M.

ROBERTS, Jack. See MITCHELL, R.

ROBERTS, Laura. Performer. See MELBOURNE FREE CONCERTS

ROBERTS, William. Wrote from Barraba NSW in 1908 re Thomas JONES and Abraham TERRIL. Police interview Mary Ann Terrill who explains the connection. 15 pages, List 5.

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ROBERTSON, Frederick James. Writes from Cowra in 1908, asking for address of his brother and parents, whom he hasn’t seen for years. Police establish his father is Alexander Fraser Robertson, and brother Charles John, and find them. 5 pages, List 4.

ROBERTSON, John. Hotel-keeper at Gordons in 1865, charged Constable John HAMILTON, (No. 1679) with using slanderous language against him and his wife. Report of police investigation; John and William LETTS, sawyers, James WALSH, farmer, and Mary HAMILTON, witnesses. 28 pages, List 3.

ROBINSON, Barney. See CRFANE, Barney.

ROBINSON, Charles Alfred. Lands officer at Sale, writes suicide note and believed to have drowned himself, 1918. Wife at East Brunswick, brother Gilbert at Preston. File of 9 pages includes press cutting.

ROBINSON, Emma. Paddington NSW, wrote in 1900 re her daughter Theresa PRENDERGAST, who went with her employer Mrs. SIMPSON to Melbourne