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McBefore European Settlement the Carrum Area was known as Karrum Karrum (the Aboriginal meaning for Boomerang).
It is believed that the area got this name as Aborigines rested at todays site of Olivers Hill, Frankston and looked in the distance at a sandy beach shaped like a Boomerang. Europeans would call this Long Beach or Nine Mile Beach. The area stretched from Frankston to Mordialloc.

CARRUM, also known as "Karum Karum", meaning "Boomerang". Also known to Europeans as "Garem Gam"

MORDIALLOC, known as "Moody Yalloak", meaning "Near the Little Sea" (Mordialloc Creek)

CHELSEA

EARLYS SQUATTERS RUNS
The Long Beach or Nine Mile Beach Run was originally occupied by Joseph Stewart and transferred to James McMahon in 1852

Moody Yallock Run. In 1837 Michael Solomon had taken a Licence to Graze Sheep. The run was transferred to Benjamin & Willson 1842

The "Garem Gam" Run was taken over by Henry Jennings in 1853

BANYAN WATER HOLES, later named "Ballermerring" run at Carrum Downs.

EARLY PIONEERS

BEILBY, John Wood married Catherine Ogilvy, Victoria 1850 (reg 2379). John died Beechworth, Victoria 1903, aged 86 years. Son of William Beilby & Maria Catherine Moller. The Beilby Station was called "Tirhatuan" the Aboriginal word for Land of the Flying Squirrel. This property was on the Dandenong Creek.

GEELONG ADVERTISER & SQUATTERS ADVOCATE
SUPREME COURT.(CONTINUED FROM OUR FIRST PAGE.) Thursday, July 29, 1847. John Wood Beilby was indicted for the murder of Charles Durrant, at the Glenelg, on the 21st May last. John Hughes deposed that Durrant had come to Beilby's station and taken away a filly, and that Beilby had enquired as to the direction in which Durrant went, and followed after him. Roderick Ercott deposed to having seen Beilby on the 21st May, he was riding very fast; he stopped and related how he had accidently shot Durrant, saying that the tether rope had got twisted round a stump, and the deceased tried to back the filly on him, at the time the pistol went off ; he was then riding for a doctor. Allen M'Donald, surgeon, described the wound on tlhe body of the deceased. Dr. Wilie, Mr M'Combie, Charles Lamb, Rev. Mr Forbes, Dr. Fletcher, Mr Bates. and Mr James Smith, gave evidence as to the good conduct of Ihe prisoner. The Jury retired, and after half an hours' de- liberation, returned a verdict of manslaughter. The prisoner was sentenced to pay a fine of one shilling, and be imprisoned till the fine be paid.

WEST GIPPSLAND GAZETTE 4th September 1900
AN OLD PIONEER. DISCOVERER OF CROSSOVER -GOLDFIELDS. In theLegislative Assembly recently Sir. John M'Intyre presented a peti tion from Mr. John Wood Beilby, of Beechworth, praying for consideration of his own and other pioneers' claims for aid towards the maintenance of themselves and their wives in the declining years of their life. Mr. Beilby states that he is almost the sole surviving pioneer of Victoria bush settlement in the early forties. He claims a share of the unpaid moiety of the vote of £1000 for the priority of information to the local Government on June 7, 1851, of a site of the discovery and working of Victorian gold, and also some consideration of the fact that he was the first to erect and work a sawmill in the colony, the traffic to and from which opened up Ferntree Gully. Another event in the ancient'history of the colony with which he was connected, and for which he cgnsiders he is entitled to some reward, is the discovery, in April, 1864, by himself and party, of the Crossover gold-fields. This, it is alleged, was the beginning of the settlement of Buln Buln and Gipps land by agriculturists. Parliament voted £10,000 for gold-fields dis coveiies in that year, but the peti tioner states that " owing to ill-feeling on the part of the then Secretary of Mines towards your petitioner his claim for self and party was per-. sistently ignored.


BESWICKE, Charles & James Lomax. Charles married Elizabeth Keys at Scots Church, Melbourne 10th February 1846. James Beswicke was killed in a Cart accident in 1844, aged 24 years. I believe that Charles was the Father of James Lomax and that Charle's marriage to Elizabeth Keys was his second

BROWN, Hugh born Stewartstown, Tyrone, Ireland 17th March 1830. Arrived Adeliade, South Australia 8th August 1855 and came to the Mordialloc District, Victoria in 1856.

COLEMAN, William

FRASER, Major James

JENNINGS, Henry

KEYS, George born Tyrone, Ireland C.1792. Died 8th October 1873 Keysborough, Victoria. Arrived Port phillip "Catherine Jamieson" 1841

MACDONALD,Alexander Vause
The Argus 24th December 1881
A Mr. Macdonald, of Mordialloc, one of the first settlers there, was seen late on Monday night making his way home, and was subsequently missed. His hat was found the next morning floating on the creek, and it was at once surmised that he fell into the water, as he was supposed to be not quite sober . Mounted constable Strahan, assisted by the neighbours, spent several hours dragging the creek yesterday, and ultimately found the body in the creek at about 4 o'clock (Death reg.11425)

MCARTHUR, Daniel

MCMAHON, James Born: 1806, Tyrone, Ireland
Married: MARIA KELLY (daughter of Robert Kelly & Isabella Carothers) in Tyrone
Died: 2nd October, 1872, Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand (Cancer of Liver and Stomach).
Arrival: “Strathfieldsaye”, Port Phillip, 30th August 1841
James McMahon obtained pre-emptive rights to a 2000 feet frontage where he built "Half Way House", also known as "Long Beach Hotel when a beer licence was obtained.


MCMAHEN,William Moore married Margaret Keys at The Scots Church, Melbourne 10th February 1846. Margaret was 14 years old and William 35 years. Died 13th October 1892. Buried cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery.

NEWTON, believed to be the first settler near Mordialloc Creek

SOLOMON, Michael. It appears that Michael Solomon arrived in the Port Phillip District. In 1837 he had taken out a licence to Graze Sheep in the Area Known as the "Moodie Yallo" or "Carrum Swamp" Run. By 1842 there was a slump in the price of Sheep and was declared insolvent. In 1846, Michael Solomon was convicted for a Jewel theft in Tasmania and sentenced to 15 years jail. He served 8 years and was released in 1854. By 1856, he was before the Court again accused of setting fire to his premisis to claim the insurance money. There was not enough evidence and the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

STEWART, Joseph

WATKINS, James

WEDGE, Charles,Henry & John

WELLS, Henry born Hertordshire, England (no relation to Henry Cadby Wellls). Married Martha Elizabeth Cole. Wells Road is named after this Pioneer.

YOUNG, Mark came to the Melbourne in 1857 aboard "DAVID G FLEMING". After stints at the Victorian and New Zealand Goldfields he selected 187 acres in the Carrum Swamp. In 1887, the Young family moved to Frankston after his purchase of the Pier Hotel. President of Dandenong Shire Council

The Argus, 17th August 1876
THE CARRUM SWAMP SELECTORS.
The Minister of Lands dealt yesterday with a number of the cases of selectors who had taken up land in the Carrum Carrum Swamp, under the Lend Act of 1869, and who had partially failed to carry out the condition of residence. The cases came be- fore the Minister on applications for leases, the selectors appearing to nrge reasons why a strict compliance with the residence condi- tion should not be enforced. The first appli- cation was that of Peter Carrol, who had effected considerable improvements, having enclosed 20 acres of his selection, but to whom a lease had been refused for non-resi- dence. The applicant stated that for nine months of the year the land was overflowed with water, making residence vory undesir- able, and in addition to that, a considerable area of the selection was unfit for cultivation. It was now the intention of the selector to build a house and reside. It appeared that Carrol was a publican, and Mr. Gillies was doubtful whether the terms of his publican's licence would admit of residence ou his selection. Ho, however, expressed his will- ingness to order the issue of a fresh licence, Mark Young bad selected 170 acres, on which be had spent £709 in improvements ; 25 acres of the land had been cleared. The applicant bad resided on tbe land with his family from the 9th September, 1872, to July, 1874, con- tinuously, making 17 months' residence. He came to reside in Emerald-hill, to make money to support his family. He had never had any return from the land, not even sufficient to pay for the seed sown. It was also urged that Mr. Grant bad said that where the selector had proved his bona fides residence would not be insisted upon, Mr. Gillies admitted that the length of residence and the large amount of money spent on improvements made this a peculiarly hard case, but be could not see his way to relax the condition of residence in any case. He could only order that the land should be sold at £1 per acre, with a liberal valuation for improvements. The applicant said that the amount returned for improve- ments did not really represent all the outlay, as he had not charged for his own personal labour. Mr. Gillies recommended him to send in a fresh valuation for the improve- ments, which would be reported on by the Crown lands bailiff. J. D. Morris had selected 202 acres, and spent £391 on improvements. The applicant had applied for the issue of a grant, which had been re- fused on the ground of insufficient residence. Morris intimated that he bud not continually resided on the land himself, but that his family had done so. Mr. Gillies said he had not yet determined the question of family residence, and could not therefore decide the application, but expressed his intention of consulting the Crown law officers on the point. A similar application, made by a selector named Jos. Mason, received a like reply from the Minister. Malcolm M'Quean
made an application for his lease, stating that he had spent a considerable amount in improving his selection, but that it had been decided by the department that the residence condition was not fully complied with. Mr. Gillies said he could only order the land to be sold by auction, with a good valuation for the improvements. Joseph Clarke selected 140 acres, the improvements on which were valued at £84. The applicant resided at Carlton, and the decision of the Minister was
the same as in the last case. Donald M'Swain had selected 154 acres and spent £59 in improvements. As it was proved that he had not yet completed his improvements, he was allowed six months to do so, the Minister stating that nothing could be done
till the improvements were completed. Samuel Jeffray had selected 137 acres and effected improvements to the extent of £188. There was no cultivation on the land, and
the applicant admitted that he resided at Preston. Mr. Gillies said that the land should be sold at auction at £1
per acre, with a valuation for improve- ments. Henry Wells, a selector of 119 acres, stated that be resided for five months on the land, and had spent a large sum in improvements. The decision given was similar to that in the last case. D. Greaves, selector of 156 acres, with improvements valued at £185. The selector lived at Dande- nong, and had not complied with the resi- dence condition. The land was ordered to be sold on the same terms as in previous cases. Mark Foy, selector of 195 acres, with improvements valued at £600. The grant had been refused on the ground of non-residence. The appli- cant stated that his family had resided on the land for a considerable period, and that he had resided for 13 months himself, and frequently visited it. Mr. Gillies said he could do no more than in the previous cases —order the land to be sold by auction, with a fair valuation for improvements. J. W. Randell selected 200 acres, and spent £500 in improvements. Applicant stated that he had resided 200 days in each year on the land. Mr. Gillies did not think the condition had been fully complied with, and gave a deci- sion similar to the last. Several smaller holdings, in which the circumstances were the same, were dealt with in like manner.


HOW TO INCREASE, A SHIRE SUBSIDY. , The Age of Monday exposes what-it calls " The Carrum Swamp Ring,'" and shows how it manipulates shire revenues for its own advantage. The Carrum Swamp is a triangular shaped tract of land, having its base fronting the sea between Mordialloc and Frankston, a distance of ten miles. The rest of the swamp stretches back from the sea into the northward, and, gradually narrowing, terminates in a peak close up to the township of Dande- nong. The sides of the triangle measure approximately ten miles each; and the total amount of land within what is called the Carrum Swamp survey is about 12,000 acres. A family of the name of Keys, according to our contemporary, by themselves and by dummy selectors have managed to secure the central portion of the area, consisting of 5000 acres of the choicest soil in the centre of the survey. In addition to this they have the grazing monopoly of 700 acres Government land, known as the Sugar-beet reserve. Keys- borough is the name oft' their township, which occupies an elevated ridge nearly in the centre of the "Swamp," and the "dummy huts" of their selectors extend considerably beyond their present posses- sions. The powers of the Keys party at an election is estimated at 200 votes, and as the boundary line dividing the county of Mornington from South Bourke passes right through the centre of the Keys pos- sesssions their influence is a matter of in terest to Messrs G. P. Smith, J. B. Crews and Mr Purees. Running along the county boundary line, and consequently passing directly through the centre of the Keys estate, a drain has been constructed, which is thirty feet broad by two deep, and about six miles long, having its outlet to the sea at Mordialloc. The funds for the work have been contributed by a voluntary tax of one shilling per acre by the selectors interested, a large number, if not a majo- rity, of whom are the Keys family, and their attaches. This matter would be all legitimate enough, and very laudable, if conducted in a bona fide manner for the general benefit of a resident population; but, in addition to the fact that the drain- age works do not benefit much other land than that in which the Keys are interested, this matter has special features worthy of note. The Dandenong Shire Council is composed of three ridings-the south, the middle, and the north. The Carrum Swamp is in the south, and the township of Dandenong in the middle riding, the ratepayers in which latter state that Mr John Keys, who is the secretary and engi- neer for the shire council, has for the last four years, by means of the returns show- ing the rateable value of the south riding, obtained a larger portion of the Govern- ment subsidy than the council has been entitled to. The charge is that the secre- tary has made the 1s per acre contributed by one rriding, and by only a few in that locality for a special purpose beneficial only, to themselves, to appear on the rate books as '"general rates," on which basis the Local Government Act specifies the proportion of £2 to £1 annually granted by the Government only can be obtained. The middle riding ratepayers repudiate all connection with thiis matter, and state that the irregularity has been continually per- petrated by the means of packing the council with members of the ring interested in this special work of drainage, which does not concern or benefit the ratepayers in the other two ridings.

I would appreciate any information regarding The Frankston Fishermen

Long before the Settlement of Frankston, Fishermen were visting the Frankston area and setting up temporary Camps near Kananook Creek.
Besides Grazing and the Timber Industry, Fishing would become the Primary industry.

THE FRANKSTON FISH COMPANY
John Dixon Box
Henry Prosser
Phillip Renouf
James Crosskell died Frankston 1916
Thomas Ritchie

OTHER FRANKSTON FISHERMEN
William, Edward, Roger & Alfred Burton
Wren Brothers
George Laudher died 1867 (Heart Attack while Fishing)
Thomas McComb

FRANKSTON
FISHERMEN
By A. L. EARL
One can travel the round of Port
Phillip Bay without finding an older and more experienced team of fisherman than the seaoned, sun-tanned professionals of Frankston. Numbering eight all told, they follow their calling with varying fortune. They declare that they have known, and still know, very lean times in the netting business, when "two shots" gave them not even a scale, let alone a "fish", but against this theyhave their "rosy days,"
as they term them, and many are the truths, not mere fish yarns, told of the
"hefty bunts", of pike, salmon,schnapper, yellow tail, mullet, and garfish which the sea gives up to them. These men are wonderful "beach-combers ", by which is meant inshore fisherman, using a seine net, which is hauled from the beaches. They rarely make a false "shot" in the day time, for the simple reason that they do not "shoot" the net unless they discover a shoal of fish. To the fishermen of Frankston this is easy, for they are able to stand on Oliver"s Hill, or on the pier and owing to the clearness of the water, "spot" a shoal fully half a mile away.
Each man of the present team will declare that he has had a "longer experi- ence at the "game"than the rest. The Burton boys will go back as far as the time when the "Kannanook Creek had a depth of 16ft at the mouth. That was 40 years ago". "Frank" as he is known,
"remembers the time when Frankston had a fish-curing industry run by Chinese". If one should ask him how many years ago that wa,s he will say, "Before the Burtons".
Until about a year ago there was old "Mac", who daily sold fresh fish outside one of the leading hotels of the town. He was a canny old Scot and "butter fish" was invariably the variety of fish he had to offer. Whether it happened to be parrotfish, gummy shark or skate, it was all one to "Mac", who used to tell me that the "public will swaller anything".
"Ted" McComb,the "colt" of the band is the conspicuous figure. He is something more than a fisherman, for he has on very many occasions saved lives from being lost by drowning. Many thrilling rescues are of times recalled, but not by the man him- self. "Ted" has his own ideas about fish, but I never could believe in his theory that schnapper kept longer when cleansed in sea water than when cleansed in fresh, or that whiting became blind in winter, and therefore were not hooked in that season. But whaterever differences of opinion these fisherman have about fish and fishing, they are a fine lot of men, and every way a credit to the district wherein they resign.

11 July 1892, The Argus
RECOVERY OF A MISSING
FISHING BOAT.
DROMANA, SUNDAY.
To day whilst one of the Rosebud fishermen named Patrick Victor was pursuing his avocation in the south channel he observed a large boat floating bottom up. He sailed alongside and made fast to it, and at- tempted to tow it to the shore. Owing to the wind being off the land and his boat being a small one he, after beating about for some time, was obliged to cast off the wreck, which then floated away in the tide. Subsequently an employe of the dredge John Nimmo named Peter was sailing towards the shore when he observed the floating boat. He made fast to it and took it in tow, but after vainly beating about for three hours he was constrained to let it go, but before doing so he took the anchor from his own boat, and fastening it to the other boat anchored it and came to the shore. The local police were communicated with, and will tow the boat ashore. The name "Swanson"is painted on it, and consequently it is supposed to be the lost one which was capsized on Wednesday last with two Frankston fishermen, Swanson and Nilson, on board.

Thomas Kelly was born circa 1822 in Tyrone Ireland. His Parents were Robert Kelly and Ann Greer
Thomas arrived in Victoria on the 30th August 1841 aboard the Ship “Strathfieldsay”, aged 18 years. He was the first of his Family to arrive in Australia. I think he may have come out with his Aunty Maria McMahon
Thomas married Bridgett Bourke at St Francis Catholic Church, Melbourne, Victoria in 1844. Thomas Kelly died in Northcote, Victoria in 1908.
Bridgett's Parents were John Bourke & Margaret Meaney

Kilmore Free Press 5th May 1887
FIRE.
A fire occurred on Sunday evening at half past eight o'clock, upon the premises of Mr Thomas Kelly, New Township, and were it not for the prompt assistance rendered, the tenement, a brick one, would have been completely destroyed and we would most likely have to record the tragic end of one or more persons as it was two little girls were badly burned about the legs, and nearly everything in their room they slept in was destroyed. It appears that three girls, slept in the front of the house and in the room at the north end, and the fire originated through the candle they were using in going to bed being left lighting and communicating with some in flammable material. About the first persons outside to notice the flames were Constable Bernussi and Mr. P. Skehan. They ran to the scene of the conflagration, where the Con stable displayed pluck and activity by diving straight through the window, but by this time Mrs Kelly had, in a most plucky manner, and in the midst of the suffocating flames and smoke, rescued the children from the room, and if it were not for her promptness some of I the occupants would doubtless have fallen 1 victims to the flames, which were raging furiously. By this time a number appeared on the scene, foremost amongst whom was Mr. Ryan and his men, the gentleman named on his arrival entered the passage and burst the bed room door open, and rescued Mrs Douglas, who was in a semi-unconscious state from the smoke, from her perilous position. As all the souls were now out of the building attention was turned to the subduing of the flames, which were speedily got under. We understand that the damage caused by the fire is estimated at about £35.

Kilmore Free Press 9th July 1908
Mr. Thomas Kelly, who died in Melbourne during the week, was an old colonist and a kindly man. He was one of the earliest settlers in the Whittlesea district, about 60 years ago, and was then in a good position, but subsequently met with reverses. He had been long resident in this district and prior to leaving for Melbourne was located in the New Township. Many old friends will bear him in kindly recollection.

Kilmore Free Press 3rd September 1908
Mrs B. Kelly, relict of the late Mr Thomas Kelly, whose death at Melbourne we an- nounced a few months ago, died last week. Deceased, who was a kindly, estimable lady, was a very old colonist, and most of her time was spent in the Kilmore district, being resident in the New Township prior to her moving to Melbourne some little time back. She was of a very genial, kindly nature, and made many friends. She was sister to the late Mr Lawrence Bourke, who represented Kilmore for six years anterior to 1874. The remains were brought to Kilmore for interment, which took place in the Catholic Cemetery, Father O'Dwyer reading the burial service. Mr James Beegan had charge of the funeral arrangements.


Children of Thomas Kelly and Bridget Bourke:
1.Catherine Kelly died 1849
2.Mary Ann Kelly
3.Margaret Kelly born 1847 at plenty River, Victoria
4.Thomas Kelly died in Victoria in 1853

5.John Kelly died Moranding Victoria 1862
FATAL ACCIDENT. A boy named Kelly was killed on Saturday last, in consequence of being thrown from his horse, and dragged on the ground while one of his feet was entangled in the stirrup. His parents reside at Moranding, and he was on his way home at the time of the accident. Kilmore Examiner, Aug. 21

6.Catherine Kelly born 1852, Victoria
7.Thomas Kelly born 1853 died 1853
8.Patrick Kelly born 1855, Cambellfield, Victoria
9.Lawrence Kelly born 1856
10.Agnes Kelly born 1857, Kilmore, Victoria. Died 1864 in Victoria (Drowned)
11.Hannah Kelly
12.John Edmund Cornelius Kelly born 1866 Kilmore, Victoria. Died 1951, Camberwell, Victoria.

1) THE SCHNAPPER POINT MURDER
2) THE KANANOOK CREEK MURDER
3) ROBBERIES

1)THE SCHNAPPER POINT MURDER
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
AT FRANKSTON.
The Argus
12th December 1876
A married woman named Mrs. Ann Hastings, wife of a labourer named William Hastings, living at Mount Eliza, near Frankston, has been missing since Friday, the 1st inst., and suspicions are entertained that she has met with foul play. Her husband states that at 8 a.m. on the day mentioned his wife left her home for the purpose of going to Schnapper Point to purchase some stores, that she took a £10 note with her, and that he has not seen her since. She spoke of paying a visit to her brother, Mr. Michael Tobin, living in Charles street, Rich- mond, but it has been ascertained that she has not been there. A diligent search has been made by the local police and the residents in the district, but although the surrounding country has been carefully examined and waterholes dragged, no trace of the missing woman has yet been found. Mounted con- stable Kelly was sent from the Richmond depot a few days ago to Frankston, and has been since investigating the case. Mrs. Hastings is described as an Irish woman, 49 years of age, about 5ft. 6in. in height, slight build, dark grey hair, sallow complexion, delicate appearance, wearing brown wincey dress, black cloth jacket, and brown straw hat trimmed with brown ribbon. It appears that on the morning of her disappearance her husband followed their two sons named William and John to Frankston, where they went to attend school, and that
he did not return to his own house until 6 o'clock next morning. Finding, then, that his wife had not returned, he went to Mr. John Woods, a resident in the locality, and stated to him that his wife was missing. On Monday he obtained the loan of a horse from Mr. Woods, for the purpose of riding to Schnapper Point, and telegraphing respect- ing his wife to Mr. Tobin, at Richmond. He went and despatched the telegram, but did not return the horse to its owner until the following Wednesday. Hastings states that on the day his wife disappeared, he attended a concert in a church at Frankston, but it is alleged that this statement is untrue. It is also stated that Mrs. Hastings had not been accustomed to receive uniform kindness from her husband, and at present he is suspected of having been connected with her disappearance. Mrs. Hastings was a quiet, hard working woman, and was held in high esteem by her neighbours. The affair is exciting a good deal of interest.

THE FRANKSTON MYSTERY.
MRS. HASTINGSFOUND MURDERED.
The Argus 13th December 1876
The mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Ann Hastings, wife of William Hastings, labourer, living near Frankston, was solved yesterday by her lifeless and mutilated body being found in a paddock on the farm of Mr. Grice, near Mount Eliza. It will be remembered that Mrs. Hastings had been missing from her home since Friday, the 1st inst., and that her husband could give no satisfactory explanation of her long absence. On the morning of her disappearance she went to Schnapper Point or Mornington to purchase stores, while her husband followed their two sons to a school at Frankston, but did not return to his home until 6 o'clock next morning. The statements made by the latter as to where he spent that night, as also his replies to queries about his wife, were considered contradictory, and in some instances were alleged to be quite untrue. Gradually suspicions were excited among the residents in the locality and the local police that the missing woman had met with foul play, and indeed that she had been murdered by her husband. Bands of people turned out and assisted the police to search the country, and continued to do so for about a week without obtaining any clue whereby the mystery might be unravelled. Yesterday the discovery of the body was made by the children of a labourer named Martin, who were attracted to where it lay by the smell arising from its decomposition. The paddock in which the body was found lies near the beach, and is about two miles from Hastings' house, and one mile and a half from Mornington. On being examined, the body was found to be bruised all over, and the head was battered in both in front and behind. A piece of the deceased woman's hat had been knocked inside the skull as with a hammer. The body was removed by the police to Mornington, and Senior Constable Boyle telegraphed the information to Mr. Candler, the district coroner, who has signified his intention of holding an inquest on the body this evening. William Hastings, the husband, had been kept under surveillance by the police, and on the finding of the body he was arrested on suspicion of having committed the murder. There was at the time no direct evidence against him, but since his arrest an axe stained with blood and with human hair upon it has been found near his house. Although the house has been searched carefully, the prisoner's working suit has not been found. Detectives Williams and Considine were despatched from Melbourne yesterday to investigate the case, and, if found necessary, Mr. Secretan intends sending for two black trackers to lend assistance.

THE MORNINGTON MURDER.
30th December 1876
The adjourned inquest on the body of the woman Ann Hastings, who was found murdered in Grice's Paddock, about midway between Schnapper Point and Frankston, was resumed yesterday, at Kirkpatrick's Hotel, Schnapper Point. William Hastings, the husband of the deceased woman, was present in custody.
James Edward Neild, M.D., examined, deposed - I made a post-mortem examination of the body of Ann Hastings on the 14th inst.
Generally the body was in a condition of advanced decomposition. It was lying on the face, and I first examined it in that position. I removed the clothes. The hair, skin, and bones of the head were in one confused mass. All the bones of the skull, with the exception of the bones of the nose, were more or less broken. There were neither brain nor membranes to be recognised. The soft parts of the neck were all gone. I observed a contused wound on the side of the right fore-arm. The bone was exposed. (The witness having described the appearance of the body, proceeded.) I believe the cause of death was fracture of the skull. I arrive at that conclusion because there was nothing to account for death otherwise. I think the fracture of the skull was caused by a number of violent blows. I do not think the injuries to the skull could have been caused by one blow. The blows were delivered with some heavy instrument, such as a hammer or axe. They could not have been caused by the fist nor by kicking. The contused wound on the arm was about 1in. by 2in., and was oval in shape. I would not like to say positively that the woman was alive when she received the injuries to the skull, as other vital parts were missing, but I believe she was. The dress of the woman when I examined her was to some extent cut in front, but had not been wholly removed. There was no blood visible in the large vessels of the body, but there was dried blood on the bones of the skull.
To Detective Williams. - The axe produced would produce the injuries I observed on the skull of the deceased. Looking at the hat produced (that found on body of deceased) the same axe might also have effected the hole in the hat. The hole is in the back of the hat. There was nothing to indicate with precision the position in which the deceased was when the injuries were inflicted. I could not say whether she was sitting, standing, or lying. The neck of the deceased was not broken.
To the Coroner. - I think I can almost say positively, from the condition of the heart that the deceased did not die from suffocation. I think the deceased was dead about three weeks when I made the second examination of her remains - between a fortnight and three weeks.
Henry Martin, examined, deposed, - I am a labourer. I live at Mount Eliza. I recollect Tuesday, the 12th December. On account of what I was told, I proceeded to Mr. Grice's paddock on that morning. I saw the body of a woman lying there, near the beach. I gave information immediately to Senior-constable Boyle, and accompanied him to the place where the body was lying. I was present at the inquest on the 13th. I did not see the body then, but I would know the clothes the deceased wore. (The clothes found on deceased were identified by the witness.) The hat was tied on the head, or fastened in some way.
William Hastings, examined, deposed, - I am a son of William Hastings, the prisoner. I was 13 years of age last July. I can read and write (The witness was examined as to whether he knew the nature of an oath, and answered satisfactorily.) Ann Hastings, the deceased woman, was my mother.
To Detective Williams. - I recollect the
morning of Friday, the 1st of this month. I was at home about 8 o'clock in the morning. My brother was also at home. We were pre- paring to go to school. My father and mother were at home. My mother said she was to the "Point," meaning Mornington. She said she would bring some bread, tea, and sugar, and leave the flour for Mr. Wood to bring. I don't know whether my father heard her saying so. There are only two rooms in the house, and he was in the ad- joining room at the time, and the door was open. Mother said, in my father's hearing, that she thought she would leave us boys at home that day while she went to the Point, as my brother had bad boots. My father said he had gone to school with worse boots, and that we could go to school very well. My mother then said that we might go to school, and that my brother would have his new boots on the following Monday. My mother had kept us from school occasionally before that day. My father never interfered before. My brother and I started for school at Frank- ston, and left my father and mother at home. I did not see my father again that morning after I left home. I saw him in the afternoon at Frankston. I did not speak to him then. I did not see him again until Satur- day morning, about a quarter to 7 o'clock. I got home from Frankston at five minutes to 5 o'clock on Friday afternoon. There was no one at home. My brother and I went to bed about 8 o'clock. We got up about half past 6 o'clock next morning. My father came in about a quarter of an hour after- wards. I said to him, "Mother did not come home last night." He replied, "I wonder where she is staying." I told him that Mr. Woods had been over the night before, and that he had said that my mother might have stayed with Mrs. Cahill. He said, "I will go over by and by and bring the flour." Nothing more passed between us then. I did not go to school that day. My father left the house about 9 o'clock, and came back about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. He then sent me over to Gordon's to get some mutton. My brother stayed at home with my father. I came back about 7 o'clock. My father was then at home. We had tea afterwards. About 8 o'clock that night I saw my father wash his shirt. He afterwards dried it at the fire. The shirt produced (a checked cotton shirt) is the one he washed. The axe produced belongs to Mr. Davies. It was in my father's hut on the verandah. It has been in my father's possession since the Easter before last. I last saw it on the Satur- day after my mother left. The purse pro- duced was my mother's. The other purse produced is my father's. My father did not send me to Mr. Cahill to make inquiries about my mother. On the Saturday after my mother went away, my father said she had a £10 note with her. He asked me if I had brought letters from the post-office at Frankston. I said I had not. During the next week he again mentioned the £10 note, and said he did not think that people were of opinion she had a £10 note. He said she must have had more than a half sovereign, as a hat and jacket would cost 30s. I went with my father to look for my mother on Friday, a week after she was missing. He asked me to go with him. We went down to Payne's Creek about 8 or 9 o'clock in the morning. We followed the creek from Mount Eliza school to the beach, and came up through Mr. J. S. Smith's paddock. We got home about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. I attended at the inquest on the day it commenced. I saw the body of the deceased, and recognised it as that of my mother. The dress was the same as the one I saw her lying with. The hat was also the same I saw her wear. I went with my father to search on the Sunday for my mother. We went on one of the tracks she might have taken coming from the Point. He said she might have got a sunstroke and wandered off the track. We went about half a mile. I never heard my father ask my mother for half-a- sovereign. The axe was always kept in the verandah. There are only two rooms in the hut. I last saw my mother's purse in her hand on the day before she went away.
To a Juror. - My mother cleaned the rooms up every day, and washed them out about once a month. When I came home on the day she left I did not observe anything un- usual in the appearance of the rooms. The beds had not been disturbed. My mother generally went through Walker's paddock to go to the Point. I never knew of her going by herself along the beach. My father wore the shirt produced on the day my mother left, and also on the day he washed it. He was not in the habit of washing his shirts.
By the Prisoner. - I do not know the reason why you washed your shirt. I do not remem- ber you looking for a shirt to put on. I re- member you looking on the fence for a shirt. You said you thought the cows must have taken it.
Eliza Hastings, being sworn, said, - I am a daughter of William Hastings, and the de- ceased was my mother. I am 15 years of age, and live at Frankston, at service with Mr. Davey. My mother was 46 years of age. I recollect Friday, 1st December. I saw my father at Frankston at half past 3 o'clock in the afternoon of that day. I did not speak to him. I saw him again about 8 o'clock that evening at the hotel where I am at service. He came to the kitchen. My father said he thought all of us would go to live in Melbourne. He said nothing then about my mother. I did not say anything to him about my mother. He said to me on one occasion that my mother had a £10- note. I do not recollect when he said it. The Sunday after my mother was missing, I went to my father's house. I arrived about 7 o'clock. My father came home about three quarters of an hour after- wards. I spoke about my mother. I asked him did he know where mother was. He said, "I think she went to Melbourne by the steamer on Friday." I think it was then he said that she had a £10-note and half a sovereign with her. He asked me did I know whether any of my aunts sent her the money. I told him I did not know. I saw my mother at the hotel on the 9th November. She took a portion of my wages then, 12s. That was the last time I saw her. My mother carried her money in the purse produced.
By the Prisoner. - A long time ago she used to carry money in another leather purse. William Davey, examined, deposed. - I am landlord of the Bay View Hotel, Frankston. I remember seeing the prisoner pass my hotel about half-past 12 on the 1st December. He was apparently coming from his own house. He returned soon afterwards and called in for drinks. He at that time told me that he had to meet his wife. He asked me for a shilling to enable him to go by the coach. I told him I would not lend him a shilling, that he would have to walk. He said Mrs. Hastings had gone to the "Point" to buy some stores at Alchin's, and that he was going to meet her and take the stores home.
When the coach arrived at Frankston from Melbourne, I saw him again. After the coach went away prisoner said that he expected Mrs. Hastings to come in to a concert at Frankston that evening. He remained in the bar there until about 7 o'clock. He then said that he supposed she was too tired to come in after walking from the "Point." He stayed about the place until 11 o'clock. He had been fishing and caught a fish. I told him he had better take it home, and he said "I am too tight; I would only lose it on the road." I did not consider that he was drunk. He walked all right. I recollect calling at Hastings' hut on Saturday, 9th inst., I saw Hastings, and said to him, "Where did you get the £10-note, and what sort of paper is it?" He said it was on blue paper. I said I never saw a £10-note on blue paper; that it was on brownish paper I always saw £10-notes. He said he did not exactly know, as it was Mrs. Hastings' money. Before that he told me that he had got a £10-note or cheque from Mr. Rowan. I am not certain on what day he told me so.
To a Juror. - Hastings did not pay any money on the day he was in my bar in my presence.
To the Prisoner. - I remember telling you that.
William Johnson, Government analyst, examined, deposed. - I received several articles from Detectives Williams and Considine. The first article examined was the shirt produced. I found on it several stains of blood in front, some of which I cut out and others still remain. (Witness pointed out the position of four stains) Under the microscope these spots of blood agree exactly with stains of human blood. I believe the stains were produced by human blood. The knife (produced - a pocket-knife) was also marked with human blood. The three flooring boards (produced) appeared to be more or less spotted with blood in the positions marked with ring. Several of the spots I microscopically examined with the same results as before. The axe produced had stains on the face and the side. All over the head and side was stained with blood. I did not find any hair on the axe. I found several spots also on the piece of printed calico produced. The dirty towel produced is also spotted with the same kind of blood. I found no human blood in any other articles brought to me by the police, but I found what I believed to be sheep's blood on a number of the articles. I examined the hat produced. The hole in the back part of the rim and crown corresponds in size and shape with the bend of the axe. I yesterday with Detective Considine visited the hut and there found upon the floor 22 spots of blood, some of which we removed for further examination with the microscope. This morning I rode over with Sergeant Boyle and two black trackers to a point on the Melbourne road a little beyond the chapel. I examined a rail of a fence there by the side of the road. I walked about 100 or 150 yards towards a small gully in the direction of Grice's paddock. We arrived at a second three-railed fence, each of the rails of which appeared to be stained with blood rather extensively. I applied the test to the centre rail; it indicated blood freely, but what kind of blood I have still to determine. Proceeding further for about a mile we examined a number of other spots pointed out by the tracker, but in none of them could I find blood. The portions of flooring I produce were removed from the same room from which the boards produced had been taken. One of the boards has the appearance of being scraped at one time or other in the neighbourhood of some of the blood marks. The quantity of blood on the shirt when I examined it was small. A large quantity might have been removed by washing. Every particle of blood could have been removed by washing if it had been properly done. The boards of the floor were clean, and gave me the impression that they had been recently washed.
By the Prisoner. - I can tell human blood from bonito (a fish) blood.
Richard Boyle, examined, stated, - I am a senior-constable of police, stationed at Mornington. On Monday, the 4th inst., the prisoner called at the police station, Mornington, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. He stated to me that his wife had left her home on Friday, the 1st, to go to Mornington, that she intended to buy come stores at Alchin's place, but he had called, and found that she
had not been there. He said he thought she might have gone to some relatives named Tobin, at Richmond. He had sent a telegram to Tobin's, and found she had not been there. He said he had not seen her or heard anything about her since the previous Friday. In reply to me, he said they had not quarrelled, and that his wife was not in the habit of leaving her home. He said that when she was leaving home she had a £10-note in her possession. I asked him did he know the number of the note or the bank, and he replied in the negative. He promised to write to me if he found his wife. On the following day I organised search parties to look for the deceased. I called at the prisoner's house, and he formed one of the party.
The witness described the finding of the body of the deceased, and continued - The pocket of the deceased was turned inside out, but the clothes were not disarranged. The witness, after corroborating the evidence of Mr. Johnson and other witnesses, proceeded - There are six fences between Mr. J. T. Smith's paddock and where the body was found. Where the body was found was not in an exposed situation. Timber was growing about. It was about 150ft. from the sea. I think it was over a quarter of a mile from Mr. Grice's house. There is no public track near the place. I do not think people cross through that pad- dock coming from Frankston to the Point. People usually go by the main road between the two places. The nearest house would be about 500 or 600 yards from the fence nearest which the body was found. The smell of the body was very offensive when we found it. It could be smelt at least half a mile away.
By the Prisoner. - I do not think that the distance from the Mount Eliza school to Cahill's house is within 300 yards.
Senior-constable Kelly, examined, deposed, - On Sunday, the 10th inst., I had a conversation with the prisoner at his house with reference to his wife being missing. He said she left the house on the 31st ult. at 8 o'clock in the morning to proceed to Schnapper Point to purchase stores; that she had a £10 note with her, which he thought she got from her sister, Bridget Rohan, in Richmond. I said I had seen Bridget Rohan before I came down, and she had told me that she had sent no £10 note to Mrs. Hastings. He said, "Well, I asked her who she got it from, and she told me it was from a good old sweetheart." Prisoner also said that before the deceased left he went into the bedroom to search his clothes for some tobacco, and when he came out she was gone. He did not know what track she took. He left for Frankston soon after. He had a little delay on the road, and arrived at Frankston between 10 and half-past 10 o'clock. He remained all day about Frankston, and left about 10 o'clock at night for home. At the Red-hill, about two miles from Frankston, he felt he had had too much beer, and he sat down to take a rest. He fell asleep, and did not waken until about 6 o'clock next morning. He told me he had made several searches for his wife. He said, "She may have got a sunstroke, or a snake-bite, and may be wandering in the bush." In the morning when she was leaving he said he asked her for half a sovereign to buy a pair of boots, and she told him to wait until she came back, as 10s. would not buy a pair of boots. On the morning of the 12th I was in Frankston, and hearing of the finding of the body I went to prisoner's hut. I did not tell him of the discovery. I said we were going to make a search party in the direction of Burns's paddock and the Coalhole (which was near where the body was found). I asked him if he would come. He said he would. He came with me, and about a mile on the way we met a young man named Baxter, who informed the prisoner that his wife was found. The prisoner commenced to cry and asked Baxter where she was found. When Hastings saw the body about half-an-hour afterwards he at once said, "That is my wife," and commenced to cry. I told him to have a good look, and he then stooped over the body and said he knew her by the clothes she wore. I then arrested him on a charge of wilful murder, and cautioned him in the usual way. I searched him, and found the pocket Knife produced. I found the axe produced hanging on prisoner's verandah. It was in the same condition then as now. When I first examined it I could not observe any blood upon it. I saw it on the rafters on the verandah each time I went to the house. There were also several other axes. I believe the shirt produced is the one worn by prisoner when he was arrested.
By the Prisoner. - I did see blood on the bedroom floor and on a little muslin handker- chief. I did not see any on a wincey frock, nor on a pillow. I saw a few spots of blood on a pair of trousers that were hanging on a basket. The blood on the bit of muslin was not wet, but appeared to be quite fresh. I noticed that the blood on the floor was fresh from the door to the cot. There were, I think, a few spots of blood on the pillow of the cot. Mr. Stephen, the solicitor, and I visited the hut on Saturday, the 9th, and did not see any blood on the floor then. Your son told me how it came on the
floor.
Wm. Considine, detective officer, examined. - On Saturday, the l6th inst., I proceeded in company with Constable Clark and two black trackers to the prisoner's house. We made a minute examination of the premises. I saw some stains on the bedroom floor. I looked behind the door, and removing a small case, I noticed between that and the bed some further stains. The box was placed immediately over the portion of the board that appeared to have been scraped. I found this piece of printed cotton, and also the dirty towel produced.
(By Electric Telegraph.)
Wm. Gordon, a farmer at Frankston, deposed that he had a conversation with the prisoner after his wife's disappearance. He then told him that he had been searching for her, and could not find her.
Mary Anne Gordon, wife of last witness, stated that the deceased was at her house on the 28th November, and she then made an arrangement to come and wash on the following Monday, but she never saw deceased alive afterwards. Prisoner called at her place several times before the deceased's body was found, and the day before he was arrested prisoner told witness that deceased had £10 with her when she went away. Deceased had said something to witness about going to live in Richmond and keeping a cow or two. Deceased told witness that one of her boys bled very much at the nose all night in bed. She never complained that the prisoner ill- treated her in any way.
Mrs Mosely, wife of a farmer, stated that the prisoner told her on the 4th December that he had been everywhere along the beach to search for his wife, and could not find her.
Thomas Clarke, labourer, stated he saw the prisoner in Frankston on the 1st December, between 12 and 1 o'clock. He appeared to be very white, and his eyes were swelled up, and looked as if they had just been washed.
Detective Williams deposed that on Satur-day, December 16, he had a conversation with the prisoner in his cell. He asked him what bank the £10 note was on that he said his wife had. He said he could not tell. Witness asked him was it true that he had tried to change the note at Mrs Davey's? He replied "Yes, I got it from my wife about a month ago. She was going to give me £3 10s. out of it to get my gun from Rosier in Melbourne." He said he did not get the note changed, that his wife asked him for it, and he gave it back to her. He said he had gone with his wife to Mornington on Monday, 27th, but that he did not ask her then to get the note changed. Witness found the second purse (produced) in the bedroom of Hastings' hut. He searched for it in consequence of what the prisoner said. No blood was found on either of the purses. Wooley stated that he went to Hastings on Sunday, December 10, and joined in the search party. Searched in Captain Cole's paddock, about half a mile from the hut. Prisoner said it was no use searching there, as the deceased could not have come from Frankston in that direction. He said he had dragged two waterholes near where the body was subsequently found and found no traces.
This closed the case for the Crown.
For the defence, John Hastings, aged 10 years, a son of the prisoner, was examined without being sworn. He said, - I have been subject to bleeding at the nose for a long time past. It comes on both day and night. I had a fit of bleeding at the nose after my mother was missing. It was in the bedroom. I got up and got some rags. My father was at home but not in bed. I got some rags from a basket in the bedroom. My nose has only bled once since my mother went away. My father did not see it bleeding on that night. The basket was near the wash hand stand near the cot. I did not go near the door, which is at another corner of the room. I had not an attack of nose bleeding for a month before my mother was missing. I have been at the police station since the 13th December. My nose has not bled since then. I tried to prevent the blood going over the floor. Sometimes it drops a little on the floor.
By the Prisoner. - I do not remember my nose bleeding when sleeping in bed with my
mother.
Dr. Neild was recalled, and examined by the coroner. He said - There is nothing in the body of the deceased to show that she was or was not bitten by a snake. If the deceased was lying insensible the injuries to the head might have been caused by a horse kicking very violently, but I think it most improbable. The hole in the hat I do not think would be caused by a horse's foot or cattle of any kind. The absence of any tardy blood in the heart indicated, I may say, certainly that the de- ceased did not die from snake-bite.
William Lawry, farmer, living at Mount Eliza, and John Cameron, blacksmith, at Frankston, were called by the prisoner, but their evidence was of little importance. The prisoner having been addressed by the coroner in the usual manner, elected to reserve his defence. The coroner having summed up,
A verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner was returned. The proceedings closed at 10 minutes to 1 o'clock this
Morning

KANANOOK CREEK MURDER

19th May 1855, The Argus
SUSPECTED MURDER.-The two abori- gines, Benjy and Toby, suspected of having murdered the woman whose body was recently discovered in the Kananook Creek, perforated by gunshot wounds, were yesterday brought up for examination at the District Court. Benjy was admitted approver, and his evidence was re- ceived through the medium of an interpreter, Mr. Lacy, a builder, residing at Prahran. Benjy .deposed : I know a man named John Davey. I have known tho prisoner Toby since he was a small boy. I do not know his house, but himself, I was at James Davey's house about three months ago. There were only blacks there at the time. They were spearing eels. At that time I heard something about John Davey's wife. I saw it. I saw John Davey shoot his lubra while I was spearing eels. There were a great many blacks there at the time. Toby, the prisoner, was there, spearing eels too. There was a white man named Jem, with a pock- marked nose, there, shooting ducks. It was about twelve o'clock in the day. John Davey was drunk at the time. He shot the woman with a pistol. I did not see the prisoner Toby have anything to do with it. After Davey shot his wife I went to another station. I left Toby at Kananook. The man Jem was close by. There was another white man there. A boy named Willy saw what happened. (On tho question being repeated, the witness qualified his answer.) The boy only heard it, and told me of it. The boy showed me the body in the creek. He did not say who it was. The boy told mo no- thing at dinner-time (The witness then made thee following statement voluntarily to the inter- preter, without any previous interrogations)
I saw Davey shoot his wife with the pistol, After he shot her, he ran away to his house. Davey put the body into tho creek. (The witness here went back to a circumstance of prior occur- rence, and resumed) Davey then took his wife up and threw her into the creek. I never saw Toby have anything to do with the matter. At the conclusion of this witness's evidence, Inspector Smith applied for a remand, as he hoped to be able to bring foward another black man whose
evidence would corroborate that of Benjy.Fix this text
The case was accordingly remanded to this


21st january 1911, Mornington & Dromana Standard
Series of Impudent Thefts;
THIEF SEVERELY DEALT WITH LONG SENTENCES PASSED.
For some weeks many robberies of differet camps and other premises have been committed, and the police were puzzled to find the perpetrator. Satisfaction was had however, by Constable Curtain, who arrested a man named Frederick Tebett at Carrum on January 5th, on a charge of stealing various articles from tents and other places. The accused was brought before the Frankston court on Monday, after having been remanded till that day, when Messrs Tanner, P.M., Baxter, Clements and Williams, J's.P., were on the bench. Constable Stephenson prosecuted in each case, and there were seven charges against the prisoner. The first was that of stealing vari ous articles, spirits, kitchen utensils, etc., from the Prince of Wales Hotel, Frankston, on December 25th. Quite an array of articles were laid out in the court, which presented the appear ance of a large pawnbroker's establish- ment. Constable Stephenson said that ac- cused was employed at the Prince of Wales as a general kitchen hand. He went away suddenly on Christmas night, taking articles of a varied des- cription with him. They were after- wards discovered-half at Mornington, and the other half at Dromana, on the beach. Accused admitted taking the articles. Henry Garrood, manager of the Prince of Wales Hotel, identified the articles produced, which he valued at £3. Constable Curtain gave evidence as to arresting the accused, and said he placed him in the Frankston lock-up on January 5th. Witness charged him with the thefts, and accused made a statement in which it was stated he had just came from Mel- bourne, and was looking for "The Cadoni? ns' camp. He had run away from a boat called "The Dear of O - gill."' Constables Joyes, Dromana, and Holland, Mornington, testified to find ing the articles on the beaches at the places named. Constable Stephenson said accused admitted taking the goods, but not to Dromana. Witness said, "How could e they get to Dromana? You must have taken Halls boat and took them there." Accused said, "I was never in Dromana in my life." John Davey gave evidence, stating the accused, with another man, was on the beach at Dromana. The former gave him some fish, wrapped in a towel (produced) The Bench, after retiring, sentenced accused (who pleaded guilty) to three months' imprisonment. THEFT OF " THE THISTLE." Tebett was further charged with having stolen a boat, the property of Mr Hall, from the Frankston beach on 25th January. Mr Hall, the owner, said he left the boat and all sailing gear on the beach on Christmas eve. The following morning at 5.30 it was gone. He afterwards visited Dromana, and there identified the boat as his property. The boat was badly damaged and it was valued by him at £20. John Davey, Dromana, said he saw accused and a companion in a boat at Dromana. He offered to give them assistance to put it in the water, but they refufed saying, "We'll wait for the tide." He could not say whether the boat was "The Thistle," but it had a flag painted on the side. Constable Joyes said that, from in- formation gained, he went to the thw beach at Mt. Martha, near Dromana, and there found the boat sunk and full of sand in about 4 feet of water. Hall identified the boat as his pro- perty. The P.M. said the Bench looked upon this charge in a serious light. Persons who left their property such as Mr Hall had done, should be pro- tected, and accused would be sentenced to 6 months imprisonment, cumula- ative on the other sentence passed. OTHER CHARGES. Tabbett was further charged with the larceny of a suit of clothes from a tent at Frankston, the proparty of John Barnicott. Accused. who pleaded guilty, was sen- tenced to three months imprisonment, cumulative on the other two sentences. The bench also sentenced accused to three months imprisonment for stealing a felt hat from a camp at Frankston. A further sentence of three months imprisonment was meted out for theft of a watch1 valued at 7/6 from R. W. Jones' store at Carrum. The latter two sentences were made concurrent with the others. Accused was further charged with the larceny of a pair of opera glasses, the pro- perty of the Princess's Theatre, Mel- bourne. Mr Jones, electrician, representing the Princess's Theatre, identified the glasses as belonging to the theatre. They were obtained at the theatre by putting money in the slot of a box affixed to the chairs. Accused admitted the offence. He was sentenced to three months' im- prisonment, the sentence to be concurrent with those imposed in connection with the previous charges. Accussed was also charged with stealing fishing tackle, etc.. the property of Messrs Bennett and Wilkins, campers, at Carrum. John Henry Bennett stated that he left the tackle produced in a boat on the shore, close to his camp. on Christmas Day. He subsequently found that it had been stolen. Constable Joyes stated that he found part of the tackle hidden on the beach at Mount Martha, along with other stolen property. Accused admitted the offence. He was sentenced to three months' im- prisonment, the sentence to be concurrent with those previously imposed