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| − | :HORSE DESERTERS.-Thos. Mulder, Stephen Lingham, and William Jones were charged with having left their horses in the street. The first and last were fined 10s each, and the other dismissed. <ref>''Ballarat Star'', | + | :DISTRICT POLICE COURT. - Tuesday, 2nd November. (Before the Police'Magistrate and D. Oliver,Esq.) |
| + | :TAKING TIMBER.-William Harris and John Gladden were charged with stealing timber of the value of 12s, the property of one Stephen Lingham. According to the prosecutor's statement he had a quantity of cut timber near the Swamp, part of which he believed had been taken away by parties with drays. Being determined to trap the offenders, he set about marking the remaining logs by driving a "tack" into their ends. While thus engaged prisoners came up and loaded their drays, whereupon the indignant proprietor gave them in charge. The men at once said it was a mistake and offered to pay for the timber, but Mr Ling ham refused, and the men were now prosecuted. Being cross-examined by Mr Hardy, Mr Lingham admitted that he had no licence to cut timber on Crown Lands, Mr Lingham's man corroborated this statement, but the Bench did not think there was any evidence of felonious intent, and dismissed the case.<ref>''Ballarat Star'', 3 November 1858.</ref> | ||
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| + | :HORSE DESERTERS.-Thos. Mulder, Stephen Lingham, and William Jones were charged with having left their horses in the street. The first and last were fined 10s each, and the other dismissed. <ref>''Ballarat Star'', 17 November 1859.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 20:52, 4 June 2013
Contents
Background
Stephen Lomghan was born in Worthing, England in 1831. He married Bridget Smith in 1854,[1] and the couple had eleven children. [2]
Stephen Lingham died in August 1909 and was buried at the Ballaarat Old Cemetery on 11 August 1909.[3]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
It is believed that Stephen Lingham took part in the Eureka Stockade. [4]
Post 1854 Experiences
Lingham was residing in High St, Ballarat in the 1880s. [5] He worked as a storekeeper. [6]
In the News
- DISTRICT POLICE COURT. - Tuesday, 2nd November. (Before the Police'Magistrate and D. Oliver,Esq.)
- TAKING TIMBER.-William Harris and John Gladden were charged with stealing timber of the value of 12s, the property of one Stephen Lingham. According to the prosecutor's statement he had a quantity of cut timber near the Swamp, part of which he believed had been taken away by parties with drays. Being determined to trap the offenders, he set about marking the remaining logs by driving a "tack" into their ends. While thus engaged prisoners came up and loaded their drays, whereupon the indignant proprietor gave them in charge. The men at once said it was a mistake and offered to pay for the timber, but Mr Ling ham refused, and the men were now prosecuted. Being cross-examined by Mr Hardy, Mr Lingham admitted that he had no licence to cut timber on Crown Lands, Mr Lingham's man corroborated this statement, but the Bench did not think there was any evidence of felonious intent, and dismissed the case.[7]
- HORSE DESERTERS.-Thos. Mulder, Stephen Lingham, and William Jones were charged with having left their horses in the street. The first and last were fined 10s each, and the other dismissed. [8]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Ballarat Star, 3 November 1858.
- ↑ Ballarat Star, 17 November 1859.
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