Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry)
Details:
Thomas Struttles and Daniel Bullock in the service of government, charged with being out of quarters at improper hours and for ill-treating a fellow prisoner. Thomas Liddell states...I am government servant to William Inness. My master has gone to Sydney and left me in charge of the house. Last night about 1/2 past 8 oclock I was standing in the verandah of the house when Strattles and Bullock came into the garden. Strattles came up to me, he had a heavy piece of wood in his hand such as shoemakers use. He struck me with it and I fell. I thought they had come to rob the house, but having struck me they ran away. Strattles admits having struck Liddel but says it was with a switch. He went to Mr. Inness in search of a woman. Bullock denies having entered the garden, says he accompanied Strattles to the paling in search of a woman. Strattles and Bullock ordered to sleep in the Barracks until further orders
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry)
Details:
Peter Ryan, in government service, charged with theft... William Ogilvie states...some months since I was permitted to lodge some casks containing various articles in the Commissariat stores of which the prisoner is cooper. I had occasion to open one of the casks containing ironmongery shortly after and employed the prisoner whilst he was at work. I heard a jingling noise and looking down I discovered some tin cans. I thought they might have fallen out accidentally and therefore had them returned. I did not miss anything at the time. The candlestick now before the court is mine, it was in the cask that I had opened. Mr. Ogilvie having given this evidence withdrew. James Hewson states...I purchased the candlesticks now before the court some time since from Peter Ryan. I gave him a half pint of rum. It was very rusty when I bought it. Ryan had another like it in his possession. Thomas Liddell states. - I was present when Ryan sold the candlestick to Hewson. He had two with him. The prisoner states - I found the candlesticks in the store covered with rust. I did not think them of any value. I was permitted to take them by the storekeeper. Peter Ryan sentenced to 3 years to a penal settlement
Details:
Servant to Mr. Croker. Petition for ticket of leave
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry)
Details:
Thomas Liddell, assigned servant to Mr. John Cory. Charged with general neglect of work, drunkenness, theft and suspicion of setting fire to his masters hut....Michael Ryan, per Castle Forbes stated...My masters hut was set on fire to a few days since. I was called by the overseer to assist in extinguishing the fire. Liddell was also called but he gave no assistance whatever... Thomas Lewie per Daphne, constable at Pattersons Plains stated....I went to Mr. Corys farm after the fire and found all his Government men more less drunk. Liddell was at that time with his hands tied behind him in a state of intoxication. Prisoner denies the charges. Sentenced to hard labour in the mines for one month and return to government
Surname:
Liddell (Liddle)
Source:
Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 19
Details:
Assigned servant to Mr. James in the district of Newcastle
Surname:
Liddell (Liddle)
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825, 1826-1827 (Ancestry)
Details:
Assigned to John Corry (Cory). Sentenced to 50 lashes for general bad conduct
Source:
Newcastle Chronicle
Details:
Wife of Dr. Andrew Liddell. Had as vigorous and able a mind as she looked strong in body; and for the last 28 years she had been the head of the chief scholastic institution for ladies on the Hunter
