DRUNKENNESS.- John Nevin. Fined 10s. or 24 hours solitary confinement,-John Cockerell. Fined 5s. or 24 hours imprisonment. John Warwick. Fined 5s. or 24 hours imprisonment.
POLICE COURT. (1858, June 9). The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861), p. 2. Link to TROVE
A SITTING of the Land Court was held at Gympie on Wednesday last, Mr. C. J. Clarke, Acting Land Commissioner, presiding. The Times states that the following applications were conditionally approved -John Nevin, 16 acres, pastoral, Brisbane road, near Cole's Camp, F W Hetley, 1200 acres, second class pastoral, Walvi Mountain, Newsa-road, Joseph Ballie, 100 acres, second-class pastoral, near Cootharaba, Jobn Mogan, 1000 acres, second-class pastoral, Six mile Creek , Patrick Rogers, 1000 acres, second-class pastoral, Six mile Creek, J. A. O'Keefe, 640 acres, second-class pastoral, Six mile Creek, Thomas Appleby, 200 acres, second-class pastoral Colothin Creek, William Clarke, 100 acres second-class pastoral, Six mile Creek, Thomas Caulley, 80 acres, second-class pastoral, Mary River, Gootchie, F. Kemsley, 76 acres, second-class pastoral forfeited selection No 31, Seven mile, Brisbane road, O. J. Harden, 1000 acres second-class pastoral, Bella Creek Station, Jimna, James Liddy, 2500 and 1600 acres second-class pastoral Sandy Creek, Jimna. All the foregoing applications, with the exception of the first named which is under the homestead clause, are made under the conditional purchase provision. The total number of acres taken up is 9512. The adjourned ap- plications of James Robinson and Thomas Frazer for 80 acres each situated at Thompson's Swamp, were rejected, the land being required for public purposes.
TELEGRAPHIC. (1873, July 14). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 2. Link to TROVE
Two men, John Nevin and John Sullivan, were apprehended on Friday for stealing cattle from Mr. Gallagher, residing on the Brisbane road.
Gympie. (1875, July 3). The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), p. 3. Link to TROVE
THE Gympie District Court Sittings commenced on Tuesday, June 29, and occupied four days. There was one criminal case, John Nevin, charged under several indictments with cattle stealing. Prisoner was defended by Mr. F. Power, who applied for an adjournment upon the following reasons-. - That prisoner was apprehended and committed on the previous Saturday, and was not bailed out until late on Monday, so that he had had no time to prepare a defence. Mr. V. Power, Crown Prosecutor, had no objection, if an affidavit were made that prisoner had a good defence. The affidavit was made, and prisoner was remanded until the next sittings, 29th October, bail allowed, the prisoner in £80 and two securities of £40 each.
Gympie. (1875, July 10). The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), p. 9. Link to TROVE
At the Gympie sittings of the Central District Court, to-day, John Nevin was found guilty of stealing cattle, and sentenced to twelve months' hard labor.
GYMPIE. (1876, March 4). The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), p. 1. Link to TROVE
An accident of a very serious nature occurred in Queen-street last evening. As one of Chalk's South Brisbane busses was being driven down Queeu-street, the driver (John Nevin) saw a man riding in the opposite direction, and apparently coming directly into the vehicle. He called out to the man, and put the brake on, but notwithstanding this the horseman rode right on to the 'bus horses, and horse and rider were thrown with considerable violence. The man was picked up and taken into the shop of Mr. Carmichael, chemist. Drs. Purcell and Smith were summoned, and it was found that the man had sustainel a bad wound, extending across the abdomen, and exposing the muscles of that part of the body. The sufferer was placed under chloroform, the wound sewn up, and he was some time afterwards sent to the hospital. It was ascertained that his name is Thomas Langlands, a single man, living with his brother, Mr. John Langlands, of Kangaroo Point. The wound is a very serious one, but neither of the medical gentlemen saw any reason to expect fatal results. Several persons who saw the accident agree in stating that the driver of the 'bus was on his right side of the street, and that the accident was entirely the fault of Langlands. As, however, the doctors could not state positively that more serious results might not follow, Nevin was arrested and placed in tho lock-up.
The Brisbane Courier. (1881, March 4). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 2. Link to TROVE
A man named John Nevin was killed at Gympie, on Saturday last, through the limb of a tree falling upon him.
Local and General News. (1881, October 1). Warwick Examiner and Times (Qld. : 1867 - 1919), p. 2. Link to TROVE
A young child, son of Mr. G. Mathers, has died from swallowing carbolic acid; and a fatal accident occurred on Saturday to a man named John Nevin, an old resident on the field. He had gone out into the bush some four miles from Gympie to bring in a load of timber, and while engaged in conversation with a man named Cassidy, who had just previously felled a tree, a heavy limb from another tree fell upon him and crushed him to the earth; his son, a lad of 10 years, who was sitting beside him, was also struck, but it being merely a glancing blow he was but little hurt. As soon as possible assistance was obtained, and the injured man brought in to Gympie, but he died a few minutes after reaching home, the spinal column having been broken. Deceased, who was over fifty years of age, leaves a wife and numerous family, several of them being grown up.
Current News. (1881, October 8). The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), p. 453. Link to TROVE
CENTRAL POLICE COURT.
Friday, November 20.
Before Messrs Petrie and Buttanshaw.
Unlawfully Threatening. - Sergeant Melony charged William Trushman, a German, with threatening to shoot him, and at the same time presenting a gun at him. Trushman was bound over to keep the peace for six months, himself in £40, and two sureties of £20 each.
Shooting with Intent to Kill. - John Nevin was charged with shooting at one John Carmody with intent to kill.
Mr. Garrick appeared for the prisoner. Sergeant Coffey deposed to having received the prisoner into custody yesterday, at the instance of John Carmody, charged with shooting at and wounding him. The gun produced was handed in at the same time. On being given into custody the prisoner said " all that's done I've done.'' On being searched, a powder flask and six caps were found upon the prisoner. The gun appeared as though it bad recently been discharged. After locking up the prisoner, he (witness) went to Brennan's house, on Spring Hill, and saw a chair (produced) one of the legs of which had been damaged by a bullet, and there was a hole in the house, opposite to which on the fence the course of tho bullet might be traced. When Carmody gave the prisoner into custody he stated that he bad been shot at and wounded in tho face, and his face was bleeding.
Bartholomew Carmody deposed that he was a laborer, and knew the prisoner; he saw him on the previous day in Wharf-street, between two and three o'clock in tho afternoon, near where witness lived; prisoner had a gun in his possession, which he carried at the trail; he was about ten or twelve yards from witness, who told him to go away, thinking he was bent upon mischief; there was previous ill-feeling between prisoner and witness, and the former had kicked the latter out of his house on the 11th November. On that occasion the prisoner said that he would do something to himself, his sister-in-law, or somebody else; when witness beckoned prisoner to go away on Thursday last, he refused to do so, but advanced to within six yards of witness, and put the carbine to his shoulder; when witness saw the movement, he stepped on one side, and prisoner put the carbine to the trail again, and continued his advance, telling witness that he wanted him; witness refused to go, and told prisoner to go away, or be would be getting himself into trouble; and added that if the carbine were put down he (witness) would go out; prisoner put the carbine in his left hand with the butt on the ground, and witness went out to meet him; as soon as he did so, and when they were separated from each other by about five paces, prisoner brought the gun to the priming position and fired ; witness bobbed his head, but felt something hit him on the check, and was momentarily stunned ; he heard a report, and as soon as he recovered he went to prisoner and struck him ; a man named Brennan handed witness the gun, and witness gave the gun to Sergeant Coffey ; the gun produced was the one ; after giving prisoner a good hammering, with the assistance of another man witness brought him to tho police court, and then proceeded to Dr. Hnndcock, who dressed the wound, which was not on his face before the shot was fired ; from the position in which prisoner stood a bullet from the gun would be likely to go through the back of the house ; witness had examined the house, and had seen a hole at the back likely to be made by a bullet or a slug ; at the time the shot was fired witness was below the door of the house ; he was hit at the time that he bowed his head.At the conclusion of his evidence, witness said he did not wish to press the charge against prisoner's wife and family.James Brennan, duly sworn, deposed that he was a laborer residing in Wharf-street; he knew Carmody and the prisoner, and saw them near his house the previous afternoon between two and three o'clock; Carmody was in witness's house, standing at one side of the door, when prisoner was coming up towards the house with a gun under his arm, and called Carmody out; Carmody refused to go unless prisoner laid down the carbine ; Carmody said he would go out if the gun were laid down, and give prisoner any satis- faction he might want; witness went out, and told prisoner to go away, as that had been the fourth time that day he had come about the place with the gun ; the prisoner had said that he would kill either Carmody or his wife, and wanted witness to turn them out of his house, threatening if he did not he would burn the house down ; when the prisoner saw Carmody come out he drew back to the fence, and then presented the gun and fired; immediately afterwards Carmody's face was covered with blood ; at the moment the gun was discharged Carmody bobbed his head; witness was within a couple of yards of either of them when he heard the report; the prisoner was facing the door of the house at the time; the house is built on piles, and is about fifteen inches from tho ground where the door is situated; if there had been anything in the gun when it was fired, the house would have been struck ; there was a mark of a bullet on the leg of a chair which was opposite the door, and there was a bullet hole through the weatherboard, which was not there before the shot was fired; when Carmody seized the prisoner witness took possession of the gun, and did not lose sight of it until it was given into the custody of the police.At this stage of the proceedings the court was adjourned until a quarter past one o'clock for the evidence of Dr. Handcock.At half-past 1 the Court was opened, and a message was sent to Dr. Handcock by Sergeant Coffey, who returned with the answer that the medical gentleman refused to attend unless he was summoned in duo form. A summons was immediately issued, and the doctor shortly afterwards made his appearance. He was duly sworn, and deposed to having seen Carmody yestcrday, and dressing a wound on his face; it was a grazed wound, of quite a superficial diameter; the skin had the appearance of something having glided along it; he had seen gunshots have a similar effect at home, but he somewhat doubted as to whether the wound he had examined yesterday was caused by a bullet, in consequence of there being no smell of gunpowder; he had examined the wound shortly after two o'clock in the afternoon.Cross-examined by , Mr. Garrick: The wound was a diagonal one; it would be impossible for a man to inflict such a wound if he were standing in front of the man who was fired at; the wound was more likely to have been inflicted by a piece of wadding.By the Chief Constable: A man suddenly tirning his head at the time the gun was fired would materially, interfere with the course of the bullet; such a wound as that inflicted on Carmody might be made by a bullet. This being the case for the prosecution, the Bench ordered the prisoner to be committed for trial. An application by Mr. Garrick that prisoner should be admitted to bail was refused.
CENTRAL POLICE COURT. (1863, November 21). The Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1861 - 1864), p. 2. Link to TROVE
22-Jun-1868 Peel Street, Great Bolton, Eng.
352 COD - cutting his own throat whilst of unsound mind
An inquest into his death was held Tuesday, 23 June 1868.
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