John William Bennett [36754]

   FamilySearch ID: L6J7-97B.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Registration: Birth, 1892, Wallsend District, New South Wales. ¹ 36243/1892
BENNETT, JOHN W
CHARLES
MARY J
WALLSEND

• Newspaper: STOLE RAILWAY MATERIAL, 1930 Nov 1, Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. ² STOLE RAILWAY MATERIAL. (1930, November 1). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 -1954), p. 8. Retrieved September 19, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16727077>

STOLE RAILWAY MATERIAL.
John William Bennett, 48, linesman motor driver, was before Newtown Police Court yes-terday on several charges of having stolen gun-metal, the property of the Railway Commis-sioners, from Leichhardt railway and tramway depot.
Mr. Abigail appeared for defendant, who pleaded guilty, and the evidence of Detective Sergeant Sherringham was to the effect that defendant was found delivering metal to a Marrickville foundry, and admitted that he had at various times stolen railway metal and sold it there. He said he did it because he was "up against it," owing to sickness in the family. Defendant was employed as an emer-gency man at the depot, and had had 20years' service.
The total amount involved in the charges was£88/18/, and in reply to Mr. Camphin, S. M., Police Prosecutor Thomas said defendant had received over £90 for the material he had stolen.
Mr. Camphin sentenced defendant to six months' imprisonment, but suspended it on a £60 bond to be of good behaviour for two years.

• Newspaper: STOLE RAILWAY MATERIAL, 1930 Nov 8, Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. ³ STOLEN RAILWAY METAL. (1930, November 8). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 -1954), p. 7. Retrieved September 19, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16729188>

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John William Bennett, for 19 years em-ployed at the Leichhardt depot, said that he told defendant when he took the first lot of metal to him that it was "crook." Defendant said that it would soon be melted down. On the day when witness was arrested the load he was delivering to defendant was copper, which he had taken from the Leichhardt depot, and was the property of the Railway Commissioners.

• Registration: Death, 1960, Wallsend District, New South Wales, Australia. ⁴ 1672/1960
BENNETT, JOHN WILLIAM
CHARLES SWAIN
MARY JANE
WALLSEND

• Probate: Granted, 1961 Jan 3, New South Wales, Australia. ⁵ Item number or control symbol: Series 4-520042
Title: John William Bennett -Date of Death 03/01/1960, Granted on 01/03/1961

John married Mary Agnes Maud Lockett [17327] [L6J7-9QQ] [MRIN: 14041], daughter of Joseph Charles Lockett [17324] [L6JQ-1LS] and Amy May Cramp [15620] [L6JQ-1JW], in 1915 in Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. (Mary Agnes Maud Lockett [17327] [L6J7-9QQ] was born in 1896 in Wallsend, Northumberland County, New South Wales and died on 1964 May 23 in Wallsend District, New South Wales, Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Registration: Marriage, 1915, Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. ⁶ 14085/1915
BENNETT, JOHN W
LOCKETT, MARY A M
SYDNEY