James Christie Esq. [5205]

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1851 Jul 4. ⁴ The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954) < Friday 4 July 1851 > < Page 3 <

BUSHRANGING.- A few days ago the resi- dence of Mr. Lumsdain. at Mut-mut-billy, was visited by two armed men, with covered faces ; they took what fire-arms they could lay their hands on, and also some slops. Since then two armed men visited the hut of one James Christie, at Wheeo, and having used threats of violence, they took what money they could lay their hands on. In all probability this is the same two who robbed Mr. Lumsdaine, and whose acts we have often had to record. The establishment of Mr. F. Cooper, Willanos, Lake George, was lately visited by thieves, and a quantity of property stolen.
The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 8 August 1851 Page 2
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Attorney General having briefly states the circumstances with the robbery was committed called William Christy who, having been duly sworn, deposed: I live ??? Wheoo, about forty five miles from Yass; I am a small settler; on the 25^th of June Last, I was stopped by the prisoner at the bad and another man, about 100 yards from my own house; the prisoner at the bar gave me in charge to his comrade, who made me go back to my own house; He was armed with a double barrelled gun. Prisoner and his comrade then forced myself, and my son and wife, to sit down on the sofa, and demanded our money; it was the prisoner who spoke, he said "we have caught you nicely, this morning:" I said, "you are out of it;" prisoner said, "if we are, you'll all suffer for it;" my daughter said there was a little money in the box in the bed-room; she then went into the room and brought out a little silver tray with half a sovereign; prisoners said that would not do, to go and bring out the rest., that he knew I had £90 in the house to pay my rent, and that he must have it or our lives; I persisted in saying that I had no more; he then told me to say my prayers, as I only had a few minutes to live; I did pray with my family; the prisoner at the bar then drew a pistol, and asked me if I was going to give him the money; I said I had none to give. He then ordered me to kneel down until he would shoot me. I did not kneel down; he then put the pistol to my head and kept it presented for a considerable amount of time; my daughter-in-law fainted, then the prisoner said if he had known who she was he would not have put her in such fear. He asked whose daughter she was, and I told him; he then said he knew her father, and had a great respect for him; they then went into the bed-room again, and took away my son's coat and rack comb; my own son's name is James Christy; the coat they took was his; they also took a bullet mould and a canister containing some gun powder; they remained in the house for more than half an hour; I had some money in the house the day before; but I had sent it away the previous day; before leaving they asked if we had a prayer book, as they wanted to swear us that we would say nothing about it for two hours at least; they then bid us good morning, and went away.
This closed the case for the Crown.
The prisoner having been called upon for his defense, declined to say anything, or to call any witnesses to character.
His Honor having briefly summed up the evidence, the Jury, without leaving the box, returned a verdict of guilty.
The prisoner was then arraigned upon another information, which charged him with having, on the 6^th of July last, committed a felonious assault on one John Keane, and having feloniously and violently, against his will, taken from the person of the said John Keane three bank notes of the value of £5 each and 10 bank notes of the value of £1 each and one order of the value of £5, he the said Martin Murphy being at the time armed with a pistol.

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The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 8 August 1851 Page 3
The ATroRN'EY-General now informed the I Court that he had another information ready to file against the prisoner Murphy, but at pre- sent declined to proceed with ic ; he would therefore now coll up the prisoner foi judg- ment, who, upon the first conviction, for rob- bing James Christy of half-a-sovereign, one coat, and a bullet-mould, at his house near Wheeo, being armed at the time, received sen- tence of fifteen years' hard labour on the roads or other public works of colony.

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1865 Jan 27. BUSHRANGING NEAR GOULBURN. (1865, January 27). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 4. Retrieved March 3, 2011, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13108172>

BUSHRANGING NEAR GOULBURN
(From the Goulburn Herald, January 25.)
ON Wednesday last Ben Hall, Gilbert, and Dunn paid a visit to Mr. W. Ford's inn, near Tuena, and took £10 in cash. They also robbed three Chinamen of some £15 or £20, and then left.
On Thursday they visited Mr. James Christie of the Lost River, near Wheoo. Mr. Christie is a far- mer, and keeps a small store. They took a miscel- laneous assortment of goods from him, with which they loaded a pack-horse. Mr. Christie's loss is about £40.
On Saturday the bushrangers visited Mr. John Warne's at the Crookwell. They took a horse that has run on The Goulburn course and which is well known as Young Waverley, and two others, but beyond this they do not appear to have taken any- thing. Young Waverley and one of the other horses were recovered the same day.
It would seem that on leaving Mr. Warne's the bushrangers proceeded to Mr. Willoughby's, distant about ten miles. They here secured the racehorses, Jerrawong and Peacock, that recently ran at Marulan, and were being kept for the anniversary races in Goulburn to-morrow. Their taking these accounts for their release of two of Mr. Warne's horses.
Yesterday, as the mail from Yass to Goulburn was at the Breadalbane Plains, between Lodge's and Hilton's public-houses, Hall, Gilbert, and Dunn rode up from the bush and fired at the coach. There were as passengers, Mr. Castles, a gentleman who keeps a school near Sydney and who occupied the box seat, a youth who seems to have a particular objection to mentioning his name or to giving any information connected with the transaction, two policemen named Cade and McCarthy, and a lunatic in their custody. The bushrangers were about a hundred or a hundred and fifty yards from the coach, and spread at about thirty yards from each other. One of the balls whizzed past the driver and Mr. Castles, and another is said to have made a hole through one of the curtains of the coach, though, from an examination of the orifice, it scarcely appears to have been made in this way. The policemen de- sired the coachman to pull up, and they then dis- mounted. They took aim with their carbines at the bushrangers and fired ; but, though Cade believed that he hit either Gilbert or his horse, it would appear that the injury, if any, was trifling. Gilbert fired a second time, this time from a rifle, and after some apparent telegraphing between themselves the bushrangers rode off, returning in a few minutes to within a nearly similar distance of the coach, when they again wheeled round, and finally went away. The police continued walking alongside the coach until after the horses had been changed, and until they got on the open plain. Haste was then made by the driver to make up for lost time, and the coach arrived at its usual hour. Although there is often abundant reason to condemn the police system and the manner in which it operates to the disad- vantage of the public service, it is seldom that the men themselves show any just grounds of complaint; and on the present occasion, so far as can be gathered, it appears that both Cade and McCarthy behaved very well, and that they de- serve to be favourably mentioned. Had they had the advantage of being armed with the new revolving rifles instead of with carbines, it is very possible they would have succeeded in shooting the bushrangers.
The same day, the bushrangers called at Bean's inn, three miles from Gunning, and ransacked the place; but we have not heard whether they took anything away. A Mr. Richard Fenton, a traveller stopping there, was robbed of £2, and his horse and saddle taken possession of; but, on his earnest en- treaty, was allowed to retain them. Dunn's horse was said to have been knocked up.

• Registration: Death, 1895, Crookwell District, New South Wales. ³ 8235/1895
CHRISTIE, JAMES
JAMES
MARGARET D
CROOKWELL

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1913 Mar 8, Taralga District, New South Wales, Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954) (about <http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/title/35>)<http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1286897> Saturday 8 March 1913 <http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1286941> <http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1286927> Page 18 of 30 <http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1286929>

CHRISTIE -February 26, at Laurelstone, Taralga, Har-riet, relict of the late James Christie, of Willow Dale, Wheeo, aged 79, beloved mother of Mrs. T. E. Spencer and Miss. E. F. Christie of Hillbrow, Glebe Point.

James married Harriet Brown [23523] [LHC8-636] [MRIN: 17048], daughter of Thomas Brown [212] [LQ5C-NXS] and Sarah Turk [251] [L419-XDC], on 1851 Mar 11 in Gunning District, New South Wales.¹ (Harriet Brown [23523] [LHC8-636] was born on 1832 Oct 8 in Sussex, England ⁵, christened on 1833 Nov 10 in Buxted, Sussex, England,⁶ died on 1913 Feb 26 in Goulburn, Argyle County, New South Wales, Australia ⁷ and was buried in Crookwell Cemetery, Georgiana County, New South Wales ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Registration: Marrriage, 1851, New South Wales. ⁹

  Marriage Notes:

One I cannot place...The death of 11765/1941 CHRISTIE HANNAH MARIA JAMES HARRIET GOULBURN