223 MY HUSBAND AND HIS FAITHFULL DOG KILLED DEAD BY LIGHTNING: 28 January 1843 well written 4-page mss letter from Elizabeth Deimster, at Sydney to her family. The primary purpose of the letter is to inform them "from this distant clime" that "Almighty God was pleased to take unto himself the spirit of my dear Husband on the 18th of December 1842 by a sudden stroke of his providence he was killed dead by Lightning while following his employment and his faithfull dog also kill’d dead at his feet.......I am as full of trouble as the ocean is of water. I am left a widow with four girls to support.....It is impossible to describe how the lightning tore every part of Clothing upon him.....there was another man kill’d on the same day by the same means." The letter proceeds with other news: "The times here are very bad and Merchants that was considered wealthy are becoming insolvent every day almost......dark and dreary are my prospects here....let all our relations know what has befallen me at the Antipodes...." The letter is accompanied by an unrelated but probably contemporary printed pamphlet regarding "Assisted Passages to Victoria" for Female Domestics, Farm Settlers & Farm Workers and "British Lads". $300–500 224 BANKING: The Bank of Australasia passbook for John Satchwell of Geelong, 1852 - 1860. Vellum-covered with brass clasp; pages with marbled edges. Customer’s name inscribed to front cover and title page, with dated transactions in ink throughout. 15.7 x 10cm. John Satchwell’s son, John William Satchwell [1853-1936] became Mayor of Geelong. Earlier, while still a police inspector, he also took part in the search for the Kelly Gang. $300–500 ❖ 225 POLICING IN VICTORIA 1858 - 1911: A large cloth-bound volume providing a manuscript record of "REPORT OF CHARGES TAKEN" at various WATCH HOUSES: Mainly at Yendon but also at Rokewood, Rokewood Junction, Whim Holes and Stockyard Hill, all being in the vicinity of Ballarat. Many hundreds of entries giving the first-hand details of the name of the offender, his or her age, "calling", country of origin, religion, education, the offence, previous convictions, property found on the prisoner, whether bailed, how "disposed of", name of the magistrate and other remarks. UNIQUE. A number of entries during July & August 1859 (at Rokewood & Whim Holes) record a number of Chinese miners (Ah Long, Ah Hang, Ah Hoy, Ah Chun, etc) found guilty of "Having no residence ticket" or "Stealing three pairs of boots..." or "Having no residence licence" . They and their fellow countrymen appear many times in these pages in the months and years following. Also in that month, Alexander McIntosh, a miner from Scotland, was arrested for "fighting in a public place on a Sunday", while in September 1859 Benjamin Hamer, a miner from America, was arrested for "Stabbing one John Stevens with intent to do him grievious bodily harm." [He was sentenced to 9 months in prison with hard labour at his trial in Ballarat.]. In December 1859, John Williamson from England was arrested for "stealing a cockatoo from a hut". In January 1875, Ellen Ryan from Ireland was arrested for "Attempting to commit suicide." $1,500–2,500 226 POLICING IN VICTORIA 1860 - 1914: A large leather & cloth- bound volume providing a manuscript record of "REPORT OF CHARGES TAKEN" BURRUMBEET & MINER’S REST WATCH HOUSES, both being in the vicinity of Ballarat. Many hundreds of entries giving the first-hand details of the name of the offender, his or her age, "calling", country of origin, religion, education, the offence, previous convictions, property found on the prisoner, whether bailed, how "disposed of", name of the magistrate and other remarks. UNIQUE. Similar to the previous item, some interesting entries include one Edward Bateman, arrested in March 1861 "Charged with being a ticket-of-leave holder illegally at large"; on June 19th 1861 "Davy (Aboriginal)" was charged with Committing a rape on Margaret Rees and on Elizabeth Ann Rees; in February 1868 Lucas Simpson was charged with "Threatening to take the life of his wife, Jane Simpson" and in March with "Assaulting his wife"; in March 1869 James Newman was charged with "Sodomy on the person of Isabella Beaton.....she being only 5 years old." In April 1891, Thomas Ryan, a miner, was charged with "Deserting his illegitimate child at Clunes." Some staining and discolouration, but the majority of the many 100s of entries are completely legible. $1,500–2,500 ❖ 227 BANKING & BREWING: Bank of Tasmania passbook for Richard Thompson, 1872 - 1876. Vellum-covered with customer’s name and address "Charles Street" inscribed to front cover and title page, with dated transactions in ink throughout. 16.3 x 10.2cm. Bookbinder’s label "A. Thomson, Charles Street" pasted to front inside endpaper. Richard Thompson may have been the publican of the Freemason’s Hotel, at New Norfolk; a frequently encountered name in the passbook being "Glenwright". J.T.Glenwright was to form a partnership with James Boag in 1879, $200–300 ❖ 223 225 31