John Charles Garbutt

John Charles Garbutt 1834 - 1873

Birth: Sep 12 1834

 Wilberforce, NSW Association: 1834 Sep 12 John Garbitt (sic) born at Wilberforce to ticket-of-leave convict John Garbutt and Sarah Ann Ward; baptised Pitt Town CE parish on 7 Dec 1835; John later reported that he went to live at John Crowder’s at Saint Clair in early childhood, that he was such a young age at the time that he couldn’t remember how old he was; Crowder lived at Lochinvar in the mid-1840s and John remained in his employ until 1849 when he left and spent three months with Mr Gordon and nine months with Mr Wyndham, both on the Macintyre, then he was not engaged by anyone else until he returned to Mr Crowder’s employ in 1852; by then Crowder lived at Weranga in the Darling Downs (Qld), a property neighbouring that of James Snowden Calvert who accompanied explorer Ludwig Leichhardt on his first expedition into the interior; 1853: John was employed by J.P Wilkie Esq of the Darling Downs; Mar 1855: a warrant was issued for his arrest for horse stealing, leading him to flee back to NSW; 7 Apr: John Clune of Ipswich advertised that John Garbutt’s horse, which had been left in his paddock, would be sold to defray costs[1]||1856-61 Ringleader of a cattle and horse stealing operation; pleaded guilty at the Supreme Court on 2 Jun 1856 and sentenced to ten years on Cockatoo Island; received ticket-of-leave to the Mudgee district in 1860; convicted of stealing sheep at Mudgee in Jul 1861 and returned to Cockatoo Island[2] ||1861 Sep + John Charles Garbutt. 16 & 18 Sep 1861: received visits from his wife; 27 Sep 1861: letter from Sheriff to Colonial Secretary mentioning confusion about where Garbutt was incarcerated; 30 Sep 1861: returned to Darlinghurst Gaol and forwarded to Mudgee to give evidence in perjury trial; 16 Oct 1861: unexpired term of last sentence remitted as Judge Dowling considered the evidence against Garbutt ‘by no means reliable or satisfactory’; 18 Oct 1861: Mrs Garbutt visited Cockatoo Island but her husband was not back from Mudgee... Occupation: 1856 Marriage: Marriage to: Elizabeth Garbutt (born Blackman)

Circa 1856 Illness: John Garbutt suffered concussion when thrown from his horse; at trial in March 1863 two doctors gave the opinion that “there was a change in [Garbutt%E2%80%99s] demeanour since the accident” but agreed that he could still distinguish right from wrong; Dr King said that he had known Garbutt for years and was called to attend him after the fall and that Garbutt “suffered for some weeks of a concussion of the brain”, that his character, manners and brains had undergone an alteration; while Dr Ramsay deposed that he had known Garbutt for three or four years and that his manner had “totally changed” since the accident

Circa 1863 Illness: Released

Aug 16 1872

 Parramatta Psychiatric Institution Death: Hanged for the murder of Thomas Conroy||Murdered Thomas Conroy at Taroom by killing him with an axe while he was asleep then burning his body; 19 Oct: apprehended by police; etc etc ; 2-5 Feb 1874: tried and convicted; 10 Mar: executed at Brisbane Gaol; his wife Elizabeth tried to assist him by having details of his lunacy forwarded to the Brisbane authorities to no avail[16]

Mar 10 1873

 Brisbane Goal, Queensland

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John Charles Garbutt Birth:  1834 Death:  1873 Parents:  John Garbutt, convict "Agamemnon" 1820 and Sarah Ann Garbutt (born Ward) Siblings:  Amelia Gladys and George Crisp Partner:  Elizabeth Aldridge View this profile on Geni

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Adds: more complete birth date, birth place, more complete death date, death place, sibling(s) and child(ren) Birth: Sep 12 1834

 Wilberforce, NSW Association: 1834 Sep 12 John Garbitt (sic) born at Wilberforce to ticket-of-leave convict John Garbutt and Sarah Ann Ward; baptised Pitt Town CE parish on 7 Dec 1835; John later reported that he went to live at John Crowder’s at Saint Clair in early childhood, that he was such a young age at the time that he couldn’t remember how old he was; Crowder lived at Lochinvar in the mid-1840s and John remained in his employ until 1849 when he left and spent three months with Mr Gordon and nine months with Mr Wyndham, both on the Macintyre, then he was not engaged by anyone else until he returned to Mr Crowder’s employ in 1852; by then Crowder lived at Weranga in the Darling Downs (Qld), a property neighbouring that of James Snowden Calvert who accompanied explorer Ludwig Leichhardt on his first expedition into the interior; 1853: John was employed by J.P Wilkie Esq of the Darling Downs; Mar 1855: a warrant was issued for his arrest for horse stealing, leading him to flee back to NSW; 7 Apr: John Clune of Ipswich advertised that John Garbutt’s horse, which had been left in his paddock, would be sold to defray costs[1]||1856-61 Ringleader of a cattle and horse stealing operation; pleaded guilty at the Supreme Court on 2 Jun 1856 and sentenced to ten years on Cockatoo Island; received ticket-of-leave to the Mudgee district in 1860; convicted of stealing sheep at Mudgee in Jul 1861 and returned to Cockatoo Island[2] ||1861 Sep + John Charles Garbutt. 16 & 18 Sep 1861: received visits from his wife; 27 Sep 1861: letter from Sheriff to Colonial Secretary mentioning confusion about where Garbutt was incarcerated; 30 Sep 1861: returned to Darlinghurst Gaol and forwarded to Mudgee to give evidence in perjury trial; 16 Oct 1861: unexpired term of last sentence remitted as Judge Dowling considered the evidence against Garbutt ‘by no means reliable or satisfactory’; 18 Oct 1861: Mrs Garbutt visited Cockatoo Island but her husband was not back from Mudgee... Occupation: 1856 Marriage: Marriage to: Elizabeth Garbutt (born Blackman)

Circa 1856 Illness: John Garbutt suffered concussion when thrown from his horse; at trial in March 1863 two doctors gave the opinion that “there was a change in [Garbutt%E2%80%99s] demeanour since the accident” but agreed that he could still distinguish right from wrong; Dr King said that he had known Garbutt for years and was called to attend him after the fall and that Garbutt “suffered for some weeks of a concussion of the brain”, that his character, manners and brains had undergone an alteration; while Dr Ramsay deposed that he had known Garbutt for three or four years and that his manner had “totally changed” since the accident

Circa 1863 Illness: Released

Aug 16 1872

 Parramatta Psychiatric Institution Death: Hanged for the murder of Thomas Conroy||Murdered Thomas Conroy at Taroom by killing him with an axe while he was asleep then burning his body; 19 Oct: apprehended by police; etc etc ; 2-5 Feb 1874: tried and convicted; 10 Mar: executed at Brisbane Gaol; his wife Elizabeth tried to assist him by having details of his lunacy forwarded to the Brisbane authorities to no avail[16]

Mar 10 1873

 Brisbane Goal, Queensland

Executed for murder Family members Parents: John Garbutt 1791 - 1839 Sarah Ann Garbutt (born Ward) 1816 - 1892 Wife: Elizabeth Garbutt (born Blackman) ? - 1890 Siblings: James Edward Garbutt 1835 - ? Maria Dewson (born Garbutt) 1836 - 1917 Son: George Marshall Garbutt 1857 - 1915