Joseph Scudds 1866-

[IGI also states b:1872.] [The Argus (Melbourne,... Saturday 15 April 1893, page 11). THE SHEPPARTON CRIMINAL SESSIONS, SHEPPARTON, FRIDAY. At to-day's sittings of the Supreme court, Mr. Justice Hodges presiding, Joseph Scudds pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting a girl under 16 at Mnlca, near Rushworth. The judge, in passing sentence, said that the case was a very bad and a very sad one. The girl seduced was nearly related to the prisoner, her mother was dead, her father was absent, and the prisoner, who should have been her protector, had been her destroyer. The sentence was six months imprisonment, with periods of solitary confinement, and 15 lashes.] [South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA :1839-1900) Sunday 16 April 1893 p5 Article... COLONIAL TELEGRAMS. VICTORIA, Melbourne. April 14. At the sitting of the Supreme Court at Shepparton today Mr. Justice Hodges sentenced Joseph Scudd to six months imprisonment and fifteen lashes for indecently assaulting a girl under the age of sixteen years.]