>From The Hobarton Mercury, 5 February 1855 - POLICE REPORT. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Friday, 2nd. Feb., 1855. Robbing a drunken man. William A'Herne, t.l., and William Welder, free, were charged with robbing Arthur Millington of Sandy Bay, of some money and a pen-knife last night. Constable John Smith, stationed at the New Wharf, stated that from information which he had received he went to the reservoir, in Montpelier Road, about 7 o'clock in the evening, where he saw a man lying on the ground; the prisoner A'Herne was taking something out of his pockets which he handed to Welder : witness saw a knife and some copper money given to Welder. The man Millington was very drunk and very stupid. The prisoners told witness that they thought the man was dead. The prosecutor was not in attendance, and Constable Morley told Mr. Wilmot that he had called him out of the Waterloo Tap more than once: he supposed he had got drunk again. A constable named Currier accompanied Smith to the reservoir, and corroborated his testimony : after the prisoners were taken into custody, witness apprehended Millington, and was taking him to the station house when he was rescued from his custody. The prisoners who were severally defended by Messrs. Brewer and Knight, were remanded till to-morrow for the attendance of the prosecutor. Welder, it appeared, had been for some time in the service of Mr. Fraser, the Colonial Treasurer, but had left it the day before. ------------------------------------------------ Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954 http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper Aherns in Australian Records http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ahcrim.htm ------------------------------------------------