The Sydney Morning Herald dated 11 February 1896 mentioned that Anthony Lettellier, a Frenchman, pleaded guilty to stealing a quantity of articles to the value of seventeen pounds from the residence of Honore Marie at Springwood. Lettellier came to the house of the victim declaring to be a French Patriot hoping to get to Newcastle and thence catch a ship for home.
However, Lettelier was a convict liberated from New Caledonia where only habitual criminals were sent. The prisoner had various aliases and incurred two years hard labour in Parramatta gaol for his crime.
Pamela Smith
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