Patrick Joseph Conmee (1859-1908)
Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld.) - Friday 7 June 1895 - News Article
"Barcaldine Qld.
At the Police Court on Wednesday, P. J. Conmee and T. W. Cliffe were brought up charged with thc larceny of 13½lb. of beef valued at 2s. 3d. from the shop of John Currie. Cliffe was fined 20s. in default fourteen days imprisonment, Conmee 10s. in default seven days. Mr. Munroe canvassed the town and obtained the liberation of the defendants in an hour after thc verdict."
Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld) - Wednesday 18 December 1895 - Article
" Patrick Conmee was charged, on the information of his wife, with having deserted his child Patrick Diaungal Conmee, aged eight years. The case was beard ex parte, Mr. F. H. Swanwick appearing for the complainant. The evidence of the com- plainant showed that the parties were married in June, 1886, and four children were born of the marriage, the oldest being eight years of age and that since the 1st of July the defendant (who is working at the boiling-down or wool-scoring works at Bar- caldine and is supposed to be receiving £2 or £2 5s a-Week) bas not contributed anything towards their support. The Bench made an an order for the payment of 8s. a-week—the sum asked for by the complainant — for twelve months towards the support of the eldest child and called on the defendant to find a surety for the sum of £20. An order was also issued for the first payment to be made on the 1st of January next, and costs of Court amounting to 4s. 6d., and professional costs amounting tn £2 2s. were given."