John Legg
John Legg | |
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Born | 1820 |
Died |
27 April 1871 Ballarat, Victoria |
Occupation | Publican |
Years active | 1862-1871 |
Known for | Railway Hotel |
John Legg was a publican in Ballarat, Victoria, <1862-1871>
History[edit | edit source]
From at least June 1862 to March 1872, John Legg was the publican of the Railway Hotel in Wills Street (now Mair Street).[1][2] In March 1872 Legg's license was transferred to John Bennett.[3]
In April 1866, Legg was a key witness in an embezzlement trial against Lewis Daniel Levy. Levy was working as a clerk at the Ballarat East Town Hall, and had taken Legg's license fee, but had not entered it into the books. It appears that Legg was not literate, and was not able to properly realise that the documents given to him by Levy were incorrect:
Jno. Legg, hotelkeeper, deposed to having on the 2nd January in the forenoon paid the accused £25 in the town clerk's office, for a publican's license. The receipt the accused gave was wrong and Mr Rodier afterwards gave another receipt. The license was obtained on the 3rd of the month and sometime afterwards the revenue officer informed him there was no receipt for the money in the books. In consequence he called to see Mr Rodier who gave him the necessary document to show that he had paid the license money. Cross-examined-The receipt produced-the certificate of the bench for his licence being granted-was what he received for his money. He thought he obtained that from the accused-(Mr Lewis contended that the witness could not have received the receipt produced from the accused as it must have been given him by the clerk of the court.) Witness continued-That was all the receipt he received on giving the money. Would swear that he received a receipt from the accused or the clerk of the court when he paid the money for the license. Witness could not read the writing in the document very correctly, but he would swear that he obtained it from the accused. Would not say that he had not received the document from the clerk of the court. [4]
Legg died in 1871:
Legg. —On the 27th April, at his residence, Railway Hotel, Wills street, Ballarat, John Legg, aged 51 years.[5]
He was buried in the Old Cemetery, Area EN, Section 4, Grave 1.[6]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1862 'BALLARAT EAST LICENSING COURT.', The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), 26 June, p. 4. , viewed 14 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66325077
- ↑ 1863 'BALLARAT EAST LICENSING BENCH.', The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), 18 June, p. 4, viewed 4 February, 2014, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72515106
- ↑ 1872 'BALLARAT EAST LICENSING BENCH.', The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), 19 March, p. 4. , viewed 20 Jul 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197627472
- ↑ 1866 'POLICE.', The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), 28 April, p. 1. (SUPPLEMENT TO THE BALLARAT STAR), viewed 30 Oct 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112869097
- ↑ 1871 'Family Notices', The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), 19 May, p. 2. , viewed 14 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197562816
- ↑ Ballarat Cemeteries, Cemetery Search Results: Cemetery Search Results, accessdate: November 14, 2016