The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal (WA : 1833 - 1847)
Saturday 7 July 1838
Daniel Tapper was placed at the bar, charged with larceny of a china bowl, the property of Mr. Anthony Curtis, of Fremantle, storekeeper. The prisoner stated, in his defence, that he found the bowl in the road outside Mr. Curtis' house ; Mrs. Curtis, however, identified the property, although broken whilst in the constable's hands, which was taken from a shelf in a room the prisoner had oc- cupied only a quarter of an hour prior to his apprehension.
Verdict—Guilty. Sentence—6 calendar months' imprisonment.
Still trying to find their deaths.