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Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Case Involving 13 Year Old Molly Holt
The case against Frank Dargan for unlawful carnal knowledge of Molly Mavis Holt, aged 13, was heard by Magistrate C. Burchill with Senior Sergeant Wallace prosecuting. Holt described repeated sexual encounters since July in Mount Isa Cloncurry and Fort Constantine. Medical evidence confirmed no pregnancy. Holt’s mother said she allowed the trip to Cloncurry and later noted her daughter’s pattern of disappearing. Dargan remanded for circuit court with bail set at £80 plus £50 surety.
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Mully Mavis Holt
C. Burchill
O ‘Tursday
Wallace
Hope
G. W. F. Alberry
Molly Mavis Holt
Mount Isa
Jack Dargan
Mount Tea
Defendent
Harry Johnson
Defendant
Fort Constantine
Mr. Hope
Mr. Isa
Cloncurry
Benlor
Sgt. Wallace
Glencurry
Lena Tims
Molly
Mr. Gray
Flora Holt
Atherton Street
Mountess
Alexandria Station
Northern Territory
Piolly Mavis Holt