Michael Goodwin

Events

  • Death of Harlequin in custody
    8 Dec 1840 – 9 Dec 1840 — death in custody; manslaughter charge
    Harlequin died after being conducted as a prisoner by two Mounted Police from the River Hume to Melbourne.
    Sources
    • SUPREME COURT. Port Phillip Gazette (Vic. : 1838 - 1845), Wednesday 19 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225008073
    • SUPREME COURT. -- CRIMINAL SIDE. Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser (Vic. : 1839 - 1845), Thursday 20 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511209

Mentions of person in sources

  • Michael Goodwin
    19 Nov 1840
    “Thomas Conock and Michael Goodwin, two of the Mounted Police, were indicted for the manslaughter of the aborigine named Harlequin, the imputation being, that in consequence of their ill-treatment to this native whilst conducting him as a prisoner charged with murder, he had met his death.”
    Source: SUPREME COURT. Port Phillip Gazette (Vic. : 1838 - 1845), Wednesday 19 May 1841, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225008073