Obituaries Australia

Additional Resources and Scholarship

• World War I service record, B2455, item Devine J E (National Archives of Australia)
• Jim and Matilda Devine are found not guilty of damaging items in a restaurant, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 September 1924, p 6
• Jim Devine is sentenced to six months' gaol with hard labour for an offence under the Vagrancy Act, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 March 1925, p 14
• is sentenced to 18 months' gaol with hard labour for stealing a frock and jumper, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 June 1926, p 6
• is charged with murdering George Gaffney, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 July 1929, p 13
• Walter Tomlinson is charged with attempting to murder Jim Devine, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 July 1929, p 10
• although George Gaffney knew he was dying he refused to name his killer to police, Sydney Morning Herald, 17 August 1929, p 9
• jury acquits Devine on charge of murdering George Gaffney, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 September 1929, p 14
• Devine and Frank Green are charged with murdering Bernard Dalton, Sydney Morning Herald, 5 December 1929, p 13
• Devine is refused bail, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 December 1929, p 14
• is charged with attempting to murder his wife, Sydney Morning Herald, 10 January 1931, p 8
• Tilly Devine says she will not give evidence against her husband after he was charged with attemping to murder her, Sydney Morning Herald, 17 January 1931, p 10
• Coroner finds that Jim Devine has no case to answer in the murder of Bernard Dalton, but orders that Francis Green be committed for trial, Sydney Morning Herald, 21 January 1930, p 12
• Devine is fined 15 pds for assaulting a police constable, Sydney Morning Herald, 25 March 1930, p 7
• is slashed on the face with a razor after opening the front door of his house, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 March 1931, p 10
• is charged with murdering Frederick Moffitt, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 June 1931, p 14
• judge refuses to grant Devine bail on a charge of murdering Frederick Moffitt, Sydney Morning Herald, 27 June 1931, p 6
• report on Moffitt's inquest, Sydney Morning Herald, 11 July 1931, p 11
• Nellie Cameron is charged with assaulting Devine, and stealing a diamond tiepin, while armed with a gun, Sydney Morning Herald, 13 July 1931, p 11
• police believe Moffitt was accidentally killed in a gunfight between James Devine and Frank Green, Sydney Morning Herald, 17 July 1931, p 11
• jury finds Devine not guilty of murdering Moffitt, Sydney Morning Herald, 10 September 1931, p 10
• charges against Devine of possessing cocaine and an unlicensed gun are dismissed, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 June 1932, p 6
• is fined 50 pds for having an unlicensed gun; Devine says he bought it for his own protection after recently being assaulted, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 July 1929, p 8
• Frank Green is found not guilty of stealing a tiepin from Devine and threatening him with a gun, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 August 1932, p 8
• Devine is charged with receiving a 100 pd bank note, knowing it was stolen, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 May 1939, p 6

• Devine, Matilda Mary (wife)
• Leigh, Kathleen Mary (criminal associate)
• Dalton, Bernard Hugh (criminal associate)
• Bruhn, Norman (criminal associate)
• Jeffs, Phillip (criminal associate)
• Kelly, Sydney Patrick (criminal associate)
• Calletti, Guido (criminal associate)
• Gaffney, George Leonard (criminal associate)
• Green, Francis Donald (criminal associate)
• Gardner, Edwin Mollison (criminal associate)
• Prendergast, John William (criminal associate)
• Pulley, Edward (criminal associate)
• Cameron, Ellen Katherine (criminal associate)
• Moffitt, Frederick Herbert (crime victim)