Nichalus Althouse

Agnesa Teis and Nichaluc Althouse. Photo thanks to Yvonne Teis

• Nichalus Althouse was born in 1861 in Queensland. He was the son of Anna Kireg and Paul Altthaus.
  
• At the age of 24 years, Nichalus Althouse married Agnes Teis, daughter of Heinrich Teis and Anna Elizabeth Berghofer, on 26 November 1885 in Queensland.
• Nichalus Althouse died on 27 May 1921.
• Nichalus was buried on 29 May 1921 in Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery. LUTH1-006-0047.

Alfred Ambrose

• Alfred Ambrose was born on 3 August 1872 in Gulgong, New South Wales.
• He was the son of Edward Ambrose and Ann Jane Duff.
• At the age of 33 years, Alfred Ambrose married Beatrice Florence Wilson in 1906 in Queensland.
• Alfred Ambrose died on 27 August 1953 in Charters Towers, Queensland, at age 81.

Anna Ambrose

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• Anna Ambrose was also known as Hannah Ambrose.
• She was born on 13 July 1866 in Molong, New South Wales.
• She was the daughter of Edward Ambrose and Ann Jane Duff.
• At the age of 23 years, Anna Ambrose married James Isaac King, son of James King and Hannah Unitus Harton, in 1890 in Moree, New South Wales. Soon after their marriage they moved to Queensland where their first child Phillip Isaac was born in 1891.
  
• Anna Ambrose died on 19 February 1900 in Charleville, Queensland, at age 33.

Catherine Frances Ambrose

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• Catherine Frances Ambrose was born between 31 August 1852 and 1853.
• She was the daughter of William (Patrick) Ambrose and Margaret Reimen/Raymond.
• Catherine Frances Ambrose was baptized on 11 September 1853 in Queensland.
• She was arrested with her brother William and step father David Kynoch. David Kynoch was charged with the theft of three calves from William Merritt. The Darling Downs Gazette reported:- "David Kynoch, Catherine Ambrose, and William Patrick Ambrose, were charged with feloniously stealing three head of cattle the property of William and Alfred Merritt, at Highfields. Mr. Boyle for the defendants. J. B. Barry said he was a constable stationed at Ipswich ; he went to the prisoners' house, at Perseverance Station, on Wednesday last, and found the two younger prisoners on the premises ; they were step-children of the prisoner Kynoch ; told the girl he was a detective constable, and asked her to show her father’s brands ; she brought about eight or ten from the dairy, and when be asked if there were not two or three more she replied, ' no ;' afterwards searched the dwelling house, and found the CAW brands, now produced, under the bed; Alfred Merritt was present when the brands were found, and Catherine Ambrose said, "If Mr. Merritt will not press the charge against my father he can have all the horses and bullocks we have ; we did not know that the calves belonged to Mr. Merritt when we brought then up the range, from Luke's waterhole ." asked her if the brands now produced were those used in branding the cattle, and she replied, 'Yes they are ;" he (witness) said to her "You knew they are not your own cattle, although you did not know they were Mr. Merritt's," and she said " Yes; I have been very foolish, and I am sorry for it; " We drove the cattle to the yard at Perseverance Station, kept them there one night, and then drove then over to the farm, which is about ten-miles nearer to Toowoomba ; they remained there three or four days, where they were branded by herself, her brother, and a man named Paddy O'Neil ; he (witness) had compared the brands now produced with the brands upon the cattle, and found them to correspond; arrested Catherine and William Ambrose on Wednesday evening, and had shown them the cattle this (Friday) morning'; they were identified by them as the cattle they had branded; and Catherine said it was her father who had assisted to brand them, and not Paddy O'Neil as she had first stated; arrested the prisoner David Kynoch outside the Court that morning, and after reading the warrant to him he said, ''the cattle are mine "took him into the yard to look at , and he said " Yes, those are the cattle ; I branded them and they are my property." By the Bench: The cattle were found in a paddock nearly adjoining the prisoners farm on Reedy Creek and were identified by Mr. Merritt as his property Wm. Merritt, examined by Detective Barry, said he missed a mob of cattle from his paddocks about five weeks ago ; there were several milking cows with their calves among the mob, they were returned about nine days afterward with the exception of three unbranded calves, almost eight or nine months old ; saw them next in a paddock near Reedy Creek, where they were fresh branded ; the cattle outside the Court were those he had referred to, and were the property of himself and his son ; met the prisoner Kynoch on the Highfields road on Thursday afternoon and he said, "This is a very bad job, Mr Merritt, cannot we arrange the matter' he (witness) told him that the case was totally out of his control, and prisoner replied, “I will do anything if you will stop the proceedings. If there are any of your calves among them you can take them and I will give you anything I have; we did not know the calves belonged to you at the time they were branded; they were branded by myself, and I took them from my own paddock and put them into Cameron's paddock.' Alfred Merritt corroborated the evidence of the apprehending constable. At the close of the examination Detective Barry applied for a remand until Tuesday next, for the purpose of producing further evidence. . On the application of Mr. Boyle, bail was granted to the prisoners Ambrose, themselves in £20, and two sureties of £10 each, but the Bench refused to admit Kynoch to bail."
  in July 1869.
• Catherine Frances Ambrose was a witness in the trial for the murder of Johann (Michael) Klein by John Alexander Herrlich on 10 February 1870 in Cedar Scrub. The Darling Downs Gazette reported:- : "John Alexander Herrlich was brought up at the Police Court on Tuesday last, charged with the wilful murder of Michael Klein at the Cedar Scrub, near Perseverance Station, on the 12th day of February last. The prisoner appeared to be suffering from extreme exhaustion, and was accommodated with a seat during the examination. Sub-Inspector Harris conducted the case for the Crown.
  Acting Sub-Inspector McCarthy said he apprehended the prisoner between 10 and 11 o'clock at night on Friday, the 8th April last, at a house on the Highfields road, about twelve miles from Toowoomba ; produced the warrant, and said to prisoner- "The charge against yon is that, on the 12th day of February last, you did unlawfully kill one Michael Klein near the Cedar Scrub at Perseverance Station ;" prisoner paused for a few seconds, after which he said, "I came to these people to give myself up ;" witness brought him next day to Toowoomba, and confined him in the watch house. By the Bench: I arrested the prisoner between 10 and 11 o'clock at night at Jost Kahler's house on the Highfields road ; four other men were present, namely, Murray, Heinrich Kahler, Jost Kahler, and another German, whom he (witness) did not know. Examination by Mr Sub-inspector Harris continued: On 12th April witness and Acting-Sergeant Shea proceeded again to Highfields, and saw the gun now produced taken from beneath some bark at the rear of Heinrich Kahler's house and in close proximity to where the prisoner was apprehended; believed the gun to be loaded in both barrels, as the nipples were capped and the ramrod would not go down the whole length of the barrel ; could not at present say what the barrels contained. The Court adjourned for a few minutes in order to give Sergeant Shea sufficient time to draw the charges, but as the operation occupied the court some considerable period, the gun was taken to the watch-house, and subsequently unloaded in the presence of McCarthy. The Police Magistrate having read over the evidence of the previous witness, inquired of the prisoner whether he had any intention to ask questions, and the prisoner replied that the only questions he would ask would be put in the Court. Catherine Frances Ambrose, daughter of Mrs. Kynock of Perseverance Station, said she had known the prisoner for some time past ; remembered seeing him at his hut in the Perseverance Scrub about December last, and had a convention with him in reference to the Kleins ; he said, "When will the Kliens be out again,'' and witnessed answered, "They will be out next week ;" prisoner then remarked, "If I catch them taking away any more of my cedar, this time by God I will shoot him ;" Michael and George Klein were the only persons taking cedar from the scrub at that time, and to the best of her belief she thought he intended to shoot Michael Klien: knew the gun produced, having seen it frequently in the prisoner's possession; know it particularly by the stock, as the witness lent him the tools to make it with ; had no doubt whatever that the gun belonged to the prisoner; saw the dead body of Michael Klien being conveyed from the scrub in a spring cart on the Sunday after the murder. William Kane said that in the month of January last he was in the employment of Mrs Kynoch, of Perseverance Station; was sent to the Cedar Scrub at that time by Mrs Kynoch for a load of cedar, and saw the prisoner; when he first came up to witness he said, "You knock off; I will not allow any person to take that cedar; I have been down to Ipswich and received legal advice to arrest any teams that come to the scrub to take away cedar." Witness told him that he had received an authority from Michael Klein to take away a load; and he replied, '" will not allow Michael Klein or any other person to take cedar from there, and if Michael Klein docs so I have advice what to do, and I will do it if I swing by the neck the next minute." Michael Klein was a carrier working at the scrub about that time, and witness had seen him removing timber on several occasions previous to the time now mentioned; saw the body of Michael Klein lying dead in a cart, when it was being brought from the Cedar Scrub, about nine or ten weeks ago; knew prisoner quite well, and seldom, if ever, saw him without a gun; believed the gun now produced to be the one usually carried by the prisoner. Dr Roberts said that about 2 o'clock on the morning of the 13th of February last he held a post mortem examination on the body of a man named Michael Klein, at the Perseverance Cedar Scrub ; the body was quite cold having been some time dead; on the right side of the lower part of the breast bone there was a gun-shot wound ; the edges were blackened with gunpowder, and the charge had entered the body by this wound ; it had then carried away a portion of the heart, passed through the right lung, and out at a second wound in the back, between the blade bone and the right side of the spine ; the wound in the back was slightly above the wound in the breast ; the effect of such a wound would be instantaneous death ; the wound might have been caused by a bullet, or a charge of shot discharged at very close quarters, and from the appearance of the wound witness would say that the shot must have been fired within two feet of the body; the deceased was a remarkably healthy looking man. Terence McCall said he was a carrier, residing at Highfields, and on the 12th day of February last he was getting cedar from the Perseverance Scrub; knew the prisoner, and saw him about 1 o'clock on the afternoon of that day passing through the scrub; he was then carrying a gun the same as that now produced; witness had often seen the gun in prisoner's possession. Constable McCafferty said that he accompanied Dr Roberts to the Perseverance Scrub, on the night of the 12th February last, and on the morning of the next day, between I and 2 o'clock, Dr Roberts made a post mortem examination on the body of a man named Michael Klein; witness assisted in removing the clothing from the body, which he now p[roduced, as well as a number of bullets received from the Police Magistrate a few days afterwards. On the application of Mr Sub-Inspector Harris the further hearing of the case was adjourned to Thursday, at 10 o'clock."
  
  
• Catherine Frances Ambrose married Thomas Beverley in 1878 in Queensland.
• Catherine Frances Ambrose died in 1911 in Queensland.

Edith Ambrose

• Edith Ambrose was born in 1874 in Inverell, New South Wales.
• She was the daughter of Edward Ambrose and Ann Jane Duff.
• At the age of 25 years, Edith Ambrose married Thomas King, son of James King and Hannah Unitus Harton, in 1899 in Queensland.
• In 1931,her husband, Thomas King died in Biloela, Queensland.
• Edith Ambrose died in 1958 in Rockhampton, Queensland.

Edward Ambrose

• New South Wales: OtherPioneers from New South Wales

• Edward Ambrose was born on 7 November 1844 in Sydney, New South Wales.
• He was the son of George Ambrose and Hannah Crane.
• At the age of 15 years, Edward Ambrose married Ann Jane Duff in 1860 in Hartley, New South Wales. Hartley is a small town south of Lithgow in the Blue Mountains. Edward and Ann were married at a very young age and their first three children were born at Hartley. They then moved north west to Molong where three more children were born, then to Gulgong, before heading further north to Inverell and Vegatable Creek or Emmaville between Glen Innes and Tenterfield where children were born between 1876 and 1880. Their last child was born at Rylstone near Mudgee in the Hunter Valley in 1882. Their son Edward was married in Tenterfield in 1883, and their daughter Anna married James King in Inverell in 1890. Sometime before 1904 they moved to Queensland, most likely in the early 1890's as their daughter Emily married Alfred King there in 1896.
  It is possible they were aquainted with the King while they were living at Hartley as James King and Hannah Harton were married there in 1855 and lived there until at least 1876 when they moved to Rylstone.
  
• On 7 November 1904,his wife, Ann Jane Duff died in Clermont, Queensland, at age 62.
• Edward Ambrose died on 30 April 1914 in Queensland at age 69.
• Edward was buried in Crow's Nest Cemetery.

Edward George Ambrose

• Edward George Ambrose was born in 1861 in Hartley, New South Wales.
• He was the son of Edward Ambrose and Ann Jane Duff.
• At the age of 22 years, Edward George Ambrose married Bridget Meyers in 1883 in Tenterfield, New South Wales.
• Edward George Ambrose died in 1914 in St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales.

Ellen Ambrose

• Ellen Ambrose was born in 1913 in Queensland.
• She was the daughter of Ernest Ambrose and Catherine Rose Barclay.
• At the age of 18 years, Ellen Ambrose married Daniel John Schafer in 1931 in Queensland.

Emily Ambrose

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• Emily Ambrose was born in 1876 in Vegetable Creek, New South Wales.
• She was the daughter of Edward Ambrose and Ann Jane Duff.
• At the age of 20 years, Emily Ambrose married Alfred King, son of James King and Hannah Unitus Harton, in 1896 in Queensland.
• Emily Ambrose and Alfred King appeared on the Electoral Rolls between 1908 and 1913. He and Alfred King lived in Crow's Nest . Alfred was a farmer.
  
• On 21 August 1930,her husband, Alfred King died in Queensland.
• Emily Ambrose died on 7 February 1959 in Queensland.
• Emily was buried on 9 February 1959 in Crow's Nest Cemetery.

Emma Jane Ambrose

• Emma Jane Ambrose was born in 1862 in Hartley, New South Wales.
• She was the daughter of Edward Ambrose and Ann Jane Duff.
• Emma Jane Ambrose died in 1863 in Hartley, New South Wales.

Ernest Ambrose

• Ernest Ambrose was born on 25 February 1880 in Vegetable Creek, New South Wales.
• He was the son of Edward Ambrose and Ann Jane Duff.
• At the age of 29 years, Ernest Ambrose married Catherine Rose Barclay in 1910 in Queensland.
• Ernest Ambrose died on 29 October 1916 in Mackay, Queensland, at age 36.

Florence Ambrose

• Florence Ambrose was born in 1911 in Queensland.
• She was the daughter of Ernest Ambrose and Catherine Rose Barclay.

George Ambrose

• George Ambrose was born in 1816 in England. He was the son of Frederick and Elizabeth.
  
• George arrived in Sydney from London about 1840.
• At the age of 32 years, George Ambrose married Hannah Crane on 14 September 1848 in St Andrew's Scots Church, Sydney, New South Wales.
• George Ambrose died in 1883 in Sydney, New South Wales.

George Ambrose

• George Ambrose was born in 1848 in New South Wales.
• He was the son of George Ambrose and Hannah Crane.

George William Ambrose

• George William Ambrose was born on 22 November 1920 in Toowoomba.
• He was the son of Phillip Ambrose and Catherine Rose Barclay.
• George William Ambrose began military service on 20 March 1942 in Brisbane. George was living in Toowoomba at the time he enlisted. He gave his next of kin as D. Schafer. His service number was QX30644. He was discharged on 25 June 1946 with the rank of Private in the 2/25 Infantary Battalion.
  
• George William Ambrose died in 1973 in Brisbane, Queensland.

Hazel Ambrose

• Hazel Ambrose was born in 1910 in Queensland.
• She was the daughter of Herbert Ambrose and Edith Harris.
• At the age of 24 years, Hazel Ambrose married Cecil Leonard Blinco, son of Thomas William Blinco and Emily Rosina Wellington, on 18 September 1934 in Queensland.
• On 9 July 1971,her husband, Cecil Leonard Blinco died in Queensland at age 69.

Henry Ambrose

• Henry Ambrose was born in 1850 in New South Wales.
• He was the son of George Ambrose and Hannah Crane.
• Henry Ambrose died in 1940 in Windsor, New South Wales.

Henry M Ambrose

• Henry M Ambrose was born in 1868 in Molong, New South Wales.
• He was the son of Edward Ambrose and Ann Jane Duff.
• Henry M Ambrose died in 1871 in Molong, New South Wales.

Herbert Ambrose

• Herbert Ambrose was born in 1882 in Bomamby, Rylstone, New South Wales.
• He was the son of Edward Ambrose and Ann Jane Duff.
• At the age of 27 years, Herbert Ambrose married Edith Harris in 1909 in Queensland.
• Herbert Ambrose died in 1951 in Queensland.

James Edward Ambrose

• James Edward Ambrose was born on 7 June 1912 in Finch Hatton, Queensland.
• He was the son of Ernest Ambrose and Catherine Rose Barclay.
• James Edward Ambrose appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1937 living at Gomoran. He was a labourer.
  
• James Edward Ambrose died on 12 February 1988 at age 75.

Margaret Ambrose

• Margaret Ambrose was born in 1859 in Queensland.
• She was the daughter of William (Patrick) Ambrose and Margaret Reimen/Raymond.

Mary Ambrose

• Mary Ambrose was born in 1858 in Queensland.
• She was the daughter of William (Patrick) Ambrose and Margaret Reimen/Raymond.

Mary A Ambrose

• Mary A Ambrose was born in 1845 in New South Wales.
• She was the daughter of George Ambrose and Hannah Crane.
• Mary A Ambrose died in 1927.

Mary Jane Ambrose

• Mary Jane Ambrose was born in 1864 in Hartley, New South Wales.
• She was the daughter of Edward Ambrose and Ann Jane Duff.
• At the age of 28 years, Mary Jane Ambrose married John Sheehan on 24 September 1892 in Cunnamulla, Queensland.
• Mary Jane Ambrose died in 1932 in Parramatta, New South Wales.

Mildred Ambrose

• Mildred Ambrose was born in 1878 in Vegetable Creek, New South Wales.
• She was the daughter of Edward Ambrose and Ann Jane Duff.
• At the age of 26 years, Mildred Ambrose married Walter Frederick Lloyd in 1904 in Queensland.
• In 1931,her husband, Walter Frederick Lloyd died in Queensland.
• Mildred Ambrose died in 1970 in Rockhampton.

Phillip Ambrose

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• Phillip Ambrose was born on 29 August 1870 in Molong, New South Wales.
• He was the son of Edward Ambrose and Ann Jane Duff.
• At the age of 47 years, Phillip Ambrose married Catherine Rose Barclay in 1918 in Queensland.
• Phillip Ambrose and Catherine Rose Barclay appeared on the Electoral Roll between 1925 and 1930 living at Geham. Phillip was a labourer.
  
• Phillip Ambrose died on 15 November 1934 in Queensland at age 64.
• Phillip was buried on 15 November 1934 in Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery.

Robert Ambrose

• Robert Ambrose was born in 1860 in Queensland.
• He was the son of William (Patrick) Ambrose and Margaret Reimen/Raymond.
• Robert Ambrose died in 1861 in Queensland.

William (Patrick) Ambrose

• William (Patrick) Ambrose was born in 1814 in Ireland.
• At the age of 40 years, William (Patrick) Ambrose married Margaret Reimen/Raymond in 1854 in Queensland.
• William (Patrick) Ambrose died in 1860 in Queensland.

William J Ambrose

• William J Ambrose was born in 1846 in New South Wales.
• He was the son of George Ambrose and Hannah Crane.

William Patrick Ambrose

• Villans: Others who had brushes with the law

• William Patrick Ambrose was born circa 1856.
• He was the son of William (Patrick) Ambrose and Margaret Reimen/Raymond.
• William Patrick Ambrose was arrested with his sister Catherine and step father David Kynoch. David Kynoch was charged with the theft of three calves from William Merritt. The Darling Downs Gazette reported:- "David Kynoch, Catherine Ambrose, and William Patrick Ambrose, were charged with feloniously stealing three head of cattle the property of William and Alfred Merritt, at Highfields. Mr. Boyle for the defendants. J. B. Barry said he was a constable stationed at Ipswich ; he went to the prisoners' house, at Perseverance Station, on Wednesday last, and found the two younger prisoners on the premises ; they were step-children of the prisoner Kynoch ; told the girl he was a detective constable, and asked her to show her father’s brands ; she brought about eight or ten from the dairy, and when be asked if there were not two or three more she replied, ' no ;' afterwards searched the dwelling house, and found the CAW brands, now produced, under the bed; Alfred Merritt was present when the brands were found, and Catherine Ambrose said, "If Mr. Merritt will not press the charge against my father he can have all the horses and bullocks we have ; we did not know that the calves belonged to Mr. Merritt when we brought then up the range, from Luke's waterhole ." asked her if the brands now produced were those used in branding the cattle, and she replied, 'Yes they are ;" he (witness) said to her "You knew they are not your own cattle, although you did not know they were Mr. Merritt's," and she said " Yes; I have been very foolish, and I am sorry for it; " We drove the cattle to the yard at Perseverance Station, kept them there one night, and then drove then over to the farm, which is about ten-miles nearer to Toowoomba ; they remained there three or four days, where they were branded by herself, her brother, and a man named Paddy O'Neil ; he (witness) had compared the brands now produced with the brands upon the cattle, and found them to correspond; arrested Catherine and William Ambrose on Wednesday evening, and had shown them the cattle this (Friday) morning'; they were identified by them as the cattle they had branded; and Catherine said it was her father who had assisted to brand them, and not Paddy O'Neil as she had first stated; arrested the prisoner David Kynoch outside the Court that morning, and after reading the warrant to him he said, ''the cattle are mine "took him into the yard to look at , and he said " Yes, those are the cattle ; I branded them and they are my property." By the Bench: The cattle were found in a paddock nearly adjoining the prisoners farm on Reedy Creek and were identified by Mr. Merritt as his property Wm. Merritt, examined by Detective Barry, said he missed a mob of cattle from his paddocks about five weeks ago ; there were several milking cows with their calves among the mob, they were returned about nine days afterward with the exception of three unbranded calves, almost eight or nine months old ; saw them next in a paddock near Reedy Creek, where they were fresh branded ; the cattle outside the Court were those he had referred to, and were the property of himself and his son ; met the prisoner Kynoch on the Highfields road on Thursday afternoon and he said, "This is a very bad job, Mr Merritt, cannot we arrange the matter' he (witness) told him that the case was totally out of his control, and prisoner replied, “I will do anything if you will stop the proceedings. If there are any of your calves among them you can take them and I will give you anything I have; we did not know the calves belonged to you at the time they were branded; they were branded by myself, and I took them from my own paddock and put them into Cameron's paddock.' Alfred Merritt corroborated the evidence of the apprehending constable. At the close of the examination Detective Barry applied for a remand until Tuesday next, for the purpose of producing further evidence. . On the application of Mr. Boyle, bail was granted to the prisoners Ambrose, themselves in £20, and two sureties of £10 each, but the Bench refused to admit Kynoch to bail."
  in July 1869.
• In December 1876 William was bitten by a black snake. The Queensland Times reported :-" we find ourselves pulling up at Murphy's Creek, where all the people were astir and apparently much excited.. Upon inquiring the cause, we learnt that a young man named William Ambrose bad been bitten by a black snake at Perseverance, some nine miles out. He had been brought in by neighbours after having the wound scarified; and poultices of gunpowder, etc., applied (thanks to the Queenslander) with the most beneficial results - so much so that he had been able to return home alone,quite recovered.
  
• William Ambrose selected Portion 17 Ravensbourne and later sold it to his step father David Kynoch.
  
• In July 1880 William had another brush with the law. The Darling Downs Gazette reported:- " Monday Afternoon July 19. (Before His Honor the Chief Justice.) HORSE STEALING. Thomas Mellon, alias Robert Marshall, alias Alexander Marshall, and William Ambrose, alias William Kynock were charged with stealing one mare or one filly, the property of William Kane, at Highfields, on 15th October, 1879. The prisoners pleaded not guilty. The prisoners applied for the case to be remanded, which was refused by His Honor, they having had ample time and opportunity to call witnesses. The following jury were sworn : William Quinlan, Joseph Burton, Robert Wilcox, Michael Comerford, Michael Kearney, William Kirk, William H. Beck, Charles Laurney, Frederick Lack, Thomas Haynes, Thomas Burrell, James Doolan. Mr. Power stated the case against the prisoners and called the following witnesses : John Dalton, being duly sworn, deposed I am a constable stationed in Toowoomba ; knew Mellon, alias Marshall ; on 31st May I saw prisoner Mellon at Woodend, near Ipswich ; have seen him before that day ; he was called Mellon ; asked him if he had ever driven horses to Bundaberg via Mount Perry with a man named Ambrose ; he replied he never did ; he told me in answer to a question that he had been working on a station named Gin Gin, near Mount Perry,and Ambrose was with him there; he said that he never was in the employ of Ambrose; told him I arrested him on warrant for horse stealing ; he said he never stole any horses I brought him to Toowoomba. Dalton Kelly deposed : I am a senior con- stable, stationed at Highfields ; on 30th May last saw prisoner Ambrose at Perseverance, near Highfields; asked him if he was in Bundaberg last October ; he said, " I don't know ;'' I said, "Were you there before last Christmas ?" he said, "Yes, two or three months before;" asked him if he sold two black horses there branded UIP ; he said he had sold these horses by auction; asked if he had sold at same time a bay filly branded AL5; - he said he did ; asked him where he got them ; he said he bought them ; asked if he had got receipts for them ; he said he had, they were up in his hut ; I asked him to show me them, but he refused; asked if anyone went with him to Bundaberg with those horsee ; he said, "Yes, a man named Robert Marshall ;" asked if Marshall was in his employ ; he said," No, he was mate with me in the horses ;" said to prisoner, "I arrest you on suspicion of stealing those horses ;" he told me that the bay filly was sold by auction ; asked if Marshall was mates with him in the bay filly ; he said, "Yes ;" he ssid he had got paid for them ; the one prisoner was sometimes known as Billy Ambrose and Billy Kynock ; the other as "LongTom," or "Tom Mellon ;" then brought Ambrose to Toowoomba watchhouse, and went in search of the other prisoner : went to Brisbane and Ipswich ; found him in the lock-up there ; he told me a saddle and bridle at Tom Beverley's was his ; he had denied it to the constable who arrested him, he said, for fear of getting Beverley into a row, the prisoner asked me what Knock said to me ; I said Knock had admitted selling the two UlP-horses, and the filly, and a man named Robert Marshall went with him; I said, ''I wish Marshall was caught, I'm tired looking for him ;" prisoner said "You need not look any more, I'm Marshall, what would you advise me to do ? plead guilty or not guilty ?" I said, "I can't advise you ;" the horses are outside. Prisoners declined to cross-examine. Wm. Kane deposed : I am a carrier re- siding in Highfields ; have looked at a bay filly, branded AL5, outside the court ; she is my property ; saw her last about nine or ten months ago ; she was then running at Highfields, on a part of the main range ; I missed her about that time ; next saw her about five weeks ago at the court here ; never sold or disposed of this mare, or au- thorised anyone to take her ; know the two prisoners ; they were living near me at High- fields when I missed the filly ; they were called Thomas Mellon and William Kynock ; about last Christmas spoke to Mellon, and asked him if he would run her in ; he said he would if he had time ; everyone knew her by the name of Laughlan's filly ; he said he knew her by that description. Joseph Richard Woodall deposed : I am an auctioneer in Bundaberg; know the two prisoners ; remember seeing them in Bundaberg on 24th October; saw prisoner Marshall, or Mellon, first ; enquired at Butcher's public house for a man who had brought horses to sell, and he was brought to me ; he went away and brought Kynock; Kynock asked me if I could dispose of any horses for him on the following day ; I said the notice was very short ; it was then about seven o'clock in the evening ; he said they were short of money, and could not postpone the sale for a week ; he said they would have to sell some of them ; both prisoners were present ; both of them drove the horses up to my yards next day; there were seven of them ; the bay fiily outside, branded AL5 was one of them ; sold these horses, the bay filly included ; after the sale settled up with them ; asked if they would have account sales or not ; they said they did not require them ; asked Marshall what the name of the tall chap was ; he said William Kynock ; then asked his own, and he said Alick Marshall ; entered the names while he was speaking, and now produce the book ; paid them something over £50 ; they left by first steamer for the southern ports ; one of them told me they came from Gin Gin ; he said they had been about six months there ; the filly outside was one I sold. This concluded the case for the Crown. The prisoner Ambrose handed in some receipts. Ambrose addressed the jury, stating that he bought and paid for the mare, and, if the remand they had asked for had been granted, would have been able to produce his witnesses. His Honor summed up briefly.
  The jury after an absence of ten minutes, returned with a verdict of guilty against both prisoners. They were remanded for sentence."
  
• William Patrick Ambrose married an unknown person in 1886.
• William Patrick Ambrose died in 1931 in Queensland.