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James Francis Mclean
1902 - 1936

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• Birth	1902	Cowra Reg No 21453/1902
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Jan 1936	Maroubra, New South Wales, Australia
  Person ID	I291	Inverell Forsyths
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	James Mclean
  Mother	Mary Jane Wilson,   b. 10 Mar 1879, Wellingrove, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 18 Mar 1950, At Newtown, formerly of Warren, Newtown New South Wales Australia
  Married	1898	Warren Reg No 8742/1898
  Family ID	F101	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sarah Rose Long
  Married	1927	Sydney Reg No 109/1927
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2016
  Family ID	F133	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Monday 20 January 1936 p 12 MOTOR ACCIDENTS. Car Driver Arrested. MAN KILLED WALKING WITH FAMILY. While he was walking along Anzac-parade, Maroubra Junction, on Saturday night with his wife and two young children, James McLean, 32, of Anzac-parade, South Kensington, was knocked down by a motor car, and he died almost immediately from a fractured skull. His wife and children are said to have had narrow escapes from being injured. Inquiries made by the police resulted In a motorist, aged 39, being arrested and charged with manslaughter. The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 31 January 1936 p 8 RELIEF WORKER'S DEATH. Taxi Driver Committed for Trial. The City Coroner (Mr. Oram) yesterday committed William Mcpherson, 39, taxi-driver, of Halloran-street, Leichhardt, for trial, on a charge of manslaughter. Mr. Oram had found that James McLean, 32, of Anzac-parade, South Kensington, relief worker, died from injuries received when he was knocked down by a taxi-cab, negligently driven by Mcpherson, at the intersection of Anzac parade and Hannan-lane, South Kensington. The evidence was that on the night of January l8, McLean was walking along the side of the road in Anzac-parade, South Ken- sington, where no proper footpaths, are pro- vided. He was pushing a perambulator con- taining two children, and his wife and daughters were walking alongside him. The taxi-cab struck McLean, killing him instantly. The perambulator was pushed out of the road of the taxi, and the children in it escaped injury. Mr. W. Parker appeared for the relatives of McLean, and Mr. L. J. Herron (Instructed by Messrs. Mccaw, Moray, and Co.) for Mcpherson. The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Thursday 26 March 1936 p 7 CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen and jury.) Crown Prosecutor, Mr. L. J. McKean. K.C. (instructed by Mr. Gordon Champion, Deputy Clerk of the Peace). ACQUITTED OF MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. After a five-minutes retirement, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the charge of manslaughter against William McPherson, 39, taxi-driver. McPherson was charged with having, by negligent driving, caused the death of James McLean, 32, A relief worker, on January 18. He was as discharged. The foreman of the jury informed his Honor that the Crown case disclosed no evidence of negligent driving. Mr. A. R. J. Watt, K.C., and Mr. R. V. Edwards, instructed by Messrs. McCaw, Moray, and Co., appeared for McPherson. Buried Botany CofE Cemetery Ancestry Tree has wife and children as SARAH LONG 1901-1973 William McLEAN Valerie McLEAN Sylvia McLEAN James McLEAN Sarah Long Birth 4 JUL 1901 Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia Death 5 OCT 1973 Orange, New South Wales, Australia