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The Carman jury at the Nassau County Courthouse. See: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40615F63D5C13738... Carman Jurors Quickly Chosen Not a Bachelor in Box, Which is Filled in Less Than Five Hours October 20, 1914 New York Times The Carman Jury of Married Men Foreman - ROBERT F. LUDLAM, oyster dealer, married; Oyster Bay. No. 2 - ALOIS ANGLER, barber, married; Central Park, L.I. No. 3 - FRANK D. MOUNT, builder, married; Oceanside. No. 4 - WILLIAM G. HOVEY, traveling salesman, married; Woodmere. No. 5 - MARK GOTTSCH, gardener, married; New Hyde Park. No. 6 - ALVIN W. SMITH, painter, married; Cedarhurst. No. 7 - JAMES V. GIRAUD, gardener, married; Merrick. No. 8 - JACOB ANTON, retired, married; Mineola. No. 9 - JOHN H. MOLYNEAUX, liveryman, married; Port Washington. No. 10 - JOSEPH H. ASHTON, manager, married; Port Washington. No. 11 - EUGENE E. CARPENTER, builder, married; Port Washington. No. 12 - CHARLES D. STRYKER, seedsman, married; Floral Park. "They all look to be intelligent men," Mrs. Carman said, "and I am sure I shall receive a fair trial. Personally I would have selected any twelve of the list and would have felt sure that they would find me innocent."

TVL 1970: Thanks for the New York Times article identifying the members of the Carman jury. Possibly the foreman Robert F. Ludlam is standing in front of the others. We will add some more details to the image description.

Arden Given Ludlam's style of mustache, shirt collar, and the number of buttons on his coat (four), I suspect Robert F. Ludlam (or, more accurately, the person identified as Ludlam in the other LOC Bain photo) is the first man standing on the left in the front row, rather than the man standing in the foreground on the right side of the frame (three buttons on his coat, different style of mustache than Ludlam has in the photo LOC Bain photo below.) Of course, given the gentleman on the right's prominent position in the photo of the Carman jurors, another possibility is Bain misidentified the juror in the photo below as Ludlam.

Bain's photo of the Carman House (scene of the crime):

There are 13 men in the picture, and 12 jurors, unless one is an alternate juror. I think a better guess is that the man with pride of place at right is the bailiff, who would have accompanied the jurors. I think it is indeed Ludlam on the left.

According to Wikipedia, HMS Imperieuse was formerly HMS Audacious, "the lead ship of the Audacious-class ironclads built for the Royal Navy in the late 1860s." In 1914, she was towed to Scapa Flow to be used as a receiving ship (a ship that is used "to house newly recruited sailors before they are assigned to a crew" - also from Wikipedia). A post on Rootsweb says that HMS Imperieuse was used as a depot ship for trawlers and tugs. At various other times in her career, she was also known as HMS Fisguard and HMS Victorious.

A Sub-Lieutenant C. G. Ashton appears in RNAS appointments in Flight, 17 August 1916.

Given that the RFC and RNAS were amalgamated on 1 April 1918, it may also be worth noting that a Captain Cecil George Ashton of the Royal Air Force appears in the CWGC database. According to this record, he was born in Australia and was the son of Rossi and Blanche Ashton, of Kingsmount, Kingswear, Devon. He died on the 14 February 1919, aged 34, apparently of natural causes (influenza?). The CWGC entry doesn't make this clear, but it is highly likely that his father was the illustrator George Rossi Ashton, the brother of the artist Julian Rossi Ashton.

A Temporary Lieutenant Cecil George Ashton of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (seniority 1 April 1917) appears in the Navy List, October 1917, p. 526z (via the Internet Archive).

A Captain C. G. Ashton appears in the unemployed list in the Monthly Air Force List, February 1919, p. 3451-3453 (via the Internet Archive).

His RNAS and RAF records are both available to download from the National Archive.

RNAS - reference ADM 273/23/481 Cecil George Ashton
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C9...

The RAF records for a Cecil George born 15th January 1857 are held under reference AIR 76/12/139
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D8...

That obviously doesn't tie in with him being 34 in 1919 so I wonder if thats either a typo or in fact that there were two Cecil George Ashton's.

There are then Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve records for a Cecil George Ashton under ADM 337/122/330
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D8...

I couldn't find him on the 1911 census, but on the 1901 census for England and Wales, the 16 year old Cecil G, born Melbourne Australia, was recorded at 3 Northacre Mansions, Hampstead. This was the household of his parents, Rossi, (aged 45 and a Newspaper Artist and Entertainer from Penzance, Cornwell) and Blanche, (aged 43 and from Melbourne, Australia). As well as Cecil G, they have another son Gerald R, (aged 13 and from Melbourne, Australia).

By the time of the 1911 census, Rossi and Blanche have moved to The Anchorage, Elmcroft Crescent, Golders Green, London. Rossi is now describing himself as a Variety Artist.

His son Gerald R is now sharing a house at Hampstead and describes himself as a Head Clerk and Assistant Manager for a Concert Agency. His birthplace is now given as Victoria, Australia.

From a biography on Julian Rossi Ashton, there is this on Cecil's father, George Rossi.

His brother George Rossi (b.1857) studied at the South Kensington School of Art and became a black-and-white illustrator for the London Graphic. In 1877-78 he represented the Illustrated London News at the Kaffir war and next year joined Julian on the Illustrated Australian News in Melbourne; together they covered the capture of the Kelly gang at Glenrowan. He was among the first sketch-artists of the Bulletin, drew also for the Australasian Sketcher, the Illustrated Sydney News and the Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, and was art editor and artist for Victoria and its Metropolis. In 1886-88 he was a member of the Art Society of New South Wales and the Australian Artists' Association (Victoria). In 1893 he returned to England where he continued to illustrate for various papers and toured music-halls with a lightning-sketch routine. He published Australasian Sketches (London, 1895). He had married Blanche Brooke, daughter of George Coppin, and settled on the River Dart with his wife and two sons.
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ashton-julian-rossi-5073

There is a Gerald Rossi Ashton whose name appears on the list of newly commissioned officers published in the London Gazette on the 2nd March 1915, effective 31st December 1914.
www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29086/pages/2115/page.pdf
www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30199/pages/7488/page.pdf

However there is no obvious Medal Index Card for him - the nearest is a Temporary Second Lieutenant C G Rossi-Ashton, who served with the South Lancashire Regiment.

Its in the London Gazette of the 19th June 1917 we get a possible explanation for the absense of a Medal Index Card. The announcement then is that he is promoted from Lieutenant to Temporary Captain in the Indian Army General Reserve of Officers.
www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30138/pages/6052/page.pdf

This is in Clyde Street, Millers Point (street now demolished). The house on the left with the lamp is in this painting by Julian Ashton "Clyde St, Miller's Point " 1901 (AGNSW) - www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/5857/ [link updated 7/4/16] Also in this 1893 etching by Livingston Hopkins (NLA) - nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an8538706

Another good find and location identification!

There is an interesting article about the "Doomed streets of Sydney" which has a wonderful description of the people we see in these Rocks photos and the so-called Demolition Books of Sydney City Council. It also has several pictures of Clyde Street which seemed to have been a favourite with photographers and artists before its demolition. scan.net.au/scan/journal/display.php?journal_id=64 Another thing which strikes me about this series by the unnamed photographer, is that the subjects are shown as beautiful, clean, light, almost idyllic - far from the rat infested slums and dark satanic mills. The photographer had a very artistic eye and an interest in recording the commonplace, even the people who lived there. These images do not LOOK like a State Government record !

What can I say, beachcomberaustralia, I'm speechless! You have a good eye for the small details.

The City of Sydney Archives and Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority should be able to help you out with the latest date at which this would have been taken. CoSA & SHFA both have similar images in their collections. The demolitions in the area mainly happened due to the plague clearing in the area in the early 20th century. I would at a guess say that these images were taken between 1900-1910. The street was photographed for the demolition books in 1901 and is image 000/00077 in Archive Pix