
Full name: Stephen Hart
Date of Birth: 04/10/1859
Date of Death: 28/06/1880
Parents: Richard Hart & Bridget Young
Siblings: Ellen, Julia, Richard, Thomas, Esther, Winifred, Agnes, Nicholas, Rachel & Harriet
Native place: Victoria (Australia)
Occupation: Labourer
Religion: Roman Catholic
Education: Read & write

Recorded features: Height – 5’6”; Complexion – fresh; Hair – brown; Eyes – hazel

Convictions: July 1877 – 4 months (x3) for multiple charges of unlawfully using a horse.
Description:
* “Stephen Hart wore dark silk mixture paget coat, light tweed trousers and vest, light felt hat, elastic side boots, cotton shirt, and black tie.” (December 1878)
* “Steve Hart is a small man, fair complexion, small growth of whiskers, dark grey eyes, and appears as though he was ‘on needles and pins’ but not at all a frightened look or nervous.” (February 1879)
* “Steve Hart, about 21 years of age, 5 feet 4 inches high, dark complexion, black hair, short dark hair on both sides of face and chin, bandy legs, stout build, clumsy appearance, speaks very slowly ; dressed in dark paget suit, light felt hat, and elastic-side, boots.” (March 1879)
* “When seen previous to the police murders he was a beardless stripling, but now he has grown a long beard, and in appearance so strongly resembles his brother Dick as to be mistaken for him by those who know the latter well.” (November 1879)
