▁home ▁in ▁Lewis ▁Street , ▁M ud ge e , ▁NS W . ▁ ▁The ▁couple ▁had ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁child , ▁a ▁daughter , ▁J em ima ▁Mary ▁Elizabeth , ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 2 . ▁Read ford ▁was ▁app reh ended ▁in ▁Sydney ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 2 , ▁and ▁faced ▁trial ▁in ▁Roma , ▁Queensland . ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁j ury ▁members ▁were ▁so ▁im pressed ▁by ▁his ▁achiev ements ▁that ▁they ▁found ▁him ▁not ▁guilty , ▁where up on ▁the ▁judge , ▁Charles ▁Bla ken ey , ▁remarked , ▁" Thank ▁God , ▁gentlemen , ▁that ▁ver dict ▁is ▁yours ▁and ▁not ▁mine !" ▁ ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁ver dict , ▁in ▁July ▁ 1 8 7 3 , ▁the ▁Government ▁shut ▁down ▁the ▁Roma ▁District ▁C riminal ▁Court ▁for ▁two ▁years ▁but ▁res c ind ed ▁the ▁order ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 8 7 4 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 1 , ▁several ▁counts ▁of ▁horse ▁ste aling ▁resulted ▁in ▁Read ford ▁being ▁ja iled ▁for ▁eigh teen ▁months ▁in ▁Br is b ane . ▁After ▁his ▁release , ▁he ▁drove ▁cattle ▁from ▁the ▁A ther ton ▁Table land ▁to ▁Dub bo . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 3 , ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁Mac don ald , ▁Smith ▁and ▁Company , ▁Read ford ▁drove ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁cattle ▁which ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁mob ▁taken ▁to ▁Brun ette ▁Down s ▁near ▁Cor ella ▁Creek ▁on ▁the ▁B ark ly