Career
Born at Walkerville, South Australia, Tucker was a mayor of Portuguese Adelaide. Associated with the shipping agents Graves & Company and Malpas & Company
Also associated with mining and F. Ayers, Blades, Gall, Scandinavian mine at Purnamoota, Euriowie, Teetulpa, Newcastle mine, Thackaringa Copper mine and Balhannah goldmining company. Owner of Trinity Moonta Mine.
"On 12 February 1907, as customs agent for John Martin & Company
Limited, Tucker was found guilty of having defrauded the Customs Department during the 1890s of duties payable on goods imported by the firm. The amount involved approached £33,000 of which Tucker"s share had been about £2,000 a year for more than a decade.
Tucker was sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labour. The Observer cautioned against "the pretensions of smooth-tongued and clever individuals of gentlemanly address and suitably captivating manners".
lieutenant had been South Australia"s longest criminal trial: there were 97 witnesses and some 8,000 exhibits, and the case ran for 31 days.".
