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== Beginings ==

The court house was.

== Importance of the Benalla Court House ==

Many of key people covered by this web site passed through the court

== What was the Benalla Court Court House like in the late 1870s ==

It was a significant part of the town and housed sittings of the magistrates court, coronial inquests, criminal trials '''Map'''

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== Links to the KellyGang ==

On 26/10/[[1864-1873 Events|1869]] [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] was charged with assault and robbery - discharged

In 1870 [[Mrs Ellen Kelly|Mrs Kelly]] took [[Bill Frost|Bill Frost]] to court for maintenance for their daughter. The Magistrate, Mr Butler, found Bill to be the father and ordered him to pay me 5/- shillings per week for two years and £7 2/- shillings in costs. Bill was also ordered to put up 2 securities of £20 each to make sure that Mrs Kelly got paid.

Alfred Wyatt PM, police magistrate, was based at Benalla ([[Royal Commission report day 11 page 9|RC2121]])

[[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] was taken to the court house on 18 September [[1874-1877 Events|1877]] and found guilty of being drunk and disorderly and resisting arrest

In September [[1874-1877 Events|1877]] [[Jack Lloyd Jnr|Jack]] and [[Tom Lloyd Jnr|Tom]] Lloyd and Dan Kelly got into trouble in [[Winton|Winton]] after a prank.They hid on the Kelly property for a few weeks. Eventually they gave themselves up and they were charged with wilfully damaging the property of [[David Goodman|David Goodman]], a [[Hawkers People|hawker]] who owned a shop in [[Winton|Winton]]. On 19 October [[1874-1877 Events|1877]] the matter was dealt with by Mr '''Butler''', P.M. who found them guilty.

On [[17/4-4/10/78 Events|25/4/1878]] Sup [[Chomley (2)|Chomley]] conducted the committal against Mrs [[Mrs Ellen Kelly|Kelly]], William [[William Skillion|Skillion]] and William [[William Williamson, Brickey|Williamson]] in the court in Benalla following the Fitzpatrick incident. They were sent for trial at [[Beechworth Court|Beechworth]].

The first of the [[Sympathizers|sympathisers]] who were arrested under the [[Felons Apprehension Act|Outlawry Act]] were brought before '''Roberston JP''' for remand to Beechworth ([[The Argus at KellyGang 6/1/1879|Argus6/1/79]])

== What is happening at the Benalla Court House today ==

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