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• Kelly's Armour
  ...rts of the story of the '''KellyGang'''. The '''KellyGang''' only wore the armour once, at the siege of Glenrowan. === The idea for the Armour ===
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  | possible making of more armour
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 17 page 1
  ...ebruary Mr Nicolson had learnt of the theft of plough shares and [[Kelly's Armour|mould boards]] from several farms in the neighbourhood of Oxley, about nine ...ation is that the stolen portions of the ploughs were being converted into armour for the Kellys. That it fitted splendidly, and was proof against bullets at
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 18 page 4
  ...ck room the rattle of iron, for the Kellys were dressing themselves in the armour made from stolen ploughshares, preparing to do battle with any of the polic
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 19 page 4
  ...escape was gone, for, with the door locked, the outlaws went to don their armour, and, later, the people dared not venture out in the darkness in the face o
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 20 page 3
  ...suit, made of ¼-in. iron plates, weighed nearly 100 pounds. Unhampered by armour, the Kellys might at the last minute have made a bolt for liberty, and at a ...d. His career as an outlaw over for ever, he was presently stripped of his armour and carried to the railway station where a doctor attended to his wounds.
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 20 page 5
  ..., lying side by side in another part of the house. They did not wear their armour, which was, however, near them, and it may be that they shot one another ra
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 21 page 1
  ...pular theory was that, finding the case hopeless, they had taken off their armour and shot one another to prevent falling into the hands of the police. Reard
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• Cookson, 31 08 1911 2
  ...famous outlaw made his last stand, and secure in the belief that his heavy armour was invulnerable, fired away at the police so coolly that they might be exc
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• Cookson, 02 09 1911 2
  ...t pretty drunk. They started preparing to go away, putting their [[Kelly's Armour|iron clothes]] on. But they got wandering all over the house, and some of t
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• Cookson, 03 09 1911 1
  ...or pistol. It was no use trying to reach a vulnerable place in that man's armour with a bullet. Shot was the stuff for that job; good big shot. And that's w
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• Cookson, 06 09 1911 2
  '''THE PLOUGHSHARE ARMOUR''' ''BY WHOM WAS IT MADE'' The iron [[Kelly's Armour|armour,]] thanks to which the Kelly outlaws were enabled to ward off death, dozens
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• Cookson, 06 09 1911 3
  There is a popular belief that the name of the maker of the Kellys' [[Kelly's Armour|armor]] is unknown to any save one or two intimate associates of the outlaw ...rts of spirits, that the Kellys stuck up the Melbourne Museum and took the armour out of there. He remembered, he said, having seen exactly similar armor the
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• Cookson, 13 09 1911 2
  ...and beyond the question of how, where and by whom the heavy iron [[Kelly's Armour|armor]] worn by the outlaws on desperate occasions was manufactured.
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• Cookson, 24 09 1911 1
  ...ucted by some country blacksmith out of ploughshares. The marks on Kelly's armour showed that he had been hit 17 times with bullets.
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• Cookson, 24 09 1911 5
  ...rom the appearance of the bodies of Hart and Dan, they had taken off their armour and committed suicide. Their identity has never been called in question dur
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• Cookson, index (2)
  | '''THE PLOUGHSHARE ARMOUR'''
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 10 page 5
  ...other outlaws was also present. Kelly at the time had his [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] on, with a waterproof coat over all. They made Bracken dress himself, he ...The outlaws at once went into an adjoining room and began to put on their armour, but no one knew what they were doing. About ten minutes afterwards the tra
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 10 page 9
  ...ch they presented. I had then no knowledge that the outlaws possessed iron armour. Each one carried a bundle in front of him, and in one hand a gun or a rifl
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 12 page 4
  ...ried a grey coat over his arm, [he wore the coat over his [[Kelly's Armour|armour]]], and walked coolly and slowly among the police. His head, chest, back, a ...ith savage ferocity, cursing the police vehemently. He was stripped of his armour, and then became quite submissive, and was borne to the railway station by
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 13 page 1
  ...ucted by some country blacksmith out of ploughshares. The marks on Kelly's armour showed that he had been hit seventeen times with bullets.
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 13 page 4
  ...found one revolver on him, and a bag of ammunition. We divested him of his armour. I was strained after the scuffle which ensued." ..., in which he still held his revolver. He fired it, but did no damage. His armour was taken off, and he was carried to the railway-station, where he was sear
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 14 page 1
  ...I have no hesitation in saying that had they been without [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] when we first attacked them at the hotel, and could have taken proper aim ...l the banks, and probably secured £4000 or £5000. If they had worn their armour with overcoats they might have been shot at fifty times without being injur
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (52)
  '''THE ARMOUR AND AMMUNITION''' The Kellys decided to get some kind of [[Kelly's Armour|covering]] that would resist a bullet at the close range of ten yards.  Th
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (53)
  ...eet, Melbourne, and it was arranged that the cousin who helped to make the armour should go with Mrs [[Margaret Skillion|Skillion]] and a friend from Glenrow ...r.  The outlaws were now fully equipped with arms and ammunition and with armour; but they were in no hurry yet awhile to levy tribute on the banks.
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (59)
  ...ritt’s house; they also had a pack horse carrying their [[Kelly's Armour|armour]].  As they issued forth they came across a German named Anton [[Anton Wee
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (61)
  ...think Kelly might: he looked very stout.  He had nothing on his head (no armour).  I could see his face.  I did not see them try to set the house on fire
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (62)
  ...ot be in close touch with their guns and ammunition.  The four outlaws in armour could, if resisted, rake the train from end to end.  It the train refused ...ses in the train; that it was no use fighting, as the Kellys were in steel armour and could rake the train from end to end, and everything in it; that the be
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (63)
  ...la on the main Melbourne to Sydney road.  Ned and Joe rode and wore their armour; Reynolds, the postmaster, and Gribbens, who was staying at Reynolds’, wa ...t their armour.  They now entered this room and hurried to dress in their armour.  The prisoners could hear the rattle of steel.  Mrs Jones’ interruptio
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (64)
  ...and watching for his opportunity, while the Kellys were getting into their armour, opened the door and escaped from the hotel.  The other prisoners feared b ...is horse to take charge of the train.  In doing so he broke a bolt in his armour and had some delay in repairing it.  By this time the police had rushed ov
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (67)
  ...of the back rooms, dressing themselves in their armour.  I could hear the armour rattling.  We could have got clear away if we had been allowed to go when ...ken saw where they planted the key, and at the time they went to put their armour on he went and took the key.  He put the key in his trousers pocket and ca
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (68)
  ...e armour several times.  Their lives were saved for the time being by the armour.  They fired many shots before that in the early part, but I believe from ...llenge him, and if he does not answer you, shoot him.” Ned Kelly, who in armour and helmet looked like a blackfellow, pulled out a revolver and fired at Co
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (69)
  ...Cherry, a wounded civilian, to pieces.  The police now had Ned Kelly’s armour and helmet, and could have used it on a constable to enter the house.  But
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (70)
  ...got a small gun with us; it would made them give in pretty quick, as their armour would be no protection to them, and the chimney would be knocked about thei
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (71)
  ...still in official custody, and is in Melbourne.  [[Kelly's Armour|Ned’s armour]], with a bogus helmet, is said to have been simply given away to [[Ruperts
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (72)
  ...e the youngest, and they were both cowed and frightened, and both in their armour. ...they, “Why do not they rush the hotel?” “Why do not they put on the armour?” and so on.
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (74)
  ...at full stretch side by side, and bags rolled up under their heads, '''the armour on one side of them off. ''' I concluded they lay in that position to let
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (78)
  ...want of generalship, bearing in mind that the outlaws were in impenetrable armour, and the difficulty of knowing in what part of the building they were hidin
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (79)
  ...oad daylight, overcome the fifty armed policemen, and then, carrying heavy armour, escape on horseback.
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (90)
  ...the extremities, was enabled to hold his ground, encumbered, too, by iron armour, until seven o’clock, when, in the effort to rejoin his companions, he fe
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (92)
  | The Armour and ammunition
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• Sydney Morning Herald
  ...give any, information is that of the name of the man who made Ned Kelly's armour.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 24/11/1905
  ...be prevailed upon to disclose the name of the person who made Ned Kelly's armour. For his reticence on this subject I can easily account by saying that Skil
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• The Argus at KellyGang 20/9/1913
  ...tranger. It was Ned Kelly, the leader of the gang, dressed in bullet-proof armour from head to knees." ...glass to his mouth a bullet struck him in the groin, and he fell dead. The armour worn by Ned Kelly was found to consist of the mould-boards of ploughs. It w
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• Sydney Morning Herald (8)
  ...protect themselves from the bullets of the troopers., The [[Kelly's Armour|armour of Ned Kelly]] was worn by Mr Russell. It was lent for the occasion by Mr R
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• The Argus at KellyGang 12/12/1931
  ...the hotel was fired by the police, and the three remaining outlaws who had armour also, perished.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 12/12/1931 (2)
  ...consider any of them mortal. No police wounded. Men very plucky and game. Armour the gang have on is formed out of plough shares. H W Saxe.
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• Sydney Morning Herald (13)
  ...saw Ned Kelly brought in by the police after he had been shot down in his armour by Sergeant Steele. He had a terrible hunted expression on his face. I will
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• Sydney Morning Herald (14)
  ...s he saw Ned Kelly after he was brought in by the police, shot down in his armour. "I well remember Ned Kelly's shock of red hair," he says, "
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• The Argus at KellyGang 22/8/1938
  ...legs, rushed upon him, and seized the revolver. Kelly was stripped of his armour, and Sergeant Steele escorted him to the rail- way station to be taken to M
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• Herald (2)
  ...at it could be plainly seen that they were wearing some kind of improvised armour. After the capture of the leader of the gang, regarding which no details ha ...positively stated that the gang are wearing extemporised [[Kelly's Armour|armour]], breast plates being clearly perceptible.
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• Herald (4)
  ...n]] does not consider any of them mortal. Police very plucky anf game. The armour the gang have on is formed out of ploughshares
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• The Age (5)
  ...low. [[Ned Kelly|He]] a grey coat over his arm, [he wore the coat over his armour], and walked coolly and slowly among the police. His head, chest, back, and ...ith savage ferocity, cursing the police vehemently. He was stripped of his armour, and then became quite submissive, and was borne to the railway station by
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• The Age (7)
  ...ucted by some country blacksmith out of ploughshares. The marks on Kelly's armour showed that he had been hit seventeen times with bullets.
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• The Age (8)
  ...found one revolver on him, and a bag of ammunition. We divested him of his armour. I was strained after the scuffle which ensued."
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• The Age (9)
  ..., in which he still held his revolver. He fired it, but did no damage. His armour was taken off, and he was carried to the railway-station, where he was sear
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• The Argus (4)
  ...elly , The attempt on the train , Ned Kellys statements , The bullet proof armour , The stationmaster narrative , Robert Gibbons narrative , Statement of Mrs
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• The Argus (5)
  ...roin. But no bullet had penetrated his armour. Having been divested of his armour he was carried down to the railway station, and placed in a guard’s van.
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• The Argus (6)
  ...ently nothing to lead to positive identification, but the discovery of the armour near them and other circumstances render it impossible to be doubted that t
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• The Argus (8)
  ...done well to have ridden away on my grey mare. The bullets that struck my armour felt like blows from a man's fist. I wanted to fire into the carriages, but == THE BULLET PROOF ARMOUR ==
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• The Argus (9)
  ...knocked Kelly and me over, and I received a rather awkward twist, and his armour injured my side.’
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• The Argus (11)
  ...ich he held a revolver. He fired it off, but it did no damage. We took his armour off, and carried him to the railway station. Found on searching him only a
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• The Argus (12)
  ...without his having killed any one, though he fought with a home made iron armour upon him. The probability is that the precaution he had taken to save his l
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• The Argus at KellyGang 29/6/1880
  ...y's Armour|armour]] out of ploughs, and weighing about 97lb. Per man. This armour was a success, for Edward Kelly was shot at in vain until the protection wa
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• The Argus (13)
  ...elly , The attempt on the train , Ned Kellys statements , The bullet proof armour , The stationmaster narrative , Robert Gibbons narrative , Statement of Mrs '''THE BULLET PROOF ARMOUR'''
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• Herald (7)
  ...et left us soon after day like to look after the horses. He had got on his armour, and said “It’s all right boys, they can’t hurt me.” Soon after we
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• The Melbourne Daily Telegragh
  ...gragh (3)|Searching the Outlaw]] , [[The Melbourne Daily Telegragh (3)|The Armour]] , [[The Melbourne Daily Telegragh (3)|The Scene]] , [[The Melbourne Daily
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• The Melbourne Daily Telegragh (2)
  ...ffect. The rattle of the rifle ball was repeatedly heard on the helmet and armour, and occasionally, as Ned Kelly advanced, he was noticed to stop suddenly,
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• The Melbourne Daily Telegragh (3)
  Ned Kelly : Oh no, they will not give up. They au have armour on, and you can’t take them. == THE ARMOUR ==
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• The Melbourne Daily Telegragh (4)
  ...n]] does not consider any of them mortal. Police very plucky and game. The armour the gang have on is formed out of ploughshares. Ned Kelly was armed with a ...another member of the gang, and in a few minutes they came out with their armour on, and their firearms. When they came out, the other two then went in and
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• The Melbourne Daily Telegragh (6)
  ...ich he held a revolver, he fired it off, but it did no damage. We took his armour off, and and on taking him to the railway station, and searching him, he on ...knocked Kelly and I over, and I received a rather awkward thrust, and his armour injured my side.
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• Ovens & Murray Advertiser (16)
  ...ched he was found to have a complete suit of bullet-proof [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] underneath his clothes. ...d by a volley of shots, and would have been completely riddled but for the armour. However, he was shot in the arm, and also in the groin, and made a prisone
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• Ovens & Murray Advertiser (17)
  ...he hotel, it was found that he was clothed in a complete suit of [[Kelly's Armour|heavy mail]], weighing 97 pounds, made up skilfully from ploughshares. Byrn ...s of Dan Kelly and Hart are now to be seen in the burning house with their armour still on. The police, as they would not surrender when called on, set fire
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• Ovens & Murray Advertiser (18)
  ...wer of bullets was the answer, and a number struck him in all parts of the armour covered body, causing him to real; and while in the act of steadying himsel
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• The Argus (15)
  ...the Kellys brought packhorses with them for the purpose of carrying their armour. There is some mystery as to what has become of Sergeant Kennedy’s watch.
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• The Argus (19)
  ...re open and more honest parts of the colony, and certainly such men as the armour-forgers ought to be brought to justice; and we shall hope to hear of a rewa
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• Herald (11)
  ...uently transpired there is no doubt that the gang intended to put on their armour, walk deliberately up to the train when it fell off the line, and ...ck up one of the banks there. Cased in their bullet-proof [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] they could
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• Sydney Morning Herald (31)
  ...knocked Kelly and me over, and I received a rather awkward twist, and his armour injured my side.
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• Sydney Morning Herald (33)
  ...t pack-horses with them for the purpose of carrying their [[Kelly's Armour|armour]].
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• The Age (15)
  ...t have some friend who was a black …, probably the same man who made the armour for them. The mare, is a beautiful animal, and is the property of Mr Michae
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• The Age (16)
  ...ad and said, 'I have got you: I said I would be in at your death.' Kelly's armour was then taken off, and he was removed to the railway station.
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• The Argus (20)
  ...ting that he could rely upon her to carry him away, with all his weight of armour, in the event of his being pressed by the police. He had however, no desire
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• The Argus (25)
  .... There is very little doubt but that the gang were not then wearing their armour, but they may have had their breastplates on . Byrne and Dan Kelly were onl
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• Kilmore Free Press at KellyGang 1/7/1880 (2)
  ...narrow line across the eyes through which to see it was Ned Kelly, in the armour in which he was reported to have clad himself, and he made no secret about
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• Kilmore Free Press at KellyGang 1/7/1880 (3)
  The rattle of the rifle ball was repeatedly heard on the helmet and armour, and occasionally, as Ned Kelly advanced, he was noticed to stop suddenly, Ned Kelly : Oh no they will not give up. They all have armour on, and you can't take them.
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• Melbourne Daily Telegraph (2)
  ...n from his mother, Ned said.  “My grey mare would have carried me away, armour and all, if I had chosen to go and I could have escaped, but I decided to s
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• Melbourne Daily Telegraph (7)
  '''THE GANG’S ARMOUR AND AMMUNITION''' All [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] and other articles belonging to the outlaws were brought into the barrack
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• Ovens and Murray Advertiser
  ...elves in the house with mattresses, which would have been fair, as well as armour, which was unfair, they might have shot fifty policeman without getting a h
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• Ovens and Murray Advertiser (2)
  ...attempted to carry the body of Byrne out, which, however being encased in armour, proved too heavy for him, ? ? constable rushing in and assisting, in all p
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• Ovens and Murray Advertiser (3)
  We had on Tuesday an opportunity of inspecting the “[[Kelly's Armour|coat of mail]]” and head-piece—which had evidently been forged by some
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• Ovens and Murray Advertiser (7)
  ...roin. But no bullet had penetrated his armour. Having been divested of his armour he was carried down to the railway station, and placed in a guard’s van. ...ently nothing to lead to positive identification, but the discovery of the armour near them and other circumstances render it impossible to be doubted that t
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• Ovens and Murray Advertiser (9)
  ...done well to have ridden away on my grey mare. The bullets that struck my armour felt like blows from a man’s fist. I wanted to fire into the carriages, b THE BULLET-PROOF ARMOUR
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• The Argus (32)
  .... The coat which Ned Kelly wore was a long grey mackintosh. It covered his armour, and is full of bullet and slug holes. Senior constable Kelly and his men r ...m replied, ‘No, it must be the bunyip.’ Thinking that he might have no armour on his back, I made a track round to get to his rear, and in the meantime S
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• The Argus (33)
  ...his armour. Messrs Steele and Kelly tried to unscrew the fastenings of his armour, but could only undo it on one side. I then took hold of the two plates, fo ...he station. Senior-constable Kelly and myself brought up the rear with the armour. When we reached the station we laid him in the van, but he was shortly aft
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• The Argus (34)
  Ned Kelly’s [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] has been on view at the police camp all day, and has been inspected by ma
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• Sydney Morning Herald (35)
  Ned Kelly: Oh, no; they will not give up. They all have armour on, and you can't take them. ...: I think so. Byrne is hurt, but they cannot hurt the others – they have armour.
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• Herald (24)
  ...uence would have been dreadful in the extreme. Cased in their bullet-proof armour they could have defied the efforts of the bank clerks to resist them, and i
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• The Age (26)
  ...morning Kelly made a similar noise with the handle of a revolver upon his armour, and at the same time called upon his mates to come out. During the encount ...‘I will tell you directly.’ The fact that they had cast some of their armour aside before death may be accounted for by the fact that its great weight m
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• The Argus (38)
  ...through the windows, and for that reason he had only got [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] made for the upper parts of his body. He told me several times that Byrne
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• Herald (25)
  THE ARMOR. Though the [[Kelly's Armour|armor]] protected the outlaws, the nature of the headgear made it very diff
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• Herald (26)
  ...Halley, will be removed to Melbourne . It may be stated that the [[Kelly's Armour|armor]] worn by the Kelly gang is now at the office of the secretary of the
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• Sydney Morning Herald (39)
  ...was then overhauled, and it was found that he and his gang had improvised armour for head, chest and arms, out of stolen ploughshares from neighbouring farm '''NED KELLY IN ARMOUR'''
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• The Argus at KellyGang 8/7/1880 (5)
  '''THE ARMOUR'''
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• The Argus at KellyGang 8/7/1880 (6)
  ...the positive identification of the bodies, excepting the discovery of the armour near them and the positive knowledge that they were within the inn. 
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• The Argus at KellyGang 8/7/1880 (7)
  ...alla, and Dr Charles Ryan, of Melbourne.  Divested of his massive coat of armour, he looked a most extraordinary and pitiable object.  He was literally cov
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• Sydney Morning Herald (42)
  ...police. Kelly was then overhauled, and it was found that he had improvised armour for head, chest, and arms, out of stolen plougshares from neighbouring farm ...r completely protecting vital parts. The rest of the gang also wore breast armour. Byrne was shot in the abdomen ; and it is not known whether Dan Kelly and
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• The Argus (45)
  ...aws within the house, and could hear them calling out and rapping on their armour, but after this arrest the remainder of the gang slackened their fire great ...could be reached, that they could not be knocked over, on account of the armour, until the police actually had their hands on them, that I knew they still
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• Ovens and Murray Advertiser at KellyGang 24/7/1880 (12)
  ...aws within the house, and could hear them calling out and rapping on their armour, but after this arrest the remainder of the gang slackened their fire great ...could be reached; that they could not be knocked over, on account of the armour, until the police actually had their hands on them; that I knew they still
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• Ovens and Murray Advertiser at KellyGang 24/7/1880 (14)
  ...eks and Romans considered themselves quite justified in donning impervious armour to encounter naked barbarians; the Spaniards had themselves and horses shea
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• The Argus at KellyGang 6/8/1880
  ...hat the first suit made was defective, and was therefore thrown aside. The armour was used for the first time at Glenrowan, and must have been carried to tha
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• The Argus (52)
  ...with his rifle or revolver, or on this occasion, when he wore bullet-proof armour.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 9/8/1880 (7)
  According to the information received about the manufacture of the armour used by the gang at Glenrowan, it was made in the vicinity of Greta. They t
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• Sydney Morning Herald (45)
  It is now stated that the Kelly [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] was made in the vicinity of Greta, and that it was tested by firing balls
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• The Age (42)
  ...nedy’s watch?” He said, “I can’t tell you.” The [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] was made out of the mould-boards of a plough. I saw Kelly when he was fig
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• The Argus at KellyGang 11/8/1880 (3)
  ...He replied―”I can’t tell you; I would not like to tell you.” The armour was made of steel mouldboards, I believe. The helmet was open at the top, w
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• Kilmore Free Press at KellyGang 12/8/1880 (3)
  ...has transpired that four whole months were expended in making the sets of armour which the gang used at Glenrowan.
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• The Age (51)
  ...ele rushed on him and seized him by the wrist. The prisoner was encased in armour made of plough shares and mould boards, which had the brand of Hugh Lennon.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 30/10/1880 (2)
  ...able of police, gave evidence as to the Glenrowan affair, and produced the armour the prisoner had on when he was wounded. Prisoner said to Constable Bracken
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• The Argus at KellyGang 8/11/1880
  ...re up the rails in order to upset a train, and then he, being protected by armour, could with ease have shot any survivors. The bald recital of such crimes -
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• The Argus at KellyGang 12/11/1880 (5)
  ...assing of the suspected train.  They also clad themselves in bullet-proof armour made of plough-moulds, and, as their leader stated, they intended visiting ...the police in the rear, and after a desperate fight, which proved that his armour was bullet proof, he was brought down by firing at his legs.  His wretched
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• The Argus at KellyGang 26/11/1880 (4)
  ...police and black-trackers were coming up in a special train.  He had his armour on; he had one or two rifles and two revolvers.  Mrs Jones went out with N ...s a blacksmith.  I saw armour on Ned Kelly.  I never helped to make that armour, and never knew it was being made by my father.  I had a conversation with
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• The Argus at KellyGang 28/3/1881 (2)
  ...d-boards from ploughs. The first came in about February, 1880. Ned Kelly's armour is now at the police depot. Sent police out to inquire into the rumours. Su Subsequently heard the mould- boards were being made into armour. That was on May 20. The information was conveyed to me in a letter, the wr
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• The Argus at KellyGang 31/3/1881 (2)
  ...hen we considered there were two determined ruffians in it in invulnerable armour, and that, as the prisoners had told us, the doors were barricaded, we deci
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• The Argus at KellyGang 6/4/1881 (4)
  ...appear in armour, which they would wear when robbing the bank. He said the armour had been tested, and found fire-proof at 10 yards.  Asked him in what dire
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• The Argus at KellyGang 7/4/1881
  ...that received such information. Mr Nicolson got the information about the armour in March 1880.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 20/4/1881 (3)
  ...ain he had hit one of the outlaws several times, and that he must have had armour on, otherwise he would have been killed. Gascoigne also said he saw one of ...ur. Mr Nicolson, he believed was the only one who thoroughly believed that armour was being made.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 20/4/1881 (4)
  ...Byrne were recovered. He believed the men died in armour. The men and the armour were found in a lump. The bodies were taken to the Glenrowan Station, and h
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• The Ovens and Murray Advertiser (3)
  ...udge if he did, being outside at the time. I did not think the outlaws had armour on, as they appeared too slight for that.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 27/4/1881 (2)
  ...udge if he did, being outside at the time. I did not think the outlaws had armour on, as they appeared too slight for that.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 3/5/1881
  ...cles have been stolen for the purpose of making them into [[Kelly's Armour|armour]], and that an effort is being made to find lighter and more convenient mat
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• The Argus at KellyGang 5/5/1881 (2)
  ...the shooting. Neither Mrs Sherritt nor Mrs. Barry said the outlaws were in armour when at Aaron's house. Was present at the Glenrowan affair. Saw Mr O'Connor
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• The Argus at KellyGang 12/5/1881
  ...s in the district were never warned by the officers that the out- laws had armour.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 16/5/1881
  ...ridiculed the idea. Mr Nicolson was also aware of the statement about the armour. Heard no order to fire low at Glenrowan after the prisoners were released.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 16/5/1881 (3)
  ...ing from the noise - throwing off their armour. If the outlaws had not had armour on, they could have shot several of the police, all of whom were not covere
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• The Argus at KellyGang 16/5/1881 (4)
  ...Dan Kelly and Hart were standing together doing no- thing. They had their armour on. From day-light they fired very few shots, but plenty before. Dan Kelly ...bullet had not yet been extracted from witness's son. The outlaws had some armour on on Sunday morning, but took it off during the day. The special train wou
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• The Argus at KellyGang 1/6/1881 (3)
  ...tes of iron being moved about. Recollected what he had been told about the armour, and concluded the outlaws had cuirasses. A woman - Mrs. Reardon - came out
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• The Argus at KellyGang 2/6/1881 (2)
  ...n the ground. At half past 6 o'clock a.m. it was known the outlaws were in armour. When Ned Kelly was captured, he was trembling with fear, and said, "D ...he object of rushing the hotel. But he abandoned the idea, as he found the armour so cumbersome and heavy.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 3/6/1881 (2)
  ...uently say "Fire away, you ---- cocktails; you can't hurt me, I am in armour." Witness understood from a remark made when the boy Jones came out, t ...fore be saw them. They were lying on the Benalla side of the building. The armour of the bodies had been moved. The bodies were lying on the floor tolerably
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• The Argus at KellyGang 8/6/1881
  ...gs. Ned fell, and witness, with others, ran out. Saw the police taking the armour off, and one of them kicked the prisoner. Never saw Mr O'Connor after he le
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• The Argus at KellyGang 30/6/1881
  ...nt into the room. They were lying side by side at full stretch, with their armour off and pillows under their heads. Concluded that they had lain down and ki
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• The Argus at KellyGang 2/9/1881
  ...im nothing about the stealing of plough mould boards and the making of the armour, or of Jack Sherritt being a person who gave important information. There w ...hbourhood ready to join us, but I could not mount my horse, the flap of my armour broke, and my arm was useless. The wound in his arm, he said, was received
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• The Argus at KellyGang 2/9/1881 (2)
  ...that he (Byrne) must have fainted from loss of blood, or the weight of his armour. When I told Kelly that his mates had died a horrible death by burning, he
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• The Argus at KellyGang 7/9/1881 (2)
  When Ned Kelly was captured, the fact that the gang wore armour was proved, and this made matters far more difficult. It was when he was su
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• Argus 8/9/1881
  ...ll the information he had about the outlaws. Had no doubt he mentioned the armour which the gang had, but would not swear positively to this. Told him Captai
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• The Argus at KellyGang 10/9/1881
  ...ot a small gun with us ; it would make them give in pretty quick, as their armour would be no protection to them, and the chimney could be knocked about thei
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• The Argus at KellyGang 21/9/1881 (2)
  ...case with us this time.' 'Well, it's your fault, I always said this ----- armour would bring us to grief.' 'Don't you believe it; old Hare is cooked, and we
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• The Argus at KellyGang 19/10/1881 (7)
  ...the extremities. was enabled to hold his ground, encumbered, too, by iron armour, until 7 o clock, when, in the effort to rejoin his companions, he fell ove
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• The Argus at KellyGang 20/10/1881 (4)
  ...the object of the outlaws in stealing the mould-boards was to manufacture armour preparatory to making another raid on one of the banks.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 30/12/1881
  ...-could be reached ; that they could not be knocked over, on account of the armour, until the police actually had their hands on them ; that I knew they still ...to seize two desperate men who were fighting behind cover in bullet-proof armour, would have resulted in serious loss of life. There would have been more wi
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• The Argus at KellyGang 5/1/1882
  ...as aware that mould-boards had been stolen from the farmers, and that iron armour had been manufactured. Every precaution, the commissioners state (page 21), ...not in command of the district when the event occurred. He believed in the armour information, and with this knowledge he would not have made the rush at the
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• The Argus at KellyGang 31/3/1882
  ...h sides of the house opened a vigorous return fire upon the outlaws, whose armour must have protected them. This was the heaviest shooting of the day. It was ...In a hand to hand struggle with KELLY for his revolver, the outlaw in his armour rolled over upon the Sergeant, and so hurt him as to render him incapable f
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• The Argus at KellyGang 5/12/1891
  ...to how the outlaws became possessed of armour, yet the fact that they wore armour was one of the most extraordinary things in the whole affair. The police re
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• The Argus at KellyGang 1/8/1889
  ...d had made themselves bullet-proof armour of stolen ploughshares. Mr proof armour of stolen mould-boards of ploughs. This occurred on Friday. On the followin
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• Royal Commission report day 3 page 6
  ...between Greta and [[Oxley|Oxley]], of their stealing a number of [[Kelly's Armour|mould boards]] of ploughs.. ...
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• Royal Commission report day 3 page 7
  748 Where is the [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] of [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] that is supposed to be made out of that?- It i 749 Can the Commission see it?- I think so. I had three suits of armour at the depot.
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• Royal Commission report day 4 page 2
  ...time I was receiving other information from that man that wrote about the armour, and ought to have gone on. The information began to come in at that time w
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• Royal Commission report day 4 page 5
  ...n that occasion-that is about May, about the time of the letters about the armour-and interview Captain Standish here?- Certainly.
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• Royal Commission report day 5 page 5
  ...n we considered there were two determined ruffians, in nearly invulnerable armour, encased, as the prisoners had told us, in the brick fireplaces of the hous
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• Royal Commission report day 5 page 10
  ...the time the outlaws were encased in what you may almost call bullet proof armour. They were in a bullet proof house as long as they kept in the chimneys and
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• Royal Commission report day 7 page 4
  ...t whom you had employed, who wrote subsequently about the [[Kelly's Armour|armour]]?— Yes.
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• Royal Commission report day 7 page 7
  ...was all over, those documents, especially that about the [[Kelly's Armour|armour]], were very important to me, and I requested Mr. Sadleir to send them down
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• Royal Commission report day 8 page 9
  ...” He said, “Yes, at ten yards.” I said, “I do not believe that any armour ever made that man could carry would stand a Martini-Henry bullet at ten ya
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• Royal Commission report 6/4/1881
  ...m Nicolson did not hand over information about the '''KellyGang''' and the armour.
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• Royal Commission report day 9 page 2
  ...upposed that when the Kellys next appeared it would be in [[Kelly's Armour|armour]]. ...at all about the armour. Mr. Nicolson first got the information about the armour on the 26th of March 1880 ; that is as far as I am aware.
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• Royal Commission report day 9 page 4
  ...e got away then even if he had wished. With his weight of [[Kelly's Armour|armour]], and loss of blood, he could not have mounted his horse again.
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• Royal Commission report day 12 page 16
  ...2596|2596]]</span> Do you remember those papers about the [[Kelly's Armour|armour]]. How many letters did you find in that drawer —you sent them down to me <span id="rc2597">[[#rc2597|2597]]</span> The letters connected with the armour?— You telegraphed me on the 18th, asking for the letters of this individu
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• Royal Commission report day 13 page 2
  ...he outlaws came out and challenged the police, making the noise upon their armour.
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• Royal Commission report day 13 page 3
  ...e had hit one of the outlaws several times, and that he was sure he was in armour, otherwise he would have killed him.
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• Royal Commission report day 13 page 4
  [[Royal Commission report day 27 page 12|2797]] Was that the striking on the armour?— No; I do not mean that, but an unusual shouting and calling of the poli
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• Royal Commission report day 13 page 5
  ...Glenrowan|—]] Yes. [[Ned Kelly|He]] also said, “Their [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] is different to mine, and you can't get at them.” He gave me to underst ...2812|2812]]</span> You had seen his armour at that time?— I had seen his armour at that time, but I had not time to study it.
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• Royal Commission report day 13 page 8
  ...t this time, the corpse, and his [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] on, part of the armour. His helmet was outside the building altogether, I believe, at that time. C ...beside them was simply that the thongs that held them were burned, and the armour fell off.
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• Royal Commission report day 13 page 9
  ...aws within the house, and could hear them calling out and rapping on their armour, but after this arrest the remainder of the gang slackened their fire great ...d; that they could not be knocked over, on account of the [[Kelly's Armour|armour]], until the police actually had their hands on them; that I knew they stil
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• Royal Commission report day 15 page 17
  ...Sherritt or Mrs. Barry tell you anything about the men, the Kellys, having armour on; did you hear about that at that time?— No.
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• Royal Commission report day 15 page 19
  ...No; I think I heard some man say that one of them came out, and tapped his armour.
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• Royal Commission report day 17 page 8
  ...ly]] at the window”?— No, we could not tell them one from the other in armour. ...the constables volunteer to go up to the hotel in Kelly's [[Kelly's Armour|armour]]?— No, I did not.
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• Royal Commission report day 18 page 18
  ...l you anything about the probability of the Kellys attacking the police in armour?— No. ...the officers of the force that the Kellys would likely meet the police in armour?— No.
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 4
  ...d he would not risk any life, and would not send in any man while they had armour on, and he would take them without loss of life later on.
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 18
  ...informed at that time that the Kellys were likely to meet your comrades in armour?— Yes, I heard it. ...municate, or had you any conversation about the fact of their appearing in armour with any of your officers?— I took the informant to both my officers, Mr.
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 19
  ...informed Mr. [[Nicolson|Nicolson]] and Mr. Hare about the [[Kelly's Armour|armour]]?— Yes, Mr. Nicolson was aware of it.
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 20
  ...Did you hear any man offer to go to the hotel in [[Kelly's Armour|Kelly's armour]] before the place was set on fire?— I did not, but it might have occurre
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 28
  ...I could not say, but he hit something against his chest, and I heard the armour ring.
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 45
  <span id="rc7151">[[#rc7151|7151]]</span> Could you see whether he had his armour on?— I could not, but I believe he had.
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 47
  <span id="rc7190">[[#rc7190|7190]]</span> Had they got the armour on?— No; neither. ...191|7191]]</span> Was the armour laid on one side?— The [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] was lying about a foot and a half from each of [[Dan Kelly|them]]. I migh
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 48
  ...as [[Steve Hart|then]] [[Dan Kelly|they]] were taking off [[Kelly's Armour|armour]].
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 49
  ...or out of armour before they were dead?— I am satisfied they were out of armour before they were dead. <span id="rc7247">[[#rc7247|7247]]</span> Was any portion of the armour underneath those stumps?— No.
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 50
  ...rmour and free from drink he would, but I do not think they could do it in armour. ...weight of armour?— Yes, they could not get proper sight by the weight of armour.
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 51
  ...en the impression you derived was that the others were enclosed in similar armour?— I was told they were. ...come to this conclusion afterwards that it would be safer to rush with the armour on than without.
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 52
  ...id not know that the two outlaws inside the hotel were in armour or out of armour, suffering from drink, or otherwise, still at that time, on the spur of the
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 53
  ...">[[#rc7359|7359]]</span> From the position of the plates [[Kelly's Armour|armour,]] were they not lying within a foot of the bodies?— Yes. ...66|7366]]</span> Was there no possibility of your shifting those sheets of armour turning them over?— No, there was not.
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• Royal Commission report 13/5/1881
  ...dies of the '''KellyGang'''. He decribed in some detail how the bodies and armour was laid out. In part he said ' They appeared to me to have laid down in on ...eard noises from with in the Inn. Was it the sound of the men taking their armour off?
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• Royal Commission report day 20 page 9
  ...ellyGang|themselves]] in their [[Kelly's Armour|armour]]. I could hear the armour rattling. ...ken saw where they planted the key, and at the time they went to put their armour on, he went and took the key. He put the key in his trousers, and came back
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• Royal Commission report day 20 page 11
  ...oth standing close together in the passage, not a move in them, with their armour on, with the butt end of their rifles on the ground. ...all while you were there?— Yes; I could hear the bullets flying off they armour several times.
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• Royal Commission report day 20 page 13
  <span id="rc7731">[[#rc7731|7731]]</span> Did you see them put on the armour?— No; I could hear the jingle. ...em to be similar?— Yes. I noticed [[Steve Hart|Hart]]'s [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] under his coat.
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• Royal Commission report day 20 page 14
  ...heir armour or not?— Yes, they had their armour on, and they brought the armour back in a bag, to the best of my belief. They had his firearms then, a doub ...Was the armour in it when they went?— I am not sure whether they had the armour in it, but they put it on when they went to Bracken's house.
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• Royal Commission report day 22 page 12
  <span id="rc8250">[[#rc8250|8250]]</span> Had he [[Ned Kelly|his]] armour on at that time?— He had. — ...arched him. I searched him, and [[Nicholson|Dr. Nicholson]] and I took the armour to the railway station, and Sergeant Steele and some other men took him.
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• Royal Commission report day 23 page 12
  ...d of people moving about within in the house. It seemed as if they had the armour, and were throwing one piece on the top of the other. ...hen. I thought it would be cuirasses, I did not think it would be complete armour
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• Royal Commission report day 24 page 11
  ...ct was, if the outlaws attempted to come out and make an escape with their armour on to mount the horses, they would shoot the horses and so prevent them. ...first time, and before that I heard them running round, and they hit their armour with the revolvers, and said, “Fire away, you , you cannot kill, we will
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• Royal Commission report day 24 page 12
  ...oat. He said, “Fire away, you b–s, you cannot kill me; I am encased in armour.” ...r, “There is Ned Kelly.” I said, “Why not rush him; I am told he has armour on, you cannot kill him.” I heard the police on my left say, “Certainly
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• Royal Commission report day 24 page 16
  ...ting it on. Seeing me they spoke in a friendly way, and, talking about the armour, I said, “That is the very thing I came down for. I want to put it on and ...]]</span> Did you suggest that to Mr. Sadleir?— No; the [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] was so cumbersome and so heavy that I abandoned that idea and went back.
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  ...and we heard the heavy thud of one of them falling, like the rattle of the armour on the ground. I said, “There is one of them shot”; and I called out as ...north of the chimney; and the four of us there heard it as plain as if the armour was thrown upon these boards.
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• Royal Commission report day 25 page 4
  ...y's Armour|armour]] was being made?— I was not. I knew nothing about the armour. I knew only of the stolen mould-boards. When I was with Senior-Constable K
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• Royal Commission report day 25 page 6
  ...Hugh who was in the hotel; he said, “There are 30 of them, and they have armour on–....
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• Royal Commission report day 25 page 7
  ...they,” he did not distinguish the outlaws. I thought the whole lot had armour, from what he said–“ ‘and for God's sake don't go too near the hotel, ...m McHugh, who said that there were about thirty of them; and they have got armour on, and are going to shoot you in the morning.”
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  <span id="rc9741">[[#rc9741|9741]]</span> How was the armour lying?— It had been moved too, a man with a large pole had been poking it
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• Royal Commission report day 25 page 10
  ...rc9761">[[#rc9761|9761]]</span> That was when you ascertained they were in armour?— When [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] came out the second time, he walked from t ...c9762">[[#rc9762|9762]]</span> Did you hear the sound of the bullet on the armour?— No; there was a coat on that prevented that.
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• Royal Commission report day 25 page 15
  ...Acock's, Seven-mile Creek, two large pit saws, supposed taken to construct armour out of. Would be well to send trackers at once to [[Acock|Acock's]], near G
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• Royal Commission report day 25 page 16
  ...hought that the saws were taken for the purpose of making [[Kelly's Armour|armour]], and heard that a saw had been taken for the same purpose before, but had
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• Royal Commission report 6/6/1881
  Carrington drew Ned Kelly and his suit of armour, when?
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• Royal Commission report day 26 page 2
  ...uld give nothing connectedly. She said they were armed, or something about armour but she was too excited for us to get anything from her. She said they were
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• Royal Commission report day 26 page 3
  ...and while he was in the station master's house; and I made drawings of the armour on the station. We could do nothing; we were walking round the station and
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• Royal Commission report day 26 page 5
  ...e the youngest, and they were both cowed and frightened, and both in their armour. ...they, “Why do not they rush the hotel ?” “Why do not they put on the armour?” and so on.
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• Royal Commission report day 26 page 10
  ...from the hotel, there were at least two of the outlaws inside alive and in armour and fighting; they were fighting up to one o'clock; there were plenty of po ...ggestion that any of the police should put on Ned Kelly's [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] and rush the building?— No.
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• Royal Commission report day 26 page 17
  ...ver the railway fence. The other men carried this weighty [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] down to the railway platform, and Kelly was then placed in the guard's va ...have been about fifteen minutes, I should think. Kelly was stripped of the armour at the log, and he had to be partly carried to the station, and he had been
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• Royal Commission report 8/6/1881
  &quot;I never heard a word about any armour or anything else, not till we were at the log when we pulled it off, becaus
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• Royal Commission report day 27 page 3
  ...uld not say which of them they were, but they were the outlaws and had the armour on. I am sure they were the outlaws. They said, “Yes, you can all go; but
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• Royal Commission report day 27 page 9
  ...pose of taking something off Kelly—relieving him of his [[Kelly's Armour|armour]]....
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• Royal Commission report day 27 page 13
  <span id="rc10846">[[#rc10846|10846]]</span> And the armour was lying how?— As if on them.
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• Royal Commission report day 27 page 18
  ...aken?— Shortly after he was taken into the room. I was out side with the armour. We were weighing it, getting the weight of it in the scales.
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  ...you were shooting?— No, I never heard a word about any [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] or anything else, not till we were at the log when we pulled it off, beca
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• Royal Commission report 9/6/1881
  There were reports of people making more armour in 1881, perhaps for another siege. ...shoot him, and then he came back, and told them he the '''KellyGang''' had armour and there were thirty or forty in the Inn.
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• Royal Commission report day 28 page 2
  ...inion after I had been there three or four days. I was told you could make armour with them. ...in, but the question is whether they could be shaped into [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] at all. I was told by a person they could be softened specially to shape
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• Royal Commission report day 28 page 15
  ...312">[[#rc11312|11312]]</span> Did he tell you he put the [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] on them?— No, he said some red whiskered man did, I forget his name.
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• Royal Commission report day 28 page 17
  ...e railway fence, and I asked him what he was going to do, that the men had armour; and he said he had heard that, but he had sent for a cannon to Melbourne.
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• Royal Commission report day 28 page 18
  ...ord, and Dwyer, and all of them. I said to Mr. Sadleir to put Dwyer in the armour; he is the biggest man, and let him walk in.
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• Royal Commission report day 30 page 9
  ...armour in my possession, but they would not let me keep it. I carried the armour down to the station after we took it off, so I suppose it belongs to me, at
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• Royal Commission report day 31 page 5
  ...their armour, making a noise. At this time I did not believe they were in armour, and I fired from that position myself, on them, with a Winchester repeatin
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• Royal Commission report day 32 page 5
  ...you been informed that the Kellys would likely appear in [[Kelly's Armour|armour]]?— No, never anything of the kind. To have closed one of the doors, to h
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• Royal Commission report day 32 page 12
  ...]]</span> You and he carried out Byrne?— Yes. I took the armour off; the armour was on Byrne where he lay
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• Royal Commission report day 33 page 3
  ..., side by side, and bags rolled up under their heads, the [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] on one side of them off. I concluded they lay in that position to let the
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• Royal Commission report day 33 page 14
  ...think he had, for the noise was prior to that, as if they were taking the armour off.
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• Royal Commission report day 36 page 2
  ...want of generalship, bearing in mind that the outlaws were in impenetrable armour and the difficulty of knowing in what part of the building they were hiding
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• Royal Commission report 20/7/1881
  ...t was Mrs Sherritt and Mrs Barry doing and did Joe Byrne or Dan Kelly have armour on.
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• Royal Commission report day 37 page 8
  .../span> Was there anything particular about their appearance–had they any armour?— I think not Byrne–I think Kelly might; he looked very stout.
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• Royal Commission report day 37 page 23
  ...ur]] they came out at Glenrowan?— No; the two outlaws at Aaron 's had no armour on, for they looked too slight for it. <span id="rc13453">[[#rc13453|13453]]</span> You never heard who made the armour?— No, I never did.
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• Royal Commission report day 37 page 26
  ...yet, in your rambles, anything certain as to who made the [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] for the Kellys ?— No, I have not. It is out of my district; it is in [[
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• Royal Commission report day 39 page 3
  ...[[Steele|Steele]] my knife to cut [[Ned Kelly|Kelly]] 's [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] off. ...ou say he was a wounded man then?— No, you could not tell. He tapped his armour on the breastplate, and said, “Come on, you—dogs.” You could not tell
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• Royal Commission report day 48 page 2
  ...that he (Byrne) must have fainted from loss of blood or the weight of his armour. When I told Kelly that his mates had died a horrible death by burning, he
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• Royal Commission report day 48 page 6
  ...ght have differed with him in, and which he did not give me. As far as the armour was concerned, Mr. [[Sadleir|Sadleir]] said he did not believe in it. He sa 16346 Then, the information Mr. Nicolson had about the armour was doubted by the man nest to him?— Yes.
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• Royal Commission report day 48 page 16
  ...ng towards their capture. It was old and stale that they were to appear in armour.
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  ...[[Kelly's Armour|armour]]?— Yes; he was the only man who knew about the armour.
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• Royal Commission report day 49 page 7
  ...him. He told me also that he thought the outlaws were in [[Kelly's Armour|armour]], and that the horses were shot some time before. It must have been some t ...daylight, except to keep the house guarded. Then the discovery of Kelly's armour on his arrest, which was about daylight, made matters much more difficult,
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• Royal Commission report day 49 page 9
  ...He said that he thought that the saws were taken for the purpose of making armour, and heard that a saw had been taken for the same purpose before, but had b
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  ...e. You said that Mr. Nicolson was the only one that really believed in the armour?— I think that must have been talked of. It was in the paper he handed to
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  16834 This question of the armour-you are not clear whether it was or was not spoken of?— I do not see how
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• Royal Commission report day 50 page 2
  ...told him of those men, and mentioned, no doubt, the particulars about the armour, and about its being bullet-proof.....
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• Royal Commission report day 52 page 4 (2)
  .... I had then no knowledge that the outlaws possessed iron [[Kelly's Armour|armour]]. Each one carried a bundle in front of him, and in one hand a gun or a ri
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• Royal Commission report day 52 page 6 (2)
  ...Armour|armour]]. My wife told me, after I had stopped the train, they had armour. She had heard it at the station during the day.
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• Royal Commission report day 52 page 15
  ...pe. I then said it is a pity we have not got a small gun with us, as their armour would be no protection to them, and the chimney would be knocked about thei
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  ...with us this time.’ ‘Well, it's your fault; I always said this bloody armour would bring us to grief.’ ‘Don't you believe it; old Hare is cooked, an
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• Royal Commission second Report Part XII ( page 18)
  ...ary 1880]], a report was received by the police that a number of [[Kelly's Armour|mould-boards]] of ploughs had been stolen from the neighborhood of Greta an
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• Royal Commission Second Report Part XIII ( page 21)
  ...e of the house and drew up. These were the outlaws, who, trusting to their armour, appeared to regard themselves as invulnerable. A shot was fired from the v
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