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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 11 page 2
  ...the large household from the bank. Mr Scott refused, saying his groom was out, and telling Kelly if he wanted the trap, to harness the horse himself. Thi ...orses in Kelly’s vehicle fell, and a halt was made while the outlaws got out to put the horse on his feet and see to the harness, but without any other
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 14 page 2
  ...by mountains. After riding for some time Aaron Sherritt halted and pointed out a glimmer of firelight through the trees. It was the bushrangers, he said.
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 18 page 3
  ...Curnow’s) brother in law, Dave Mortimer, to the barracks to call Bracken out, since the constable would know his voice and come unsuspectingly into the ...f [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne]], and it was nearly an hour later when Kelly came out again with Bracken and the others, leading Bracken’s horse. He order the
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• Cookson, 28 08 1911 2
  ...im had his waggon team, so he harnessed up his horses straight off and set out for Forbes. It was 400 miles away. He got there in six days, and was home a
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• Cookson, 08 09 1911 2
  ...lways the driver put his hands up and kept them there, whilst Power turned out the passengers and made them empty their pockets on to the ground. This don ...r asleep in a rude shelter, with his feet projecting. He was rudely hauled out and handcuffed.
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• Cookson, 08 09 1911 4
  ...y 11 years old, and Dan only 4. The mother was left with a large family to look after. And the family lived in a district that is scarcely less desolate no ...sheep. The result was a sentence of six months in gaol for Byrne. He came out a sworn enemy to the society that had punished him so severely for a crime
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• Cookson, 16 09 1911 2
  ...mpathisers. It is quite possible you will meet the Kellys themselves while out at the back of the run. Whatever your sentiments are, don't think too loud.
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 3 page 1
  ...get out of the coach, and stand on the road, and turn their pockets inside out, letting the contents fall on the ground; Power himself keeping them all at ...man, and knew every gap and hiding-place in the mountains. The police were out after him day and night for eighteen months, and no money nor trouble was s
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 3 page 2
  ...ion hands, with one day's rations, as we expected to be in the vicinity of Power's whereabouts some time next day. We found our guide was a very bad bushman a ...good deal of caution Quinn consented to one of his associates taking L- to Power's hiding-place in the mountains.
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 3 page 3
  ...this time my brother officer and self had our work to do, endeavouring to look after and quiet L—, who did nothing but cry, and try to escape from us. I ...pass there." The clerk put a pair of handcuffs on Power, then went to look after the horse. Power, meanwhile, dressed himself, and told us he had a pr
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 3 page 4
  ...ot; The drayman still remained obdurate, and Power then said to him, "Look here my good man, you see the position I am in; if I allow you to pass with ...the post office, where a large crowd awaited his arrival. He put his head out of the coach window and took off his hat to the people, and then, when the
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 10 page 2
  ...ntinue carrying out his plans. The press throughout the colony was calling out about the disgraceful conduct of the police in not capturing the offenders. ...dependent of all control, and anything you do the Government will bear you out in." I told Mr Ramsay that I felt very much flattered at the confidenc
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 10 page 10
  ...whispered command. When I saw Kelly level his ride, I told my party to get out of the buggy, which they did, and I advanced to my horse's head, for I thou ...t on the road by spies, and that, even if I succeeded, we should be hunted out and shot.
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 13 page 6
  ...ter the apparatus arrived on the ground to get it fairly at work. To carry out the same idea, however, Mr Ramsay telegraphed suggesting that large bonfire
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (3)
  ...Fitzpatrick was not fit to be in the police force and could not be trusted out of sight. and on whose unsupported evidence three innocent persons, Mrs Kel ...with the police at Stringybark Creek, he found meat in a cask and threw it out on the ground floor; but no one was arrested or charged "having meat i
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (4)
  ...o twelve miles to Benalla for it. But, continued Ned, I did pull Ben Gould out of the bog, and brought him back to you. ...all appeared to be existing in poverty and squalor. She said her sons were out at work, but did not indicate where, and that their relatives seldom came n
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (6)
  ...fied now that he had beaten the four policemen and the bootmaker, Ned held out his hands to Mr Mclnnes, and invited him to put the handcuffs on him.
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (17)
  ...e if the arrangements proposed by the Superintendent were properly carried out. "It has been decided to carry out the plan proposed by me on August 10 last, but which has unavoidably been d
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (89)
  ...ed in the force by the recommendations of the Commission have been carried out.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 20/9/1913
  ...ow, measured gait, striking his breast with his pistol, the blows bringing out strange metallic sounds, it is no wonder that those nearest him were startl ...isodes relating to the early history of country towns, and a great deal of out-of-the-way information respecting administration and social life has been h
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• The Argus at KellyGang 16/8/1860
  ...iners had opened and partially worked a claim, which we afterwards wrought out. After we had begun, another party opened a claim four miles below us, and ..., did not work it, though one of my mates afterwards accompanied the party out who did, and I, unavled? to go myself, gave them every information in my po
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• The Argus at KellyGang 22/8/1860
  ...for prospecting quartz has been formed, and one or two private parties are out for the same purpose. ...opulation is as follows:- Alluvial miners, 700: quartz, 474. Chinese, 560. Out of 21 machines and engines, 10 are idle. On Mead s Reef, the greater number
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• The Argus at KellyGang 2/4/1861
  ..., but it was not until the following year that a written sanction was made out by the commissioner, which was dated, not from the period of the original g ...the water diverted to a particular claim or locality, which, being worker out, the applicant next on the roster held the right under similar conditions.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 2/4/1861 (2)
  ...he other, until the creeks and their immediate banks were gradually worked out. ...been pre-eminently the case: when the original bed of the river was worked out there were no means of working the adjacent banks without bringing the wate
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• The Argus at KellyGang 31/8/1861 (2)
  ...in the course of working; but many of the claims are only partially worked out, and will probably be again taken up.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 12/3/1862
  ...le should complain of the scarcity of money, when it is impossible to wash out our only staple production. A heavy fall of rain is a "consummation de
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• The Argus at KellyGang 15/8/1864 (2)
  I would take this opportunity of respectfully pointing out the necessity for the completion of a half-inch mining and physical map, an
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• Alexandra Times at KellyGang 2/6/1868 (4)
  ...is by mutual forbearance and concession that the machine practically works out the great objects of the constitution .. . It is part of our duty to origin
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• The Argus at KellyGang 3/9/1868
  ...ture to support it, for the land through which it passes has mostly passed out of the control of the Government into private hands. The land in the Benall
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• Alexandra Times at KellyGang 30/10/1868
  ...hout hope of some brilliant future to the place. Seventy reefs were pegged out almost within as many hours, two crushing machines erected, several good cr ...and landed at Bon's paddock instead of Godfrey's Creek, about three miles out of the way. Returning to the other landlord at Merton, we found in him an o
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• Alexandra Times at KellyGang 11/6/1869 (3)
  ...t, it is certain that no mining difficulty need, be experienced in working out any of the areas at present tested, and shafts may anywhere be readily sunk
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• The Argus at KellyGang 2/9/1869
  ...removed, a man armed with a double barrelled gun and two revolvers stepped out from the side of the, road, and ordered him to "bail up." The dri ...the Forest, with two ounces of gold in his possession, was ordered to turn out his trousers and vest pockets, but escaped without further scrutiny, his tr
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• Alexandra Times at KellyGang 12/11/1869
  ...l on Tuesday last near; the Devil's River. He took one of the shaft horses out of the coach, and searched the mail bags. Whilst in the act of doing this a
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• Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 2/4/1870 (2)
  ...able by hydraulic power when required. If the company decline to be bought out of the way, if local patriotism has no weight against pocket, and, "th ...see no real cause for this, except superior smartness and activity. Let us look at the tariffs and duties. The ad valorem duty of New South Wales is five p
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• The Argus at KellyGang 30/8/1870
  ...'s brother. The two then attacked Archdeacon, and nearly killed him. He is out of danger, but has got a frightful scalp wound. The police station has been
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• The Argus at KellyGang 2/5/1871
  ...his clothes gave way, and he bolted. I followed him, and took my revolver out of the case, and told him three times to stand, or I would shoot him. I pre
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• The Argus at KellyGang 31/5/1871
  ...virtue of a writ of habeas. In this case, at all events, when rogues fall out honest people are likely to come by their own. Kelly informs on Power; is h
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• Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 18/5/1872
  ...of stones are worked. The construction of this model structure was carried out under the supervision of Mr '''Bowden''', who has now in charge of the mill
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• Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 8/6/1872 (4)
  .... This completed our morning's work, and in the afternoon buggies were got out, and your correspondent had a seat in Mr James Shackles' buggy, to which we ...essed as if for market. All the sheep are here cut up, and the bones taken out.
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• Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang15/6/1872 (3)
  ...low the entrance, we found the offices of the city surveyor, and rooms for out-door officers' business, a fine fire-proof monument room, where I presume t
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• Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 13/7/1872 (2)
  ...Esq. This fine mansion is one of the most elegant structures in the colony out of Sydney, but as the accompanying engraving will give a far better idea of ...on-lookers of the the "truthful James" sort, who profess to keep out of the "row" that these quarrels relieve the monotony that would
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• The Argus at KellyGang 8/10/1872
  ...a warrant was issued for the apprehension of Quinn, but he managed to keep out of the way of the police, in his haunts at the head of the King River, and
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• The Argus at KellyGang 24/2/1873 (3)
  ...t of one-half their income. In Benalla Shire, for instance, it was pointed out that a line to Major Plains could be constructed for £2,000 or £2,500 a m
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• The Argus at KellyGang 26/2/1873
  ...in ranges, wear a mellow and aged look, and the streets are carefully laid out and abundantly macadamised. Many a larger place contains fewer banks, for B ...esident of the united shire of Beechworth, Mr Frederick Brown, who pointed out the advantages gained by the union in the district he represented of the tw
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• The Argus at KellyGang 20/11/1873 (4)
  ...t Rock. It is half-a-mile in length and 100 yards in width, and just crops out of the surface of the earth. It is entirely bare of herbage, and is as smoo
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• The Argus at KellyGang 21/2/1874 (3)
  ...cted, by speaking the truth, to losing their improvements and to be thrown out of employment. He had submitted this proposition to Mr Nixon, who agreed wi
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• Alexandra Times at KellyGang 12/8/1876
  ...ss as I expected to find, although there is a large main street, well laid out, with good substantial places of businesses. banks, courthouse, schools, ch ...satisfied with their show. One hotelkeeper in '''Wodonga''' wanted to sell out to me, as he had a business place on the diggings which required all his at
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• Alexandra Times at KellyGang 26/8/1876
  ...imber is of excellent quality ? the proprietor had that patent for turning out ? which is used principally for tallow, ? and butter ? ? the superior workm I was requested by an employer in the trade to have a look a little further down the range commonly called the Blue Mountain, and I wa
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• Alexandra Times at KellyGang 11/11/1876 (2)
  ...is of but poor quality for some distance beyond this. If this should turn out a payable coal-field it will be a feather in the cap of the Kilcunda Compan
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• The Age 9/1/78
  ...kable, and then dropped his hands in dumb despair. Mr Berry has also found out its faultiness, but he proposes to take steps to amend it. Lord Palmerston ...they were returned to Parliament at the head of a large majority to carry out. It is of course, important to have the Appropriation Bill passed into law,
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• The Argus at KellyGang 22/4/1878
  ...be extremely unsafe to refuse, he gallantly made an incision and squeezed out the bullet, of which Kelly immediately took possession. In the meantime the
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• Kilmore Free Press at KellyGang 25/7/1878
  ...se in the body of the Hall and to wards the door. Mr J M Trainor, through. out, rendered his part well as "Aldnimkle," whose fears as were also
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• The Argus at KellyGang 28/10/1878
  ...e result was that a number of policemen from the surrounding districts set out for the scene of the outrage, and arrested Mrs. Kelly, Williamson, and Skil ...sperate as themselves ; and four such characters make a formidable gang of out- laws. Sergeant Kennedy who is reported as missing, was stationed at Mansfi
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• The Argus at KellyGang 29/10/1878
  ...ther shot struck Scanlan. McIntyre says he saw him fall, the blood pouring out of his side. McIntyre, being unarmed at the time, jumped on his horse and r
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• The Argus at KellyGang 29/10/1878 (2)
  ...nsfield party were supposed to be dark the object of the expedition leaked out and, no doubt, was rapidly telegraphed across the bush to Edward Kelly. The ...McIntyre went out to have a look, but found nothing. They fired two shots out of his gun at a pair of parrots. This gunshot, he subsequently learned, was
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• The Age 31/10/78 (2)
  ...colony the odism of sheltering those men. (Mr Woods: We will have to blot out the whole gang.) ...arriman was preparing the necessary amendments should the Government carry out their intention to enact a similar measure. Captain Standish thought it to
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• The Argus at KellyGang 31/10/1878 (3)
  ...stantial story told by Constable [[Const Thomas Meehan|Meehan]] has turned out to be groundless, and his adventures the result only of his own timidity, t The pockets of the deceased troopers were turned inside out by the Kellys, and about £15 were taken from Scanlan and Lonigan. Even rin
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• The Argus at KellyGang2/11/1878 (2)
  ..., and communication was cut off. The stationmaster has taken steps to find out where the accident has occurred, and effect repairs. To the police, at pres ...the Mansfield police, for they had been followed up by men specially sent out by Superintendent [[Nicolson|Nicolson]].
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• The Argus at KellyGang 4/11/1878 (2)
  ...ig, which he snatched from a tree as he was passing, he was able to gallop out of their sight. He could not look back to see what had become of Kennedy, for if he had done so, he would hav
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• The Argus at KellyGang 4/11/1878 (3)
  '''''' A fear has been expressed that the parties out hunting for the bushrangers might mistake each other in their disguise, and
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• The Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 9/11/1878 (2)
  ...still upon strong indications. Some fresh parties of troopers will be sent out from here to-morrow. ...rkable in his conduct beyond his desire to let the people know that he was Power's mate in bushranging.
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• The Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 16/11/1878 (3)
  ...nst transportation; the bill passed, and all his means of improvement were out off.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 18/12/1878
  ...er concludes with certain fiendish threats, which Kelly says he will carry out if justice is not done to his mother.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 21/12/1878
  ...engthened during the day. It is understood that the detectives will not go out with the search parties, but will work on their own plans, with the view of ...sence from home, that he had fallen into the hands of the Kellys. It turns out that he was unavoidably detained from home by business matters.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 30/12/1878
  ...the confederates, when they found themselves in gaol, consenting to point out the KELLYS' haunts in order to save themselves.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 7/1/1879
  ...evolver. As our [[The Argus at KellyGang 6/1/1879 (3)|correspondent points out]], "Of all the bushrangers who have given trouble here or in New South ...dent that without some measures of the sort it will be impossible to stamp out crime, and give security to life and property. The ranges are inhabited by
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• The Argus at KellyGang 20/1/1879
  ...sses for the prosecution, the principal of whom were constables at present out on duty after the Kellys. Mr [[Beechworth|Albert Read]], who appeared on be
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• The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 11/2/1879
  ..., out of deference to the Bench, he had sat down before, as he knew he was out of order. He, however, appeared for this prisoner and for all the others, a ...ncke said Mr Foster evidently presumed that the agreement would be carried out. Since that time he had seen constables in the Court whom the Crown said th
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• Sydney Morning Herald (27)
  ...their duty well on former occasions, under circumstances of peril, and we look forward with confidence to the issue if the border should be watched so tho ..., if the formalities observed in the neighbouring colony were … followed out before our own authorities, under arrangements made between the two Governm
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• The Argus at KellyGang 28/2/1879 (2)
  ...We should also like to see the valuable idea of our correspondent carried out, who suggested some time ago the wisdom of obtaining Parliamentary sanction If they sue out writs of habeas corpus, and obtain their release, re-arrest them immediatel
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• The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 4/3/1879
  ...magistrate with violence if he ever regains his liberty – would be kept out of harm’s was and from impeding the course of public justice. If this cou ...We should also like to see the valuable idea of our correspondence carried out, who suggest some time ago the wisdom of obtaining Parliamentary sanction t
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• The Argus at KellyGang 5/3/1879 (9)
  ...y does not actually justify the doings of last night, it at least takes it out of the power of the authorities to complain of them."
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• The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 15/3/1879 (2)
  ...dear no, the popular impression is quite inaccurate. We draw our money to look smart and charm servant girls. After a few hours ride a loud “cooey” br ...o necessity to move. We were thinking of building a brick house and taking out a license to sell grog, so many people pass this way now.”
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• The Argus at KellyGang 20/3/1879
  ...laid out roads for the purpose of injuring the selectors, but had carried out the work with an eye to the interests of the public. It might happen, and h ...uggested a modification of the boundaries of the reserve, which if carried out, would meet the requirements of the mining community, and release much land
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• The Argus at KellyGang 18/4/1879
  ...was forced on them by the action of the Opposition. The Upper House threw out the Appropriation Bill and left the Government in point of fact insolvent.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 26/4/1879
  ...ution which has taken place in this district for a number of years arising out of the border duties was instituted this morning at the [[Moama|Moama]] Pol
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• The Argus at KellyGang 20/8/1879
  ...defence on the right aims of those who make it. Freedom is as surely dying out amongst people who will not maintain with their lives the laws they have ma
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• Illustrated Australian News at KellyGang 8/5/1880
  ...he facts connected, with the fate of Kennedy and his companions may not be out of place. In the vicinity of Greta, which is some miles beyond Mansfield, m
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• Illustrated Australian News at KellyGang 8/5/1880 (2)
  ...ates, and that to save life it would be better to give up their arms. With out exactly comprehending the situation Kennedy leaped from his horse, and Scan
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• The Argus (23)
  ...unlike those attending the Euroa affairs, and was as successfully carried out. Since their appearance at Jerilderie in February, 1879, the gang has again
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• The Argus (29)
  ...for some time and the candle went out. I then closed both doors. We looked out then to fire. We heard voices, but could see no one. There was talking at i ...heard voices outside till daylight. Towards daylight Armstrong and I went out and went round the hut. There were five messengers sent to Beechworth.
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• Herald (21)
  ...d very well. At this place the young couple lived until the diggings broke out, and Kelly removed to Bendigo , at which place he prospered. Afterwards he
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• Herald (22)
  ...hief point in their reputation seems to be that they have never been found out in any act of law-breaking. ...@#$%^&* you would not do that if Ned was here!” and seizing a shovel out of the fireplace struck the constable over the head therewith and knocked h
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• Herald (23)
  ...ions, the loss was at once set down to him. A party was organised, and set out in pursuit. The tracks were followed as far as the head of the King River, ...verhanging and within rifle shot of the Mount Battery Station. Rowe turned out with a rifle, and a friend of his who was on a visit to the station with an
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• The Argus at KellyGang 8/7/1880
  ...trict search parties, joined by volunteers from every class and rank, went out to assist in the capture of the perpetrators of the dastardly outrage that
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• The Argus at KellyGang 8/7/1880 (3)
  ...s at a little distance from the hut, and called out to the police, “Come out of that, you —— dogs, and surrender.”   ...s a bright fire burning within the hut, so that while the bushrangers were out of sight the constables could not appear at the door or window without bein
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• Ovens and Murray Advertiser at KellyGang 15/7/1880
  ...sly claiming increased police protection, but the whole people were crying out for retrenchment. ...aws.Failing that they reported every item of information they could ferret out as to the movements of the police.Where their scouts failed them, the '''Ke
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• The Argus (40)
  ...The Government have such entire confidence in you that they will hear you out in whatever you deem it advisable to do.’ I replied, ‘Very well, Mr Ram
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• The Argus (41)
  ...rmation concerning the outlaws. They might go where they liked, and remain out as long at they thought fit. I also made up three watch parties, consisting ...there were no telegraph offices private messengers were employed, and sent out to convey the information of the outrage at Beechworth, and to be on the al
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• Ovens and Murray Advertiser at KellyGang 24/7/1880 (5)
  ...The Government have such entire confidence in you, that they will hear you out in whatever you deem it advisable to do.’ I replied, ‘Very well, Mr Ram
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• The Argus at KellyGang 6/8/1880
  ...remembered that his mother escaped from the hotel before daylight. She ran out at the back-door and came round by the gable of the house to the railway st
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• The Argus at KellyGang 6/8/1880 (2)
  ...hat he will apply to-morrow for a remand once more. An incident has leaked out about the career of the gang. Kelly has stated that they had been amongst s ...h everything is finished, even to the little broom with which Nelsen swept out his hut, is astonishing and shows how very heavily time must have hung on h
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• The Argus (51)
  ...to common sense. His worship was to all intents a judge and jury, to find out whether there was a ''prima facie'' case against the prisoner, and if he wa
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• The Argus at KellyGang 12/8/1880 (2)
  ...tain the law by allowing the prisoner's friends to visit him, and to point out that he would have power to grant them permission in his capacity as a visi
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• The Argus at KellyGang 30/10/1880 (4)
  ...not the bloodthirsty assassin the Crown prosecutor had endeavoured to make out. Both before and after the shooting of the police he showed that he had the ..., and did so, it would be murder. And if two or three or more persons went out together with an intention of an unlawful character, they were all principl
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• The Age (59)
  ...nd to do his best for a prisoner at the bar defended by him; when advanced out of doors, and carried with a show of seriousness and solemnity to the repre
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• The Argus at KellyGang 11/11/1880
  ...from the gang or to induce them to travel until they were thoroughly tired out, and rendered unfit for pursuing the fugitives. Whether Mr Nicolson formed
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• The Argus at KellyGang 8/12/1880
  ...f the gang and there would be a feeling of universal satisfaction through- out the force if it were officered by such a man. ...ever, say that he thought the minute which the hon member had read carried out a reflection against the other officers, and he (Mr Berry) could not see th
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• The Argus at KellyGang 18/12/1880
  ...y pursued is that the prisoner presents a petition to the Governor setting out his innocence and asking for mercy. The Governor refers the matter to the M
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• The Argus at KellyGang 29/3/1881
  ...dminister to a great extent by boards. It has used boards to get Ministers out of scrapes. It has used boards to obtain party reports for specific purpose ...the strongest and the clearest minds in the county would be taxed to work out a satisfactory settlement. But the Ministry simply nominated the more noisy
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• The Argus at KellyGang 30/3/1881
  ...rritt's dismissal. I kept Sherritt on on my own responsibility, paying him out of my own pocket, trusting that the Government would reimburse me, until I ...d, that the change was merely like a change of bowlers at cricket. Pointed out that the change was under the circumstances, dangerous. Mr Ramsay promised
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• The Argus at KellyGang 30/3/1881 (2)
  ...r, and he added the following - "Until the gang referred to is rooted out of this neighbourhood, one of the most experienced and successful mounted c ...les, and vice versa.] In 1876 I inspected the Bourke district, and pointed out irregularities in money matters on the part of a constable. Am not aware th
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• The Argus at KellyGang 2/4/1881
  ...tern district. Mr Sadleir and Mr O'Connor told me I was a great fool to go out so much, that I should kill myself. At last the cold frosty nights did near ...g a view of the house. At day break two boys, sons of the sympathiser came out with dogs and approached near where the police were concealed. The dogs saw
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• The Argus at KellyGang 6/4/1881
  Mr Nicolson-The statement of Mr Hare is not borne out by the telegram read. It is strange that Mr Hare, although the telegram has Superintendent Hare - Now I have read the telegram it does not bear out what Detective Ward led me to believe. The telegram was sent six hours afte
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• The Argus at KellyGang 6/4/1881 (4)
  ...d understood I was going to Benalla with them. After the refreshment I got out of the carriage and asked a guard how long it would take to go to Benalla a Superintendent Hare – Mr O'Connor stated in his evidence that he called out to the police to cease firing as there were prisoners in the hotel. Don't d
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• The Argus at KellyGang 6/4/1881 (5)
  ...Sent out many parties in search of him from my district. After he had been out l8 months. ...a clerk in my office. Directed him where to meet Mr Nicolson and I. Picked out five of the best men in my district, who had not been to the Benalla distri
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• The Argus at KellyGang 7/4/1881
  ...'Hare''', continued. – Mr Nicolson stated that he reaped no benefit from Power's capture. Immediately after it he was transferred from Kyneton to Melbourne, ...zette under Mr Winch's and in 1872 above it. Know of no other cause except Power's capture for Mr Nicolson's promotion. I received no extra pay. Mr O'Connor c
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• The Argus at KellyGang 7/4/1881 (2)
  ...district the police were not using hired horses. He also states he turned out horses to grass. That was done three months before he relieved me. He also ...tation of being reimbursed. For some time also I paid secret service money out of my own pocket.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 4/5/1881
  ...as I believed the Kellys would make for that place and "Power's Look-out." There I met Strachan's search party, who had arranged to meet the ot
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• The Argus at KellyGang 18/6/1881 (2)
  ...nd, at the same time, he said we were useless, because the parties we sent out in were so large. It was he who compelled the parties to be large. Could no ...ring I gave several orders to the men. I challenged the women as they came out of the hotel. Senior-constable Kelly conferred with me. He eaid he would go
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• The Argus at KellyGang 4/8/1881
  ...nt organisation could scarcely be improved upon if it was strictly carried out. ...e probability of the Kellys being in the neighbourbood. Supposed they went out on patrol to get acquainted with the country. The party never anticipated a
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• The Argus at KellyGang 10/8/1881 (3)
  ...sers. Fancy a man in his proper senses engaging Aaron Sherritt to sell the out-laws. Why he would rather cut his arm off. The fact of it is Ned Kelly's be ...Was at Mansfield the day after the Euroa outrage. Had the police been sent out from that place to intercept the gang along a track which he recommended th
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• The Argus at KellyGang 31/8/1881
  ...d objected to part of it being excluded from the printed records, pointing out that this was unfair, as the statements made were bound to affect the minds ...em in the pursuit of the Kelly gang and that if he (Captain Standish) held out a promise to him that he would receive a substantial portion of the reward
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• The Argus at KellyGang 1/9/1881 (2)
  Mr Hare pointed out that he had stated that Captain Standish might have been in- different when
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• The Argus at KellyGang 2/9/1881 (2)
  In reply to a question as to why Byrne and his other mates did not come out of the hotel and join him, he said (In words similar to the following) 'Ah! ...terwards he was made assistant commissioner of police. Now, at the time of Power's capture, he (Mr Hare) was receiving £350 a year as Superintendent at the d
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• The Argus at KellyGang 7/9/1881
  ...ent or acting-commissioner issued orders for the collection of the camping-out equipments, with the view of storing them at the Richmond depôt. He theref ...f districts had been thrown into one (the North-Eastern) should be carried out. With regard to the preliminary search for the Kelly brothers he (Mr Sadlei
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• Argus 8/9/1881
  ...ent. Met the informant he referred to again, and they were taken by him to Power's hut. He (Mr Nicolson) was the first to rush into the hut and to seize Power ...ou not free to undertake any course of procedure you thought proper, with- out reference to your superior officer?
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• The Argus at KellyGang 9/9/1881 (2)
  Mr Hare – You said that when you came to relieve me at Benalla, I was out coursing? ....' I felt very much hurt after having recently arrested Edward Kelly, then Power's mate, at not being included by the chief commissioner in the party of offic
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• The Argus at KellyGang 9/9/1881 (3)
  ...ely sent word to Captain Standish that the informer would be able to point out the exact hiding place of Power. ...son is late again ; it is five minutes past 1.' Just then Mr Nicolson came out and joined us, and we proceeded to the hotel talking to each other on gener
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• The Argus at KellyGang 19/10/1881 (5)
  ...have been dealt with in the report of the commission, in my opinion, with-out any more censure than they deserve and I am therefore more at a loss to und ...y," inasmuch as we do not consider that the latter statement is borne out by the evidence, and a resolution to that effect was moved in the course of
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• The Argus at KellyGang 20/10/1881
  ...rigible thief. He was implicated with Power, the bushranger, in two daring out-rages, but when arrested and tried, escaped conviction owing to want of suf ...a wild and lawless disposition, and was known for many years prior to the out- break to be associated with a daring gang of cattle-stealers in the North-
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• The Argus at KellyGang 23/12/1881
  ...fort placing the following minute on the document:- "I trust I am not out of place in saying here that Sergeant Steele is a most valuable member of t
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• The Argus at KellyGang 7/1/1882
  ...g a charge against Sergeant Steele, which the commissioners set aside with-out asking him to call witnesses in reply. The commissioners recommend that Ser
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• The Argus at KellyGang 9/2/1882
  ...the officers-it is easy to imagine which way he would be biassed. Through out the inquiry this gentleman was distrusted by every person concerned in the ...ficers was that their presence deterred the police witnesses from speaking out. That this was a mere hollow pretence is shown by the commission straightwa
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• The Argus at KellyGang 11/2/1882
  ...he leading questions, it is manifestly unfair that his name should be left out where he was considered to have made unfounded charges. The officers were ordered out of the board-room, as their presence was supposed to intimidate the witness
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• The Argus at KellyGang 17/2/1882
  ...ice of being sent back both to Mr Ramsay and Captain Standish, and pointed out that there were four officers senior to him upon whom the responsibility sh
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• The Argus at KellyGang 22/2/1882 (3)
  ...been indiscriminate. The prisoners, in a state of terror, arranged to hold out a white handkerchief, at which several shots were immediately fired, a proc ...How ? There was one tall chap, I forget his name, put a white handkerchief out of the window, and there were three bullets went in at once. The shots went
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• The Argus at KellyGang 22/2/1882 (4)
  ...than terms of formality; I assumed no individual responsibility I carried out instructions as they were given to the best of my ability. I never summoned ...duty protests in the strongest manner against being sent back, and points out four senior officers upon whom the responsibility should be thrown, and who
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• The Argus at KellyGang 30/8/1882
  ...to be a very bad character the police would step in and compel him to sell out, whereupon the house was open for another tenant, and, as a consequence, th ...y, he handed the bill to a friend for collection, and all he ever received out of it was £2. Another witness deposed that two years ago he lent Sub inspe
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• The Argus at KellyGang 4/9/1882
  ...ely apprehended and lodged in the Melbourne gaol. The truth of course came out, and he was liberated without a stain on his character, but the treatment h
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• The Argus at KellyGang 6/10/1882
  ...e satisfaction of witnessing one of the detectives reprimanded and ordered out of the room because a protest was wrung from him by the commissioners' proc ...s sent to the Reformatory for an act of criminal immorality. After he came out he "was wild and reckless", so that when he left for New Zealand
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• The Argus at KellyGang 7/10/1882
  ...urging the request that Mr Winch be directed to resume duty, I would point out that to an officer of a service of over 30 years, relief from duty is excee
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• The Argus at KellyGang 16/10/1882 (5)
  ...Police department he would go there, and I say a police officer should be out of debt above everything. 4004. On your knowledge of what has occurred, do
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• The Argus at KellyGang 2/4/1883
  ...t belief that the Minister does interfere in police appointments would die out. ...severe terms, and our criticism appears to have been effective. We pointed out the absurdity of inviting the chief commissioner, who has to supervise the
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• The Argus at KellyGang 11/7/1892
  ...d just above him waiting for the end. The fear that his eyes would be torn out while he was yet alive seemed to give a stimulus, and from that point his i ...the command of the police in the Kelly country, Aaron Sherritt was called out of his hut one night by a German neighbour, who was then in the hands of th
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• The Argus at KellyGang 1/8/1889
  ...dical advisers, Dr J Dunbar Hooper and Dr E Alan Mackay, were able to hold out no hope of his recovery on Friday evening, and he died, as stated, at 3am. ...and, as showing the soundness of his forecasts, he had only been two days out of the district when one of his scouts brought word that the Kellys, having
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• Royal Commission report day 1 page 7
  ...tlaws being likely to be at any place without at once taking steps to send out police either to find them or to ascertain the truth of those reports. I ne ...s, the trackers would not be of much use, I would not consent to him going out alone, but sent Mr. Sadleir with him. No doubt trackers can be utilized in
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• Royal Commission report day 2 page 21
  ...ish's manner towards me when he visited town it drove anything of the kind out of my head. I would not have presumed, under the circumstances, to have off
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• Royal Commission report 24/3/1881
  ...s actually, I was continually raveling from one place to another; and when out with these search parties at that time we could not get any guides or assis ...en he got to Wodonga and what happened next. He then issued orders to send out search parties and informed Melbourne of the news.
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• Royal Commission report day 3 page 12
  ...of the outlaws singly sometimes singly and sometimes in couples, suddenly out of Sherritt's house, and also assertions that [[Joe Byrne|Byrne]] was in th
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• Royal Commission report day 3 page 16
  ...were sent out at so much trouble and cost, no one connected with them went out or returned with a correct notion of in what point of the compass the [[Kel They conceal themselves during the day, and move out at night on foot, and visit or meet their few friends at irregular periods,
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• Royal Commission report day 4 page 4
  ...nterview with Mr. Ramsay, my interview ended, and I left the room and went out to Mr. Ramsay. On the previous visit to Melbourne I spoke of, before Captai .... Now Captain Standish knows very well, for I wrote it to him, that I went out that day from town to [[Flemington|Flemington]]. I had to see some friends
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• Royal Commission report day 4 page 5
  977 You came down on the 25th of May to point out to the Chief Secretary that you had things to arrange, that it would be a f
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• Royal Commission report day 6 page 4
  ..., but all my men were suspicious of him, and they were afraid to see me go out with him, as I did frequently. The men all said, “You will come to grief ...in the bush. I do not think I saw him himself, but one of his men; he was out at the time. I said, “Tell him to meet me at a certain spot”—an old h
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• Royal Commission report day 7 page 5
  ...d Mr. Sadleir, and I felt rather frightened about Mr. O'Connor, but I held out my hand to him, and he took it like a man, and we became friends immediatel ...sted in the strongest manner possible at my being sent up again. I pointed out that there were officers senior to me, none of whom had been called upon to
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• Royal Commission report day 8 page 1
  <span id="rc1467">[[#rc1467|1467]]</span> ''The Witness''. —I wish to point out that I never saw this telegram till yesterday. I made a statement that Dete
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• Royal Commission report day 8 page 5 (2)
  ...wished me to put a man on the pilot engine, one of my men, to keep a look-out to see if there was anything wrong with the line. I selected Constable Barr
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• Royal Commission report day 8 page 5 (3)
  ...gines. Just at this moment, I think, Mr. Rawlins came up to me, I said, “Look, there is a light down there at the station-master's horse.” (I do not ex
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• Royal Commission report day 8 page 10
  ...s, and we were kept in the highest pitch of excitement, and then it turned out to be all a mistake, or the information not so good as he expected.” I th ...nd then it was reported to us. Undoubtedly it meant, turn the four outlaws out of the paddock in which they were in. Therefore, I say they were well able
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• Royal Commission report day 8 page 11
  ...occasions to be sent on such duty; that I should be only too glad to carry out my orders, but that I felt it was unfair to pick me and never reward me in ...bought ammunition during the time they were out—the two years they were out—at any particular place?— I heard of no ammunition being bought in the
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• Royal Commission report day 8 page 13
  ...onsecutive notes. I am somewhat mixed up in my recollection of that, I was out so much, but all those things were told me. ...outlaws?— Yes, in large quantities; and when a load of things was taken out from Benalla, we used to send a party of men, at night, to watch [[Margaret
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• Royal Commission report day 8 page 14
  ...nstantly communicating with them, and after [[Harry Power|Power]] had been out about eighteen months, Captain [[Standish|Standish]] sent for me one day. H ...I think, were given me about Monday or Tuesday; I think Tuesday. I picked out five of the best men I had in my district, who had not been previously sent
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• Royal Commission report 6/4/1881
  ...difference between his salary and that of AssComm Nicolson at the time of Power's capture. ..., the '''KellyGang''' was not involved. The details of the robbery are set out in some detail.
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• Royal Commission report day 9 page 1
  ...pplies, clothing, &amp;c., and the whole of the police set to work to find out where those men were. One man was seen with a bag walking across the square ...ies did not want him to capture the Kellys. I merely mention this to point out that on the two tangible occasions when Captain Standish and I had informat
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• Royal Commission report day 9 page 12
  1707 Would not one clerk of papers be sufficient to give out, and take in, and keep a record?— One clerk might do it, but then the tim ...eave it roughly tied up, and it is not put away again till the paper taken out is returned.
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• Royal Commission report day 10 page 3
  ...rth, and I was looking for more particular information before sending them out, and I delayed it till October. ...d, Sub-Inspector [[Pewtress|Pewtress]] — “It has been decided to carry out the plan proposed by me on 10th August last, but which has unavoidedly been
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• Royal Commission report day 10 page 14
  ...would point out where we might get the Kellys; the other man only pointed out where a person was supposed to be bringing them provisions—the direction
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• Royal Commission report day 11 page 4
  ...omething to that effect. Well, there were two or three search parties sent out upon this statement, but not the slightest trace of anything could be found ...on leave of absence, that he had seen the Kellys some ten or twelve miles out of Euroa. I went down with a party of police.
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• Royal Commission report day 11 page 5
  ...derie Robbery|6th March 1879]] , and a party with the trackers was started out on the 11th. I was anxious that they should try this line of country I spok <span id="rc2040">[[#rc2040|2040]]</span> After being out twenty-five nights—was that the time he stated?— Yes; I refer to the sa
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• Royal Commission report day 11 page 14
  ...Euroa, at about 4.40 p.m. , by luggage train, was informed telegraph lines out of order. Found both lines (Government and railway) down at 97 miles from M
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• Royal Commission report day 12 page 7
  ...After you came to Euroa the constables took the horses out again, and went out as you stated in your evidence, in the morning, and came back and told wher ...] Steve Hart would say— “You have not shed blood, why should you stand out?” Their relatives would say that, and there would be jealousy arise, and
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• Royal Commission report day 13 page 11
  ...going beyond the law—that there were eight or nine men prepared to break out, and we should have had the same trouble in an aggravated form again. I hav
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• Royal Commission report day 14 page 2
  ...="rc3021">[[#rc3021|3021]]</span> Were you employed by the police to trace out the Kellys?— Yes, on the 25th of [[15-04-78 Fitzgerald incident|April 187
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• Royal Commission report day 14 page 5
  3087 Then there was nothing to prevent you going out, if you could have gone alone, at any former period?— Nothing. ...ial secret duty, watching the place that they would come to if they showed out. Men were very scarce in the district at the time. Several times I applied
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• Royal Commission report day 14 page 7
  ...at place. On the 26th October I went and got up on the top of Power's Look-out; from that I went along the Dividing Range in the direction of, and along t ...empty hut. I returned on the same evening, got on the top of Power's Look-out, expecting every moment to see Kennedy. On Tuesday the 29th, when I found h
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• Royal Commission report day 14 page 9
  3179 Have you any idea what led up to the break-out of the Kellys?— Only from hearsay. ...wer|Power]] was caught?— It was established in consequence of that being Power's head-quarters.
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• Royal Commission report day 14 page 11
  ...rwards saw when I was Mr. Hare's clerk, and I knew it after 1870 — after Power's arrest. ...d]]. I got acquainted with the criminals in Wangaratta, and when they came out of there they were never without criminals rallying around them; and the Qu
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• Royal Commission report day 14 page 13
  ...the entry. He did not say where; therefore we have no means of finding it out. 3287 Do the officers go at night?— No, I do not remember ever going to the out-stations at night on purpose.
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• Royal Commission report day 14 page 14
  ...e [[Police Organisation|Irish system]] is the best, if it had been carried out; that is, trained officers appointed by competitive examination, and regula ...rounds himself with encumbrances of various sorts, and he seems at last to look after his own affairs a great deal more than the affairs of the police forc
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• Royal Commission report day 14 page 17
  ...ere going up to where [[Harry Power|Power]] was. Then Mr. Nicolson stepped out and said— “I will go first; I am the senior here.”
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• Royal Commission report day 14 page 18
  ...f May, the 20th, by Mr. Hare one day, that I was to go up to Wangaratta to look after Power. I knew nothing whatever about its being his intention to go up 3400 That they could creep out and get provisions and so on?— Yes, that is involved in my answer.
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• Royal Commission report day 14 page 19
  ...tlaws could choose their own time to go out— there is no necessity to go out and meet the police, they can always avoid the police—there is any amount
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• Royal Commission report 3/5/1881
  ...d the hunt on the River Murray. The Royal Commission was concerned to find out whether the '''KellyGang''' were actually seen by anyone and when. If an officer of police were placed at one of those out-stations, and he had obtained one or two thousand acres of land, that would
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• Royal Commission report day 15 page 1
  ...re was a lot of hop scrub at the other side, and my idea was he would jump out and escape there.
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• Royal Commission report day 15 page 4
  ...d he had assistants in his crime when he was convicted, and if when he got out and had apparently reformed he wanted to select where his companions were, ...e, which looks as if it had been inspired by one of the officers. Will you look at that—[''handing a newspaper to the witness'']—and tell me whether yo
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• Royal Commission report 4/5/1881
  ...explained that on Saturday night it was the custom of the police not to go out till late because of the shanty a couple of miles down the road, and many p At this time, when Mr. Hare came, Consts Dowling and Armstrong were out chopping wood at the back of the house. The reason Duross make this stateme
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• Royal Commission report day 17 page 18
  ...id="rc5250">[[#rc5250|5250]]</span> ''By Mr. Nicolson''. —You did not go out with the first?— No. ...he wanted a man to go to any place, he was to take me, which he did, to go out through the day, occasionally. I was introduced to people by his wife as a
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 16
  ...from Wodonga at Benalla. On the 11th of March Captain Standish ordered us out on our first trip, but had me sworn in previously a member of the Police Fo
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 22
  <span id="rc6451">[[#rc6451|6451]]</span> I want to find out was there a doubt in the minds of any in the police force as to my being a
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  ...there was never a mistake with the arms, though they used to have to turn out silently and hurriedly at night, excepting that once of Keen’s, ...so, and looked into the barrel, and would see no cartridge, for except you look while it is being shut down you would think the weapon is unloaded,—as yo
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  ...drawn out of the banks, and he knew I had a great deal of trouble camping out and knocking about after the Kellys. It was the time I supplied the informa ''Mr. Nicolson'' — I was not, I was quite out of it at that time.
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  ...r the first occasion of my going out in search of the outlaws?— You went out first with me. ...hat?— Yes, for the two reasons that it was uncertain that I could remain out, and I wished to avoid disputes with the head of the department before a st
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  ...t alter them.” Then I said, “The Governor is not fully informed, and I look to you to inform him fully of the circumstances of the day.” I said, “I ...them after all their work was over, and he consented at once. Then we came out into the yard, and he objected to including some four or five of the [[Poli
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  ...Did you ever doubt but that I was an officer of this force; did you always look upon me as an officer of this force?— No, I did not; I looked upon you as <span id="rc12069">[[#rc12069|12069]]</span> Read the next?— “He will look carefully after his troopers, and be particular about their arms and ammuni
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  .... Had the arrest of [[Mrs Ellen Kelly|Mrs. Kelly]] anything to do with the out-break?— No; Ned Kelly told me distinctly, previous to that, that he was p ...associated with the lowest persons in Lancefield, and could not be trusted out of sight, and never did my duty.
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  ...You had the opportunity of answering the charge at Sydney ?— I did write out a report in reference to that. ...ceed to Melbourne from there. The late Sergeant Porter had my voucher made out to be stationed at Romsey, temporary duty for a ten days. That night a tele
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  ...ld not form any opinion upon any point that could have been better carried out than what it was with reference to the hut?— If the approach of those men
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  <span id="rc13827">[[#rc13827|13827]]</span> Will you look at that list of persons whom I consider to be criminals?—[''The witness d ...reat strain on the superintendent’s office to hinder him in visiting his out-stations?— Yes, and especially so with the additional anxiety of the Kell
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  ...lection of a particular officer for a duty of that sort, which, if carried out successfully, must give that particular officer kudos, was not fair to his
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  ...o. It is not a graceful thing to blow one's own trumpet, but I could point out where I have done those things over and over again.
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  ...4300]]</span> Do you know he was in charge of that district at the time of Power's capture?— No; but I should think Mr. Nicholas would be quite unfit for wo ...ntendent in each district ought to have charge of that district, and carry out all matters connected with it?— Yes.
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  ...nsible for it. It has turned out as I feared. I knew well that if he found out what relations existed between you and me, he would do his best to spoil my ...that you were so in order that you could not carry out your wishes to find out the outlaws?— That was my impression.
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  ...span> What was his position as a teacher at the time that the outlaws were out.?— He was acting as head teacher in two half-time schools, the one being ...ry definitely with respect to the geographical positions. I could point it out on the map.—[ ''The witness did so''.]
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• Royal Commission report day 45 page 14
  ...ugh country, they intended to camp there while Scanlan and Kennedy went to look for the hut. That would be the hour when constables would be most likely to
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  ...e]], [[Moyhu|Moyhu]] and [[Greta|Greta]] , nearly the whole time they were out, and that they got their supplies from the Bright road, and from Chinamen a ...5553]]</span> I was responsible for the selection of the four men who went out?— Yes.
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  ...ne until he was returning home. When returning home, Byrne suddenly rushed out of the bush at the foot of the hill, and called him, and they stepped to on
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  15658 What year?— It would be during the time the cave party were out. ...o-round, that they remained there for some time, and locked the door going out. On their return they found the place had been broken into, that the saddle
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  ...informer, who led them to the place where Power was supposed to be camped out; but he was afraid of the consequences, and he left, and the search party h
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  ...ted four or five months.” And there were also promises of promotion held out to him as far as I had power.
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  'I think he is the best officer in the police force out and out, without exception.' Who was he refering to?
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  ...was there from the 27th November 1878 up till the 13th December 1878 . Now look at question No. [[Royal Commission report day 1 page 13|100]]— “Do you ...[[Hare|Hare]] returned broken down, I think very considerably, with being out on search parties, that it was quite right another system should be adopted
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  ...it seemed that Mr. Nicolson had given orders that everybody taking a horse out of the stable was to stand in front of him and hold him with both hands. Th
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  ...them after all their work was over, and he consented at once. Then we came out into the yard, and he objected to including some four or five of the tracke ...sed to say anything as long as they were in the ranks, so I fell them back out of the ranks. It was done publicly before the whole parade. I do not think
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  ...erates and allies—I merely told Mr. Berry, “I deem it my duty to point out to you I do not think we shall get them for many months.”
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  ...6318|16318]]</span> Referring to your own report of the 2nd July, will you look at paragraph 3:— “I accordingly, on the [[events 1880-4/ 1880-6|2nd Jun ...session when you took charge at Benalla?— I charge him with not carrying out Captain [[Standish|Standish]]'s instructions, and not giving me all the inf
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  ...were within his knowledge, which would act detrimentally to your carrying out your duties there?— I say he did withhold them—whether he did it wilful
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  16465 If you were the principal in Power's case, why were you not promoted?— That is what I want to know; I have oft <span id="rc16466">[[#rc16466|16466]]</span> Will you point out one step of promotion I received except by seniority?— I say in the matte
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  ...r in which the search parties were conducted, and the way they were spread out in the bush—were they not managed in a similar mode before you came there ...u give the Commission one instance where the information on which you went out proved to be correct—one solitary instance?— No, I cannot; I never caug
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  ...at district?— I do, most decidedly; the way they came, the way they kept out of the crowd. I am as confident as I am sitting here they were not known to
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  <span id="rc16535">[[#rc16535|16535]]</span> When we were going up the hill Power's hut, did I ask you to lead the way?— No, previously you told me you inten ...ou could till orders to send them to Melbourne were received?— I carried out my orders directly I received them. When directed that Mr. [[O'Connor|O'Con
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  ...d="rc16584">[[#rc16584|16584]]</span> You say a telegraph message was sent out of the gaol at Beechworth?— Yes; that was when I was up there. ...send them there, and they did their utmost, and those men used to be found out at night by Kate Kelly or Mrs. Skillian.
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• Royal Commission report day 49 page 1
  ...with me, but the Government insisted on the new Arrangements being carried out ...ion. An officer can only be responsible where he has the power of carrying out his own opinions, which I had not. As a junior officer I had to follow the
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  ...cannot be responsible except in matters where he has been allowed to carry out his own opinions, and even then he is not responsible if his actions afterw
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  ...83]]</span> You cannot connect anything to show that Mr. Brooke-Smith went out before the 6th?— No, but if you like I will go over the papers with the S ...16686">[[#rc16686|16686]]</span> Do you know whether Mr. Brooke-Smith went out on the 6th?— No, I left Wangaratta that morning before he started.
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  ...uch time taken about that?— No, I do not think so; just a little time to look it over. You then, both of you, addressed yourselves to the Kelly business. ...fect, and my answer was that there was nothing I knew of that you had left out, and that is my honest opinion, the fairest evidence that I can give at thi
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  ...ether, and upon arriving we met the gentleman who had given information of Power's appearance, as obtained from an informer. While talking to this gentleman M ...lson then went forward and spoke to the informer. Mr. Hare and I remaining out of hearing. After about ten or fifteen minutes Mr. Nicolson returned to Mr.
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  ...itting together for about twenty minutes to half an hour, Mr O'Connor went out, being tired of the long story which he had heard so often before, and smok
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  ...search parties, and as I then could plainly see that the men who had been out with Mr. Smith were very much dissatisfied, and that he was quite unfit for
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  ..., and on that very morning I was up myself, and had to go and rouse him up out of bed, and I found the men waiting for him. ...without me. We camped by a spring, and had some lunch which we had brought out, and waited for Steele and his party, but finding that they did not arrive
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  ...d blood was to be shed. No notice was taken of it, and no warning was sent out, so that the tables might be turned on the outlaws; and yet he says we knew
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  ...gne|Gascoigne]]) that the best system, he thought, would have been sending out parties of four men through the country; but he added, further down in his
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  ...the habit of “pumping” men, and talking to men, trying to draw secrets out of the men connected with the business they were engaged on in other distri ...at you made a mistake in giving that statement?— I turned all the horses out of the stable into the paddocks, with the exception of a few working horses
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  17094 But those four men when I came up there were removed out of Aaron Sherritt's hut?— They ought to have been according to the orders
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  ...al way, and went through all the forms of the law, and the law was carried out; and that was the last collecting of license fees at Ballarat.
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  ...ish or Mr. Hare?— Captain Standish advised me not to accept it, pointing out I would lose pecuniarily by it; but I told him I did not care for that—my
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  ...]] ask Ned Kelly to allow the rails torn up to be replaced, and he pointed out to Ned Kelly the sacrifice of innocent lives which would ensue if the Monda ...my own relations and immediate friends, about Kelly matters. I never spoke out my mind on the subject, and others acted in the same manner.
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  ..., That all the words after “creditable,” in the second line, be struck out, with the view to inserting the follow:— “That during the time he was i ...ed in the force by the recommendations of the Commission have been carried out.”
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• 2nd Report of the Royal Commission
  The Second and main Report the Royal Commission set out its recommendations; many of the senior police to loose their jobs. ...n and at the Glenmore Run. The beginings of Ned Kelly's family is also set out. Ned's brothers and sisters are listed and the Royal Commission recorded so
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  ...ly to induce the Government to withdraw them, until finally the Quins sold out and left the district. The policy of abolishing the Glenmore police station
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• Royal Commission second Report Part IX ( page 12)
  ...tion with Melbourne destroyed. Mr. Wyatt appears to have argued the matter out in his own mind, from all the circumstances which came under his notice, th ...at was best to be done - a careful scrutiny of the telegrams does not bear out the allegation that the Mansfield contingent were instructed to proceed in
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  ...no money placed to his credit. He paid the accounts and all other expenses out of his own pocket, which were afterwards refunded. Large economies were als
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• Royal Commission report Appendix 3 page 1
  ...The Government have such entire confidence in you that they will hear you out in whatever you deem it advisable to do.’ I replied, ‘Very well, Mr. Ra
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  ...rmation concerning the outlaws. They might go where they liked, and remain out as long at they thought fit. I also made up three watch parties, consisting ...there were no telegraph offices private messengers were employed, and sent out to convey the information of the outrage at Beechworth, and to be on the al
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• Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer Chapter II page 1
  ...severe I could scarcely keep my seat as my horse sprang forward, taking me out of reach of further assault.
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• Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer Chapter IX page 2
  ...ire after the welfare of mother and child; and when I brought the baby boy out in my arms for him to see he kissed him, and, turning away with tears in hi ...e very bluntly remarked, ‘Why, my dear Mrs. G---, did not you and I come out here because we could not get so good a living at home?’ '''DRILLING THE
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• Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer Chapter XVIII page 1
  ...urce that the Kellys were in the Wombat country when he and his party went out on this disastrous search.
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• Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer Chapter XVII page 1
  ...wn as the ‘Flour Bag’ and ‘Frenchman’s.’ The actual roadway, cut out of the mountain side, was not more than eight feet or so wide, with steep u
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• Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer Chapter XVI page 2
  In relating these exploits I am selecting a few of the more notable, leaving out of account many of the less striking ones. I will add but one further case.
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  ...efore Nicolson could reach the ground the other officer had pulled the man out by the legs. Power, for it was he, was for the moment to amazed to speak, a
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  ...ut of the saddle, but no sufficient evidence of this has ever been brought out. ...r’s arrest?’ but he received the prompt reply from McBean as he pulled out his pocket-book: ‘I did, and here is your receipt for the money.’ This
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• Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer Chapter XV page 4
  ...of the shelving rocks, and that we who led them should not be able to get out of their way. It took us a full hour to reach the river Dargo, where we fou ...f our horses did not like his tail being used as a tow-rope, for he kicked out, striking his master on the knuckles.
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• Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer Chapter XXII page 2
  ...clean breast of their faults, hoping that I should find for them some way out of their difficulty. ...was my willing helper all through. But the difficulty - how to find a way out for these sub officers - since what they feared most was that counter-charg
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• Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer Chapter XXI page 1
  ...upon the train as it travelled slowly ahead. The carriage lights were put out, and without further adventure the party reached Glenrowan station. Glenrow
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  ...r should get the best results out of the constables who, as I have pointed out elsewhere, are those who actually do the work. To look at Power one might easily take him to be a commonplace, perhaps even a dull
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• Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer Chapter XX page 3
  ...ong distance objects with great acuteness, and they are always on the look out. They pointed one day to the opposite side of a swamp more than a mile wide ...Byrne, one of the Kelly gang. He returned to Benalla disheartened and worn out in June, 1879, and left for Melbourne after handing over the conduct of aff
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  ...rious, and the police are certainly unprepared for another outbreak. It is out of the question to know where to turn for private information.&quot; in sup
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