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  • ...the country towns was full of it, while there was immense activity in the police department, which despatched heavy reinforcements of constabulary to every ...istrict, cattle stealing and other minor crimes were common there, and the police were kept constantly on the alert. The popularity of cattle ‘duffing’ i
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  • ...eir relatives, the Kellys, and were also continually in collision with the police, Lloyd senior, some years before the Kelly outbreak, being imprisoned for f ...art of it, was one of the factors which enabled them so long to baffle the police.
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  • == CHAPTER V - POLICE PREPARATIONS == ...much of it mountainous and uninhabited country; while the total number of police charged with the duty of keeping order therein did not exceed 120.
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  • ...ure of the district and the people imposed a most formidable task upon the police in pursuit of the bushrangers. ...ice parties in addition to Kennedy’s were at that time absent from their stations in search of the Kellys, and considerable anxiety was felt lest they should
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  • Describing his general experience of the [[Police Search Parties|search party]] work, Mr [[Nicolson|Nicolson]] spoke as follo ...ight in the bush or the mountains, returned wearied out to their different stations.
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  • ...f the banks that there was likelihood of a raid being made upon them. More police had been applied for by Mr Sadleir and Mr Nicolson for the work of pursuing ...ay deep in the mountains, intent upon nothing but evading pursuit, and the police saw good cause to believe from such reports as reached them that the gang w
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  • ...on’s agents, and reestablished a party of [[Police at Sherritt home|four police]] in [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]]’s house. Aaron had been somewhat u ...that after nightfall the constables should go, one by one, from the police stations at Wangaratta or Glenrowan to their respective rendezvous, and keep the hou
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  • ...and in the district to any applicant who received a bad character from the police, and the knowledge that the mounted constables, by an adverse report, could Finally, new police stations were established at commanding points where mischief might be apprehended;
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  • ...e various incidents which occurred during my connection with the Victorian police, I have often been asked to give the records of them a more permanent form. ...en, who for the previous two years had set law, order, the government, and police at absolute defiance.
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  • ...de day and night before they reached their mountain retreat. They knew the police would endeavour to follow their tracks, and they had to keep on the alert. ...ot have heard of the matter until twelve o'clock at night. At daylight the police attempted to pick up the tracks of the outlaws. There were foot-prints of h
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  • ...able not to interfere with the women. During the time I and several of the police were going up every Friday night to Beechworth to apply for the remand of t ...rking at them until the women came up. It appeared as if the dogs knew the police were their natural enemies. At first I used to make one of my men in the se
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  • The men were all in great spirits. We had to cross the [[Railway Stations|railway gates]] at Glenrowan. We often found great difficulty in crossing t ...d, and a man inside called out, "Who's there ?" I replied, "Police; open the door." After a few seconds he did so. I said, "Have you
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  • ...ack of the platform call out, “Who goes there?" The reply was "Police." I saw a man getting over the back of the platform, and heard him cal ...low me to the telegraph station, as I wanted to communicate with the other stations, and get them to send some assistance.
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  • ...nd in order to do so the Government, at the suggestion of the heads of the Police Department, violated one of the most cherished principles of civilised nati ...nd upon what information.  All the responsible men in charge of different stations who had been a long time in Benalla—the detectives and officers—were al
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  • ...llys were at Urana, New South Wales, and at Rutherglen, in Victoria.  The police were very much hampered by the numerous wild reports of the imaginary appea ...bo, Troopers Hero, Johnny, Jimmy, Barney and Jack—arrived at the Benalla police barracks, which were to be their headquarters while tracking the outlaws.
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  • ...ishing the police station at Glenmore, and in reducing the strength of the stations at Stanley, Yackandandah, Tallangatta, Eldorado and Beechworth. ...hat the conduct of Captain [[Standish|Standish]], as Chief Commissioner of Police, as disclosed by the evidence brought before the Commissioners, was not cha
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  • ...ers, and the recovery of nearly all the property they took from one or two stations they "stuck-up." Those who know this really valuable public offic
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  • ...is town and neighbourhood contained 200 persons. Three hotel two stores, a police station, a butcher's shop, and a few old buildings, comprise the town. The ...Murrumbidgee with their dray and two horses, selling goods at the various stations. At most of these they took a good deal of money. One morning the brothers
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  • ...'''Macfarlane''' and '''Webster''''s station. This is one of the prettiest stations on the route. ...l, several good stores, and public houses. Robert B Mitchell, Esq., is the police-magistrate, and be is highly spoken of in his small kingdom, which also inc
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  • ...at 5 pm. The distance to Goulburn by rail is 132 miles, and the number of stations and platforms between these terminii is twenty-five. We reached [[Goulburn ...is was not so easy a task as he imagined. She took up a run and defied the police who came to the squatter's assistance. In undisturbed possession she remain
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  • ...ionalists have had no church of their own, but through the courtesy of the Police Magistrate, Captain Brownrigg, they have been in the habit of assembling in ...and [[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 25/9/1875|Coonong]] stations of the estimated value of £3103 10s. It is said that, the value of wool ex
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  • I had almost, forgotten to mention the new '''police-barracks''' which is nearly completed situated on the market reserve; but, ...roceeded with most successfully. Tempted by the favourable season, several stations have commenced earlier than usual, and it is to be hoped the owners will ha
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  • ...'''Gibbs''', and Co. It is estimated there are 10,000 kangaroos on the two stations, each consuming as much grass as two sheep. About 40 men are employed diggi ...en some horrible cases will be tried, an addition to which was made at the Police Court this week. The Supreme Court cases are expected to last a week or ten
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  • ...flammation ensuing. On Tuesday several constables were despatched from the stations at Benalla, Wangaratta, and Greta and they succeeded in arresting the woman ...down, as he was too well acquainted with the country, and could watch the police without himself being seen. He also stated that he would never again be tak
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  • ...o, he thought, were the offenders, going to stick up Tolmey's and Behern's stations. Constable M'Intyre having said they were likely to do so.-S. MAUD." ...on't shoot you I'll burn you or kill you, if I have to follow you into the police yard." After two constables had been shot, and while M'Intyre was ridi
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  • ...despatched from Wangaratta at a quarter past 11 o’clock last night, the police believe that the gang are still in the neighbourhood of the Murray . Fresh '''THE POLICE MURDERS'''
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  • '''THE POLICE MURDERS''' ...has been ascertained that they have endeavoured to pass themselves off as police, with the assistance of the handcuffs and revolvers they got at the Wombat,
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  • ...locality. It appears, however, that these men were only returning to their stations between [[Everton|Everton]] and Beechworth. Until some more trustworthy inf ...tain extreme places where they will be sure to find the murderers, but the police wisely take but little notice of what is evidently being done to mislead th
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  • ...gang; and it would be gratifying to know that some of the New South Wales police had a hand in securing the ruffians. This may not be possible, unless the g '''THE POLICE MURDERS.'''
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  • ...troopers being taken away from the search parties to guard the banks. The police force here has also been increased by the arrival of Sub-inspector Toohey, ...time make their appearance either in Alexandra or at some of the outlying stations. Stodart's is close to the Puzzle Range , and as the country around there i
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  • ...lar nuisance to him, this being the third time he has been detained by the police on suspicion of being that notorious individual. ...s]] will take charge of one of the metropolitan or suburban districts. The police force [[Benalla|here]] was further strengthened by the arrival from town of
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  • ...ugs, which are bound to scatter before they are 20 yards from the gun. The police here are under the impression that, in the event of their taking the Kellys ...nal Bank at Euroa that it was deemed advisable to notify the matter to the police authorities. By that time, the man had left the township, but a full enquir
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  • ...ch a proceeding. However, several detectives have been placed at different stations along the line, while a great many of the railway employés carry arms, and '''MURDERED POLICE MEMORIAL FUND.'''
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  • The Police ...ssatisfaction with regard to the [[Police Organisation|organisation of the police]] force is shared in by the Government, and the subject has been under disc
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  • ...re 12 miles on the way to '''Connapara Station''', well known to Hart. The police are on their track." This must be taken for what it is worth. The repo It is evident now that the police authorities are determined to enforce the provisions of the Outlawry Act, a
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  • ...abling the Kellys to defy capture, and had this not been done, and had the police been better handled, the men sought for would probably, ere this, have been ...young men have created a state of things which can hardly be credited-the police are baffled, the country unsettled, and a regular reign of terror is in exi
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  • ...obbery is traced if once a reward large enough is offered. How readily the police will pounce upon her Bill when once he takes a drop too much? Bill squares
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  • ...ffered to go in the coach, but the driver declined to take the police. The police had no means of following the gang, being unarmed and without horses. ...eir interests. There is considerable excitement there, as the state of the police force gives no sense of security from a visit of the gang.
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  • ...chances are that they will find themselves trapped. Last night a number of police constables left Sydney by train for Wagga. They will be dispersed though th ...when everything had been made secure at the barracks the Kellys dressed in police uniform. At about 11 am the two Kellys , being then disguised, walked down
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  • ...as anything else than a direct challenge to our police to attempt what the police of Victoria have failed to accomplish. ...athy and shelter. It was supposed, however, at one time, that the Victoria police force was an example of organisation and efficiency. When the new system wa
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  • ...scriptions received of the two men led not only the general public but the police to believe that the bank had been robbed by Edward Kelly and Stephen Hart, ...tailed below by our special reporter, who went up in the same train as the police from Melbourne. These particulars show that the robbers hardly acted with t
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  • ...ng the passengers in each railway carriage as the trains reach the various stations. Members of the [[Army|garrison corps]] are still retained acting sentinel
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  • ...to ascertain the nature of the intelligence that has been received as the police are most reticent about the matter but it appears that something of importa
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  • ...me from his companions. The country about here is thickly timbered and the police considered that it was advisable to separate. Sergeant Carroll considered i ...lad not more than 19 years of age, waa shot dead by the fire opened by the police. It has not been ascertained by whom the fatal shot was fired. After the bo
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  • ...something of this kind?divide the Kelly district into a certain number of stations, say 20, appointing, we will say, four men to each, and thus enabling each
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  • ...that prevailed on the railway line between here and Benalla at the various stations. At all of these through the night numbers of people congregated, and the d ''' '''When [[Joe Byrne|Byrne]]'s body was secured by the police it was quite cold and stiff, showing that the villain had been dead for som
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  • ...egard to the part taken by Sub-inspector [[O'Connor|O’Connor]] and the [[Police Trackers|black trackers]] in the encounter at Glenrowan. Mr O’Connor make ...rne yesterday, when the finding was that the deceased had been shot by the police in the execution of their duty. An inquest will be held in Benalla to day o
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  • ...ned. The unpleasantness which it said to have arisen between the Victorian police and the Queensland force is a matter for regret, but it will not prevent ou ...ttlement should not be allowed except within reach of telegraph and police stations and the schoolhouse and the church, so that adults may be restrained from v
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  • ...onday morning for Wodonga, and then to make his way to one of Mr. Wilson's stations on the Upper Darling in New South Wales. He arrived at Glenrowan just befor ...en taken without firing the house. He laughed at the idea, and thought the police ought to have had a deliberate fight for it, when two of them were shot.
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  • ...years in the district which this gang made their home bade defiance to the police. ...and as Power was at large and making depredating excursions to many other stations, the loss was at once set down to him. A party was organised, and set out i
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  • '''THE POLICE AT GLENROWAN''' ...this and other localities in the colony were anxiously claiming increased police protection, but the whole people were crying out for retrenchment.
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  • ...en on the state of affairs, and informed them that I intended stationing [[Police Trackers|black trackers]], whom I expected from Queensland, at Benalla, Wan ...arch Parties|three parties]] of men who had been specially taken on in the police force, in consequence of their knowledge of the country and the outlaws, an
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  • ...ork for me or have anything to do with me, although he had accompanied the police from Beechworth the previous day for the purpose of having an interview wit ...e district to see the non-commissioned officers in charge of the principal stations. I had long talks with them and their men on the state of affairs, and info
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  • ...m, passed on without doing him the honour of recognising who he was.  The police then opened up a casual conversation with him about his gang, and one remar ...ere he himself fell.  There were no spectators at any of the intermediate stations except Wangaratta, and there only a very few were found on the platform. 
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  • ...ot you, but would have roasted you on that fire. There are four men in the police force. If ever I lay hands on them I will roast them. ...nd I said, “He was shot by the police;” to which he replied, “If the police shot him they shot the wrong man. I suppose some of you b―s will shoot me
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  • ...was the cause of remark at all the stations along the line. At some of the stations it was stated that sympathizers of the gang were on the alert. ...garatta in a vehicle. At least it was so reported. At all the stations the police in charge of the different districts were to be seen in uniform, and appear
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  • ...the genius of Victoria to permit even free trade among coaches at railway stations. ...ton, and take their produce to the Sandhurst market. Since the outrage the police of Echuca, Sandhurst, Heathcote, Goornong, Elmore, and Rochester have been
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  • ...ghtly esteemed, and to injure me seriously in my position as an officer of police. I submit that my voluntary action in proceeding to Glenrowan on the night Sub-Inspector of Queensland Police
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  • ...our of the outlaws being likely to be anywhere without at once sending out police either to find them or ascertain the truth of the reports. Was ably seconde
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  • ...nds to take away the remains. Mr Curnow undoubtedly saved the lives of the police, and put us on the track of the Kellys. This concludes my statement, but I ...Nicolson's duty, as inspecting superintendent, was to visit country police stations and report on them. The officers next in rank to Mr Nicolson were Superinte
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  • '''THE POLICE COMMISSION''' '''CH [[Nicolson|Nicolson]]''' , acting chief commissioner of police, continued his evidence. He put in a private letter dated Benalla, 19th Nov
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  • ...he district, that his mother and sisters had seen them. He approved of the police party being in his house, saying no one knew they were there, and that only ...he house was a few yards from the main road, and not fenced in. One of the police came to speak to me. Asked where Armstrong was, and the man replied he was
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  • ...dent 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 deny he did so ...I called out, “Cease firing." With regard to the occasion when the police party watched Mrs. Byrne's house, they had information that a grey horse wa
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  • ...ents was read. It gave minute instructions to the police at the particular stations to which it referred as to how they should proceed in the event of an outbr ...s and trying to catch one. Gascoigne at once gave information to the other police to prevent the escape. He was within 25 yards of the house. It was very dif
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  • ...t have been made known by the publication of the evidence taken before the police commission. ...hen the various stations on the North-Eastern line, and to establish other stations where it is considered desirable.
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  • THE POLICE AWARDS ...eward|Kelly awards]] and that until he received a progress report from the police commission now sitting, he did not intend to take any action in the matter.
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  • ...were not accustomed were given to them. The witness did not think that the police could with safety have ventured from the hut while the outlaws were in the '''THE POLICE COMMISSION'''
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  • ...O'Connor]] for promotion over the heads of many compe tent officers in the police force," was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly yesterday by Acting Chief Commissioner of Police to the
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  • ...t of this portion of the affair is very different. It runs thus:-"The police and the gang blazed away at each other in the darkness furiously. It lasted ...course, which hardly seems to have been requisite when so large a body of police were present.
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  • The writer was one of the police agents employed, but with whose conduct Mr Nicolson was dissatisfied, in co ...re he could not have objected to the black trackers being present with the police on parade when he complimented them on the capture of the Kelly gang. With
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  • ...for the protection of the district. They declined to establish certain new stations he recommended, and to bear the cost of continuing Mr Nicolson's secret age '''POLICE COMMISSION'''
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  • ...r preventing any further outbreak, and advised the establishment of police stations at the Wombat, Fern-Hills, Greta, Black hills, and other places. ...ed by Mr Nicolson, to keeping the banks safe, and to having a nucleus of a police party ready at all times to turn out, at Benalla. The Government, however,
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  • '''THE POLICE COMMISSION''' ...during the interval a considerable number of persons unconnected with the police force were examined. You did not, however, remark on the character of the q
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  • ...ry; the state of complete un- preparedness in which the outbreak found the police — without proper arms, ill-mounted, and destitute of bush experience; the ...urders " the Government of the day rewarded " the efforts of the police" by quickly passing the Felons' Apprehension Act, and by giving "
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  • ...o the outbreak scarcely a day passed without reports being received by the police of cattle having been stolen, and only in comparatively few instances were ...who were said to have been seen in the Strathbogie Ranges . Two parties of police were organised, the one to start from Mansfield and work across the ranges
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  • We have refrained from any detailed comment upon the report of the Police Commission until the evidence should be officially published. The enormous ...of the police by the Kelly gang was known on the 29th October, 1878 , and police parties were at once organised to proceed to various parts of the country.
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  • ...s to immediately advise, the Government on the subject of reorganising the police force. Their commission directed them to deal with the Kelly pursuit, and s ...by there to enforcement of the constables and an increase in tho number of stations. In no cities or towns is there any effective strength, and to place each s
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  • '''THE POLICE COMMISSION''' ..., and the other grades in proportion. It has also been submitted, that a [[Police Organisation|secret service]] fund should be established, and that the trav
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  • '''THE POLICE COMMISSION''' ...These cadets should be thoroughly instructed as to the duty of officers of police, either in the metropolis or other large centres of population, but in no c
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  • ...t whatever to do so. It was difficult to see in what way the plain clothes police system had worked so well in Melbourne proper. There appeared to be the sam ...The duties of the detectives were wholly different to those of the general police, and required so much more caution, secrecy, tact, superior intelligence, a
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  • ...years. Sub-inspector Kennedy was an experienced man, but he made a better police officer. Detective Mackey was the best man. Although a junior to some, he w ...urpose of distributing certain photographs and placards amongst the police stations on his way. The delay of his departure was occasioned by the time occupied
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  • '''THE POLICE COMMISSION''' The Police Commission met again yesterday. There were present - Messrs Longmore (chair
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  • ...hemselves in a labyrinth of detail. We do not say that an inquiry into the police force was not advisable, but we do unhesitatingly assert that an inquiry co ...have members of the criminal class examined as to their relations with the police, but if so the commissioners are not the men for the work. No more difficul
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  • '''THE POLICE COMMISSION''' ...final report of the Royal [[Royal Commission-followup|Commission]] on the police force was signed by the members yesterday. It is divided into 27 chapters,
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  • ...tly facilitate inquiry. Publicans also are slow to give information to the police, unless they are well acquainted with them. There seems, from the evidence, ...d any important alteration in the present uniform and accoutrements of the police except the substitution of a waterproof coat for the glazed cape, and a clo
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  • ...arters, light, fuel, and water, yet married men, except those in charge of stations and watchhouses, receive no allowance whatever in lieu of quarters, and onl ...e of stations. Superintendents of districts should reside at head quarters stations.
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  • ...her increment shall be allowed. This is following the precedent set by the police in Ireland , where an increment of 1½d. per day is granted after each peri ...nable to ask that, if there are prizes for distribution in the gift of the police authorities, they should be held out to the men as incentives to efficiency
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  • ...1883|Saturday]] portion of the final report of the Royal Commission on the Police Force .The remainder of the report is as follows :- Under the Police Regulation Statute 1873 section 52, any member of the force who having serv
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  • ...ing at an election. Indeed it seems an almost universal rule to remove the police as far as possible from the arena of politics. ...tween the police and the public, but it might be the cause of bringing the police into collision amongst themselves. Dissatisfaction and inconvenience to the
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  • ...jects required. We therefore recommend that it be permanently reserved for police purposes. ...pon superintendents authority to select or purchase horses for the mounted police. That duty, in our opinion, should be entirely entrusted, subject to the ap
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  • ...The first set of questions were to Standish as the former Commissioner of police. They related to the following topics: ...y was proved." He continued to take his first swipe at the Queensland police officer who was the leader of the trackers, Inspector O'Connor, "No do
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  • ...- Yes. I at once issued instructions to Mr. [[Hare|Hare]], who had several stations on the line of railway, to warn him to take the necessary steps to protect ...so I instructed him to return to Melbourne to take temporary charge of the Police Department, my office, in my absence informing him that I should remain at
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  • ...at way do you desire to qualify that, or can you qualify it?- You know the police are constantly attacked in newspapers. Not that it ever affected me in the ...cers have shown a want of generalship." Do you believe "that the police officers have shown a want of generalship," all or any, and, if so, pa
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  • ...ga?- It is nearer to Barnawartha, within seven miles of Barnawartha. The [[Police Organisation|strength]] of the North Eastern district in September 1878, th ...time, and subsequently down to the Euroa robbery, I was engaged forming [[Police Search Parties|search parties]], dividing the country off into sections, an
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  • ...f harmony that should have existed between the officers at the head of the police force at this time that failure which occurred is to be attributed more to 630 Did you, in that position, constantly visit and inspect the stations under Mr. Hare's charge, and were you in constant communication with him?-
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  • ...ng, and that Captain Standish, who was away, was the Chief Commissioner of Police; and I took the liberty once or twice (I do not suppose I am breaking confi ...astern district in July. You were then appointed Assistant Commissioner of Police?- Yes. I was appointed assistant before; I was then acting.
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  • The Commission asked for something in writing as to the police arrangements and the formation and. organisation of these search parties. N ...out re-organising the arrangements of the stations and the strength of the stations. The military were also involved. This was explained in some detail.
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  • ...ested Captain Standish to tell me to take the necessary precautions at the stations in my district. I was all this time in Melbourne." ...e of Ryan, of Lake Glenrowan. There are two brothers, very much alike. The police picked out one brother as being a great friend of the Kellys, and the two c
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  • ...n. He said, "Can you tell the officials in Melbourne if there are any police coming up, or even Captain [[Standish|Standish]], because they do not know 1238 The Witness. -I joined the police force as lieutenant of police on the 1st January [[1854-1863 Events|1854]]. My salary then was £300 a ye
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  • ...and upon what information. All the responsible men in charge of different stations who had been a long time in Benalla—the detectives and officers—were al ...move we made. One or two men, I heard before I came up, were watching the police at all times. A man named [[Wild Wright|Isaiah Wright]] was one.
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  • ...informed Mr. Sadleir, and we set to work sending information to all police stations on the border. ...to all the border police on both sides of the river. There was a party of police at that time—or two parties, I am not quite certain—in charge of Senior
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  • ...ed himself to that?— Yes. He was not suited to take charge of a party of police, on account of his age and the character of his experience. He has been in ...ary]], before he went to England, told him that if he were the head of the police he (Mr. Berry) would go up and stay there till the [[KellyGang|Kellys]] wer
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  • ...d out for upwards of a year and a half. There is no doubt that the country stations are in want of a thorough inspection. Chief Commissioner of Police.
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  • ...ning [[Police Trackers|black trackers]], whom I expected from [[Queensland police|Queensland]] , at Benalla, Wangaratta, and Beechworth. I also told them at
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  • ...pan> Do you know whether the police fired at all?— I am not aware that [[Police at Sherritt home|they]] did; I do not think that they did. ...did know the police were there or not?— I believe they did not know the police were there from the questions they put to [[Ellen Sherritt|Mrs. Sherritt]];
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  • ...ay they were well able to tell their friends when special trains left with police along the line of railway.
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  • ...h. About three or four days after their discharge the Inspector-General of Police in [[Govenment of NSW|New South Wales]] called upon me, and stated that Mr. ....'' —Here is a letter I received addressed to the Acting Commissioner of Police, dated 13th July 1855, the year after I joined the force:—
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  • ...for their services in this respect they should return to their respective stations, Sergeant [[Kennedy Sgt|Kennedy]] reporting to me the particulars of their ...for the Kellys, your telegram of the 31st having been sent here ([[Benalla Police Station|Benalla]]) instead of to [[Mansfield|Mansfield]] as I expected, I a
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  • ...e]] described about Mrs. Skillion being discovered sitting on a log by the police. I believe that is quite true. ...1899]]</span> What were those efforts?— I think it was we tried with our police in the neighborhood if the could make anything out by following her; we did
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  • ...ing conveyed there from the [[Margaret Skillion|Skillian]]'s house?— The police at [[Greta|Greta]], I suppose, were put in possession of that information. <span id="rc1951">[[#rc1951|1951]]</span> Will you name the police officer in charge at Greta?— I cannot, for they were constantly changed.
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  • ...o cross the [[Murray River at Kellygang|Murray]] . I communicated with the police at [[Wodonga (2)|Wodonga]] and at [[Albury|Albury]], and determined myself ...t o'clock in the evening, and were getting our tickets when Mr. Wyatt, the police magistrate, came by us in a very excited manner. I saw something under his
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  • <span id="rc2121">[[#rc2121|2121]]</span> ''By the Commission''. —you are a police magistrate?— Yes. ...s returning from [[Seymour|Seymour]] or some town on the line of [[Railway Stations|railway]] the night the bank was stuck up, and that as the train approached
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  • ...simultaneous breakage of five wires on both sides of the line, I think the police would have put them on means of ascertaining the modes of the breakage long ...ed to me; but your question deals with the matter of the government of the police, which I am not cognizant of.
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  • ...ut referring to the guard at all, would it not be known at either of those stations almost immediately when an interruption took place?— Very immediately ind <span id="rc2329">[[#rc2329|2329]]</span> Are you the police magistrate for the immediate district, Benalla being your head-quarters, an
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  • 2709 You have been in a great number of stations in the colony?— Yes. 2714 Then it says, “Withdraw the [[Police at Sherritt home|watch party]]”—was that under Armstrong?— Yes.
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  • ...ang on the previous night. After some consultation, I advised him to get [[Police Trackers|trackers]] with Mr. [[O'Connor|O'Connor]] back again. We had some ...o do as he first intended, that was to start with his party from [[Benalla Police Station|Benalla]] to [[Beechworth|Beechworth]] without waiting for the trac
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  • ...ions were to report at two o'clock that morning, or half-past two, all the stations in which we were interested, as to whether things were all right there. As ...t five, as far as I remember, and we reached Glenrowan, myself and several police, a list of whom I will give presently.
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  • ...t altering the brands that even when the brands are being described to the police, as I have seen at Benalla, it is not until you have shaved closely that yo <span id="rc2986">[[#rc2986|2986]]</span> Have you established any new stations in the district?— Yes, I have; I have re-established [[Greta|Greta]], and
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  • ...3168|3168]]</span> ''By the Commission''. —What are you?— Inspector of police. 3172 What were you then?— Sergeant of police—superintendent's clerk.
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  • ...f those criminals you speak of getting ahead and out of the control of the police?— Not altogether. In addition to that there are various causes—undoubte
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  • ...ce that there were serious differences of opinion between the heads of the Police department—did anything of the sort come within your own knowledge?— No ...f your superior officers to the necessity of greater [[Police Organisation|police]] protection in that place?— That would not have been my province.
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  • ...officer so inspecting to detect any remissness in the performance of the [[Police Organisation|duties]] of the man in charge?— It depends on the individual ...o the officers go at night?— No, I do not remember ever going to the out-stations at night on purpose.
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  • ...officers would be more efficient than the present system?— I think the [[Police Organisation|Irish system]] is the best, if it had been carried out; that i ...e of their pay when they are promoted and when they leave. What was your [[Police pay and Conditions|pay]] before you were promoted?— When I was promoted m
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  • 3324 What proportion of the constables at present in the police service are accommodated by a selection of their own?— I could not form a 3325 In country districts they have their quarters in the police barracks?— No, not all the married men; they have at Benalla.
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  • ...the strength of the police at the stations was reduced, and the number of stations was reduced, and that pressure thereby was taken off the criminal classes. Insp Montfort set up the Glemore police station following the arrest of Harry Power. He thought it was important to
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  • ...e to [[Police Organisation|inspecting stations]]. He stated yesterday that stations were not visited by the officer in charge on inspection at night or early i ...491]]</span> ''By the Commission (to the witness)''. —Are you aware that stations are far apart, and must necessarily be examined at night in some instances?
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  • ...e referred to?— When I went to Wangaratta in 1862, the great trouble the police had then was with the Omeo mob of [[Horse and Cattle stealing|horse-stealer ...orm you that the land in question was refused on the recommendation of the Police Department.”
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  • ...rc3894|3894]]</span> What steps were taken to follow the murderers?— The police came out on horseback, five or six of them I think, and they relieved us, a <span id="rc3900">[[#rc3900|3900]]</span> Did you take up your stations directly?— Yes, immediately.
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  • <span id="rc4543">[[#rc4543|4543]]</span> Were you ever summoned by the police for any offence?— Never in the colony. I can say before this Commission, ...Sadleir said to me, one time I was there, they were going to put up police stations, and he thought my place might be a suitable place to put a station on; and
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  • ...ad him attended to. I took his statement at the time. I was present at the Police Court here when his evidence was taken at the Petty Sessions, and also at t ...nd according to law without a warrant or not. There is a penalty under the Police Offences Statute if he does not do so, and while he was in charge of a sub-
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  • <span id="rc8482">[[#rc8482|8482]]</span> Have they got better stations?— Yes, there are some senior-constables–[[SConst Flood|Flood]] and [[SC <span id="rc8483">[[#rc8483|8483]]</span> Have they got [[Police Organisation|promotion]] since the Kelly business?— No, they got it durin
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  • ...d not exactly say. The station was abolished soon after the murders of the police, I think. ...rs, in order to give those men a little scope to knock about and place the police in a better position to get information.
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  • ...t those were the tracks of the outlaws?— I believed it was then, but the police were aware of it before at Wangaratta. ...]</span> I am only dealing with your case; you were there with a number of police?— Yes.
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  • ...082]]</span> Do you consider that the sergeants who are in charge of large stations like Wangaratta should be competent to go and do duty on horseback, if requ ...c9084|9084]]</span> At the time of the Kelly outrages, it is said that the police were inefficiently armed; what arms had you in the barracks at the time?—
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  • ...''By the Commission—'' What are you?— Guard on the Victorian [[Railway Stations|railways]]. ...her arms; so I called to her softly to come to me. I said, “Come to the police;” and she came towards me, crying most bitterly not to shoot her child th
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  • <span id="rc11410">[[#rc11410|11410]]</span> Did any member of the police come to you stating he had been instructed by Mr. Sadleir to do certain thi <span id="rc11415">[[#rc11415|11415]]</span> Did you hear any member of the police volunteer to rush the hotel?— Yes, Montiford, and Dwyer, and all of them.
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  • ...had arisen since the 8th November 1878 until the capture of Kelly when the police had more reliable information than they had at that particular time?— I a ...letting them continually scour the district, meet one another at different stations from certain points, is a better system towards keeping these characters in
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  • ...pan> ''By the Commission''— What are you?— Senior-Constable of mounted police. ...up of stations, but there were a good many removals of men from different stations.
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  • ...>[[#rc12613|12613]]</span> Do you think it was a wise course to reduce the police force in that district?— No, decidedly not. ...o as to be able to prevent the cattle from being stolen?— I do, and more stations.
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  • ...en here?— They are a different style altogether–they are not a body of police, they are simply men under the municipal councils. ...know exactly, or ought to know, the present state of the efficiency of the police, both officers and men?— Yes.
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  • ...ould have been a temporary station at [[Glenmore Run|Glenmore]], where the police could have camped, and kept provision there for the men, they could have sc <span id="rc12972">[[#rc12972|12972]]</span> Did the police usually follow the tracks?— They did in any parties I was with if they th
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  • ...13336">[[#rc13336|13336]]</span> ''By the Commission''— What are you?— Police magistrate and coroner. ...Sherritts also. [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron]] and others were before me at the police court.
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  • ...round the district, so far as the heads of the police in charge of various stations, I am firmly convinced that a better class of men for the position could no
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  • ...capture?— Yes, since Mr. [[Insp Wliiam Montfort|Montfort]] came here the stations in the Kelly district have been strengthened. ...3645|13645]]</span> By about how many?— I believe there are two or three stations in course of erection now, and three or four men are to be sent to those.
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  • ...-Inspector of Police in the North-Eastern District, stationed at [[Benalla Police Station|Benalla]]. ...>[[#rc13818|13818]]</span> Was I in the habit of conferring with you about police matters the last twelve months while you were with me?— Yes, I was, when
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  • ...On the 28th I received information and recovered two of the horses of the police that were shot in the [[Stringy Bark Creek|Stringy Bark Creek]]. I found th ...alla to circulate reports to the stations, to telegraph to the surrounding stations. Then there is nothing very particular for some time until December and the
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  • ...ght.” He requested me to go and see if there was a letter for him at the police station. I took the letter down to him; he opened it. He then said, “Ward ...rict altogether. On Saturday he forwarded a man from Benalla to me— “[[Police Agents|Renwick]],” giving me instructions what I was to do with him. I ac
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  • ...c13954|13954]]</span> ''By the Commission'':— What are you?— [[Railway Stations|Station]] master at [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]]. ...ook-out. Before he came to the word “Beechworth,” I made sure that the police had conveyed the information I had given them to Benalla, and that they wer
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  • ...That about ten minutes after the second shot was fired by the outlaws at [[Police at Sherritt home|Sherritt's hut]] I saw Constables [[Const Armstrong|Armstr ...sked them for a report?— Yes, knowing they were about to return to their stations on that day, and that I would not have an opportunity of seeing each of the
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  • ...f not allowing so much power to be exercised by one man as commissioner of police?— Yes. If I had my way in the matter I should have a chief commissioner a ...travel. They might take it in turns to travel. The great fault now in the police force is there is no one to supervise the districts. I would recommend one
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  • ...onsequence of [[Dan Morgan|Morgan]] being then at large, and the adjoining stations to mine had been all stuck up. I was asked to take the Commission of the Pe ...and through the back country, and they had a thorough knowledge of it. The police almost had at that time the whole families of the Lloyds , Kellys , and Qui
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  • ...1 Should it not be the practice at all times for the Chief Commissioner of Police to cause the necessary information to be given to every branch of the servi ...the duty of the officer of the district to communicate with nearly all the stations in the colony.
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  • ...onsult with officers I had confidence in; but there are lots of men in the police force whose opinion I would not be inclined to take, not that I want to say ...the North-Eastern district before the Kellys broke out. There were several stations closed—[[Glenmore Run|Glenmore]] and [[Hedi|Hedi]]—and several had one
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  • ...1">[[#rc16281|16281]]</span> When were you appointed Chief Commissioner of Police?— In September 1858. ...rc16282|16282]]</span> Were Mr. Nicolson and Mr. Hare then officers in the police force?— Mr. [[Hare|Hare]] was the junior officer at Maryborough and Mr. [
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  • ...t no information from that man that would cause me to circulate to the out-stations to be on the alert, because our men were always being told that, and I woul
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  • ...“Food supposed to be prepared for outlaws by sisters, and step taken by police in the early part of 1878.” I have been unable to find anything in the pa ..., who was a most intimate friend of the Kellys , and promised to help the police (and had done so in the case of Power), informed him that the Kellys were t
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  • ...nt, question 9873, is “That a man named—told Constable Healey that the police would have hotter work than they ever had before with the last mob: and tha
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  • ...Devereux's paddock, on the night of the 11th. I also have learned that the police pursuit of them without skilled trackers was vain. We had one tracker who w ...he colony. Before I arrived at Euroa I had sent from Wangaratta a party of police, under either Sergeant [[Steele|Steele]] or Senior-Constable [[Strahan|Stra
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  • 17013 With a party of police?— No; he led them principally, and went through the bush in front. We wer 17015 Whom did you meet then?— Aaron kept away round the corner, and the police rode on to Crawford’s paddock, to the man who had charge of it.
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  • 17101 [[Police Agents|Stevens]] was one?— Yes. ...d in mine?— No doubt you had too large a district. but I believe you got stations added to your district in order to increase its importance, and to the detr
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  • ...ne else or any outbreak in the district. It was only necessary to keep the police up to the mark and improve them. ...re not sufficiently exercised in the use of their arms, and when I visited stations I used to order their practising and getting a supply of ammunition for the
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  • ...Captain Standish and Mr. Hare looked after the stud. I visited the men and stations, and [[Richmond|Richmond]] depot. When I came in I sent in my report about 17152 You say—“At other stations within the district the police do not adopt the irregular and objectionable course above mentioned. It is
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  • ...lsh]] come from to give you that information?— He walked across from the police station to where I slept. ...was aware of. I said we had got one of the horses that were taken from the police. He said, ‘Who found it?’ I said, ‘The party was all together when we
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  • ...with hobbles, billy cans, &amp;c., which show that you do not anticipate [[Police Search Parties|camping out]]. Take care of your men, don't expose them with ...my head-quarters. When you return to Wangaratta don't dismiss men to their stations without consulting me. C. H. N.”
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  • ...c17644|17644]]</span> What were you formerly?— Formerly in the Victorian police force. ..., when he came in, took my revolver from me. There were no firearms in the police station at all. He took it, he said, because Dan Kelly swore at the Wombat
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  • ...ral show. I got information in Benalla from Tom Reading, an ex-sergeant of police, and I believed him, about the Kellys being out on the Puzzle Range. He tol
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  • ...e Organisation|orders]] emanated from head quarters, and copied at all the stations. ...ou at once that the record we have shows that you were discharged from the police for drunkenness?— I will come to that.
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  • ...station at [[Glenmore Run|Glenmore]], and in reducing the strength of the stations at [[Stanley|Stanley]], [[Yackandandah|Yackandandah]], [[Tallangatta|Tallan
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  • ...eport the Royal Commission set out its recommendations; many of the senior police to loose their jobs. ...ea are summarised. They also tell the story of the closure of the Glenmore police station and of the problem of cattle stealing.
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  • ...nt on the part of Captain [[Standish|Standish]], the Chief Commissioner of Police, to have consented to its removal. In 1872 Superintendent Barclay strongly ...was the Glenmore station abolished, but the strength of many other police stations in the district was reduced. Further, excellent and experienced members of
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  • ...hibited a commendable zeal and promptitude in seconding the efforts of the police. The better to facilitate their object, the [[Felons Apprehension Act|Felon
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  • ...es that application had been made to the Chief Commissioner for additional police prior to the attack upon Euroa, and Mr. Nicolson, in cross-examination, rei ...is remarkable episode. There was, at the time of the robbery, virtually no police protection in Euroa. The constable, the only one stationed there, had been
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  • ...which the gang were allowed to swoop down upon a township, to bail up the police, to rob one of the banks, and return to their haunts in Victoria, marked th
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  • ...son [[Army|Artillery]] were gradually withdrawn, while the strength of the police in the district was also considerably reduced, as will be seen from the fol Number of Officers and Police stationed in the North-Eastern district and the extra [[Cost of KellyGang|e
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  • ...as information of the murder was received, prompt action was taken. The [[Police Trackers|black trackers]], who, with Mr [[O'Connor|O'Connor]], had been wit
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  • ...o you consider your paid agent an officer of the police?— The officer of police must, of course, himself have an [[agents|agent]]. People will not allow hi 19 Are the police stationed at [[Greta|Greta]] now quartered at the hotel?— Yes.
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  • ...[Gascoigne|Gascoigne]], previous to his execution, that as long as strange police were going amongst them they could laugh at them. He said, “If you want t ...but of course there may be some not so good—I have been only at very few stations.
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  • ...e district to see the non-commissioned officers in charge of the principal stations. I had long talks with them and their men on the state of affairs, and info ...ted off two or three parties of men who had been specially taken on in the police force, in consequence of their knowledge of the country and the outlaws, an
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  • REPORT OF ACTING C. C. POLICE ON THE NORTH-EASTERN DISTRICT. 81/392 Police Department, Chief Commissioner's Office,
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  • 1 That Inspector [[Brooke Smith|A. B. Smith]] was in charge of the police force in the Ovens district from February 1876 to February 1878. ...ph 122 of the Police Regulations, he selected constables to take charge of stations who were not the “most efficient “ or “best conducted.”
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  • Police Department (Chief Commissioner’s Office) ...man;” yet he took no steps to communicate it by telegram or post to the police around him; otherwise [[Aaron Sherritt|Sherritt]]'s life might have been sa
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  • == Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer by Sup John Sadlier == ...because we could not get so good a living at home?’ '''DRILLING THE FOOT POLICE'''
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  • == Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer by Sup John Sadleir == Mr A L Haydon, in his ''Trooper Police of Australia,'' speaks of the ‘false romantic glamour’ with which the h
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  • == Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer by Sup John Sadleir == ...oint, Jericho and Marysville, right in amongst the mountains, besides some stations in less hilly parts. My early home had been amongst hills, and in my active
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  • == Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer by Sup John Sadleir == ...is residence at Sale , and was required also to visit his distant northern stations more regularly.
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  • == Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer by Sup John Sadleir == ...the company of Mr Lewis, the manager of one of Mr William Degraves’ Omeo stations, and he had as guide a man who knew every inch of the country between Gipps
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  • == Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer by Sup John Sadleir == ...ut one of the many tales of disasters by flood. In later days, when police stations were formed on the upper courses of the rivers, early notice of approaching
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  • == Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer by Sup John Sadleir == ...ng about them which I did not quite understand. It was after this that the police learned the true position of those innocent men shut up within the hotel, t
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  • == Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer by Sup John Sadleir == ...roved too strong for them, for we find in the following year, 1851, police stations formed at Pyrenees, Buninyong, and Castlemaine diggings. In fact, what I ta
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  • ...down. Joe and Dan left . Likely that Paddy Byrne or others stayed to keep police inside | Hare did a telegraph check of all police stations, no problems
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  • [[Benalla Police Station|Bell]] [[Benalla Police Station|Graves]] pc
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  • ...of the town with it on his horse. He was after some months arrested by the police. Hear about my role in the 1877 election ([[Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer Chapter XVII page 4|Sadleir]])
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  • With Nicolson, I was the commander of the police chasing the '''KellyGang;''' the first time was with Standish after the Eur ...ested Captain Standish to tell me to take the necessary precautions at the stations in my district. ([[Royal Commission report day 6 page 1|RC1242]])
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  • ...t him to lead them to Power. While all this was going on I was held by the police on charges relating to a robbery at [[Kyneton|Kyneton]] until mid May when ...arry Power was behind bars for 10 years for robbery, I then came under the police spot light for a number of matters.
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  • ...-1873 Events|1870]] and 1872 I was the clerk to the Inspector in charge of police at Wangaratta and was involved in the arrest of the bush ranger [[Harry Pow ...the strength of the police at the stations was reduced, and the number of stations was reduced, and that pressure thereby was taken off the criminal classes.
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  • ...a police to [[Standish|Standish]], and with [[Hare|Hare]] commander of the police hunting after the '''KellyGang'''. Some people saw me as a dour Scot and th I led the police team against the '''KellyGang''' '''''' from the time it was formed after t
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  • Insp Pewtress was in charge of the police at [[Mansfield|Mansfield]]. '''Links to the KellyGang''' '''below''', [[#2| ...when the Victoria police was formed in 1852. I had been a sergeant in the police in London. I was 5' 10&quot; tall and hazel eyes, by the 1870s grey hair, a
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  • ...ct of operations at Glenrowan was not judicious or calculated to raise the police force in the estimation of the public It is easy to find fault. I was on du ...th police districts were combined and my headquarters changed to [[Benalla Police Station|Benalla]] ([[Royal Commission report day 10 page 1|RC1721]])
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  • ...oming home from our mothers court hearing in Benalla. Hear what those smug police told the Royal Commission ...'KellyGang''', had to be fed and I must not forget the work of keeping the police guessing. That involved a lot of hard riding through the bush.
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  • '''Early Years''' I took charge of the police station at [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]] on the [[1874-1877 Events|6/11/876]]. ...[[Ned Kelly|Kelly]] and a man called '''Newman''' who had escaped from the police at Wangaratta.
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  • I was the police detective based mainly at Beechworth. In that role I chased the '''KellyGan ...icolson]] , [[#6|Spring 1879 Early 1880]] , [[#scp|Cave party]] , [[#paasp|Police at Aaron Sherritt's place]] , [[#26/6/1880|Death of Aaron Sherritt]] , [[#2
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  • '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office''' ...y Journal at KellyGang 13/4/1872 (2)|T&amp;C13/4/1872]]) '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''Other things of interest''' '''Bridge''' between Wodonga an
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  • ...'''Local Government''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office''' ...uroa|Euroa]] robbery. Avenel was the most northern police station in the [[Police Organisation|Burke]] district ([[Royal Commission report day 1 page 14|RC11
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  • ...'''Local Government''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office''' ...s of men, principally from the Irish Constabulary, and in a short time the police gained the confidence of the public at Ballarat by earnest and energetic ef
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  • ...urray Advertiser 15/3/1879|OMA15/3/79]]) '''Local Government''' '''[[#post|Police Station]]''' '''[[#rs|Railway Station]]''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]]'''
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  • The [[Benalla Police Station|head quarters]] for the police operation against the '''KellyGang'''. '''Local Government''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station'''
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  • ...'''Local Government''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office'''
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  • ...'''Local Government''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office'''
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  • ...al Government''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' (1867) '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office''' '''George Landlord''' is police magistrate ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 8/6/1872 (3)
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  • ...'''Local Government''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office'''
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  • ...er. The town at that time had about three hundred inhabitants, there was a police station, where one mounted man was stationed, and it had two hotels and som Police station burnt down in 1872 and replaced
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  • <p>The stations was also known as the '''Gooram Gooram Gong Wool Station''' ([[The Argus at Next morning the police arrived from Benalla.
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  • ...'''Local Government''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office'''
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  • The siege was also the place where the reputations of many senior police officers ended including Superintendents [[Hare|Hare]] and [[Sadleir|Sadlei ...had a few shacks, a general store, a black smith shop and two hotels. The police barracks, post office and school were a kilometre closer to Benalla. The qu
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  • ...t.html|'''Bank''']] '''Main Streets''' '''Local Government''' '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office''' '''[[Post Office|Post Office]]''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''Other things of interest''' Goulburn had a brewery and many
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  • ...l|'''Bank''']] '''Main Streets''' '''Local Government''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office'''
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  • ...'''Local Government''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office''' Insp [[Brooke Smith|Brooke Smith]] was in charge of the police at Horsham in 1881 after his involvement in the hunt for the '''KellyGang''
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  • ...place outside Melbourne, the city was the site of the headquarters of the police and the centre of Government. But it was much more. It was the centre of a ...'''Local Government''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office'''
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  • ...'''Local Government''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office'''
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  • ...'''Local Government''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office''' Const [[Fitzpatrick|Fitzpatrick]] worked for the police in Sydney. ([[Royal Commission report day 36 page 8|RC12899]])
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  • ...story of Billy the Puntman (William Clark)([[Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer Chapter XI page 4|Sadleir]]) <blockquote>The headquarters of police trying to control the [[Greta|Greta]] mob and those watching the Hart and K
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  • ...es at KellyGang 12/8/1876|12/8/1876]]) '''Local Government''' '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''Other things of interest''' see also [[Wodonga|Wodonga]], t
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  • ...t office]], [[Railway Stations|railways]] and of course the [[Police Towns|police]].
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  • == The place the police station in a town in the KellyGang story == ...s than satisfactory. At Greta the policeman was housed in the local hotel. Stations had a paddock for a horse.
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  • Post, rail and telegraph were the official forms of communication. The police used the rail and telegraph in their efforts to find the '''KelllyGang''' b ...ore about the [[Railways|Railways]] of the Kelly Country and the [[Railway Stations|people]] who operated it.
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  • ...e area of the '''KellyGang''' with a structure of local government, police stations, doctors, shops, blacksmiths, churches and most of the facilities that we h Government had become a major employer. The police, railways, and telegraph were key players in the story of the '''KellyGang'
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  • The [[Kelly Home|Kelly family]] was accused by the police of living largely by stealing horses and cattle. ...long debates about the advantages and disadvantages of maintaining police stations in out of the way places like [[Glenmore Run|Glenmore]]. Such out of the wa
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  • ...and Headquarters''' Captain [[Standish|Standish]] was the Commissioner of police. When not off leading the hunt for the '''KellyGang''' he was based in Melb ...uct against the police or any other matter which the Chief Commissioner of Police may wish to have enquired into. ([[Royal Commission report day 1 page 13|RC
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  • The police out after the '''KellyGang''' got a travelling allowance of two shillings a == police pay at KellyGang ==
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  • == Structure of the Victoria police force == In [[17/4-4/10/78 Events|July 1878]] a change was effected in the police arrangements of the country districts. Beechworth and Mansfield and a porti
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  • The police called people who supported the '''[[KellyGang|KellyGang]]''' sympathizers. The sympathizers kept watch on the police and their coming and goings. They also did lots of other things to assist t
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  • The importance of the railway to the police is perhaps best illustrated by the cost. ([[Royal Commission report day 3 p == The Railway Stations, time table and cost ==
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  • ...and the plan to take up the track. The railway played a vital part in the police operation. It helped them get people and horses from one place to the next. == The Railway Stations's place in the KellyGang story ==
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  • == Importance of the Telegraph Stations == ...That message appeared in the press next morning. the Inspector-General of Police in New South Wales' response to the news of the [[Jerilderie|Jerilderie]] r
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  • ...in a short time and the telegraph gave them instant communications between stations. But in a very real way they caused their own problems. [[Railway Stations|railways]] people and places
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