John Stewart

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Importance of John Stewart

Arrested as a sympathizer. I lived near Rutherglen at Brown's Plains Links to the KellyGang , Early Years , Teenage years , First run in with the law , Fitzpatrick Incident , Gold Mining , Mansfield Murders , Escape North , Euroa Robbery , Mass arrest of sympathizers, Jerilderie Robbery , Later in 1879 , Early in 1880 , Death of Aaron Sherritt , Glenrowan Siege , Ned Kelly's Trial , Royal Commission , Family ,

Family

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Mass arrest of the sympathizers Photograph On 2/1/1879 Commissioner Standish ordered the arrest of about 20 sympathizers including myself and my brother Walter. He took that action under the Outlawry Act. The sympathizers were held in Beechworth goal.

I was arrested near Browns Plains by ... (Argus11/1/79)

The men were held without ever being given a chance to defend them selves. They were remanded in custody for periods of 7 days. Only one of the sympathizers was represented by a lawyer. The magistrates repeated the remands each week. I was released on 18/1/1879. Most of the others were held for over 3 months before they were finally released.

At the start, the arrests had public support in Melbourne but that turned into general contempt for the police. The mass arrests resulted in fewer people being prepared to assist the police or to supply information about the KellyGang

Eventually they dropped the charges against me. Mr F Brown represented me. (Argus20/1/79)

Glenrowan Siege 28/6/1880 Was I at the Glenrowan seige? After What happened to John Stewart's family Let the KellyGang ride free