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The Royal Commission Appendix 5

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Reported Appearances of the Kelly Outlaws

Date report received	Date of appearance	Where seen	Steps taken by Police
3/9/79	3/8/79	Wilson's paddock, near Greta	[This report was three (3) weeks old.]
2/9/79	I/9/79	Near Sebastopol (Joe Byrne	[Agent Moses only employed to watch, on the recommendation of Detective Ward
6/9/79	9/7/79 (about)	In a paddock near Greta	Information to Superintendent Sadleir of the four outlaws having been seen two months previously in a paddock near Greta. Information too stale.
9/9/79	9/7/79	Dan Kelly at Mrs. Skillian's Stable door	Information too stale. Informant promised to watch, and Communicate sooner next time. The other outlaws were probably present, as Mrs Skillian was seen carrying a bucket supposed filled with tea, and a parcel supposed to have been bread.
12/9/79	10/9/79	Dan Kelly alleged to have been seen in Crawford's paddock	Arrangement made to watch. Jones to meet Mr. Nicolson at Beechworth on 15th. He met Mr. Nicolson for first time at Wangaratta with Bruce.
12/9/79	29/8/79	Ned Kelly alleged to have been seen at Goorambat, seven miles from Benalla	[Too stale to use, but informant undertook to watch and report any re-appearance.] Was seen several times by Mr. Nicolson and Sergeant Whelan. Ned Kelly about this time was reported as suffering from sciatica.
24/9/79	15/9/79	Mrs. Byrne's	Moses gives the information. It is too stale. The Jones's. Instructed to watch and secure tracks.
16/9/79	6/9/79		Mr. Nicolson had a private interview with Moses in Beechworth this I6th September, and Moses admitted having seen Byrne on 6th, and that Jones received from Byrne the threatening letter to Detective Ward.—C. 124.
22/9/79			Examined a camp 23rd August on Porcupine Creek, in a gully leading between Sebastopol and the Pilot Range. Found traces of three or four horses. Evidently a place of concealment. Byrne passed this way on return from Jerilderie into Victoria. But this camp is more recent, horse. And men believed to have been the outlaws having been seen on the 23rd August. This is of value, as indicating one of the outlaws' routes.
24/9/79	31/8/79	Mr Crawford’s paddock	EI Dorado police put on alert. Information sent through agent to outlaw's brother Patsy for Byrne that even £20 would not at any time be found in the El Dorado or any other small post office. Jones was working, and Byrne asked him to ascertain amount of money in El Dorado Savings Bank.
29/9?/79	28/9/79	Mrs. Byrne	Joe Byrne left £2 in silver for Jones for posting a threatening letter to Detective Ward.
29/9/79	28/9/79	Near Greta	[This is the report mentioned in evidence of Captain Standish, Mr Nicolson, and Mr Sadleir. Information alias “Foote.”] Mr. Sadleir did not know the place indicated by the informant, therefore his services as guide could not be relied upon.—Vide memo to Chief Commissioner of Police in Mr. Nicolson's evidence. The informant was willing, and intended to come, and Mr. Nicolson telegraphed to Mr. Sadleir to bring him, which he did not do. Mr. O'Connor did not consider Mr. Sadleir's guidance sufficiently good under the circumstances.

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