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== Importance of John McElroy ==
Arrested as a sympathizer.
'''Links to the KellyGang''' '''below''' , Early Years., Teenage years., First run in with the law., Fitzpatrick Incident., Gold Mining., Mansfield Murders., Escape North., Euroa Robbery., [[#2/1/1879|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., '''Photograph'''
== Family ==
'''brothers''' ,.. '''sis''' '''ters''' ... '''wife''' [[Tom Lloyd|Mary Lloyd]] '''children''' [[Wild Wright|Bridget]], Tom, '''parents''' ... '''uncle''' ... '''aunt''' ...
== Links to the KellyGang ==
Photograph '''Euroa Robbery 10/12/1878''' Was I at Faithful's Creek to help the boys '''Mass arrest of the sympathizers''' On 2/1/1879 Commissioner [[Standish|Standish]] ordered the arrest of about 20 [[Sympathizers|sympathizers]] including myself. He took that action under section 5 of the [[Felons Apprehension Act|Felony Apprehension Act]]. Most of the sympathizers were held in Beechworth goal.
I was arrested near [[Benalla|Benalla]] by ... ([[The Argus at KellyGang 4/1/1879 (2)|Argus4/1/79]])([[The Argus at KellyGang 6/1/1879|Argus6/1/79]])([[Daniel Clancey|OMA7/1/79]])
We were held without ever being given a chance to defend them selves. We 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 for over 3 months before the sympathizers were finally released
After a time we got on each others nerves. Wild [[Wild Wright|Wright]] me up in the [[Beechworth Gaol|Beechworth Goal]] for no reason. ([[The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (35)|JJK]])
It was decided that I should challenge the mass arrests by seeking a writ of habeas corpus. '''Mr M'Farland''' represented me before Judge [[Redmond Barry|Barry]]. See the documentation. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 21/2/1879|Argus21/2/79]])
Mr [[William Zincke MP|Zincke]] represented me at the remand hearings, see ([[The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 11/2/1879|OMA11/2/79]]) ([[The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 18/2/1879 (2)|OMA18/2/79]]) ([[The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 20/2/1879 (2)|OMA20/2/79]])
We made the big application in the Supreme Court in Melbourne on 18/2/[[events79-2_4Jerilderie Robbery|1879]]. Sir Redmond [[Redmond Barry|Barry]] rejected the application for technical reasons. I was released a week later with some of my colleagues.
See also ([[The Argus at KellyGang 17/2/1879|Argus17/2/79]])
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'''
My brother Michael and I were eventually released ([[The Argus at KellyGang 26/2/1879|Argus26/2/79]]) ([[The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 27/2/1879|OMA27/2/79]])
'''Glenrowan Siege 28/6/1880''' Was I there, down at the railway embankment '''After the Siege''' I was charged with with intent to do grievous bodily harm as a result of an incident where it was alleged that I had snapped a loaded gun at Quinn. Insp [[Insp Wliiam Montfort|Montfort]] prosecuted the case against me. The Justices found me not guilty. I also charged Quinn with using insulting language against me Mrs '''Dobson''''s public-house, (RC [[Royal Commission report Appendix 1 page 1|App1]],App10, [[Royal Commission report day 1 page 6|28]])
'''George McElroy''' was arrested in Melbourne a few days before Ned Kelly's [[Ned Kellys End|execution]]. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 10/11/1880|Argus10/11/80]])
'''Before''' '''Later Career''' '''What happened to John McElroy's family'''
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