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== The Royal Commission evidence for 2/6/1881 ==
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(see also introduction to [[Royal Commission report 2/6/1881|day 25]])
[[../../people/peD_G/gascoignePmc.html|'''Const Charles Gascoigne''']] '''giving evidence'''
<span id="rc9713">[[#rc9713|9713]]</span> You remained on the Benalla side of the hotel?— Yes, all the time.
<span id="rc9714">[[#rc9714|9714]]</span> Were you in a position to see whether there was any large amount of firing from the hotel in the front?— I had the position from the front and side windows to see any one escaping at that end.
<span id="rc9715">[[#rc9715|9715]]</span> Was there any large amount of firing from the front windows after the first volley?— Not from the front windows; there was a lot between the kitchen and the hotel. There was a paling fence for cover, and there were two men firing endways at the Benalla side; they were standing between the kitchen and the hotel.
<span id="rc9716">[[#rc9716|9716]]</span> Was there a large amount of firing from the immediate front of the hotel–from the railway side, towards the hotel?— There was at the first shooting a lot of shots.
<span id="rc9717">[[#rc9717|9717]]</span> After Mr. Hare was shot, was there much firing from the police from the railway side?— Well, I believe there were a good number of shots firing from that, not so freely as before.
<span id="rc9718">[[#rc9718|9718]]</span> When was the last time you saw any shot fired from the hotel during the day?— Half-past two, from the back window, the skillion where the outlaws were captured.
<span id="rc9719">[[#rc9719|9719]]</span> Had there been any considerable amount of firing from the hotel from the time the civilians were released until half-past two?— Odd shots only.
<span id="rc9720">[[#rc9720|9720]]</span> Only now and then?— Only now and then odd shots.
<span id="rc9721">[[#rc9721|9721]]</span> You were present at the burning of [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|the hotel]]?— Yes.
<span id="rc9722">[[#rc9722|9722]]</span> Did you see the priest go in?— I saw him go in.
<span id="rc9723">[[#rc9723|9723]]</span> Which way did he go in?— In the front door.
<span id="rc9724">[[#rc9724|9724]]</span> Which way did he come out?— I could not say. I heard some of the people sing out he was burnt, and I went to the back of the hotel.
<span id="rc9725">[[#rc9725|9725]]</span> You did not see him there?— I saw him afterwards, at the back, but I cannot say whether , he came out that way or not.
<span id="rc9726">[[#rc9726|9726]]</span> Did you see the body of [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne]] taken out?— I saw some men carrying it away; I was not there. There was supposed to be a wounded man at the back, [[Cherry|Cherry,]] and I went there.
<span id="rc9727">[[#rc9727|9727]]</span> Did you see the bodies of the two men that were burnt?— I did.
<span id="rc9728">[[#rc9728|9728]]</span> Before they were moved?— No, there was some one moving them from the position they were in.
<span id="rc9729">[[#rc9729|9729]]</span> When you saw them they had been moved?— Yes.
<span id="rc9730">[[#rc9730|9730]]</span> After the house was burnt and the bodies dragged out?— Yes, it was still burning.
<span id="rc9731">[[#rc9731|9731]]</span> Did you see where they were brought to or from?— Yes.
<span id="rc9732">[[#rc9732|9732]]</span> Where were they lying in the hotel?— When I saw them?
<span id="rc9733">[[#rc9733|9733]]</span> Can you say what room those two were in?— They were in the room on the Benalla side of the building, the back skillion on the Benalla end–the south end.
<span id="rc9734">[[#rc9734|9734]]</span> Were both bodies there?— They were both there.
<span id="rc9735">[[#rc9735|9735]]</span> Were they both there when they were burnt?— I believe they were.
<span id="rc9736">[[#rc9736|9736]]</span> Did you hear [[Const T Dwyer|Dwyer]]'s statement about those bodies?— I did.
<span id="rc9737">[[#rc9737|9737]]</span> Do you consider that is a correct statement?— Well, the bodies had been removed, had been poked with a pole when I saw them, and that may have shifted them.
<span id="rc9738">[[#rc9738|9738]]</span> Not from the north end to the south end?— No. They were both in the small room, as I have stated.
<span id="rc9739">[[#rc9739|9739]]</span> Could a body at the north end have been shifted into the skillion on the south end?— No.
<span id="rc9740">[[#rc9740|9740]]</span> You saw them troth in that room?— Yes.
<span id="rc9741">[[#rc9741|9741]]</span> How was the armour lying?— It had been moved too, a man with a large pole had been poking it.
<span id="rc9742">[[#rc9742|9742]]</span> Who was the man?— Williams, of Dookie, a civilian, and Senior-[[Johnston|Johnson]].
<span id="rc9743">[[#rc9743|9743]]</span> He had not moved them far?— No, not much out of position.
<span id="rc9744">[[#rc9744|9744]]</span> Not a yard?— No, perhaps a foot.
<span id="rc9745">[[#rc9745|9745]]</span> Were they lying on the floor?— Yes.
<span id="rc9746">[[#rc9746|9746]]</span> Not on the bed?— No.....
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== The Royal Commission evidence for 2/6/1881 ==
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=== full text ===
(see also introduction to [[Royal Commission report 2/6/1881|day 25]])
[[../../people/peD_G/gascoignePmc.html|'''Const Charles Gascoigne''']] '''giving evidence'''
<span id="rc9713">[[#rc9713|9713]]</span> You remained on the Benalla side of the hotel?— Yes, all the time.
<span id="rc9714">[[#rc9714|9714]]</span> Were you in a position to see whether there was any large amount of firing from the hotel in the front?— I had the position from the front and side windows to see any one escaping at that end.
<span id="rc9715">[[#rc9715|9715]]</span> Was there any large amount of firing from the front windows after the first volley?— Not from the front windows; there was a lot between the kitchen and the hotel. There was a paling fence for cover, and there were two men firing endways at the Benalla side; they were standing between the kitchen and the hotel.
<span id="rc9716">[[#rc9716|9716]]</span> Was there a large amount of firing from the immediate front of the hotel–from the railway side, towards the hotel?— There was at the first shooting a lot of shots.
<span id="rc9717">[[#rc9717|9717]]</span> After Mr. Hare was shot, was there much firing from the police from the railway side?— Well, I believe there were a good number of shots firing from that, not so freely as before.
<span id="rc9718">[[#rc9718|9718]]</span> When was the last time you saw any shot fired from the hotel during the day?— Half-past two, from the back window, the skillion where the outlaws were captured.
<span id="rc9719">[[#rc9719|9719]]</span> Had there been any considerable amount of firing from the hotel from the time the civilians were released until half-past two?— Odd shots only.
<span id="rc9720">[[#rc9720|9720]]</span> Only now and then?— Only now and then odd shots.
<span id="rc9721">[[#rc9721|9721]]</span> You were present at the burning of [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|the hotel]]?— Yes.
<span id="rc9722">[[#rc9722|9722]]</span> Did you see the priest go in?— I saw him go in.
<span id="rc9723">[[#rc9723|9723]]</span> Which way did he go in?— In the front door.
<span id="rc9724">[[#rc9724|9724]]</span> Which way did he come out?— I could not say. I heard some of the people sing out he was burnt, and I went to the back of the hotel.
<span id="rc9725">[[#rc9725|9725]]</span> You did not see him there?— I saw him afterwards, at the back, but I cannot say whether , he came out that way or not.
<span id="rc9726">[[#rc9726|9726]]</span> Did you see the body of [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne]] taken out?— I saw some men carrying it away; I was not there. There was supposed to be a wounded man at the back, [[Cherry|Cherry,]] and I went there.
<span id="rc9727">[[#rc9727|9727]]</span> Did you see the bodies of the two men that were burnt?— I did.
<span id="rc9728">[[#rc9728|9728]]</span> Before they were moved?— No, there was some one moving them from the position they were in.
<span id="rc9729">[[#rc9729|9729]]</span> When you saw them they had been moved?— Yes.
<span id="rc9730">[[#rc9730|9730]]</span> After the house was burnt and the bodies dragged out?— Yes, it was still burning.
<span id="rc9731">[[#rc9731|9731]]</span> Did you see where they were brought to or from?— Yes.
<span id="rc9732">[[#rc9732|9732]]</span> Where were they lying in the hotel?— When I saw them?
<span id="rc9733">[[#rc9733|9733]]</span> Can you say what room those two were in?— They were in the room on the Benalla side of the building, the back skillion on the Benalla end–the south end.
<span id="rc9734">[[#rc9734|9734]]</span> Were both bodies there?— They were both there.
<span id="rc9735">[[#rc9735|9735]]</span> Were they both there when they were burnt?— I believe they were.
<span id="rc9736">[[#rc9736|9736]]</span> Did you hear [[Const T Dwyer|Dwyer]]'s statement about those bodies?— I did.
<span id="rc9737">[[#rc9737|9737]]</span> Do you consider that is a correct statement?— Well, the bodies had been removed, had been poked with a pole when I saw them, and that may have shifted them.
<span id="rc9738">[[#rc9738|9738]]</span> Not from the north end to the south end?— No. They were both in the small room, as I have stated.
<span id="rc9739">[[#rc9739|9739]]</span> Could a body at the north end have been shifted into the skillion on the south end?— No.
<span id="rc9740">[[#rc9740|9740]]</span> You saw them troth in that room?— Yes.
<span id="rc9741">[[#rc9741|9741]]</span> How was the armour lying?— It had been moved too, a man with a large pole had been poking it.
<span id="rc9742">[[#rc9742|9742]]</span> Who was the man?— Williams, of Dookie, a civilian, and Senior-[[Johnston|Johnson]].
<span id="rc9743">[[#rc9743|9743]]</span> He had not moved them far?— No, not much out of position.
<span id="rc9744">[[#rc9744|9744]]</span> Not a yard?— No, perhaps a foot.
<span id="rc9745">[[#rc9745|9745]]</span> Were they lying on the floor?— Yes.
<span id="rc9746">[[#rc9746|9746]]</span> Not on the bed?— No.....
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