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== The Royal Commission evidence for 20/7/1881 ==
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=== full text ===
(see also introduction to [[Royal Commission report 20/7/1881|day 37]])
[[../../people/peS_T/sherrittEllenMrsJnr.html|'''Mrs. Sherritt, junior''']] '''giving evidence'''
''The public were again admitted to the room.''
<span id="rc13309">[[#rc13309|13309]]</span> ''By Detective [[Ward|Ward]]'' — You remember the night that Mr. Hare and I called at your hut?— Yes.
<span id="rc13310">[[#rc13310|13310]]</span> Who was in the hut at the time?— Constables [[Const W Duross|Duross]] and [[Const R Alexander|Alexander]] .
<span id="rc13311">[[#rc13311|13311]]</span> Did you hear me say anything to the men?— I was there when you came in; you asked where they were.
<span id="rc13312">[[#rc13312|13312]]</span> Who answered?— I think Duross said they were out cutting firewood.
<span id="rc13313">[[#rc13313|13313]]</span> Then did you hear me say anything to them; if so, tell the gentlemen present what I said?— You had not time to say much when Mr. [[Hare|Hare]] came in after you.
<span id="rc13314">[[#rc13314|13314]]</span> ''By the Commission''— Do you remember anything that Detective Ward said immediately after that?— No, I do not.
<span id="rc13315">[[#rc13315|13315]]</span> ''By Detective Ward''— Mr. Hare came in immediately after–whom did he speak to?— To Duross.
<span id="rc13316">[[#rc13316|13316]]</span> What did Duross say?— He asked Duross where were the men, and he said they were out watching, I think.
<span id="rc13317">[[#rc13317|13317]]</span> Did you hear me tell Duross to say that the men were watching Mrs. Byrne 's house?— No.
<span id="rc13318">[[#rc13318|13318]]</span> If I did say that, would you hear me?— I think I would have heard you, because I was standing just at one side when you came in.
<span id="rc13319">[[#rc13319|13319]]</span> ''By the Commission''— Had Detective- Ward any conversation with Duross, to your knowledge, when you were not close to them?— Not to my knowledge, and could not have any conversation with him while l was there.
<span id="rc13320">[[#rc13320|13320]]</span> You were in the room all the time?— Yes.
<span id="rc13321">[[#rc13321|13321]]</span> Do you know whether Ward met Duross at the door outside before he came in?— I could not say.
<span id="rc13322">[[#rc13322|13322]]</span> ''By Detective Ward''— Do you remember me asking where the men were?— Yes, and I told you they were out cutting firewood, and you told me to run up and tell them to come down as quick as they could and go to Byrne's.
<span id="rc13323">[[#rc13323|13323]]</span> You came down with them after you found them?— Yes, I met them coming down Constables [[Const Armstrong|Armstrong]] [[Const T Dowling|Dowling]].
<span id="rc13324">[[#rc13324|13324]]</span> Mr. Hare, Constables Alexander and Duross, had left then?— They had left then with Mr. Hare .
<span id="rc13325">[[#rc13325|13325]]</span> Will you tell what I said to Armstrong and Dowling when I met them?— Told them when you met them outside to go as quickly as they could to Byrne's, and be there before Mr. Hare and the others.
<span id="rc13326">[[#rc13326|13326]]</span> Did you hear me say anything that Duross had told Mr. Hare anything?— No, I do not remember anything more.
<span id="rc13327">[[#rc13327|13327]]</span> ''By Constable'' ''Alexander'' — Had I any conversation with you the night Byrne and Dan Kelly were outside of the hut?— No.
<span id="rc13328">[[#rc13328|13328]]</span> I did not refuse to go out?— No. I heard you say if Armstrong went out you would go out, and you said Armstrong would not go out, he thought it better to wait till morning.
<span id="rc13329">[[#rc13329|13329]]</span> Whom did you ask to go out when you came in?— Armstrong .
<span id="rc13330">[[#rc13330|13330]]</span> Whom did Byrne want outside?— Duross, and it was Armstrong I met first when I came in.
<span id="rc13331">[[#rc13331|13331]]</span> ''By the Commission''— Did Byrne understand that Duross was the man looking for work?— He did not know.
<span id="rc13332">[[#rc13332|13332]]</span> How do you know that it was Duross that Byrne wanted out?— Because I mentioned the man's name. I said his name was Duross, and I said he was a working man, and he came that evening looking for work.
<span id="rc13333">[[#rc13333|13333]]</span> ''By Constable'' ''Alexander'' — Did you hear Detective Ward whispering to Duross when be came in (on the 19th)?— No, I do not remember he whispered anything, that I could hear.
<span id="rc13334">[[#rc13334|13334]]</span> You did not hear him say anything after he asked where the others were?— No, I do not remember him saying anything after that.
<span id="rc13335">[[#rc13335|13335]]</span> Did he whisper anything either?— No.
''The witness withdrew.'' ....
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== The Royal Commission evidence for 20/7/1881 ==
''''''
=== full text ===
(see also introduction to [[Royal Commission report 20/7/1881|day 37]])
[[../../people/peS_T/sherrittEllenMrsJnr.html|'''Mrs. Sherritt, junior''']] '''giving evidence'''
''The public were again admitted to the room.''
<span id="rc13309">[[#rc13309|13309]]</span> ''By Detective [[Ward|Ward]]'' — You remember the night that Mr. Hare and I called at your hut?— Yes.
<span id="rc13310">[[#rc13310|13310]]</span> Who was in the hut at the time?— Constables [[Const W Duross|Duross]] and [[Const R Alexander|Alexander]] .
<span id="rc13311">[[#rc13311|13311]]</span> Did you hear me say anything to the men?— I was there when you came in; you asked where they were.
<span id="rc13312">[[#rc13312|13312]]</span> Who answered?— I think Duross said they were out cutting firewood.
<span id="rc13313">[[#rc13313|13313]]</span> Then did you hear me say anything to them; if so, tell the gentlemen present what I said?— You had not time to say much when Mr. [[Hare|Hare]] came in after you.
<span id="rc13314">[[#rc13314|13314]]</span> ''By the Commission''— Do you remember anything that Detective Ward said immediately after that?— No, I do not.
<span id="rc13315">[[#rc13315|13315]]</span> ''By Detective Ward''— Mr. Hare came in immediately after–whom did he speak to?— To Duross.
<span id="rc13316">[[#rc13316|13316]]</span> What did Duross say?— He asked Duross where were the men, and he said they were out watching, I think.
<span id="rc13317">[[#rc13317|13317]]</span> Did you hear me tell Duross to say that the men were watching Mrs. Byrne 's house?— No.
<span id="rc13318">[[#rc13318|13318]]</span> If I did say that, would you hear me?— I think I would have heard you, because I was standing just at one side when you came in.
<span id="rc13319">[[#rc13319|13319]]</span> ''By the Commission''— Had Detective- Ward any conversation with Duross, to your knowledge, when you were not close to them?— Not to my knowledge, and could not have any conversation with him while l was there.
<span id="rc13320">[[#rc13320|13320]]</span> You were in the room all the time?— Yes.
<span id="rc13321">[[#rc13321|13321]]</span> Do you know whether Ward met Duross at the door outside before he came in?— I could not say.
<span id="rc13322">[[#rc13322|13322]]</span> ''By Detective Ward''— Do you remember me asking where the men were?— Yes, and I told you they were out cutting firewood, and you told me to run up and tell them to come down as quick as they could and go to Byrne's.
<span id="rc13323">[[#rc13323|13323]]</span> You came down with them after you found them?— Yes, I met them coming down Constables [[Const Armstrong|Armstrong]] [[Const T Dowling|Dowling]].
<span id="rc13324">[[#rc13324|13324]]</span> Mr. Hare, Constables Alexander and Duross, had left then?— They had left then with Mr. Hare .
<span id="rc13325">[[#rc13325|13325]]</span> Will you tell what I said to Armstrong and Dowling when I met them?— Told them when you met them outside to go as quickly as they could to Byrne's, and be there before Mr. Hare and the others.
<span id="rc13326">[[#rc13326|13326]]</span> Did you hear me say anything that Duross had told Mr. Hare anything?— No, I do not remember anything more.
<span id="rc13327">[[#rc13327|13327]]</span> ''By Constable'' ''Alexander'' — Had I any conversation with you the night Byrne and Dan Kelly were outside of the hut?— No.
<span id="rc13328">[[#rc13328|13328]]</span> I did not refuse to go out?— No. I heard you say if Armstrong went out you would go out, and you said Armstrong would not go out, he thought it better to wait till morning.
<span id="rc13329">[[#rc13329|13329]]</span> Whom did you ask to go out when you came in?— Armstrong .
<span id="rc13330">[[#rc13330|13330]]</span> Whom did Byrne want outside?— Duross, and it was Armstrong I met first when I came in.
<span id="rc13331">[[#rc13331|13331]]</span> ''By the Commission''— Did Byrne understand that Duross was the man looking for work?— He did not know.
<span id="rc13332">[[#rc13332|13332]]</span> How do you know that it was Duross that Byrne wanted out?— Because I mentioned the man's name. I said his name was Duross, and I said he was a working man, and he came that evening looking for work.
<span id="rc13333">[[#rc13333|13333]]</span> ''By Constable'' ''Alexander'' — Did you hear Detective Ward whispering to Duross when be came in (on the 19th)?— No, I do not remember he whispered anything, that I could hear.
<span id="rc13334">[[#rc13334|13334]]</span> You did not hear him say anything after he asked where the others were?— No, I do not remember him saying anything after that.
<span id="rc13335">[[#rc13335|13335]]</span> Did he whisper anything either?— No.
''The witness withdrew.'' ....
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