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John Delaney

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== Importance of John Delaney ==

I was a farmer and lived at Greta. A sympathizer who helped the '''KellyGang'''

'''Links to the KellyGang''' '''below''' , Early Years , Teenage years , First run in with the law , Fitzpatrick Incident , Gold Mining , Deaths at Stringy Bark Creek , [[#en|Escape North]] , [[#eu|Euroa Robbery]] , Mass arrest of sympathizers , [[#jr|Jerilderie Robbery]] ''',''' Later in 1879 , Early in 1880 , Death of Aaron Sherritt , [[#glenrowan|Glenrowan Siege]], Ned Kelly's Trial , Royal Commission , Family , '''Photograph'''

== Family ==

'''brothers and sisters''' William b1863, Patrick b1867 , ... '''''' '''wife''' ... '''parents''' Patrick and Catherine Dwyer '''uncle''' ... '''aunt''' ...

== Links to the KellyGang ==

Photograph '''Escape north'''

'''Euroa Robbery 10/12/1878''' '''Jerilderie Robbery 10/2/1879''' '''Glenrowan Siege 28/6/1880''' My brothers '''William''' and '''Patrick''' and I were some of the prisoners in the Inn. We had been coursing there before.([[The Age (4)|Age29/6/80]])

I may have been at the begining of the Glenrowan [[ev80-06-28Glenrowan|siege]] with the '''KellyGang''' from late in the evening of Saturday 26 June 1880,

I lived at Greta

[[Thomas Curnow|Thomas Curnow]] told the [[Royal Commission|Royal Commission]]

"After some further conversation, we all listened to what [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] was saying to Delaney. The outlaw was accusing Delaney of having some short time previous ridden a horse from near Greta into Wangaratta to oblige a policeman, and of having sought admission into the police force. He threatened to shoot Delaney for this, and pointed a revolver at him several times"

"After keeping Delaney in a state of extreme terror for about half an hour the outlaw made him promise never again to seek admission into the police force, and finally said, 'I forgive you this time; but mind you be careful for the future.'" See ([[Royal Commission report day 52 page 2 (2)|RC17597]])

'''Later'''

My wife and I gave evidence against Mrs [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Jones]] on a charge of harbouring the '''KellyGang'''. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 26/11/1880 (4)|Argus26/11/80]])

'''Life before the KellyGang''' I was born in 1861

Mr father, Patrick, was a blacksmith and he had the mail contract between [[Glenrowan|Glenrowan]] and [[Greta|Greta]] in 1876

'''Later life''' In late 1880 my younger brother Patrick was accused of stealing a registered letter and charged

== What happened to John Delaney's family ==

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