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== Importance of Paddy Byrne ==
[[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne]]'s brother '''Links to the KellyGang''' , [[#3|Early Years]]., [[#5|Teenage years]] , First run in with the law., Fitzpatrick Incident , Gold Mining , Deaths at Stringy Bark Creek , Escape North , Euroa Robbery , Mass arrest of sympathizers , [[#xx|Jerilderie Robbery]] ''', [[#14|Later in 1879]]''' [[#14|]], [[#15|Early in 1880]] , [[#26/6/1880|Death of Aaron Sherritt.]], Glenrowan Siege , Ned Kelly's Trial , Royal Commission , [[#28/6/1880|Later life]],
== Family ==
'''brothers''' & '''sisters''' [[Joe Byrne|Joe]] 56, John 58, [[Catherine Byrne, Kate Byrne|Kate]] 59, Paddy 62, Mary 63, Denny 66, Margaret 69, Ellen 71 '''wife''' ?... '''parents''' Patrick and [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|Margaret]]. '''Uncles and aunts''' John and Mary Byrne '''aunt'''s ?...
== Links to the KellyGang ==
'''Early years''' Photograph I was born on 17/3/[[1854-1863 Events|1862]] in [[Chiltern|Chiltern]] but we lived at [[Sebastopol|Sebastopol]] grew up with my elder brother and sister Joe and Kate and the rest of the children
'''Teenage years''' There was some thought that I was keen on Ann Jane [[Ann Jane Sherritt|Sherritt]] at one stage '''Jerilderie robbery'''
'''Later'''
I purchased my grey mare at [[Tarawingi|Tarrawingee]] for £20. ([[Royal Commission report day 32 page 10|RC12217]])
'''Later in 1879''' I was at the [[Whorouly (2)|Whouroly]] races with [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]] ([[The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 8 page 5|FH]])
In November was around the place when [[Enoch Downes|Downes]] visited my [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|mother]]. ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 26|RC13490]])
Aaron [[Aaron Sherritt|Sherritt]] stole my horse. My mother brought him to court. See my evidence. ([[Ovens & Murray Advertiser (8)|OMA29/7/79]])
Mrs [[Anne and John Sherritt Snr|Sherritt]] saw the '''[[KellyGang|KellyGang]]''' on one of their visits to our place to get some supplies about a month or so before [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron]]'s death ([[events 1879-11/ 1879-12|13/11/1879]]). One of her daughters still used to come over and see us. She told the Royal Commission what her daughter saw.
<blockquote>'..and who should come up but [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne]], leading a horse, and [[Dan Kelly|Dan Kelly]]. Each of them was leading one and riding another. Mrs. [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|Byrne]] then came out-there was a whistle-it is a very thick scrubby place, and after a little bit [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] and [[Steve Hart|Hart]] came on foot, from the back of the place like, and those two came up the front of the house like, so, and got their provisions. There was some bread and I think it was boiled bacon, and then Patsy Byrne went up the [[Woolshed|Woolshed]] and he brought down something in a bottle and gave it to them, and Patsy -Joe Byrne's brother-said, "Which way did you come?" and Joe says, "The way we always come. We came down the steepest part of Wall's Gully."'([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 11|RC13207]])
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Later that evening I met up with Jack [[John Sherritt Jnr|Sherritt]] down the Woolshed at [[Julian's shanty|Julien]]'s and we had a drink. ([[Royal Commission report 9/8/1881|RC15266]])
Soon after this Jack Sherritt and I saw James [[James Wallace|Wallace]] during one of his visits to the Woolshed. ([[Royal Commission report day 42 page 7|RC14673]])
'''Early in 1880'''
As the year went on I used to be out all night and sleep all day. I was 19 at the time
Mrs [[Mrs Ellen Barry|Barry]] saw me pass and ride on horseback, and my youngest brother and sister used to go to go to school by Aaron Sherritt's place mostly every day. ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 20|RC13385]]) See also ([[The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 10 page 3|FH]])
On about [[events 1880-4/ 1880-6|30/5/1880]] Ass Com [[Nicolson|Nicolson]] with a party of police came up to [[Everton|Everton]] and met [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]]. They followed me rather and my brother [[Joe Byrne|Joe]]. ([[Royal Commission report day 5 page 2|RC1110]])
On the Sunday 20/6/1880 Consts [[Const W Duross|Duross]] and [[Const T Dowling|Dowling]] say they saw me watching Aaron Sherritt's home for at least an hour, just standing in the middle of the road and watching. Prior to this I had been seen around the place. ([[Royal Commission report day 15 page 14|RC3791]]) ([[Royal Commission report day 17 page 2|RC4715]])([[Royal Commission report day 32 page 4|RC12137]])
On the night of [[events 1880-4/ 1880-6|21/6/1880]] I thought that I would go for a ride and show the police and Aaron Sherritt a few tricks of my own. Those police saw me. I hope they were frightened.
I had a well-bred horse, stable-fed, locked up of a night, that I used to be scouting about on of a night ([[Royal Commission report day 15 page 14|RC3794]])([[Royal Commission report day 32 page 4|RC12137]])
This is what Const Armstrong reported about me.
<blockquote>"I beg to report that at 11.16 p.m. on the 21st instant Paddy Byrne left his house, riding his grey mare, and keeping off the road, high up the range, going in the direction of Madden's Gap, which is situated in the Beechworth side of Mrs. Byrne's house. The other constables and I who were watching the house did not consider it advisable to follow him, as he was riding at a half-trotting pace, and the night was so light we could be seen for several hundred yards or, besides, being confident that it was Paddy, we thought it better to let him pass on than run the risk of being found out. We remained watching the house until 3.30 a.m., at which time he had not returned home. I may further add that the dog kept barking for the greater part of the night, so we were obliged to take our position almost at the foot of the range, far away from the house. On my return to camp I came into Beechworth to report the matter, prior to which I requested [[Aaron Sherritt|Moses]] to keep a sharp look out, and obtain all the information be could in the meantime." (Moses was Aaron Sherritt) ([[Royal Commission report day 17 page 12|RC5104]]) See also ([[Royal Commission report day 15 page 14|RC3791]])([[Royal Commission report day 38 page 8|RC13861]])
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At about this time I aquired a grey hound. You know the type of dog those toffs were using for [[Coursing|coursing]].
See also([[Royal Commission report day 38 page 7|RC13860]])
'''Death of Aaron Sherritt 26/6/1880''' Was I around the place making a noise to keep the police from going for help after the shooting?
See ([[Ovens and Murray Advertiser (5)|OMA1/7/80]]) '''Later Life''' We went to live in Albury and I did a bit of droving
I spent my last days back at the Woolshed
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