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  • ...ommission App 13-1|top]] '''e''' ''''''E'''''' '''[[Royal Commission|Royal Commission Report]]''' '''s''' ''''''S'''''' [[Category:Documents]] [[Category:Recollections of a Victorian Police Office]] [[Category:John Sadlier]] [[Category:history]] [[Category:book]] [
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  • ...the Government Service. I said I would prefer a cadetship in the Victorian police, as I was anxious to go in pursuit of bushrangers who were overrunning the ...parted from each other for many years, and in 1882 we were both appointed police magistrates for the colony of Victoria.
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  • ...d not escape, at any rate through any fault of the weapon. I fulfilled the commission accordingly. Intending to camp out most of the time, we laid in a stock of ...Hare]] [[Category:December 1804]] [[Category:Recollections of a Victorian Police Office]] [[Category:Sup Hare]] [[Category:history]] [[Category:book]] [[Cat
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  • ...nd of the Kelly gang lying in wait at the station for the special train of police. He said a special train was behind him, and he would go on to the station ...nd wife had a terrible fright through Mr Rawlings, who had accompanied the police, coming down to the school. They thought that he was Ned Kelly when he aske
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  • ...overnment had expired, Captain Standish telegraphed to the commissioner of Police at Brisbane, and requested that they might be allowed to remain, but that p ...ecretary again consulted, and it was then arranged that a reinforcement of police should be despatched, and an ample supply of ammunition was ordered to be s
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  • The members of the police force originated from similar stock, and, as upholders of the law, their di ...agrarian offence (but not assault or murder as falsely stated by the Royal Commission after Ned Kelly's execution). With jury packing reduced to a fine art, the
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  • ...casion Ned had to pay £3 Is., which covered the fine, costs and damage to police uniforms. ...r officer at Lancefield declared that Fitzpatrick was not fit to be in the police force and could not be trusted out of sight. and on whose unsupported evide
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  • ...rejoicing at his escape. Bruised and defeated McCormack went to the Greta Police Station and laid two charges against Ned Kelly. He charged Ned with having This was the first win for the Assistant Chief Commissioner of Police, Supt C H [[Nicolson|Nicolson]], who played for the forfeiture of Ned Kelly
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  • ...general public have been led, through the vicious misrepresentation by the police, to regard him as a treacherous and bloodthirsty scoundrel. This misreprese ...evidence on oath before the [[Royal Commission report day 34 page 6|Royal Commission]] on the 29th June, 1881 , as follows:-
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  • ...a, gave evidence before the [[Royal Commission report day 14 page 15|Royal Commission]] on 9th June, 1881, as follows:- ...n was a great mistake''''''at the time." This clearly proves that the police knew that the horse stealing in the Kelly Country was not done by the Kelly
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  • ...d to the police that his horse had been stolen by some person unknown. The police made inquiries, and ascertained that two youths were seen in the vicinity w ...But as Fitzpatrick had not yet returned from a visit to [[Cashel|Cashel]] police station the Sergeant sent Constable [[Const Healey|Healey]] out on patrol t
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  • By the [[Royal Commission report day 23 page 2|Commission]].-"What was the charge on which they were arrested?" -"For By the Commission.-"Had Mrs Kelly an infant with her when you arrested her?"
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  • ...to inquire into the cause of the Kelly outbreak and the management of the police during the pursuit. It is noticeable that Fitzpatrick swore to the followin "On April 16 I was called to the police barracks Benalla, to see Constable Fitzpatrick. Examined his left wrist, fo
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  • ...on enter the house after him (Fitzpatrick). When closely questioned by the Commission as to how Williamson, not having entered the house, could come out of the b ...he following charges: "That he (Fitzpatrick) was not fit to be in the Police Force., that he associated with the lowest persons in Lancefield, that he c
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  • ...mphasis on the atrocious crime of aiding and abetting in the shooting of a police constable, and added: "If your son Ned were here I would make an examp ...headquarters were at that time at Benalla, when giving evidence before the Commission, said:- "I thought the sentence upon that old woman, Mrs Kelly, a very
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  • ...t CC of police; and Supt J Sadleir went to Beechworth, and with a party of police and civilians, all mounted, and numbering about fifty, intended to sneak no ...said, ‘Keep them together.’ That is how I occupied myself.” ([[Royal Commission report day 2 page 5|RC388]])
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  • ...countryside.  Captain Standish, who was over all as Chief Commissioner of Police, was in doubt as to his position in this big failure, because Supt CH Nicol ...the first to speak to Aaron Sherritt.  I am pretty sure of it.”([[Royal Commission report day 10 page 6|RC1784]])
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  • ...nd in order to do so the Government, at the suggestion of the heads of the Police Department, violated one of the most cherished principles of civilised nati ...e all acted together, Captain Standish, myself, and Mr Sadleir.  ([[Royal Commission report day 6 page 3|RC1263]]) 
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  • ...police would not dare put a hand on his young friend, Mr D Wall. ([[Royal Commission report day 6 page 3|RC1270]]) ...yrne was riding a magnificent grey horse, and the other a bay.” ([[Royal Commission report day 6 page 4|RC1271]])
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  • == Chivalry of the Police == ...ficiently demoralised to attack her.  The age of chivalry, as far as this police party was concerned, had gone.
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  • ...to be an outlaw) and his accomplices information tending to facilitate the commission by them of further crimes, contrary to the provisions of the [[Felons Appre ...d not have done much, as for four months before I was taken (arrested) the police had their eyes on me.”
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  • ...ased, that the Kellys were so successful in locking up the New South Wales police at Jerilderie and assuming control of the town. ...e Kellys actually arrested the police, locked them up, and, by donning the police uniform, made themselves responsible for order in the town.
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  • ...e passed, and that was all.  What further inquiry could be made? ([[Royal Commission report day 48 page 18|RC16610]]) Question by Superintendent Nicolson—Could you not have used the police to ascertain for you who had lambs running about in that quarter?—Certain
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  • This letter was responsible for diverting the attention of the heads of the police force at Benalla to Albury while the Kellys entertained the Euroa bank mana ...April, 1879, I was employed by Mr Hare as a scout and guide to assist the police in the pursuit of the Kellys, at the rate of £1 per day.
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  • ...t would appear a wise policy that Mr Nicolson should remain at the Benalla police barracks, so as to be on hand when the outlaws would come in to give themse ...d’s Faithful Creek station, near Euroa.  This was the end of Quinn as a police spy.
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  • ...llys were at Urana, New South Wales, and at Rutherglen, in Victoria.  The police were very much hampered by the numerous wild reports of the imaginary appea ...bo, Troopers Hero, Johnny, Jimmy, Barney and Jack—arrived at the Benalla police barracks, which were to be their headquarters while tracking the outlaws.
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  • ...p a bait here and there and let any animal that liked pick it up. ([[Royal Commission report day 7 page 1|RC1369]]) Question.—What you want to convey to the Commission is this: That the Kellys were so supported by the sympathisers and actually
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  • ...ults of these quarrels increased the public contempt for the valour of the police. ...ays the favourite game played by school children was “the Kellys and the police,” and it happened that the Kellys invariably won.
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  • ...out.  Men were seen moving about.  In making a hasty retreat, one of the police, Constable Graham, tripped over a log and dropped his rifle, which he did n ...ry Act Constable Alex  [[Fitzpatrick|Fitzpatrick]] was transferred to the police depot, and from there he was sent to Lancefield, where he was under Senior-
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  • ...ed by the policy pursued by Supt [[Nicolson|Nicolson]], and as long as the police kept out of their way no one in the district was hurt.  It was the general ...to Queensland to secure about half a dozen blacktrackers for the Victorian police force.  Mr O’Connor and his “boys” left Benalla for Melbourne on Fri
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  • ...afterwards have gone before a justice of the peace or some officer of the police force and then to the best of his ability given full information respecting 7        Any justice of the peace or officer of the police force having reasonable cause to suspect that an outlaw or accused person s
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  • ...alled forty policemen.  In the opinion of the Kellys, the attitude of the police change from savage cruelty to arrant cowardice.  Dan and Joe took up their ..., and he fired a second shot at Aaron, and he fell on the floor. ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 20|RC13386]])
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  • ...nd soon after that to look for bushes to set fire to the place.  ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 21|RC13395]]) ...ained inside till daylight.  The first time I went into the room the men (police) appeared as if they were bustling about looking for their firearms, and th
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  • ...’s door and asking the way the night Aaron Sherritt was shot.  ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 8|RC13120]]) ...he never began to do it while I was there.  Byrne did not say there were police in the house; always two men he wanted out. 
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  • ...ignation having been accepted—be dismissed from the service.” ([[Royal Commission Appendix 20 for 10 October 1881|RC]]) The evidence of these four men was not believed by the Royal Commission, but if either of them gave similar evidence against the Kellys the evidenc
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  • ...the flashes made by the firing of the police at the hotel, which they (the police) knew was full of innocent men, women and children.  One of these four sho ...e a single shot until Ned was wounded, which was the third volley from the police
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  • ...arms.’ It came from a policeman close behind Sergeant Steele.  ([[Royal Commission report day 27 page 4|RC10636]]) ...a second time, when I got into the yard and found how I was treated by the police.  I thought my life was in danger.  I knew it was in danger.  I knew it
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  • ...The senior constable took two, and the others went by themselves. ([[Royal Commission report day 28 page 9|RC11145]]) ...“That is a woman and children” — something to that effect? ([[Royal Commission report day 28 page 15|RC11318]])
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  • ...came in a few minutes after himself.  When I went on the ground ([[Royal Commission report day 20 page 8|RC7607]]) ...(Mrs Jones) said.  That would be two o’clock, about an hour before the police arrived.
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  • By the Commission.—That was hot work.—Hot work! You would not like to be there, I can tel Question by Commission — At the time that Steele, you say, was firing upon you, and your wife es
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  • ...more important than the green sash referred to, is the confiscation by the police officials of the four suits of armour used by the members of the Kelly Gang Mr Thomas [[Carrington|Carrington]], before the Royal Commission, was sworn and examined: —
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  • ...could have come up to this side and rushed round simultaneously. ([[Royal Commission report day 26 page 4|RC10090]]) ...ly’s armour on the platform.  If it was good enough for him to face the police with, surely someone could have put it on and have gone in, besides with th
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  • ...Rev Dean [[Matthew Gibney|Gibney]] gave evidence on oath before the Royal Commission on June 28, 1881, as follows: - ...Vicar General of the Roman Catholic Church in Western Australia. ([[Royal Commission report day 33 page 1|RC12290]])
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  • Question — Did they (police) seem to be under any control? — I could not say that they were guided by ...use or not, but the reason of that was that sometimes, in my position, the police were above and beyond the house, and I could not really say then whence the
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  • ...back of the house, that was the nearest way then, and I called out to the police that the men were all dead inside. Question — Did they (the police) rush to the building then? — There came two or three running up very soo
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  • ...time in the press different remarks about casting censure upon the Police Commission - that they had not given me any portion of the reward. Now I wish to make Question — This is not the Commission that allocated the reward? — Indeed!
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  • ...led up with him who knew where he was and ran and took him out.”([[Royal Commission report day 33 page 5|RC12346]]) ...I saw the others running to the other side, I suppose I called out to the police. They were on my right hand as I went up. After I came out I turned to them
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