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== The Royal Commission evidence for 4/5/1881 ==
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=== full text ===
(see also introduction to [[Royal Commission report 4/5/1881|day 15]])
'''Constable [[Const W Duross|Duross]]''' '''giving evidence'''
<span id="rc3916">[[#rc3916|3916]]</span> Did you go and look?— No, we did not hear of it till after we left.
<span id="rc3917">[[#rc3917|3917]]</span> At Glenrowan were the prisoners still in the house, in [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Jones's hotel]], when you got there?— Yes, they were there, because I saw them when they came out.
<span id="rc3918">[[#rc3918|3918]]</span> How long after you came was it that they came out?— I should think about 11 or 12 o'clock , to the best of my recollection.
<span id="rc3919">[[#rc3919|3919]]</span> When did you take up your position with your Spencer?— It was a little after 9 when I did.
<span id="rc3920">[[#rc3920|3920]]</span> How many rounds of ammunition did you fire?— I fired more after the people came out than before.
<span id="rc3921">[[#rc3921|3921]]</span> The rifle you fired is a magazine rifle?— It will hold seven or eight cartridges.
<span id="rc3922">[[#rc3922|3922]]</span> How many of those did you fire?— Altogether I should say twenty-four or twenty-five.
<span id="rc3923">[[#rc3923|3923]]</span> Then you loaded it more than once?— Yes.
<span id="rc3924">[[#rc3924|3924]]</span> The orders were to fire at the house?— Yes, there were no orders only what I am telling; when I was firing at the house Mr. [[Sadleir|Sadleir]] said, “Aim for the brickwork.”
<span id="rc3925">[[#rc3925|3925]]</span> Where were you standing?— Opposite the chimney, at the side of the house.
<span id="rc3926">[[#rc3926|3926]]</span> How far from the house?— I should say about a hundred yards—the men were all round the house.
<span id="rc3927">[[#rc3927|3927]]</span> In which direction from the railway station?— As you go up the line this way towards Beechworth. Here is Jones's house—[''explaining his meaning by a diagram'']—and I was stationed at the north of the house, by the chimney.
<span id="rc3928">[[#rc3928|3928]]</span> Were any shots coming from the house when you were firing?— There were several shots passing by.
<span id="rc3929">[[#rc3929|3929]]</span> Was that from the house?— Either from the house or the opposite side of the house.
<span id="rc3930">[[#rc3930|3930]]</span> Were the constables opposite?— Yes.
<span id="rc3931">[[#rc3931|3931]]</span> Would their bullets penetrate the two walls and come to you?— I should think so unless they came in contact with the brickwork.
<span id="rc3932">[[#rc3932|3932]]</span> Were you aware when you were firing that there were people inside beside the outlaws—of course you were obliged to obey instructions—from any information you heard?— I think I heard there were some.
<span id="rc3933">[[#rc3933|3933]]</span> What do you think you heard?— That there was somebody inside besides the outlaws.
<span id="rc3934">[[#rc3934|3934]]</span> How many?— It was not stated. I did not take much notice.
<span id="rc3935">[[#rc3935|3935]]</span> Where were the [[Police Trackers|black trackers]]?— They were running round in all directions about this time.
<span id="rc3936">[[#rc3936|3936]]</span> What time?— About eleven o'clock , I should say—no, it was after eleven, because I saw Mr. [[O'Connor|O'Connor]] give them some lunch
<span id="rc3937">[[#rc3937|3937]]</span> When you arrived there first you saw Mr. Sadleir and Mr. O'Connor—where was Mr. Sadleir?— The north side of the house was the first time I saw him on the ground.
<span id="rc3938">[[#rc3938|3938]]</span> Where were you when you asked about indicating Mr. O'Connor?— Just alongside of him.
<span id="rc3939">[[#rc3939|3939]]</span> Do you know anything of the drain?— There was a drain in front of the house.
<span id="rc3940">[[#rc3940|3940]]</span> How far where you from it?— To the north-west of it.
<span id="rc3941">[[#rc3941|3941]]</span> How far from it?— I should say about 120 yards.
<span id="rc3942">[[#rc3942|3942]]</span> That would be about what time when you fired the shot that splintered the wood?— I could not say.
<span id="rc3943">[[#rc3943|3943]]</span> It was about the first shot you fired?— Yes; I can only remember the time I arrived accurately.
<span id="rc3944">[[#rc3944|3944]]</span> You were warming bricks for a time?— Yes.
<span id="rc3945">[[#rc3945|3945]]</span> How long?— Half-an-hour or three-quarters.
<span id="rc3946">[[#rc3946|3946]]</span> What did you do after that?— I went around the place.
<span id="rc3947">[[#rc3947|3947]]</span> You did something else for Ned Kelly you said?— I turned him in the bed and settled the bed underneath him.
<span id="rc3948">[[#rc3948|3948]]</span> Mr. Sadleir had instructed you to do that?— Yes; Mr. Sadleir and Sergeant Steele.
<span id="rc3949">[[#rc3949|3949]]</span> Where were the men that instructed you to do that?— Sergeant Steele was in the room, and I think Mr. Sadleir was on the platform.
<span id="rc3950">[[#rc3950|3950]]</span> After performing that duty, who gave you further instructions?— I acted on my own instructions.....
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== The Royal Commission evidence for 4/5/1881 ==
''''''
=== full text ===
(see also introduction to [[Royal Commission report 4/5/1881|day 15]])
'''Constable [[Const W Duross|Duross]]''' '''giving evidence'''
<span id="rc3916">[[#rc3916|3916]]</span> Did you go and look?— No, we did not hear of it till after we left.
<span id="rc3917">[[#rc3917|3917]]</span> At Glenrowan were the prisoners still in the house, in [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Jones's hotel]], when you got there?— Yes, they were there, because I saw them when they came out.
<span id="rc3918">[[#rc3918|3918]]</span> How long after you came was it that they came out?— I should think about 11 or 12 o'clock , to the best of my recollection.
<span id="rc3919">[[#rc3919|3919]]</span> When did you take up your position with your Spencer?— It was a little after 9 when I did.
<span id="rc3920">[[#rc3920|3920]]</span> How many rounds of ammunition did you fire?— I fired more after the people came out than before.
<span id="rc3921">[[#rc3921|3921]]</span> The rifle you fired is a magazine rifle?— It will hold seven or eight cartridges.
<span id="rc3922">[[#rc3922|3922]]</span> How many of those did you fire?— Altogether I should say twenty-four or twenty-five.
<span id="rc3923">[[#rc3923|3923]]</span> Then you loaded it more than once?— Yes.
<span id="rc3924">[[#rc3924|3924]]</span> The orders were to fire at the house?— Yes, there were no orders only what I am telling; when I was firing at the house Mr. [[Sadleir|Sadleir]] said, “Aim for the brickwork.”
<span id="rc3925">[[#rc3925|3925]]</span> Where were you standing?— Opposite the chimney, at the side of the house.
<span id="rc3926">[[#rc3926|3926]]</span> How far from the house?— I should say about a hundred yards—the men were all round the house.
<span id="rc3927">[[#rc3927|3927]]</span> In which direction from the railway station?— As you go up the line this way towards Beechworth. Here is Jones's house—[''explaining his meaning by a diagram'']—and I was stationed at the north of the house, by the chimney.
<span id="rc3928">[[#rc3928|3928]]</span> Were any shots coming from the house when you were firing?— There were several shots passing by.
<span id="rc3929">[[#rc3929|3929]]</span> Was that from the house?— Either from the house or the opposite side of the house.
<span id="rc3930">[[#rc3930|3930]]</span> Were the constables opposite?— Yes.
<span id="rc3931">[[#rc3931|3931]]</span> Would their bullets penetrate the two walls and come to you?— I should think so unless they came in contact with the brickwork.
<span id="rc3932">[[#rc3932|3932]]</span> Were you aware when you were firing that there were people inside beside the outlaws—of course you were obliged to obey instructions—from any information you heard?— I think I heard there were some.
<span id="rc3933">[[#rc3933|3933]]</span> What do you think you heard?— That there was somebody inside besides the outlaws.
<span id="rc3934">[[#rc3934|3934]]</span> How many?— It was not stated. I did not take much notice.
<span id="rc3935">[[#rc3935|3935]]</span> Where were the [[Police Trackers|black trackers]]?— They were running round in all directions about this time.
<span id="rc3936">[[#rc3936|3936]]</span> What time?— About eleven o'clock , I should say—no, it was after eleven, because I saw Mr. [[O'Connor|O'Connor]] give them some lunch
<span id="rc3937">[[#rc3937|3937]]</span> When you arrived there first you saw Mr. Sadleir and Mr. O'Connor—where was Mr. Sadleir?— The north side of the house was the first time I saw him on the ground.
<span id="rc3938">[[#rc3938|3938]]</span> Where were you when you asked about indicating Mr. O'Connor?— Just alongside of him.
<span id="rc3939">[[#rc3939|3939]]</span> Do you know anything of the drain?— There was a drain in front of the house.
<span id="rc3940">[[#rc3940|3940]]</span> How far where you from it?— To the north-west of it.
<span id="rc3941">[[#rc3941|3941]]</span> How far from it?— I should say about 120 yards.
<span id="rc3942">[[#rc3942|3942]]</span> That would be about what time when you fired the shot that splintered the wood?— I could not say.
<span id="rc3943">[[#rc3943|3943]]</span> It was about the first shot you fired?— Yes; I can only remember the time I arrived accurately.
<span id="rc3944">[[#rc3944|3944]]</span> You were warming bricks for a time?— Yes.
<span id="rc3945">[[#rc3945|3945]]</span> How long?— Half-an-hour or three-quarters.
<span id="rc3946">[[#rc3946|3946]]</span> What did you do after that?— I went around the place.
<span id="rc3947">[[#rc3947|3947]]</span> You did something else for Ned Kelly you said?— I turned him in the bed and settled the bed underneath him.
<span id="rc3948">[[#rc3948|3948]]</span> Mr. Sadleir had instructed you to do that?— Yes; Mr. Sadleir and Sergeant Steele.
<span id="rc3949">[[#rc3949|3949]]</span> Where were the men that instructed you to do that?— Sergeant Steele was in the room, and I think Mr. Sadleir was on the platform.
<span id="rc3950">[[#rc3950|3950]]</span> After performing that duty, who gave you further instructions?— I acted on my own instructions.....
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