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== The Royal Commission evidence for 11/5/1881 ==
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=== full text ===
(see also introduction to [[Royal Commission report 11/5/1881|day 18]])
''''''Constable Alfred John [[Const Faulkiner|Faulkiner]]''' giving evidence'''
<span id="rc5551">[[#rc5551|5551]]</span> After the cave party being broken up on the 3rd or 4th?— Yes, some time after we arrived.
<span id="rc5552">[[#rc5552|5552]]</span> Did he speak about the [[Police Search Parties|cave party]]?— No.
<span id="rc5553">[[#rc5553|5553]]</span> Whom did you report to at Benalla?— Sergeant [[Whelan|Whelan]].
<span id="rc5554">[[#rc5554|5554]]</span> Did you speak to him about the cave party?— No.
<span id="rc5555">[[#rc5555|5555]]</span> Did you see Mr. Sadleir?— I think I did.
<span id="rc5556">[[#rc5556|5556]]</span> Did you report to any of your comrades, senior-constables, or sergeants your opinion about the cave party being known after the 3rd?— I could not say I did.
<span id="rc5557">[[#rc5557|5557]]</span> Did you before?— No.
<span id="rc5558">[[#rc5558|5558]]</span> Then all the information you gave on the matter is detailed in those letters?— Yes.
<span id="rc5559">[[#rc5559|5559]]</span> Were there any other members of the force left at the cave after you came away?— No, I was among the last that left.
<span id="rc5560">[[#rc5560|5560]]</span> You knew then that the cave party was broken up?— Yes; the cave party was removed to [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]]'s house.
<span id="rc5561">[[#rc5561|5561]]</span> You knew it was broken up when you left on the 2nd?— Yes.
<span id="rc5562">[[#rc5562|5562]]</span> Then they went direct to Aaron Sherritt's house, a portion of the men?— Yes, soon after Mr. Hare relieved Mr. Nicolson.
<span id="rc5563">[[#rc5563|5563]]</span> You stated you used to put your food in a bag and take it from Sherritt's house?— Yes.
<span id="rc5564">[[#rc5564|5564]]</span> Was that old [[Anne and John Sherritt Snr|Sherritt]]’s house?— Yes.
<span id="rc5565">[[#rc5565|5565]]</span> Did young Jack Sherritt occasionally bring food there?— Yes.
<span id="rc5566">[[#rc5566|5566]]</span> Did he do it at night?— Mostly about dusk.
<span id="rc5567">[[#rc5567|5567]]</span> What food did you get, tinned fish?— Yes.
<span id="rc5568">[[#rc5568|5568]]</span> Did he remove the empty tins or anything, and try to hide the appearance of your being there?— He might, but not to my knowledge.
<span id="rc5569">[[#rc5569|5569]]</span> How did you get water?— Aaron Sherritt brought it in water-bags—I went a few times, but he generally brought the water.
<span id="rc5570">[[#rc5570|5570]]</span> Was there any other man, except the two Sherritts or the women, that supplied you with provisions that you know of?— No.
<span id="rc5571">[[#rc5571|5571]]</span> Do you think that all those three girls at Sherritt's house, and Aaron Sherritt, and young Sherritt, and John Sherritt all knew of the existence of the cave party?— Yes, certainly.
<span id="rc5572">[[#rc5572|5572]]</span> Did you see Mrs. [[Const Daniel Barry|Barry]] there?— Yes.
<span id="rc5573">[[#rc5573|5573]]</span> She knew of it?— Yes.
<span id="rc5574">[[#rc5574|5574]]</span> Where did she live?— Opposite the hotel—that is facing the cave; the cave is away up in the hill
<span id="rc5575">[[#rc5575|5575]]</span> Has she got a family?— Yes, one or two little ones. Aaron was married at this time, living with Mrs. Barry, in the house.
<span id="rc5576">[[#rc5576|5576]]</span> He had not gone to his own house?— No.
<span id="rc5577">[[#rc5577|5577]]</span> ''By Mr. Hare''. —You say the supplies came from Sherritt's house?— Yes.
<span id="rc5578">[[#rc5578|5578]]</span> Who took them there?— [[Patrick Allen|Allan]], the storekeeper, from Beechworth.
<span id="rc5579">[[#rc5579|5579]]</span> What distance is that?— About between five and six miles.
<span id="rc5580">[[#rc5580|5580]]</span> Did they know whom the supplies were for?— Not to my knowledge.
<span id="rc5581">[[#rc5581|5581]]</span> Do you know who paid for the supplies?— Yes.
<span id="rc5582">[[#rc5582|5582]]</span> Who?— The Government.
<span id="rc5583">[[#rc5583|5583]]</span> And Allan conveyed them to Sherritt's house?— Yes.
<span id="rc5584">[[#rc5584|5584]]</span> ''By the Commission''. —How do you know the Government paid?— Because we had a note out from Detective [[Ward|Ward]] that the cart would be out in the evening with the provisions, and we had to write to Ward for the provisions when we required them.
<span id="rc5585">[[#rc5585|5585]]</span> Still you did not know of your own knowledge that some one else may not have paid the storekeeper?— I suppose it was the Government.
<span id="rc5586">[[#rc5586|5586]]</span> You arrived at that conclusion because you sent to Ward and he sent to you?— Yes.
<span id="rc5587">[[#rc5587|5587]]</span> Do you know Allan's store in Beechworth?— Yes.
<span id="rc5588">[[#rc5588|5588]]</span> Do you know that any officer of police is in the habit of going there and ordering provisions?— No.
<span id="rc5589">[[#rc5589|5589]]</span> ''By Mr. Hare''. —Who ordered provisions?— We wrote to Detective Ward.....
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== The Royal Commission evidence for 11/5/1881 ==
''''''
=== full text ===
(see also introduction to [[Royal Commission report 11/5/1881|day 18]])
''''''Constable Alfred John [[Const Faulkiner|Faulkiner]]''' giving evidence'''
<span id="rc5551">[[#rc5551|5551]]</span> After the cave party being broken up on the 3rd or 4th?— Yes, some time after we arrived.
<span id="rc5552">[[#rc5552|5552]]</span> Did he speak about the [[Police Search Parties|cave party]]?— No.
<span id="rc5553">[[#rc5553|5553]]</span> Whom did you report to at Benalla?— Sergeant [[Whelan|Whelan]].
<span id="rc5554">[[#rc5554|5554]]</span> Did you speak to him about the cave party?— No.
<span id="rc5555">[[#rc5555|5555]]</span> Did you see Mr. Sadleir?— I think I did.
<span id="rc5556">[[#rc5556|5556]]</span> Did you report to any of your comrades, senior-constables, or sergeants your opinion about the cave party being known after the 3rd?— I could not say I did.
<span id="rc5557">[[#rc5557|5557]]</span> Did you before?— No.
<span id="rc5558">[[#rc5558|5558]]</span> Then all the information you gave on the matter is detailed in those letters?— Yes.
<span id="rc5559">[[#rc5559|5559]]</span> Were there any other members of the force left at the cave after you came away?— No, I was among the last that left.
<span id="rc5560">[[#rc5560|5560]]</span> You knew then that the cave party was broken up?— Yes; the cave party was removed to [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]]'s house.
<span id="rc5561">[[#rc5561|5561]]</span> You knew it was broken up when you left on the 2nd?— Yes.
<span id="rc5562">[[#rc5562|5562]]</span> Then they went direct to Aaron Sherritt's house, a portion of the men?— Yes, soon after Mr. Hare relieved Mr. Nicolson.
<span id="rc5563">[[#rc5563|5563]]</span> You stated you used to put your food in a bag and take it from Sherritt's house?— Yes.
<span id="rc5564">[[#rc5564|5564]]</span> Was that old [[Anne and John Sherritt Snr|Sherritt]]’s house?— Yes.
<span id="rc5565">[[#rc5565|5565]]</span> Did young Jack Sherritt occasionally bring food there?— Yes.
<span id="rc5566">[[#rc5566|5566]]</span> Did he do it at night?— Mostly about dusk.
<span id="rc5567">[[#rc5567|5567]]</span> What food did you get, tinned fish?— Yes.
<span id="rc5568">[[#rc5568|5568]]</span> Did he remove the empty tins or anything, and try to hide the appearance of your being there?— He might, but not to my knowledge.
<span id="rc5569">[[#rc5569|5569]]</span> How did you get water?— Aaron Sherritt brought it in water-bags—I went a few times, but he generally brought the water.
<span id="rc5570">[[#rc5570|5570]]</span> Was there any other man, except the two Sherritts or the women, that supplied you with provisions that you know of?— No.
<span id="rc5571">[[#rc5571|5571]]</span> Do you think that all those three girls at Sherritt's house, and Aaron Sherritt, and young Sherritt, and John Sherritt all knew of the existence of the cave party?— Yes, certainly.
<span id="rc5572">[[#rc5572|5572]]</span> Did you see Mrs. [[Const Daniel Barry|Barry]] there?— Yes.
<span id="rc5573">[[#rc5573|5573]]</span> She knew of it?— Yes.
<span id="rc5574">[[#rc5574|5574]]</span> Where did she live?— Opposite the hotel—that is facing the cave; the cave is away up in the hill
<span id="rc5575">[[#rc5575|5575]]</span> Has she got a family?— Yes, one or two little ones. Aaron was married at this time, living with Mrs. Barry, in the house.
<span id="rc5576">[[#rc5576|5576]]</span> He had not gone to his own house?— No.
<span id="rc5577">[[#rc5577|5577]]</span> ''By Mr. Hare''. —You say the supplies came from Sherritt's house?— Yes.
<span id="rc5578">[[#rc5578|5578]]</span> Who took them there?— [[Patrick Allen|Allan]], the storekeeper, from Beechworth.
<span id="rc5579">[[#rc5579|5579]]</span> What distance is that?— About between five and six miles.
<span id="rc5580">[[#rc5580|5580]]</span> Did they know whom the supplies were for?— Not to my knowledge.
<span id="rc5581">[[#rc5581|5581]]</span> Do you know who paid for the supplies?— Yes.
<span id="rc5582">[[#rc5582|5582]]</span> Who?— The Government.
<span id="rc5583">[[#rc5583|5583]]</span> And Allan conveyed them to Sherritt's house?— Yes.
<span id="rc5584">[[#rc5584|5584]]</span> ''By the Commission''. —How do you know the Government paid?— Because we had a note out from Detective [[Ward|Ward]] that the cart would be out in the evening with the provisions, and we had to write to Ward for the provisions when we required them.
<span id="rc5585">[[#rc5585|5585]]</span> Still you did not know of your own knowledge that some one else may not have paid the storekeeper?— I suppose it was the Government.
<span id="rc5586">[[#rc5586|5586]]</span> You arrived at that conclusion because you sent to Ward and he sent to you?— Yes.
<span id="rc5587">[[#rc5587|5587]]</span> Do you know Allan's store in Beechworth?— Yes.
<span id="rc5588">[[#rc5588|5588]]</span> Do you know that any officer of police is in the habit of going there and ordering provisions?— No.
<span id="rc5589">[[#rc5589|5589]]</span> ''By Mr. Hare''. —Who ordered provisions?— We wrote to Detective Ward.....
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