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== The Royal Commission evidence for 14/5/1881 ==
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(see also introduction to [[Royal Commission report 14/5/1881|day 20]])
'''Const [[Const William Canny|Canny]] giving evidence'''
<span id="rc7498">[[#rc7498|7498]]</span> Did he retain the [[McAuliffe|McAuliffes]] and let the others go?— Yes.
<span id="rc7499">[[#rc7499|7499]]</span> Did you see Sergeant [[Steele|Steele]] come on the ground?— I heard him; I did not see him. I heard him challenged by one of the constables; I do not know who.
<span id="rc7500">[[#rc7500|7500]]</span> Was the position that you heard him coming to between you and where the place is that you were shown as the place that Kelly was captured?— Yes.
<span id="rc7501">[[#rc7501|7501]]</span> Do you know what position Sergeant Steele took up?— No.
<span id="rc7502">[[#rc7502|7502]]</span> Did you hear any firing from the tree to your right?— There was firing there.
<span id="rc7503">[[#rc7503|7503]]</span> Then if Sergeant Steele stated that he took that position immediately on coming from Wangaratta, would you have any reason to doubt his accuracy?— No.
<span id="rc7504">[[#rc7504|7504]]</span> ''By Mr. O'Connor''— Can you state what time the special train arrived at Glenrowan?— I had a watch and I looked at it just then, it was [[ev80-06-28Glenrowan|twenty minutes]] to three.
<span id="rc7505">[[#rc7505|7505]]</span> Do I understand you to mean when we came up to unship the horses?— Yes.
<span id="rc7506">[[#rc7506|7506]]</span> Did you notice me on the platform at all?— No, I did not.
<span id="rc7507">[[#rc7507|7507]]</span> Are you prepared to state that I was not on the platform?— No, certainly not; I was busy taking the horses out.
<span id="rc7508">[[#rc7508|7508]]</span> You never heard me speak on the platform?— No, you might have.
<span id="rc7509">[[#rc7509|7509]]</span> Mr. Hare, you stated, ran up in advance; who was the next man?— I believe it was Constable Gascoigne.
<span id="rc7510">[[#rc7510|7510]]</span> You did not see me move up with Mr. Hare?— No.
<span id="rc7511">[[#rc7511|7511]]</span> Where did you come up in the rush?— I was third man to Mr. Hare, going through the wicket gate.
<span id="rc7512">[[#rc7512|7512]]</span> I mean leaving the platform. You say you were getting out the horses, where were you upon leaving the platform—were there several between you and Mr. Hare when he went up?— Yes, but some of them went towards the railway gate—some of the party.
<span id="rc7513">[[#rc7513|7513]]</span> Would you show on the plan the gate you mean?— I mean the gate-house.
<span id="rc7514">[[#rc7514|7514]]</span> On the railway line?— Yes, some of the men went on to that.
<span id="rc7515">[[#rc7515|7515]]</span> I am speaking of leaving the railway platform. Now who can you swear left the platform with Mr. [[Hare|Hare]]?— [[Gascoigne|Gascoigne]], [[Const W Phillips|Phillips]], and myself.
<span id="rc7516">[[#rc7516|7516]]</span> You were the only ones?— Yes. There were lots, but they did not go through the wicket gate.
<span id="rc7517">[[#rc7517|7517]]</span> Never mind the wicket gate at present; I mean before leaving the platform, Mr. Hare spoke and you heard him?— Yes.
<span id="rc7518">[[#rc7518|7518]]</span> When we came out of the train, when the train pulled up at the platform, do you remember seeing Mr. Hare on the platform?— Yes.
<span id="rc7519">[[#rc7519|7519]]</span> Did you see me on the platform?— I did not see you.
<span id="rc7520">[[#rc7520|7520]]</span> You said I might have been there?— I am certain you were there.
<span id="rc7521">[[#rc7521|7521]]</span> Then I ask you—I am still speaking of the platform—did you see Mr. Hare start up towards the house?— Yes.
<span id="rc7522">[[#rc7522|7522]]</span> You heard him spear; to his men?— I followed him up.
<span id="rc7523">[[#rc7523|7523]]</span> Did you hear him speak?— Yes, he said, “Come on, boys.”
<span id="rc7524">[[#rc7524|7524]]</span> You say you did not hear me speak on the platform?— I do not remember on the platform.
<span id="rc7525">[[#rc7525|7525]]</span> Who followed Mr. Hare off the platform?— I believe all the men started from the platform.
<span id="rc7526">[[#rc7526|7526]]</span> I might have been with them?— You might have been with them.
<span id="rc7527">[[#rc7527|7527]]</span> To your knowledge you do not know?— No, not starting from the platform.
<span id="rc7528">[[#rc7528|7528]]</span> At what part of the ground did you pass the other man that led up next but one to Mr. Hare?— Some of the men went down the creek along the line.
<span id="rc7529">[[#rc7529|7529]]</span> Now in reference to the first discharge, are you aware that Mr. Hare in his evidence stated he was wounded by the first shot that was fired; is that correct?— He was wounded very soon; if it was; not the first, it must have been the second anyhow. He was wounded very soon after.
<span id="rc7530">[[#rc7530|7530]]</span> Did you hear Mr. Hare immediately state that he was wounded?— I heard him say he was wounded.....
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=== full text ===
(see also introduction to [[Royal Commission report 14/5/1881|day 20]])
'''Const [[Const William Canny|Canny]] giving evidence'''
<span id="rc7498">[[#rc7498|7498]]</span> Did he retain the [[McAuliffe|McAuliffes]] and let the others go?— Yes.
<span id="rc7499">[[#rc7499|7499]]</span> Did you see Sergeant [[Steele|Steele]] come on the ground?— I heard him; I did not see him. I heard him challenged by one of the constables; I do not know who.
<span id="rc7500">[[#rc7500|7500]]</span> Was the position that you heard him coming to between you and where the place is that you were shown as the place that Kelly was captured?— Yes.
<span id="rc7501">[[#rc7501|7501]]</span> Do you know what position Sergeant Steele took up?— No.
<span id="rc7502">[[#rc7502|7502]]</span> Did you hear any firing from the tree to your right?— There was firing there.
<span id="rc7503">[[#rc7503|7503]]</span> Then if Sergeant Steele stated that he took that position immediately on coming from Wangaratta, would you have any reason to doubt his accuracy?— No.
<span id="rc7504">[[#rc7504|7504]]</span> ''By Mr. O'Connor''— Can you state what time the special train arrived at Glenrowan?— I had a watch and I looked at it just then, it was [[ev80-06-28Glenrowan|twenty minutes]] to three.
<span id="rc7505">[[#rc7505|7505]]</span> Do I understand you to mean when we came up to unship the horses?— Yes.
<span id="rc7506">[[#rc7506|7506]]</span> Did you notice me on the platform at all?— No, I did not.
<span id="rc7507">[[#rc7507|7507]]</span> Are you prepared to state that I was not on the platform?— No, certainly not; I was busy taking the horses out.
<span id="rc7508">[[#rc7508|7508]]</span> You never heard me speak on the platform?— No, you might have.
<span id="rc7509">[[#rc7509|7509]]</span> Mr. Hare, you stated, ran up in advance; who was the next man?— I believe it was Constable Gascoigne.
<span id="rc7510">[[#rc7510|7510]]</span> You did not see me move up with Mr. Hare?— No.
<span id="rc7511">[[#rc7511|7511]]</span> Where did you come up in the rush?— I was third man to Mr. Hare, going through the wicket gate.
<span id="rc7512">[[#rc7512|7512]]</span> I mean leaving the platform. You say you were getting out the horses, where were you upon leaving the platform—were there several between you and Mr. Hare when he went up?— Yes, but some of them went towards the railway gate—some of the party.
<span id="rc7513">[[#rc7513|7513]]</span> Would you show on the plan the gate you mean?— I mean the gate-house.
<span id="rc7514">[[#rc7514|7514]]</span> On the railway line?— Yes, some of the men went on to that.
<span id="rc7515">[[#rc7515|7515]]</span> I am speaking of leaving the railway platform. Now who can you swear left the platform with Mr. [[Hare|Hare]]?— [[Gascoigne|Gascoigne]], [[Const W Phillips|Phillips]], and myself.
<span id="rc7516">[[#rc7516|7516]]</span> You were the only ones?— Yes. There were lots, but they did not go through the wicket gate.
<span id="rc7517">[[#rc7517|7517]]</span> Never mind the wicket gate at present; I mean before leaving the platform, Mr. Hare spoke and you heard him?— Yes.
<span id="rc7518">[[#rc7518|7518]]</span> When we came out of the train, when the train pulled up at the platform, do you remember seeing Mr. Hare on the platform?— Yes.
<span id="rc7519">[[#rc7519|7519]]</span> Did you see me on the platform?— I did not see you.
<span id="rc7520">[[#rc7520|7520]]</span> You said I might have been there?— I am certain you were there.
<span id="rc7521">[[#rc7521|7521]]</span> Then I ask you—I am still speaking of the platform—did you see Mr. Hare start up towards the house?— Yes.
<span id="rc7522">[[#rc7522|7522]]</span> You heard him spear; to his men?— I followed him up.
<span id="rc7523">[[#rc7523|7523]]</span> Did you hear him speak?— Yes, he said, “Come on, boys.”
<span id="rc7524">[[#rc7524|7524]]</span> You say you did not hear me speak on the platform?— I do not remember on the platform.
<span id="rc7525">[[#rc7525|7525]]</span> Who followed Mr. Hare off the platform?— I believe all the men started from the platform.
<span id="rc7526">[[#rc7526|7526]]</span> I might have been with them?— You might have been with them.
<span id="rc7527">[[#rc7527|7527]]</span> To your knowledge you do not know?— No, not starting from the platform.
<span id="rc7528">[[#rc7528|7528]]</span> At what part of the ground did you pass the other man that led up next but one to Mr. Hare?— Some of the men went down the creek along the line.
<span id="rc7529">[[#rc7529|7529]]</span> Now in reference to the first discharge, are you aware that Mr. Hare in his evidence stated he was wounded by the first shot that was fired; is that correct?— He was wounded very soon; if it was; not the first, it must have been the second anyhow. He was wounded very soon after.
<span id="rc7530">[[#rc7530|7530]]</span> Did you hear Mr. Hare immediately state that he was wounded?— I heard him say he was wounded.....
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