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== The Royal Commission evidence for 21/6/1881 ==

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(see also introduction to [[Royal Commission report 21/6/1881|day 32]])

[[../../people/peA/armstrongHPC.html|'''Const Henry Armstrong''']] ''''''giving evidence''''''

[[#rc12242|12242]] Did Mr. O'Connor go about with him?— Yes, he was there at ten o'clock , when I volunteered first to go into the hotel.

[[#rc12243|12243]] You did that?— Yes, the first.

[[#rc12244|12244]] Where was Mr. O'Connor then?— Posted with Mr. [[Sadleir|Sadleir]], on the Wangaratta side, at a tree about 60 yards from the building. He was firing at the hotel.

[[#rc12245|12245]] What did Mr. Sadleir say when you volunteered?— He said, “There is plenty of time, we have all day.” He gave instructions to fire nine feet from the ground, and be very careful, and not injure the prisoners. They came out about half-past nine in the morning.

[[#rc12246|12246]] Did those instructions remain in force after the prisoners came out?— No, I think not. The constables fired any place they thought the outlaws were likely to be.

[[#rc12247|12247]] Is there anything you know with reference to the Glenrowan affair that has not been given to the Commission as you have seen by the evidence?— Well, I cannot say; there is a great deal of contradictory statements as far as I know.

[[#rc12248|12248]] Are there any of those that you think of now that you know are wrong?— No, they were prior to my going there.

[[#rc12249|12249]] There was very little done after nine o'clock ?— Very little, and it is my opinion the outlaws were shot. I was close to the building when a heavy volley was fired, and I heard a great noise as if a heap of iron was thrown down, immediately after the volley. I went and told Mr. Sadleir I thought one of the outlaws was shot.

[[#rc12250|12250]] Did you see the bodies?— Yes. [[Const J Dwyer|Dwyer]] and I went in first at the back, after the priest— Father [[Matthew Gibney|Gibney]]. I saw two bodies at the right-hand side, but I took no notice of them. I knew Hart but I could not recognize him; they were in the little room to the right of the passage. I took very little notice because of the flames around us.

[[#rc12251|12251]] They were shot together?— Yes.

[[#rc12252|12252]] If Dwyer said they were one in one room and one in another?— I could not corroborate him in that.

[[#rc12253|12253]] What he said was altogether wrong?— I could not say that; he might have seen more than I did. I believe they were both lying together.

[[#rc12254|12254]] Every witness but Dwyer has sworn they were in that right-hand room?— Yes, I do not think Dwyer had much time to see where they were.

[[#rc12255|12265]] It might have been imagination?— I think so.

[[#rc12256|12256]] You and he carried out Byrne?— Yes. I took the armour off; the armour was on Byrne where he lay

[[#rc12257|12257]] On the 8th December 1878 you were then stationed at [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]]?— Yes, I believe I was.

[[#rc12258|12258]] Do you remember [[Wild Wright|Wild Wright]] coming there one night and stopping, at [[Wangaratta|O'Keefe's hotel]], at Wangaratta?— I do.

[[#rc12259|12259]] Do you remember he missed two horses and the saddles and bridles?— I do.

[[#rc12260|12260]] Were you sent by Sergeant [[Steele|Steele]] with Dixon to make enquiry into the loss of those things?— No, I was not.

[[#rc12261|12261]] Did you find out anything in reference to those missing horses after that?— No.

[[#rc12262|12262]] Or the saddles and bridles?— No.

[[#rc12263|12263]] Did you hear anything about them after?— I heard a statement once, three months after.

[[#rc12264|12264]] Do you remember a rumor about that, that the saddles and bridles were afterwards found in the closet on the Agricultural ground?— Yes, I have heard that. I think there was a man in charge of the gardens, and he told Steele about this saddle, and it was identified as one of Wright's saddles.

[[#rc12265|12265]] Do you know, in fact, that those things were found afterwards in this closet?— Nothing but what Steele told me.

[[#rc12266|12266]] Were you at all aware of James Dixon having been sent by Steele to take this horse's saddle and bridle away, in order to bring a charge against Wild Wright?— Oh, by no means.

[[#rc12267|12267]] There is no truth in that?— None whatever; at least, I would be the wrong one to get up a trumped charge against any one. I think that is pretty well known.....

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