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== The Royal Commission evidence for 29/6/1881 ==
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=== full text ===
(see also introduction to [[Royal Commission report 29/6/1881|day 34]])
'''SConst [[SConst Flood|Flood]] '''giving evidence''''''
<span id="rc12663">[[#rc12663|12663]]</span> Did that document state that provisions would likely be conveyed from [[Margaret Skillion|Mrs. Skillian]]'s place to the log?— I think so.
<span id="rc12664">[[#rc12664|12664]]</span> That this log would be a likely place for provisions, that the outlaws would come down for from time to time at night?— Yes.
<span id="rc12665">[[#rc12665|12665]]</span> Did you receive any information from your officer after your arrival atBenalla and till the middle of November that provisions were so conveyed at night?— I do not recollect.
<span id="rc12666">[[#rc12666|12666]]</span> Is it likely you would have forgotten it if he had done so?— I think it is scarcely likely I would have forgotten it.
<span id="rc12667">[[#rc12667|12667]]</span> Were you or any other police constables at Benalla appointed to watch Mrs. Skillan's place to see if she conveyed provisions there?— No.
<span id="rc12668">[[#rc12668|12668]]</span> You simply went to discover the hollow log where it was indicated to be?— Yes; and at the same time to report to one of the officers at Benalla if I was certain no provisions had been placed there from the appearance of the hollow log.
<span id="rc12669">[[#rc12669|12669]]</span> Do you think if you thought over the circumstances, and had some little time, you could supply the date?— Not the date of that, because at that time we were going in and out of Benalla, and kept no dates. The duty was put to us in Benalla, and therefore we kept no dates.
<span id="rc12670">[[#rc12670|12670]]</span> It is important to find out those things, and we want you to be as careful as you possibly can?— I am as careful as I can be. Those dates ought to be in the books at Benalla.
<span id="rc12671">[[#rc12671|12671]]</span> Who was with you when you discovered this log–can you remember that?— No, I really cannot.
<span id="rc12672">[[#rc12672|12672]]</span> Was [[SConst P Mullane|Mullane]] with you?— I believe he was.
<span id="rc12673">[[#rc12673|12673]]</span> Was Strachan with you?— I think not.
<span id="rc12674">[[#rc12674|12674]]</span> How many should you imagine would be with you in that particular search party?— I think about five or six.
<span id="rc12675">[[#rc12675|12675]]</span> You found this log on returning from [[Winton|Winton]], on your way back to Benalla?— Yes.
<span id="rc12676">[[#rc12676|12676]]</span> After finding that, how long did you remain in the locality?— I think we returned to Benalla that day.
<span id="rc12677">[[#rc12677|12677]]</span> There was no watch party appointed to watch?— No.
<span id="rc12678">[[#rc12678|12678]]</span> Do you know whether any watch party went out from Benalla from the time of your arrival and the time of the bank robbery at Euroa for the purpose of watching [[Margaret Skillion|Mrs. Skillian's]] hut?— I do not know of my own knowledge. I was not one of any party. Relative to the log, if we had found any reason for remaining to watch the log, we would have done so. We were at liberty to do so.
<span id="rc12679">[[#rc12679|12679]]</span> You do not know of any search party appointed for that purpose?— No.
<span id="rc12680">[[#rc12680|12680]]</span> What was your special object in going to Winton?— We were sent there relative to a report which had come to some of the officers that the Kellys had been seen near the railway at Winton.
<span id="rc12681">[[#rc12681|12681]]</span> When you got to Winton you failed to discover any traces?— There was no foundation for the information that was received about that.
<span id="rc12682">[[#rc12682|12682]]</span> And on your way back you just made a search casually for this log?— I could not say whether it was casually on account of having this paper in my possession, or whether we had orders about it.
<span id="rc12683">[[#rc12683|12683]]</span> You are certain you made your superior acquainted with this paper?— Decidedly; and I know that copy was given very much for my own information, and I know a copy was going to the Benalla office, and that paper with the plan was the one I had.
<span id="rc12684">[[#rc12684|12684]]</span> Did you consider that was important information?— Decidedly, I did, at the time.
<span id="rc12685">[[#rc12685|12685]]</span> And you made up your mind, after examining the log, that it had not been used?— Yes; the log was full of dust and cobwebs, and had not been used.
<span id="rc12686">[[#rc12686|12686]]</span> Did it look as if it might have been used by the very man who gave you the information?— There was a big log with a large hollow in it.
<span id="rc12687">[[#rc12687|12687]]</span> Are you certain that was the log?— We were quite certain from the description given in the correspondence; we made ourselves quite certain that it was the log.....
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== The Royal Commission evidence for 29/6/1881 ==
''''''
=== full text ===
(see also introduction to [[Royal Commission report 29/6/1881|day 34]])
'''SConst [[SConst Flood|Flood]] '''giving evidence''''''
<span id="rc12663">[[#rc12663|12663]]</span> Did that document state that provisions would likely be conveyed from [[Margaret Skillion|Mrs. Skillian]]'s place to the log?— I think so.
<span id="rc12664">[[#rc12664|12664]]</span> That this log would be a likely place for provisions, that the outlaws would come down for from time to time at night?— Yes.
<span id="rc12665">[[#rc12665|12665]]</span> Did you receive any information from your officer after your arrival atBenalla and till the middle of November that provisions were so conveyed at night?— I do not recollect.
<span id="rc12666">[[#rc12666|12666]]</span> Is it likely you would have forgotten it if he had done so?— I think it is scarcely likely I would have forgotten it.
<span id="rc12667">[[#rc12667|12667]]</span> Were you or any other police constables at Benalla appointed to watch Mrs. Skillan's place to see if she conveyed provisions there?— No.
<span id="rc12668">[[#rc12668|12668]]</span> You simply went to discover the hollow log where it was indicated to be?— Yes; and at the same time to report to one of the officers at Benalla if I was certain no provisions had been placed there from the appearance of the hollow log.
<span id="rc12669">[[#rc12669|12669]]</span> Do you think if you thought over the circumstances, and had some little time, you could supply the date?— Not the date of that, because at that time we were going in and out of Benalla, and kept no dates. The duty was put to us in Benalla, and therefore we kept no dates.
<span id="rc12670">[[#rc12670|12670]]</span> It is important to find out those things, and we want you to be as careful as you possibly can?— I am as careful as I can be. Those dates ought to be in the books at Benalla.
<span id="rc12671">[[#rc12671|12671]]</span> Who was with you when you discovered this log–can you remember that?— No, I really cannot.
<span id="rc12672">[[#rc12672|12672]]</span> Was [[SConst P Mullane|Mullane]] with you?— I believe he was.
<span id="rc12673">[[#rc12673|12673]]</span> Was Strachan with you?— I think not.
<span id="rc12674">[[#rc12674|12674]]</span> How many should you imagine would be with you in that particular search party?— I think about five or six.
<span id="rc12675">[[#rc12675|12675]]</span> You found this log on returning from [[Winton|Winton]], on your way back to Benalla?— Yes.
<span id="rc12676">[[#rc12676|12676]]</span> After finding that, how long did you remain in the locality?— I think we returned to Benalla that day.
<span id="rc12677">[[#rc12677|12677]]</span> There was no watch party appointed to watch?— No.
<span id="rc12678">[[#rc12678|12678]]</span> Do you know whether any watch party went out from Benalla from the time of your arrival and the time of the bank robbery at Euroa for the purpose of watching [[Margaret Skillion|Mrs. Skillian's]] hut?— I do not know of my own knowledge. I was not one of any party. Relative to the log, if we had found any reason for remaining to watch the log, we would have done so. We were at liberty to do so.
<span id="rc12679">[[#rc12679|12679]]</span> You do not know of any search party appointed for that purpose?— No.
<span id="rc12680">[[#rc12680|12680]]</span> What was your special object in going to Winton?— We were sent there relative to a report which had come to some of the officers that the Kellys had been seen near the railway at Winton.
<span id="rc12681">[[#rc12681|12681]]</span> When you got to Winton you failed to discover any traces?— There was no foundation for the information that was received about that.
<span id="rc12682">[[#rc12682|12682]]</span> And on your way back you just made a search casually for this log?— I could not say whether it was casually on account of having this paper in my possession, or whether we had orders about it.
<span id="rc12683">[[#rc12683|12683]]</span> You are certain you made your superior acquainted with this paper?— Decidedly; and I know that copy was given very much for my own information, and I know a copy was going to the Benalla office, and that paper with the plan was the one I had.
<span id="rc12684">[[#rc12684|12684]]</span> Did you consider that was important information?— Decidedly, I did, at the time.
<span id="rc12685">[[#rc12685|12685]]</span> And you made up your mind, after examining the log, that it had not been used?— Yes; the log was full of dust and cobwebs, and had not been used.
<span id="rc12686">[[#rc12686|12686]]</span> Did it look as if it might have been used by the very man who gave you the information?— There was a big log with a large hollow in it.
<span id="rc12687">[[#rc12687|12687]]</span> Are you certain that was the log?— We were quite certain from the description given in the correspondence; we made ourselves quite certain that it was the log.....
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