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== Importance of Henry Perkins ==
Arrested as a sympathizer
'''Links to the KellyGang''' '''below''' , Early Years , Teenage years , First run in with the law , Fitzpatrick Incident , Gold Mining , [[#mm|Stringybark Creek Murders]] , Escape North , Euroa Robbery , [[#mas|Mass arrest of sympathizers]], Jerilderie Robbery ''',''' Later in 1879 , Early in 1880 , Death of Aaron Sherritt , Glenrowan Siege , [[#aglf|After Siege]], Royal Commission , Family ,
== Family- ==
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I lived in the [[Wombat ranges|Wombat Ranges]]. I had been landlord of the Rubicon Hotel at [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]] back in 1877
== Links to the KellyGang ==
'''Stringybark Creek Murders 26/10/1878''' Photograph I was continually in [[Mansfield|Mansfield]], and must have seen Sgt [[Kennedy Sgt|Kennedy]] before. Besides Kennedy had been in the district for years. I lived at [[Wombat ranges|Wombat]] near where the murder took place.
Could the '''KellyGang''' have been digging there for so many months, living, and either buying meat, or killing some one else's meat, without my knowing they were there? ([[Royal Commission report day 45 page 15|RC15531]])
Did I know all about the murders ? Did I help the KellyGang? ([[The Argus at KellyGang 5/11/1878 (4)|Argus5/11/78]]) '''Mass arrest of the sympathizers''' On 2/1/1879 Commissioner [[Standish|Standish]] ordered the arrest of about 20 [[Sympathizers|sympathizers]] including myself. He took that action under section 5 of the [[Felons Apprehension Act|Felony Apprehension Act]]. Most of us were held in Beechworth goal.
I had been the landlord of the Rubicon Hotel in Wangaratta ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 18/8/1876|Alexandra12/8/1876]]) ([[The Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 11/1/1879|Alexandra11/1/1878]])
I was arrested near Mansfield; one of the first people arrested ([[The Argus at KellyGang 4/1/1879 (2)|Argus4/1/79]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 6/1/1879 (2)|Argus6/1/79]]) ([[Daniel Clancey|OMA7/1/79]])
We were held without ever being given a chance to defend them selves. They remanded us in custody for periods of 7 days. Only one of the sympathizers was represented by a lawyer. The magistrates repeated the remands each week for over 3 months before the sympathizers were finally released
At the start, the arrests had public support in Melbourne but that turned into general contempt for the police. The mass arrests resulted in fewer people being prepared to assist the police or to supply information about the '''KellyGang'''
Eventually they dropped the charges against me. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 20/1/1879|Argus20/1/79]])
'''After the Siege''' I wrote Mr JH [[Graves|Graves]]. "[[Wombat ranges|Wombat]], Mansfield, May 2nd, 1881.
Sir.-
I hope you have not forgotten to call on me in the Police Enquiry, please inform me if it is coming to Mansfield, and when. In consequence of my arrest as a Kelly sympathizer I have lost three situations. My family are still debarred from selecting."
One of the complaints in the district was that the police have given the names of people who are not entitled to select, and although a great number of those were cases of men well known to be connections and friends and sympathizers of the Kellys, still the indiscriminate way in which that power was used by the police has alienated a great number of people from the police. ([[Royal Commission report day 45 page 14|RC15517]]) ([[Royal Commission report day 45 page 15|RC15531]]) '''What happened to Henry Perkins' family''' I was the father in law of Joseph McCrum, one of the original selectors at [[Stringy Bark Creek|Stringybark creek]].
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