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== ==
[[The Argus at KellyGang 15/8/1865|Advertise with KellyGang]]
=== location ===
Ford Street
== Beginings ==
The court house was built in 1858 it has changed little over the years.
== Importance of Beechworth Court ==
The court was used on a regular basis. Most of the criminal trials of the key members were held in this court including [[Mrs Ellen Kelly|Mrs Kelly]] and her son [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]].
'''Map'''
Photograph
== What was Beechworth Court like in the late 1870s ==
It was a significant part of the town and housed sittings of the magistrates court, coronial inquests, criminal trials and the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Some were not happy at taking cases from all over North Eastern Victoria to Beechworth ([[The North Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 25/4/1873|Ensign25/4/1873]])
Mr '''E N Moore''' was the assistant clerk of courts. ([[The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 11/2/1879 (2)|OMA11/2/1879]])
== Links to the KellyGang ==
Many of the significant trails that involved the '''KellyGang''' took place in the Beechworth Court House.
In [[1864-1873 Events|1864]] Tom [[Tom Lloyd|Lloyd]] and Jack [[Jack Lloyd snr|Lloyd]] were convicted of horse stealing at Beechworth and sentenced to 3 years
In February 1864 James [[Jimmy Quinn|Quinn]] was charged with horse stealing at Beechworth and sentenced to 12 months
On 19/10/[[1864-1873 Events|1865]] Jack [[Jack Lloyd snr|Lloyd]] was convicted of cattle stealing at Beechworth and sentenced to 5 years
In April [[1864-1873 Events|1870]] Patrick [[Patrick Quinn|Quinn]] was charged with grievous bodily harm - and in Beechworth sentenced to 4 years.
In [[1864-1873 Events|1868]] James Kelly convicted of arson after he set fire to the place where Ellen [[Mrs Ellen Kelly|Kelly]] was living with her children at [[Greta|Greta]]. He was sentenced to death by Judge [[Redmond Barry|Barry]]. The sentence was commuted by the government.
In September [[1864-1873 Events|1873]] Anton [[Anton Weekes|Wicks]] charged Joe [[Joe Byrne|Byrne]] with stealing his horse. The case was heard by Magistrate '''Butler'''. Mr [[William Zincke MP|Zinckle]] defended Joe Byrne. Magistrate '''Butler''' also heard the case brought bt Mrs [[Mrs Ellen Kelly|Kelly]] against Bill [[Bill Frost|Frost]] in Benalla
In October [[17/4-4/10/78 Events|1878]] the Supreme Court sat in Beechworth and at that session William [[William Baumgarten|Baumgarten]] and Samuel [[Samuel Kennedy|Kennedy]] were finally convicted in relation to the recieving horses that had been stolen from James [[Whitty|Whitty]]. William was sentenced by Mr Justice Redmond [[Redmond Barry|Barry]] to 4 years and Samuel recieved 6 years in goal
'''Trial of Mrs Kelly'''
At the same session Barry presided over the trial of Mrs [[Mrs Ellen Kelly|Kelly]], William [[William Skillion|Skillion]] and William [[William Williamson, Brickey|Williamson]] where they were convicted as a result of their part in the [[15-04-78 Fitzgerald incident|Fitzpatrick incident]] ([[The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 7/1/1879 (2)|OMA10/10/1878]])
'''The remand hearings against the sympathisers'''
The [[Sympathizers|sympathisers]] were remanded from week to week for about 6 weeks. Many of those hearings were held in the Beechworth court hose
The sympathizers arrested under the Felons Act were held in the Beechworth Gaol and remanded from week to week by the court. See ([[The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 24/1/1879|OMA24/1/1879]])
28/2/[[events79-2_4Jerilderie Robbery|1879]] Tom [[Tom Lloyd Jnr|Lloyd]] sentenced to 3 months in [[Beechworth Gaol|Beechworth Gaol]] for indecent assault
'''Case against Aaron Sherritt for hose stealing'''
Mr Foster presided over the case brought by [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|Mrs Byrne]] against [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]] for horse stealing. ([[Ovens & Murray Advertiser (4)|OMA15/7/79]]) ([[Ovens & Murray Advertiser (5)|OMA17/7/79]]) ([[Ovens & Murray Advertiser (6)|OMA24/7/79]]) ([[Ovens & Murray Advertiser (7)|OMA26/7/79]]) ([[Ovens & Murray Advertiser (8)|OMA29/7/79]])
'''Ned Kelly's committal hearing'''
Ned Kelly's [[Ned Kellys Trial|committal hearing]] was held in Beechworth. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 6/8/1880|Argus6/8/80]]) ([[The Argus (49)|Argus7/8/80]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 10/8/1880 (2)|Argus8/8/80]]) ([[The Age (31)|Age9/8/80]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 9/8/1880|Argus9/8/80]]) ([[The Age (37)|Age10/8/80]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 10/8/1880|Argus10/8/80]]) ([[The Age (41)|Age11/8/80]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 11/8/1880|Argus11/8/80]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 12/8/1880|Argus12/8/80]]) ([[The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (81)|JJK]])
Reason why Ned Kelly's trial was not held in Beechworth ([[The Argus at KellyGang 12/11/1880|Argus20/8/80]])
'''Mrs Jones hearing'''
Mrs [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Jones]] was brought before the court in Beechworth for her role at the Glenrowan siege. ([[Royal Commission report day 27 page 1|RC10544]])
== What is happening at the Beechworth Court House today ==
The Court House is now open to the public with all its original furniture and tells its story to visitors KellyGang
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