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The examination of [[Henry Wright]], [[Thomas Wood]], [[Thomas Conboy]], [[Frederick Levy]] and [[Maurice Linquist]] of Ballarat in the said Colony, taken on oath, this 27th day of October, in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, before the undersigned Two of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, in the presence and hearing of [[Albert Hurd]] who is charged this day before us for that he the said [[Albert Hurd]] on the twentieth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria aforesaid, together with other Persons, did tumultuously and Riotously assemble, and did then and there burn pull down and destroy the Dwelling House of one James Francis Bentley.<br/> | The examination of [[Henry Wright]], [[Thomas Wood]], [[Thomas Conboy]], [[Frederick Levy]] and [[Maurice Linquist]] of Ballarat in the said Colony, taken on oath, this 27th day of October, in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, before the undersigned Two of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, in the presence and hearing of [[Albert Hurd]] who is charged this day before us for that he the said [[Albert Hurd]] on the twentieth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria aforesaid, together with other Persons, did tumultuously and Riotously assemble, and did then and there burn pull down and destroy the Dwelling House of one James Francis Bentley.<br/> | ||
This deponent Henry Wright on his oath saith as follows I am a "trooper," on the 17 Instant at the]] | This deponent Henry Wright on his oath saith as follows I am a "trooper," on the 17 Instant at the]] | ||
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+ | [[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0070-010-017.jpg|800px|thumb|left|"Deposition [[Maurice Linquist]], p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 70<br/> | ||
+ | This Deponent<br/> | ||
+ | [[Maurice Linquist]] on his oath saith I am auctioneer near Bentley's.<br/> | ||
+ | remember the 17th Inst. I lived near there at the time, I know that Mrs Bentley ad Mrs Gadd were in a tent close to mine, but I do not know who brought them there.<br/> | ||
+ | I cannot recollect that prisoner helped to take]] | ||
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+ | [[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0070-010-018.jpg|800px|thumb|left|"Deposition [[Maurice Linquist]] , p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 70<br/> | ||
+ | the houses out.<br/> | ||
+ | [[Maurice Linquist]]<br/><br/> | ||
+ | The Prisoner [[Albert Hurd]] declining to make any statement and is committed for trial at the Supreme Court of Criminal Sessions to be holden at Melbourne on the 15 November next.<br/> | ||
+ | November next Sworn before us at Ballarat this 27th October 1854 E P Sturt PM Charles P Hackett PM]] | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== |
Revision as of 19:30, 21 May 2017
Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Osborne was a witness examined during the report of the Board appointed to enquire into circumstances connected with the riot at Ballarat, and the burning of James Bentley's Eureka Hotel. [1]
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
For Forms, Evidence and Depositions in relation to the James Scobie trial click the following link Public Record Office Victoria VPRS 5527 Official Forms, Evidence and Depositions, October 1854]]
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Report of the Board appointed to Enquire into Circumstances Connected with the Late Disturbance at Ballarat, John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 21 November 1854.