Difference between revisions of "Public Record Office Victoria VPRS 5527 Official Forms, Evidence and Depositions, October 1854"
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− | [[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0070-010-010.jpg|800px|thumb| | + | [[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0070-010-010.jpg|800px|thumb|left|Deposition Thomas Wood, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 70<br/> |
And this deponent Thomas Wood on his oath saith. | And this deponent Thomas Wood on his oath saith. | ||
I am a Constable. On the 17 inst I was sent to the [[Eureka Hotel]]. I saw the prisoner [[Albert Hurd]] throwing bottles and stones at the Hotel a few minutes after I saw him with a stick in his hand. He was saying “Come on my boy one will have plenty wood let us tear it down. I saw prisoner Hurd taking Cloths and]] | I am a Constable. On the 17 inst I was sent to the [[Eureka Hotel]]. I saw the prisoner [[Albert Hurd]] throwing bottles and stones at the Hotel a few minutes after I saw him with a stick in his hand. He was saying “Come on my boy one will have plenty wood let us tear it down. I saw prisoner Hurd taking Cloths and]] | ||
− | [[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0070-010-011.jpg|800px|thumb| | + | [[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0070-010-011.jpg|800px|thumb|left|"Deposition [[Thomas Wood]], p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 70<br/> |
rags that were on fine and thrown them into the Buildings - {By prisoners attn. I am quite sure prisoner was the man. I cannot be mistaken. I spoke to him he had a bundle of wood in his hand.<br/> | rags that were on fine and thrown them into the Buildings - {By prisoners attn. I am quite sure prisoner was the man. I cannot be mistaken. I spoke to him he had a bundle of wood in his hand.<br/> | ||
The ranks were taken several times by diggers breaking through - the part that prisoner threw the Rags into was not on fire, another part of the building was burning, his dress I think was]] | The ranks were taken several times by diggers breaking through - the part that prisoner threw the Rags into was not on fire, another part of the building was burning, his dress I think was]] | ||
− | [[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0070-010-012.jpg|800px|thumb| | + | [[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0070-010-012.jpg|800px|thumb|left|"Deposition [[Thomas Wood]], p.3, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 70<br/> |
similar to what he was .... on he had no coat on - <br/> | similar to what he was .... on he had no coat on - <br/> | ||
By the Bench There were some hundreds of people there they were very riotous and joining in the Disturbance.<br/> | By the Bench There were some hundreds of people there they were very riotous and joining in the Disturbance.<br/> |