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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-001.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Michael Lawler]], sergeant major police, 17 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-001.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Michael Lawler]], sergeant major police, 17 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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Be it remembered, that on 20th day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four [[Michael Lawler]] of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant Major Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said [[Michael Lawler]] shall fail in the condition indorsed.<br/>
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Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me<br/>
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J. Johnston
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[[George Webster]] JP]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-001v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Michael Lawler]], sergeant major police, 17 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-001v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Michael Lawler]], sergeant major police, 17 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas [[Andrew McIntyre]] was the 17 day of Oct 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was  concerned in the riot at the [[Eureka Hotel]] it therefore be the said Michael Lawler shall appear at the Circuit Court to be holden at Geelong in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the 26 day of Oct A.D., 1854, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Andrew McIntyre for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Andrew McIntrye]] then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-002.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Thomas Crowther]], sergeant of police, 21 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-002.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Thomas Crowther]], sergeant of police, 21 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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Be it remembered, that on 21th day of Oct in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four [[Thomas Crowther]] of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said [[Thomas Crowther]] shall fail in the condition indorsed.<br/>
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Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me<br/>
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J. Johnston
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[[George Webster]] JP ]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-002v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Andrew McIntyre]], riots, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
 
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-003.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Benjamin Hawkshaw]], sergeant, 26 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-002v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Andrew McIntyre]], riots, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognicance is such, That Whereas Andrew McIntyre was the 17th day of Oct 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was  concerned in the riot at the [[Eureka Hotel]] it therefore be the said [[Thomas Crowther]] shall appear at the Circuit Court to be holden at Geelong in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the 26th day of Oct A.D., 1854, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Andrew McIntyre for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Andrew McIntyre then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-003v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Benjamin Hawkshaw]], sergeant, 26 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-003.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Benjamin Hawkshaw]], sergeant, 26 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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Be it remembered, that on twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four [[Benjamin Hawkshaw]] of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said [[Benjamin Hawkshaw]] shall fail in the condition indorsed.<br/>
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Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me<br/>
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William Morrissy]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-004.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [Edward Viret], sergeant of police, 26 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-003v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Benjamin Hawkshaw]], sergeant, 26 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas [[Andrew McIntyre]] was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain ther persons did tumultuously and riotously assemble and did then and there feloniously and unlawfully burn, pull down and destroy the hotel of one James Francis Bentley it therefore be the said [[Benjamin Hawkshaw]] shall appear at the Criminal Session to be holden at Melbourne in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of Novemeber next, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-004v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Edward Viret]], sergeant of police, 26 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-004.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [Edward Viret], sergeant of police, 26 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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Be it remembered, that on twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four [[Edward Viret]] of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said [[Edward Viret]] shall fail in the condition indorsed.<br/>
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Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me<br/>
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William Morrissy ]]]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-005.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[William Nolan]], sergeant of police, 26 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-004v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Edward Viret]], sergeant of police, 26 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas [[Andrew McIntyre]] was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain ther persons did tumultuously and riotously assemble and did then and there feloniously and unlawfully burn, pull down and destroy the hotel of one James Francis Bentley it therefore be the said [[Edward Viret]] shall appear at the Criminal Sessions to be holden at Melbourne in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of November next, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-005v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[William Nolan]], sergeant of police, 26 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-005.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[William Nolan]], sergeant of police, 26 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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Be it remembered, that on twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four [[William Nolan]] of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said [[William Nolan]] shall fail in the condition indorsed.<br/>
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Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me<br/>
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William Morrissy ]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-006.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Michael Wigley]], constable, 26 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-005v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[William Nolan]], sergeant of police, 26 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas [[Andrew McIntyre]] was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain ther persons did tumultuously and riotously assemble and did then and there feloniously and unlawfully burn, pull down and destroy the hotel of one James Francis Bentley it therefore be the said [[William Nolan]] shall appear at the Criminal Sessions to be holden at Melbourne in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of November next, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-006v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Michael Wigley]], constable, 26 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-006.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Michael Wigley]], constable, 26 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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Be it remembered, that on twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four [[Michael Wrigley]] of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Constable of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said [[Michael Wrigley]] shall fail in the condition indorsed.<br/>
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Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me<br/>
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William Morrissy]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-007.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[John McEvoy]], color sereant 40th Regiment of Foot, 26 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-006v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Michael Wigley]], constable, 26 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas [[Andrew McIntyre]] was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain ther persons did tumultuously and riotously assemble and did then and there feloniously and unlawfully burn, pull down and destroy the hotel of one James Francis Bentley it therefore be the said [[Michael Wrigley]] shall appear at the Criminal Sessions to be holden at Melbourne in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of November next, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said [[Michael Wrigley]] for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-007v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[John McEvoy]], color sereant 40th Regiment of Foot, 26 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-007.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[John McEvoy]], color sereant 40th Regiment of Foot, 26 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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Be it remembered, that on twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four [[John McEvoy]] of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Color Sergeant 40th Regiment of Foot personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said [[John McEvoy]] shall fail in the condition indorsed.<br/>
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Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me<br/>
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William Morrissy]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-008.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Thomas Crowther]], sergeant of police, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-007v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[John McEvoy]], color sereant 40th Regiment of Foot, 26 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas [[Andrew McIntyre]] was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain ther persons did tumultuously and riotously assemble and did then and there feloniously and unlawfully burn, pull down and destroy the hotel of one James Francis Bentley it therefore be the said [[James McEvoy]] shall appear at the Criminal Sessions to be holden at Melbourne in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of November next, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said [[John McEvoy]] for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-008v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Thomas Crowther]], sergeant of police, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-008.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Thomas Crowther]], sergeant of police, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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Be it remembered, that on twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four [[Thomas Crowther]] of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said [[Thomas Crowther]] shall fail in the condition indorsed.<br/>
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Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me<br/>
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[[George Webster]] JP]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-009.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Michael Lawlor]], sergeant major police, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-008v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Thomas Crowther]], sergeant of police, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas [[Andrew McIntyre]] was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain ther persons did tumultuously and riotously assemble and did then and there feloniously and unlawfully burn, pull down and destroy the hotel of one James Francis Bentley it therefore be the said [[Thomas Crowther]] shall appear at the Criminal Sessions to be holden at Melbourne in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of November next, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-009v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Michael Lawler]], sergeant major police, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-009.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Michael Lawlor]], sergeant major police, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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Be it remembered, that on twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four [[Michael Lawler]] of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant Major Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said [[Michael Lawler]] shall fail in the condition indorsed.<br/>
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Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me<br/>
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[[George Webster]] JP]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-010.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[John McEvoy]], color sereant 40th Regiment of Foot, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-009v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Michael Lawler]], sergeant major police, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas [[Andrew McIntyre]] and another  was charged before a Justive of the Peace within mentioned for that the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] and another was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain ther persons did tumultuously and riotously assemble and did then and there feloniously and unlawfully burn, pull down and destroy the hotel of one James Francis Bentley it therefore be the said [[Michael Lawler]] shall appear at the Criminal Sessions to be holden at Melbourne in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of November next, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] and another then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-010v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[John McEvoy]], color sereant 40th Regiment of Foot, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-010.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[John McEvoy]], color sereant 40th Regiment of Foot, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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Be it remembered, that on twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four [[John McEvoy]] of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Color Sergeant Major 40th personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said [[John McEvoy]] shall fail in the condition indorsed.<br/>
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Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me<br/>
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J. Johnston
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[[George Webster]] JP]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-011.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[William Nolan]], sergeant of polices, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-010v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[John McEvoy]], color sereant 40th Regiment of Foot, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas [[Andrew McIntyre]] and another  was charged before me a Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] and another was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was concerned in the riot at the Eureka Hotel shall appear at the Circuit Court to be holden at Geelong in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the 26 day of October next, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] and another then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-011v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[William Nolan]], sergeant of police, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-011.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[William Nolan]], sergeant of polices, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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Be it remembered, that on 21st day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four [[William Nolan]] of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said [[William Nolan]] shall fail in the condition indorsed.<br/>
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Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me<br/>
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J. Johnston
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[[George Webster]] JP]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-012.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Edward Viret]], sergeant of police, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-011v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[William Nolan]], sergeant of police, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas [[Andrew McIntyre]] was charged before me a Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] was the seventeenth day of Octr 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was concerned in the riot at the [[Eureka Hotel]] it therefore be said [[William Nolan]] shall appear at the Circuit Court to he holden at Geelong in the Colony of Victoria, on the twenty sixth day of Octr A.D. 1854 and there give such evidence as be knoweth upon as information to be then and there proferred against the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] for the offence aforesaid, as the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-012v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Edward Viret]], sergeant of police, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-012.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Edward Viret]], sergeant of police, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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Be it remembered, that on 21st day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four [[Edward Viret]] of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said [[Edward Viret]] shall fail in the condition indorsed.<br/>
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Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me<br/>
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J. Johnston
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[[George Webster]] JP]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-013.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Benjamin Hawkshaw]], sergeant, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-012v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Edward Viret]], sergeant of police, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas [[Andrew McIntyre]] was charged before me a Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] was the seventeenth day of Octr 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was concerned in the riot at the [[Eureka Hotel]] it therefore be said [[Edward Viret]] shall appear at the Circuit Court to he holden at Geelong in the Colony of Victoria, on the twenty sixth day of Octr A.D. 1854 and there give such evidence as be knoweth upon as information to be then and there proferred against the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] for the offence aforesaid, as the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-013v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Benjamin Hawkshaw]], sergeant, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-013.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Benjamin Hawkshaw]], sergeant, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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Be it remembered, that on 21st day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four [[Edward Viret]] of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said [[Benjamin Hawkshaw]] shall fail in the condition indorsed.<br/>
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Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me<br/>
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J. Johnston
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[[George Webster]] JP]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-014.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Michael Wigley]], constable, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-013v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Benjamin Hawkshaw]], sergeant, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas [[Andrew McIntyre]] was charged before me a Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] was the seventeenth day of Octr 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was concerned in the riot at the [[Eureka Hotel]] it therefore be said [[Benjamin Hawkshaw]] shall appear at the Circuit Court to he holden at Geelong in the Colony of Victoria, on the twenty sixth day of Octr A.D. 1854 and there give such evidence as be knoweth upon as information to be then and there proferred against the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] for the offence aforesaid, as the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-014v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Michael Wigley]], constable, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-014.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Michael Wigley]], constable, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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Be it remembered, that on 21st day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four [[Michael Wrigley]] of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Constable of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said [[Michael Wrigley]] shall fail in the condition indorsed.<br/>
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Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me<br/>
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J. Johnston
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[[George Webster]] JP]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-015.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Robert Calvin]], sergeant of police, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-014v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Michael Wigley]], constable, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas [[Andrew McIntyre]] was charged before me a Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was concerned in the riot at the [[Eureka Hotel]] it therefore be said [[Michael Wrigley]] shall appear at the Circuit Court to he holden at Geelong in the Colony of Victoria, on the twenty sixth day of Octr A.D. 1854 and there give such evidence as be knoweth upon as information to be then and there proferred against the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] for the offence aforesaid, as the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-015v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Robert Calvin]], sergeant of police, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-015.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Robert Calvin]], sergeant of police, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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Be it remembered, that on 21st day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four [[Robert Calvin]] of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Town of Geelong in the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said [[Robert Calvin]] shall fail in the condition indorsed.<br/>
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Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me<br/>
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William Morrissy]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-016.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[James Pepper]], constable, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-015v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Robert Calvin]], sergeant of police, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas [[Thomas Fletcher]] was cis day charged before me the Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said [[Thomas Fletcher]] was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain other persons did feloniously and unlawfully burn and destroy the dwelling house of one James Bentley at Ballarat it therefore be said [[Robert Calvin]] shall appear at the Criminal Sessions to he holden at Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of November next, and there give such evidence as be knoweth upon as information to be then and there proferred against the said [[Thomas Fletcher]] for the offence aforesaid, as the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Thomas Fletcher]] then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-016v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[James Pepper]], constable, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-016.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[James Pepper]], constable, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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Be it remembered, that on 21st day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four [[James Pepper]] of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Constable personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said [[James Pepper]] shall fail in the condition indorsed.<br/>
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Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me<br/>
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William Morrissy]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-017.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[William Thompson]], constable, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-016v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[James Pepper]], constable, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas [[Thomas Fletcher]] was cis day charged before me the Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said [[Thomas Fletcher]] was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain other persons did feloniously and unlawfully burn and destroy the dwelling house of one James Bentley at Ballarat it therefore be said [[James Pepper]] shall appear at the Criminal Sessions to he holden at Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of November next, and there give such evidence as be knoweth upon as information to be then and there proferred against the said [[Thomas Fletcher]] for the offence aforesaid, as the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Thomas Fletcher]] then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-017v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[William Thompson]], constable, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-017.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[William Thompson]], constable, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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Be it remembered, that on 21st day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four [[William Thompson]] of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Constable personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said [[William Thompson]] shall fail in the condition indorsed.<br/>
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Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me<br/>
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William Morrissy]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-018v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Thomas Fletcher]], 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-017v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[William Thompson]], constable, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Regcognance is such, That Whereas [[Thomas Fletcher]] was this day charged before me the Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said [[Thomas Fletcher]] was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain other persons did feloniously and unlawfully burn and destroy the dwelling house of one James Bentley at Ballarat it therefore be said [[William Thompson]] shall appear at the Criminal Sessions to he holden at Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of November next, and there give such evidence as be knoweth upon as information to be then and there proferred against the said [[Thomas Fletcher]] for the offence aforesaid, as the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Thomas Fletcher]] then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-018v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Thomas Fletcher]], 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas [[Thomas Fletcher]] was this day charged before me the Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said [[Thomas Fletcher]] was the 17th day of Octr 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was concerned in the riot at the [[Eureka Hotel]] it therefore be said [[Michael Lawler]] shall appear at the Circuit Court to he holden at Geelong in the Colony of Victoria, on the 26 day of Octr A.D. 1854, and there give such evidence as be knoweth upon as information to be then and there proferred against the said [[Thomas Fletcher]] for the offence aforesaid, as the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Thomas Fletcher]] then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-019v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Thomas Fletcher]], 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
 
  
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-019v.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Thomas Fletcher]], 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognisance is such, That Whereas [[Thomas Fletcher]] was this day charged before me the Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said [[Thomas Fletcher]] was the 17th day of Octr 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was concerned in the riot at the [[Eureka Hotel]] it therefore be said [[Robert Colvin]] shall appear at the Circuit Court to he holden at Geelong in the Colony of Victoria, on the 26 day of Octr A.D. 1854, and there give such evidence as be knoweth upon as information to be then and there proferred against the said [[Thomas Fletcher]] for the offence aforesaid, as the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Thomas Fletcher]] then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-022.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on paper - evidence - [[Thomas Fletcher]], 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
 
  
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-022.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Official form on paper - evidence - [[Thomas Fletcher]], 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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The condition of the within written Recognisance is such, That Whereas [[Thomas Fletcher]] of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Thomas Hanswell Robinson of Ballarat, and [[Robert Harrington]] of Ballarat in the said Colony person the undersigned two of her majesties Justices of the Peace for the said Colony and seveaky acknowledged themselved to our Lady the Queen the several sums following:  the said [[Thomas Fletcher]]. the sum of five hundred pounds, and the said Thomas Hanswell Robinson and Robert Harrington the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds each, of good and lawful money of Great Britian, to be made and levied of their several goods and chaels, lands and tenements respectively, to teh use of our said Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors if the said [[Thomas Fletcher]] fail in the condition indexed.
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taken and acknowledged the day and year forst above-mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before
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J. Johnston
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George Webster JP]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-023.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Depositions of witnesses [[Thomas Crowther]], [[Michael Lawler]], [[John McEvoy]], [[William Nolan]], [[Edward Vinct]], [[Benjamin Hawkshaw]], and [[Michael Quigley]] all of Ballarat, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
 
  
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-023.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Depositions of witnesses [[Thomas Crowther]], [[Michael Lawler]], [[John McEvoy]], [[William Nolan]], [[Edward Vinet]], [[Benjamin Hawkshaw]], and [[Michael Quigley]] all of Ballarat, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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Colony of Victoria
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Ballarat The Examination of [[Thomas Crowther]], [[Michael Lawler]], [[John McEvoy]], [[William Nolan]], [[Edward Viret]], Benjamin Hawkshaw and Michael Quigley all of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria
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Taken on oath, this 20th 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 one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said colony, in the presence and hearing of [[Andrew McIntyre]] who is charged this day before us for that he the said Andrew McIntyre on the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria with certain other persons tumultuously riotously did assemble and did then and there unlawfully and feloniously pull down, burn and destroy a certain dwelling house, the property of one James Francis Bentley
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This deponent [[Thomas Crowther]] on his oath saith as follows I am Sergeant of Police at Ballarat I was present at the riot of Mr. Bentley’s Hotel on ]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-024.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Depositions of witnesses - [[Thomas Crowther]], October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
 
  
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-024.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Depositions of witnesses - [[Thomas Crowther]], October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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the 17th Inst I saw Prisoner McIntyre He was standing by Mr Rede the Resident Commissioner He was addressing the crowd but I could not hear what he said I went round to the front of the Hotel I left McIntyre standing by the side of Mr. Rede I saw a large mob collected in the yard - McIntyre was one of them. He went into the bowling alley with two or three others and commenced destroying it He was pulling up the floor and plastering at the side of the place. About two or three men were in the place when a lighted brand ]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-025.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Depositions of witnesses - [[Thomas Crowther]], October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
 
  
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-025.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Depositions of witnesses - [[Thomas Crowther]], October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80<br/>
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was thrown into the bowling alley McIntyre tore the paper off the walls and heaped it up on the fire. This was all I saw him do then. I apprehended him afterwards but he was rescued from me
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By Prisoners Attorney – Only about six persons were in the bowling alley I do not swear Fletcher was one
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[[Thomas Crowther]]
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Sworn before us at Ballarat this 21 October 1854 ]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-026.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Depositions of witnesses - M Lawler, October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
 
  
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-026.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Depositions of witnesses - M Lawler, October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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And this deponent [[Michael Lawler]] on his oath saith I am Sergeant Major of Police I recollect the day that Bentley’s Hotel was destroyed. I recollect Prisoner McIntyre being there. He appeared to take a very active part in the destruction of the pace and act as a ring leader. I heard him call on the mob to take justice if the authorities would not give it them.
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By Prisoners Attorney – I saw him assisting to pull down the side of the Hotel opposite O’Connor’s Store. This was before it was set on fire. ]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-027.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Depositions of witnesses - M Lawler, October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
 
  
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-027.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Depositions of witnesses - M Lawler, October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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I swear I saw Prisoner assisting to pull down the timber part of the house on the side near O’Connors’ Store. A great crowd was collected I can only identify two or three dozen. I never saw McIntyre before. I cannot be mistaken in him.
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M.Lawler.
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Sworn before us at Ballarat This 21st October 1854 ]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-028.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Depositions of witnesses - McEvoy, October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
 
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-029.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Depositions of witnesses - McEvoy, October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-028.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Depositions of witnesses - McEvoy, October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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And this deponent [[John McEvoy]] on his oath saith I am color Sergeant of the fortieth regiment .
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I was present at the riot on the seventeenth Inst. At the [[Eureka Hotel]]. Immediately my party were drawn up I saw McIntyre in a window convenient to Mr. Rede the Commissioner He seemed to be endeavouring to excite the people by advising them to take the law into their own hands my detachment was afterwards marched round to the bowling alley In this building I should ]]
  
[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-030.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Depositions of witnesses - McEvoy, October 1854, p.3, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-029.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Depositions of witnesses - McEvoy, October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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say there were twenty five people. We were ordered by Mr. Rede to clear the people out. At the front of the building where I entered I came in contact with the Prisoner He was in a stooping posture in the act of taking a board from the panel I gently pushed my fire lock against him and ordered him out which he did quietly I saw him again in about half an hour after that He seemed to be saving some property – I believe it was a bass viola.]]
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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-030.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Depositions of witnesses - McEvoy, October 1854, p.3, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
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By Prisoners Attorney – I could hear one or two words when he was addressing the people I heard him say let us take law after that I was not paying attention to what he said.
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[[John McEvoy]] Sergeant 40th Regiment
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Sworn before us at Ballarat this (signatures George illegible) 21st October 1854 ]]

Latest revision as of 19:37, 5 August 2017

"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Michael Lawler, sergeant major police, 17 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
Be it remembered, that on 20th day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four Michael Lawler of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant Major Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said Michael Lawler shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me
J. Johnston George Webster JP
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Michael Lawler, sergeant major police, 17 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80 The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas Andrew McIntyre was the 17 day of Oct 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was concerned in the riot at the Eureka Hotel it therefore be the said Michael Lawler shall appear at the Circuit Court to be holden at Geelong in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the 26 day of Oct A.D., 1854, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Andrew McIntyre for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Andrew McIntrye then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Thomas Crowther, sergeant of police, 21 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
Be it remembered, that on 21th day of Oct in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four Thomas Crowther of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said Thomas Crowther shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me
J. Johnston George Webster JP


"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Andrew McIntyre, riots, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Recognicance is such, That Whereas Andrew McIntyre was the 17th day of Oct 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was concerned in the riot at the Eureka Hotel it therefore be the said Thomas Crowther shall appear at the Circuit Court to be holden at Geelong in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the 26th day of Oct A.D., 1854, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Andrew McIntyre for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Andrew McIntyre then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Benjamin Hawkshaw, sergeant, 26 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
Be it remembered, that on twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four Benjamin Hawkshaw of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said Benjamin Hawkshaw shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me
William Morrissy
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Benjamin Hawkshaw, sergeant, 26 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas Andrew McIntyre was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain ther persons did tumultuously and riotously assemble and did then and there feloniously and unlawfully burn, pull down and destroy the hotel of one James Francis Bentley it therefore be the said Benjamin Hawkshaw shall appear at the Criminal Session to be holden at Melbourne in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of Novemeber next, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Andrew McIntyre for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Andrew McIntyre then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [Edward Viret], sergeant of police, 26 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
Be it remembered, that on twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four Edward Viret of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said Edward Viret shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me
William Morrissy
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"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Edward Viret, sergeant of police, 26 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas Andrew McIntyre was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain ther persons did tumultuously and riotously assemble and did then and there feloniously and unlawfully burn, pull down and destroy the hotel of one James Francis Bentley it therefore be the said Edward Viret shall appear at the Criminal Sessions to be holden at Melbourne in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of November next, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Andrew McIntyre for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Andrew McIntyre then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - William Nolan, sergeant of police, 26 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
Be it remembered, that on twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four William Nolan of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said William Nolan shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me
William Morrissy
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - William Nolan, sergeant of police, 26 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas Andrew McIntyre was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain ther persons did tumultuously and riotously assemble and did then and there feloniously and unlawfully burn, pull down and destroy the hotel of one James Francis Bentley it therefore be the said William Nolan shall appear at the Criminal Sessions to be holden at Melbourne in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of November next, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Andrew McIntyre for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Andrew McIntyre then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Michael Wigley, constable, 26 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
Be it remembered, that on twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four Michael Wrigley of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Constable of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said Michael Wrigley shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me
William Morrissy
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Michael Wigley, constable, 26 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas Andrew McIntyre was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain ther persons did tumultuously and riotously assemble and did then and there feloniously and unlawfully burn, pull down and destroy the hotel of one James Francis Bentley it therefore be the said Michael Wrigley shall appear at the Criminal Sessions to be holden at Melbourne in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of November next, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Michael Wrigley for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Andrew McIntyre then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - John McEvoy, color sereant 40th Regiment of Foot, 26 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
Be it remembered, that on twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four John McEvoy of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Color Sergeant 40th Regiment of Foot personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said John McEvoy shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me
William Morrissy
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - John McEvoy, color sereant 40th Regiment of Foot, 26 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas Andrew McIntyre was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain ther persons did tumultuously and riotously assemble and did then and there feloniously and unlawfully burn, pull down and destroy the hotel of one James Francis Bentley it therefore be the said James McEvoy shall appear at the Criminal Sessions to be holden at Melbourne in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of November next, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said John McEvoy for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Andrew McIntyre then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Thomas Crowther, sergeant of police, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
Be it remembered, that on twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four Thomas Crowther of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said Thomas Crowther shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me
George Webster JP
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Thomas Crowther, sergeant of police, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas Andrew McIntyre was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain ther persons did tumultuously and riotously assemble and did then and there feloniously and unlawfully burn, pull down and destroy the hotel of one James Francis Bentley it therefore be the said Thomas Crowther shall appear at the Criminal Sessions to be holden at Melbourne in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of November next, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Andrew McIntyre for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Andrew McIntyre then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Michael Lawlor, sergeant major police, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
Be it remembered, that on twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four Michael Lawler of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant Major Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said Michael Lawler shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me
George Webster JP
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Michael Lawler, sergeant major police, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas Andrew McIntyre and another was charged before a Justive of the Peace within mentioned for that the said Andrew McIntyre and another was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain ther persons did tumultuously and riotously assemble and did then and there feloniously and unlawfully burn, pull down and destroy the hotel of one James Francis Bentley it therefore be the said Michael Lawler shall appear at the Criminal Sessions to be holden at Melbourne in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of November next, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Andrew McIntyre for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Andrew McIntyre and another then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - John McEvoy, color sereant 40th Regiment of Foot, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
Be it remembered, that on twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four John McEvoy of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Color Sergeant Major 40th personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said John McEvoy shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me
J. Johnston George Webster JP
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - John McEvoy, color sereant 40th Regiment of Foot, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas Andrew McIntyre and another was charged before me a Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said Andrew McIntyre and another was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was concerned in the riot at the Eureka Hotel shall appear at the Circuit Court to be holden at Geelong in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the 26 day of October next, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Andrew McIntyre for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Andrew McIntyre and another then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - William Nolan, sergeant of polices, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
Be it remembered, that on 21st day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four William Nolan of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said William Nolan shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me
J. Johnston George Webster JP
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - William Nolan, sergeant of police, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas Andrew McIntyre was charged before me a Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said Andrew McIntyre was the seventeenth day of Octr 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was concerned in the riot at the Eureka Hotel it therefore be said William Nolan shall appear at the Circuit Court to he holden at Geelong in the Colony of Victoria, on the twenty sixth day of Octr A.D. 1854 and there give such evidence as be knoweth upon as information to be then and there proferred against the said Andrew McIntyre for the offence aforesaid, as the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Andrew McIntyre then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Edward Viret, sergeant of police, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
Be it remembered, that on 21st day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four Edward Viret of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said Edward Viret shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me
J. Johnston George Webster JP
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Edward Viret, sergeant of police, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas Andrew McIntyre was charged before me a Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said Andrew McIntyre was the seventeenth day of Octr 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was concerned in the riot at the Eureka Hotel it therefore be said Edward Viret shall appear at the Circuit Court to he holden at Geelong in the Colony of Victoria, on the twenty sixth day of Octr A.D. 1854 and there give such evidence as be knoweth upon as information to be then and there proferred against the said Andrew McIntyre for the offence aforesaid, as the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Andrew McIntyre then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Benjamin Hawkshaw, sergeant, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
Be it remembered, that on 21st day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four Edward Viret of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said Benjamin Hawkshaw shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me
J. Johnston George Webster JP
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Benjamin Hawkshaw, sergeant, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas Andrew McIntyre was charged before me a Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said Andrew McIntyre was the seventeenth day of Octr 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was concerned in the riot at the Eureka Hotel it therefore be said Benjamin Hawkshaw shall appear at the Circuit Court to he holden at Geelong in the Colony of Victoria, on the twenty sixth day of Octr A.D. 1854 and there give such evidence as be knoweth upon as information to be then and there proferred against the said Andrew McIntyre for the offence aforesaid, as the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Andrew McIntyre then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Michael Wigley, constable, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
Be it remembered, that on 21st day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four Michael Wrigley of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Constable of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said Michael Wrigley shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me
J. Johnston George Webster JP
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Michael Wigley, constable, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas Andrew McIntyre was charged before me a Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said Andrew McIntyre was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was concerned in the riot at the Eureka Hotel it therefore be said Michael Wrigley shall appear at the Circuit Court to he holden at Geelong in the Colony of Victoria, on the twenty sixth day of Octr A.D. 1854 and there give such evidence as be knoweth upon as information to be then and there proferred against the said Andrew McIntyre for the offence aforesaid, as the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Andrew McIntyre then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Robert Calvin, sergeant of police, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
Be it remembered, that on 21st day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four Robert Calvin of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Sergeant of Police personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Town of Geelong in the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said Robert Calvin shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me
William Morrissy
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Robert Calvin, sergeant of police, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas Thomas Fletcher was cis day charged before me the Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said Thomas Fletcher was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain other persons did feloniously and unlawfully burn and destroy the dwelling house of one James Bentley at Ballarat it therefore be said Robert Calvin shall appear at the Criminal Sessions to he holden at Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of November next, and there give such evidence as be knoweth upon as information to be then and there proferred against the said Thomas Fletcher for the offence aforesaid, as the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Thomas Fletcher then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - James Pepper, constable, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
Be it remembered, that on 21st day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four James Pepper of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Constable personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said James Pepper shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me
William Morrissy
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - James Pepper, constable, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas Thomas Fletcher was cis day charged before me the Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said Thomas Fletcher was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain other persons did feloniously and unlawfully burn and destroy the dwelling house of one James Bentley at Ballarat it therefore be said James Pepper shall appear at the Criminal Sessions to he holden at Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of November next, and there give such evidence as be knoweth upon as information to be then and there proferred against the said Thomas Fletcher for the offence aforesaid, as the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Thomas Fletcher then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - William Thompson, constable, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
Be it remembered, that on 21st day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four William Thompson of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Constable personally came before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Colony, and acknowledged himself to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen the sum of one hundred pounds, of good lawful money of Great Britain, to be made and levied of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, in the use of our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, if the said William Thompson shall fail in the condition indorsed.
Taken and acknowledged the day and year of your first above mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before me
William Morrissy
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - William Thompson, constable, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Regcognance is such, That Whereas Thomas Fletcher was this day charged before me the Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said Thomas Fletcher was the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, together with certain other persons did feloniously and unlawfully burn and destroy the dwelling house of one James Bentley at Ballarat it therefore be said William Thompson shall appear at the Criminal Sessions to he holden at Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria, on the fifteenth day of November next, and there give such evidence as be knoweth upon as information to be then and there proferred against the said Thomas Fletcher for the offence aforesaid, as the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Thomas Fletcher then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.
"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Thomas Fletcher, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas Thomas Fletcher was this day charged before me the Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said Thomas Fletcher was the 17th day of Octr 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was concerned in the riot at the Eureka Hotel it therefore be said Michael Lawler shall appear at the Circuit Court to he holden at Geelong in the Colony of Victoria, on the 26 day of Octr A.D. 1854, and there give such evidence as be knoweth upon as information to be then and there proferred against the said Thomas Fletcher for the offence aforesaid, as the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Thomas Fletcher then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.


"Official form on blue paper - evidence - Thomas Fletcher, 17 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Recognisance is such, That Whereas Thomas Fletcher was this day charged before me the Justice of the Peace within mentioned for that the said Thomas Fletcher was the 17th day of Octr 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was concerned in the riot at the Eureka Hotel it therefore be said Robert Colvin shall appear at the Circuit Court to he holden at Geelong in the Colony of Victoria, on the 26 day of Octr A.D. 1854, and there give such evidence as be knoweth upon as information to be then and there proferred against the said Thomas Fletcher for the offence aforesaid, as the jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said Thomas Fletcher then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.


"Official form on paper - evidence - Thomas Fletcher, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80
The condition of the within written Recognisance is such, That Whereas Thomas Fletcher of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Thomas Hanswell Robinson of Ballarat, and Robert Harrington of Ballarat in the said Colony person the undersigned two of her majesties Justices of the Peace for the said Colony and seveaky acknowledged themselved to our Lady the Queen the several sums following: the said Thomas Fletcher. the sum of five hundred pounds, and the said Thomas Hanswell Robinson and Robert Harrington the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds each, of good and lawful money of Great Britian, to be made and levied of their several goods and chaels, lands and tenements respectively, to teh use of our said Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors if the said Thomas Fletcher fail in the condition indexed. taken and acknowledged the day and year forst above-mentioned at Ballarat in the said Colony before J. Johnston George Webster JP


"Depositions of witnesses Thomas Crowther, Michael Lawler, John McEvoy, William Nolan, Edward Vinet, Benjamin Hawkshaw, and Michael Quigley all of Ballarat, 21 October 1854, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80

Colony of Victoria Ballarat The Examination of Thomas Crowther, Michael Lawler, John McEvoy, William Nolan, Edward Viret, Benjamin Hawkshaw and Michael Quigley all of Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria Taken on oath, this 20th 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 one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said colony, in the presence and hearing of Andrew McIntyre who is charged this day before us for that he the said Andrew McIntyre on the seventeenth day of October 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony of Victoria with certain other persons tumultuously riotously did assemble and did then and there unlawfully and feloniously pull down, burn and destroy a certain dwelling house, the property of one James Francis Bentley This deponent Thomas Crowther on his oath saith as follows I am Sergeant of Police at Ballarat I was present at the riot of Mr. Bentley’s Hotel on


"Depositions of witnesses - Thomas Crowther, October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80

the 17th Inst I saw Prisoner McIntyre He was standing by Mr Rede the Resident Commissioner He was addressing the crowd but I could not hear what he said I went round to the front of the Hotel I left McIntyre standing by the side of Mr. Rede I saw a large mob collected in the yard - McIntyre was one of them. He went into the bowling alley with two or three others and commenced destroying it He was pulling up the floor and plastering at the side of the place. About two or three men were in the place when a lighted brand


"Depositions of witnesses - Thomas Crowther, October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80

was thrown into the bowling alley McIntyre tore the paper off the walls and heaped it up on the fire. This was all I saw him do then. I apprehended him afterwards but he was rescued from me By Prisoners Attorney – Only about six persons were in the bowling alley I do not swear Fletcher was one Thomas Crowther Sworn before us at Ballarat this 21 October 1854


"Depositions of witnesses - M Lawler, October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80

And this deponent Michael Lawler on his oath saith I am Sergeant Major of Police I recollect the day that Bentley’s Hotel was destroyed. I recollect Prisoner McIntyre being there. He appeared to take a very active part in the destruction of the pace and act as a ring leader. I heard him call on the mob to take justice if the authorities would not give it them. By Prisoners Attorney – I saw him assisting to pull down the side of the Hotel opposite O’Connor’s Store. This was before it was set on fire.


"Depositions of witnesses - M Lawler, October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80

I swear I saw Prisoner assisting to pull down the timber part of the house on the side near O’Connors’ Store. A great crowd was collected I can only identify two or three dozen. I never saw McIntyre before. I cannot be mistaken in him. M.Lawler. Sworn before us at Ballarat This 21st October 1854


"Depositions of witnesses - McEvoy, October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80

And this deponent John McEvoy on his oath saith I am color Sergeant of the fortieth regiment . I was present at the riot on the seventeenth Inst. At the Eureka Hotel. Immediately my party were drawn up I saw McIntyre in a window convenient to Mr. Rede the Commissioner He seemed to be endeavouring to excite the people by advising them to take the law into their own hands my detachment was afterwards marched round to the bowling alley In this building I should
"Depositions of witnesses - McEvoy, October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80

say there were twenty five people. We were ordered by Mr. Rede to clear the people out. At the front of the building where I entered I came in contact with the Prisoner He was in a stooping posture in the act of taking a board from the panel I gently pushed my fire lock against him and ordered him out which he did quietly I saw him again in about half an hour after that He seemed to be saving some property – I believe it was a bass viola.
"Depositions of witnesses - McEvoy, October 1854, p.3, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80

By Prisoners Attorney – I could hear one or two words when he was addressing the people I heard him say let us take law after that I was not paying attention to what he said. John McEvoy Sergeant 40th Regiment Sworn before us at Ballarat this (signatures George illegible) 21st October 1854