John McEvoy

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"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 other 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.
"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

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 - 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
"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


Background

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Colour Sergeant with the 40th Regiment at Ballarat in 1854.

Post 1854 Experiences

See also

Andrew McIntyre

William Morrissy

Military

Robert Rede

Further Reading

References


External links


Background

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Colour Sergeant with the 40th Regiment at Ballarat in 1854.

Post 1854 Experiences

See also

Andrew McIntyre

William Morrissy

Military

Further Reading

References


External links