Michael KENNEDY.William DEVELIN,John PARDY,Patrick KENNEDY,James SEXTON,Daniel MACARTNEY,James ASHBURN,John LEADOW,Herman STEINMAN,William WINKLEY,William SOMERVILLE,Jeremiah HOGAN,William AVONDALE,Samuel PENNY,Patrick HICKEY,Joseph WALKER,John KELLY,Cornelius PETERS,William STAFFORD,CARL ANDERSON – a Swede,Patrick MEADE,Michael GLEESON,were all were discharged. In some of these cases there waseither no evidence against the prisoners,or they where only proved guiltyof living in the neighborhood of the stockade, and giving no informationto its erection. 신용카드현금화
Edmund BOHEN,Michael MEAGHER,William GALLOWAY.James BARCLAY,Michael BUTLER,John LYNCH and Charles DOOLAN were defended by Mr Dunne and discharged.
DIGNEM and ALLEN – remanded from the previous day, were recalled.
Inspector FOSTER gave evidence that a license to “THOMAS WALKER” was found on the person of DIGNUM.
Private REVEL of the 40th was re -sworn.He stated that he had no doubt about the identity of DIGNUM. He had cut him down.The wound was on his head now.
DIGNUM WAS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL FOR THE CRIME OF HIGH TREASON 신용카드현금화
ALLAN was discharged but with a caution
Patrick SHEEDY,Joseph ELLIS,PERGO (a Spaniard),ROMEO (an Italian)were brought up.
Mr Dynam was sworn to act as interpretor for Romeo;Pargo’s case was conducted by the Bench in French.
Michael McADAM,private of the 40th saw SHEEDY taken “convanient” to a tent about 200 yards from the stockade.
J.F.TULKIN – a trooper,saw Romeo taken out of a tent about 150 yeardsfrom the Eureka stockade.He said as he went along towards the Camp,”Thank God, I have escaped with my life this morning.-I’ll tell allI know of this” 신용카드현금화
Trooper MAINGER -Saw Romeo taken, about 150 yards behind the stockade.I saw many running towards a tent from the one next to Constable O’CONNOR brought Romeo with bloody hands.”
Sergeant KING -gave the same evidence
REVEL -of the mounted 40th was riding with others past the stockade.Several shots where fired at them.Saw Ellis with a gun.Saw him fire,andfired at him in return.On his return saw Ellis in the act of gettingover the stockade: cut at him: thought he had killed him, and saw no moreof him till he was a prisoner.
ELLIS maintained that he was innocent: wished the trooper who had taken himto be called.He did not know his name,but believed he was a sergeant,andknew he was “fresh looking”. Al the sergeants who where in the neighborhoodwere called,and though they where all “fresh looking” the particular one did not appear. He called
Edward INGRAM ,his mate,who deposed thatELLIS went to bed on Saturday night,and got up the next morning to see the cause of the firing.They where plumbers and glaziers and had been at work till 6 oclock onSaturday evening.In the morning they went with others on the hill to see what was the matter. When the troopers came in sight,Ellis, who was frightened, went away and was captured.He could bring two others to corroborate these statements.Witness and his mate had ‘always been the other way’.
Patrick LYNOT,private – 40th ,saw ROMEO in the stockade.He was armed and muchagitated; looking to the right and left as if for a way of escape.There was no doubt about his identity. Saw SHEADY come out of his tentabout 500 yards from the stockade .Is convinced that he only came out tosee what was doing.
William MURRELL,corporal,40th,saw PERGO, the Spaniard, at 100 – 150 yardsfrom the stockade.He was near a tent and had no arms.
Ellis called Mr MORGAN, auctioneer,who testified that the prisoner had beenworking for him for three weeks: had received his wages on Saturday about6 o’clock.Prisoner was very industrious.Did not attend the meetings.Was always at his work.and had not lost an hour in three weeks. 신용카드현금화
Sheady,Pergo and Romeo were discharged. Ellis was remanded till Monday, thatthe other witnesses for the defence might appear.
Thomas Ferdinand TIGHE , who had been discharged the previous day, wasbrought up on the charge of forcibly demanding goods as one of an armedforce.
The prisoner was defended by Mr LYNN.
W.H.COOPER-storeman to Mr SWEENY,deposed that two men on horseback cameto him on Saturday night,the 2nd December, between 5 -6 o’clock, demandingsaddles: he said he could not give them, they said they would send for a force to compel him: they sent away a messenger ,and about fifteen minutesan armed party of about twenty came.In the interval he walked along fromhis store and was stopped by a man on horseback,he believed the prisonerTIGHE ,who presented a pistol at him.The armed men filled the tent, andcarried off twelve saddles and their acceuttrements.
THE PRISONER WAS REMANDED TILL MONDAY.
Thomas O’ROURKE, Charles KEDDAR, John PHELAN and William WRIGHT were then brought up and discharged with the exception of PHELAN.
Mr Dunne spoke of O”Rourke’s character,having known him inIreland.
Henry GOODENOUGH -trooper – saw PHELAN offering himself as a volounteer onWednesday,Nov 29th.He was being drilled at the armed-meeting on Thursday,and again on Friday saw him aong the number marched from Bakery Hill to Eureka.Saw him next a prisoner in the Camp on Sunday.
Leonard COPACH, Lietenant mounted police : “fired at Phelan.He was armed when in the stockade.The firing had almost ceased.Liet. HALL jumped over the stockadeand captured him.
By the Bench – : “did not see him fire” 신용카드현금화
John CULKIS,trooper “saw Phelan in the stockade, armed. Fired at him, missed him.Seeing him him attempting toget out of the stockade, knocked himdown the with flat of his sword. He was armed with a sword.Liet. Hall capturedhim and cuffed him.Mr Farnell recieved his sword.”
Samuel FARNELL corroborated the previous evidence as regard to his havinggiven up his sword.
FULLY COMMITTED FOR TRIAL FOR HIGH TREASON
William MOLLOY, Jacob LORENSON,Charles LEVISTON (Livingston) and Patrick HOWARDwere brought up
LIVINGSTON was discharged
Edward VIRET, sergeant of police “saw Malloy coming out of the stockade atthe conclusion of the firing. Told him to surrendour, and he did so.In answer to the witness he said, on the way down “The row is just beginningand would not end now”. He was as sober then as now”.
Thomas BROADLEY: “Prisoner all the way down repeated that “the row was just begun and wouldnot end here”.
MOLLOY WAS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL FOR HIGH TREASON.
James LOUGH saw several men in the stockade near the guard tent.They werearmed with pikes and guns.Saw HOWARD first.Was about to fire at him, butfired at a much larger mob.”
Sergeant KING: saw a number of men running away from the stockade, amongthe holes towards some of the tents. Lorenson was found in a tent,which was burst open.He had a revolving gun in his hand.He surrendered,saying”I am guilty” or something to that effect. 신용카드현금화
Inspector Foster gave evidence that prisoner had on his person, whenbrought into the Camp,balls,caps and a powder flask.
LORENSON WAS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL FOR HIGH TREASON.Patrick HOWARD was discharged but told that he had had a narrow escape.James HEPBURN and Thomas MURPHY (were) both discharged>
? gave evidence in favour of BRYANT(who was) remanded from the previous day.He was in the employment of witness for two years.Was an industrious peacible man,never attended the meetings, and was at his work at seven O’clock the previous evening.He was warned and discharged.
Henry SEEKAMP,who was out on bail, appeared.
Several numbers of the Ballaarat Times where put on.Mr Dunne, for the traverser, admitted the proprietorshipof the newspaper.The Bench required Mr SEEKAMP to standon the floor of the court as a defendant.Mr Dunne said thatin the case of the Queen v O’Connell and others, thetraversers occupied seats at the table besides the Queen’s Counsel.The bench stated that this was a courtesy to Mr O’Connell and theothers.Mr Dunne was sure the Bench would be no less”courteous” in the present case. Mr Dunne would not require thatthe extracts on which the charge was founded should be read.The Bench preferred that the passages founded on should beread by the clerk, and the traverser should stand up before the Court as defendant.
The CLerk of the Court then read from the Ballaarat Times of the18th and 25th Nov. and 2nd Dec. on which, with the whole leading articleof the 18th Nov, the charge was founded.
Inspector Carter arrested Mr Seekamp in his own office on Monday,on the charge of sedition. He believed that these leading articleswere the principal cause of the disturbance. Mr Dunne submitted that this was not evidence.The Court could receive from Mr Carter a statement of facts,not a judgement on them. The bench thought Mr Carter entitled to state the grounds on which he acted. 신용카드현금화
Mr Carter resumed.He had arrested Mr Seekamp,believing that the articles in his newspaperwere seditious.
Mr Dunne declined to say anything.
Mr SEEKAMP WAS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL for publishing a seditous libel, butwas admitted to bail as before the committment.
Michael Dynan and Andrew SWANSON (a Swede)were brought up,
Trooper GOODDENOUGH saw Swanson at the meeting on Thursday,with a bowie knife as long as his arm: he was admitted as a volunteer and drilled. Constable Peters knew Swansen generally as a quiet and peaceable man.Saw him at Bakery Hill;he was intoxicated.Said towitness he had only come for the fun of it.
Private McADAM saw Dynan in the stockade at the Eureka, running with a childin his arms,as if trying to escape.Another Constable corroborated thisevidence. Prisoner said he had been to see his sister,Mrs McAdam, fromCreswick’s Creek.He had been detained in the stockade from theSaturday night, and could not escape .
Swanson and DYNAN were BOTH DISCHARGED
Mr Dunne said that as this was the last case he took the liberty as the only member of the bar present, of expressing his sense of the kindness and courtesy manifested by His Worship (Mr Sturt), throughout these enquiries, and inthe name of many of those whom he had represented, he felt bound to say that His Worship had acted not only with the utmost fiarness, but mercifully towards thorse brought before him. 신용카드현금화
Mr Sturt said that he felt the kindness of the observations made by Mr. Dunne. He accepted the acknowledgement in the spirit in which it was made, and took the opportunity of saying that the case of the prisoners had been conducted in a very proper manner, and in good spirit. He was glad that his instructions were such as to warrant his adopting the merciful course he had pursued.
Inspector Evans ordered the prisoner to be removed. Mr DUnn said “Who is the prisoner”. Such an observation should not be applied to a person in Mr. Seekamp’s position”. His Worship directed a constable to attend Mr.Seekamp till the new bail-bond should be completed, which was soon effected, the former gentlemen renewing their recognizances.