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| + | Akehurst was the only Ballarat official tried, and was acquitted on a technicality. In 1854 Akehurst was a clerk of the Ballarat Bench, and participated in the [[Eureka Stockade]] battle. Akehurst gave evidence that he had been sworn in as a special constable at Ballarat for 18 months preceding the Eureka battle. Akehurst was found guilty by a Coroner’s jury in Ballarat for killing Henry Powell. A Melbourne jury later acquitted him. Akehurst was Chairman of the Board of Health in 1887.<ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref> | ||
Akehurst was a witness examined during the report of the Board appointed to enquire into circumstances connected with the riot at Ballarat, and the burning of [[James Bentley]]'s [[Eureka Hotel]]. <ref> ''Report of the Board appointed to Enquire into Circumstances Connected with the Late Disturbance at Ballarat'', John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 21 November 1854.</ref> | Akehurst was a witness examined during the report of the Board appointed to enquire into circumstances connected with the riot at Ballarat, and the burning of [[James Bentley]]'s [[Eureka Hotel]]. <ref> ''Report of the Board appointed to Enquire into Circumstances Connected with the Late Disturbance at Ballarat'', John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 21 November 1854.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 21:03, 2 May 2014
Contents
Background
Mentioned on Rev. T.J. Linnane's List.[1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Akehurst was the only Ballarat official tried, and was acquitted on a technicality. In 1854 Akehurst was a clerk of the Ballarat Bench, and participated in the Eureka Stockade battle. Akehurst gave evidence that he had been sworn in as a special constable at Ballarat for 18 months preceding the Eureka battle. Akehurst was found guilty by a Coroner’s jury in Ballarat for killing Henry Powell. A Melbourne jury later acquitted him. Akehurst was Chairman of the Board of Health in 1887.[2]
Akehurst was a witness examined during the report of the Board appointed to enquire into circumstances connected with the riot at Ballarat, and the burning of James Bentley's Eureka Hotel. [3]
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ List of names of people who figured in the life of Ballarat before and during the Eureka Rebellion of 3 December 1854, unpublished.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Report of the Board appointed to Enquire into Circumstances Connected with the Late Disturbance at Ballarat, John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 21 November 1854.
External links
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