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Arrested after the Eureka Stockade but released due to lack of evidence.<ref>''The Argus'', 11 December 1854.</ref> | Arrested after the Eureka Stockade but released due to lack of evidence.<ref>''The Argus'', 11 December 1854.</ref> | ||
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+ | :William Lewis was charged with larceny. Nicholas Edwards, sworn-I recollect the 22nd of last month; I was at Magpie, and felt a man put his hand in my pocket; there were a great many people about me, and they were as close as they could stick; I swear to this man as the one that had his hand in my pocket; he had been pressing up against me. The jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of guilty.<ref>Geelong Advertiser, 28 March 1856.</ref> | ||
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Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004. | Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004. | ||
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Revision as of 23:34, 25 May 2015
Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Arrested after the Eureka Stockade but released due to lack of evidence.[1]
Post 1854 Experiences
- General Sessions Ballarat
- William Lewis was charged with larceny. Nicholas Edwards, sworn-I recollect the 22nd of last month; I was at Magpie, and felt a man put his hand in my pocket; there were a great many people about me, and they were as close as they could stick; I swear to this man as the one that had his hand in my pocket; he had been pressing up against me. The jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of guilty.[2]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.