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− | [[File:Owens-SLV-wiki.JPG|500px|thumb| | + | [[File:Owens-SLV-wiki.JPG|500px|thumb|centre|''The Late John Downes Owens''. State Library of Victoria (IAN27/12/66/4)]] |
− | [[File:Bendigo-Petition2.JPG|500px|thumb| | + | [[File:Bendigo-Petition2.JPG|500px|thumb|centre|''Bendigo Goldfields Petition Cover,'' August 1853. State Library of Victoria (MS 12440) |
and Condemned them to hard labor on the Public Roads of the Colony - A proceeding Your Petitioners maintain to be contrary to the spirit of the British Law which does not recognise the principle of the Subject being a Criminal because he is indebted to the State<br/> | and Condemned them to hard labor on the Public Roads of the Colony - A proceeding Your Petitioners maintain to be contrary to the spirit of the British Law which does not recognise the principle of the Subject being a Criminal because he is indebted to the State<br/> | ||
That the impost of Thirty Shillings a Month is unjust because the successful and unsuccessful Digger are assessed in the same ratio<br/> | That the impost of Thirty Shillings a Month is unjust because the successful and unsuccessful Digger are assessed in the same ratio<br/> |