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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0090-010-023.jpg|800px|thumb|right|"Deposition of [[Michael Murphy]], 27 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 90<br/><br/> | [[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0090-010-023.jpg|800px|thumb|right|"Deposition of [[Michael Murphy]], 27 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 90<br/><br/> | ||
And this Deponent [[Michael Murphy]] on his oath saith I am a private of 40th Regt. On the 17th Inst by Command of Lieut. Broadhurst I was marched to Bentley’s Hotel. We formed round the Hotel I saw the prisoner Westerby seize the firelock of Private Sorrell and try to take it from him – he was pushed away by Mr. Commr. Rede<br/> | And this Deponent [[Michael Murphy]] on his oath saith I am a private of 40th Regt. On the 17th Inst by Command of Lieut. Broadhurst I was marched to Bentley’s Hotel. We formed round the Hotel I saw the prisoner Westerby seize the firelock of Private Sorrell and try to take it from him – he was pushed away by Mr. Commr. Rede<br/> | ||
Revision as of 16:53, 8 August 2017
"Deposition of Michael Murphy, 27 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 90
And this Deponent Michael Murphy on his oath saith I am a private of 40th Regt. On the 17th Inst by Command of Lieut. Broadhurst I was marched to Bentley’s Hotel. We formed round the Hotel I saw the prisoner Westerby seize the firelock of Private Sorrell and try to take it from him – he was pushed away by Mr. Commr. Rede
By prisoners Attorney I was close
And this Deponent Michael Murphy on his oath saith I am a private of 40th Regt. On the 17th Inst by Command of Lieut. Broadhurst I was marched to Bentley’s Hotel. We formed round the Hotel I saw the prisoner Westerby seize the firelock of Private Sorrell and try to take it from him – he was pushed away by Mr. Commr. Rede
By prisoners Attorney I was close
"Deposition of Michael Murphy, 27 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 90
to the prisoner at this time I was only the length of firelock from him
Michael Murphy
Sworn before us at Ballarat this 27 October 1854
to the prisoner at this time I was only the length of firelock from him
Michael Murphy
Sworn before us at Ballarat this 27 October 1854
Contents
Background
Broadhurst 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. [1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ 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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Caption, Reference.
