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[[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-001v.jpg|800px|thumb|right|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Michael Lawler]], sergeant major police, 17 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80 | [[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-001v.jpg|800px|thumb|right|"Official form on blue paper - evidence - [[Michael Lawler]], sergeant major police, 17 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80 | ||
− | The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas [[Andrew McIntyre]] was the 17 day of Oct 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was concerned in the riot at the [[Eureka Hotel]] it therefore be the said Michael Lawler shall appear at the Circuit Court to be holden at Geelong in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the 26 day of Oct A.D., 1854, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Andrew McIntyre for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Andrew | + | The condition of the within written Recognance is such, That Whereas [[Andrew McIntyre]] was the 17 day of Oct 1854 at Ballarat in the Colony aforesaid, was concerned in the riot at the [[Eureka Hotel]] it therefore be the said Michael Lawler shall appear at the Circuit Court to be holden at Geelong in and for the Colony of Victoria, on the 26 day of Oct A.D., 1854, and there give such evidence as he knoweth upon an information to be then and there preferred against the said Andrew McIntyre for the offence aforesaid, as the Jurors who shall pass upon the trial of the said [[Andrew McIntyre]] then the said Recognizance to be void or else stand in full force and virtue.]] |
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+ | [[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-026.jpg|800px|thumb|right|"Depositions of witnesses - M Lawler, October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80 | ||
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+ | And this deponent [[Michael Lawler]] on his oath saith I am Sergeant Major of Police I recollect the day that Bentley’s Hotel was destroyed. I recollect Prisoner McIntyre being there. He appeared to take a very active part in the destruction of the pace and act as a ring leader. I heard him call on the mob to take justice if the authorities would not give it them. | ||
+ | By Prisoners Attorney – I saw him assisting to pull down the side of the Hotel opposite O’Connor’s Store. This was before it was set on fire. ]] | ||
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+ | [[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0080-010-027.jpg|800px|thumb|right|"Depositions of witnesses - M Lawler, October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 80 | ||
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+ | I swear I saw Prisoner assisting to pull down the timber part of the house on the side near O’Connors’ Store. A great crowd was collected I can only identify two or three dozen. I never saw McIntyre before. I cannot be mistaken in him. | ||
+ | M. Lawler. | ||
+ | Sworn before us at Ballarat This 21st October 1854 ]] | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== |
Latest revision as of 18:32, 5 August 2017
Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Michael Lawler was a policeman who is thought to have shot Peter Lalor in the arm. [1]
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Blake, Gregory, To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart,Australian Military History Publications, 2009.
References
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
External links