Nicholas Edwards

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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

Prisoners

Further Reading

Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.

References

  1. The Argus, 11 December 1854.
  2. Geelong Advertiser, 28 March 1856.

External links


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