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Witnesses to Kellys execution Witnesses to Kellys execution
Public Record Office Victoria
Public Record Office Victoria (State Archives of Victoria, Australia)
North Melbourne, Australia
This certificate is the return made by the medical officer who certified the death of the prisoner. It was subpoenaed and published in the Government Gazette, public confirmation that the execution had taken place. Sheriff Rede notes in his own report of the execution to the Chief Secretary that only a very few people turned up to witness the execution.
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- Title: Witnesses to Kellys execution Witnesses to Kellys execution
- Creator: Public Record Office Victoria, Public Record Office Victoria
- Date Created: 1880-10-11
- Provenance: VPRS 4969 P0 UNIT 2 ITEM 78 RECORD 1, VPRS 4969 P0 UNIT 2 ITEM 78 RECORD 1
- Transcript:80/1135I Andrew Shields being the Medical Officer in attendance on the x x execution of Edward Kelly at the gaol of Melbourne do hereby certify and declare that I have this day witnessed the execution of the said Edward Kelly at the said Gaol and I further certify and declare that the said Edward Kelly was in pursuance of the sentence of the Central Criminal Court hanged by the neck until his body was deadGiven under my hand this eleventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty at the Gaol of MelbourneAndrew Shields MDHide TranscriptShow Transcript
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