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James Scobie was a Scottish gold miner murdered at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia on 7 October 1854. The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria in Australia between approximately 1851 and the early 1860s. ...
Location of Ballarat in Victoria (red) Ballarat Base Hospital For the electoral division in the Australian House of Representatives, see Division of Ballarat. ...
October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
See also: 1853 in Australia, other events of 1854, 1855 in Australia, and the Timeline of Australian history. ...
On the night of 6 October he became involved in a brawl at the Eureka Hotel, also known as Bentley's Hotel. An inquest into his death was held the same afternoon. At the inquest, the hotel keeper, James Bentley, and his staff denied taking part in the death. The jury found that there was not enough evidence against Bentley and as a result the matter was adjourned. October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ...
Miners felt that justice had not been served. There was a riot outside Bentley's Hotel on 17 October. October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
New evidence came to light and a trial was held in Melboune's Supreme Court commencing 18 November : Queen v. James Francis Bentley, Catherine Bentley, William Henry Hance and Thomas Farrell in the murder of James Scobie. Judge Redmond Barry presided over the case. James Bentley, William Hance and Thomas Farrell were all found guilty of manslaughter and were each sentenced on 20 November to three years hard labour on the roads. Catherine Bentley was found not guilty. The Supreme Court of Victoria is located on the corner of Lonsdale and William Streets, Melbourne - the same intersection as the Melbourne Magistrates Court and the County Court of Victoria. ...
November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Sir Redmond Barry (1813 - November 23, 1880) was a British colonial judge in Victoria, Australia. ...
November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
On the afternoon of 20 November Judge Barry presided over the trial of the Bentley's Hotel Rioters.
Scobie's death and the acquittal of the hotel keeper at the inquest were part of the catalyst of the events leading to the Eureka Stockade. The Eureka Stockade was a gold miners revolt in 1854 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, against the officials supervising the mining of gold in the region of Ballarat. ...
Scobie is buried in the old Ballarat cemetery. His grave is marked by a broken column, a symbol of a life cut short.[1]
References - ^ http://library.thinkquest.org/16665/cemeteries.htm
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