The Depositions
The following are the witness depositions taken down in Roebourne shortly after the murders of Thomas Anketell and Henry Burrup. I have also included an interesting 16 page handwritten statement made by Frederick Bevan, one of the murder accused. The original documents were located in the Supreme Court File of the murder trial. [105]
Click on the links below to read the various transcribed documents.
Note: [?] indicates that I could not transcribe the word (yet).
Sergeant Daniel O’Connell – 12th March 1885
William Joseph Noonan – 12th March 1885
Caroline Platt – 12th March 1885
Isabel McRae – 18th March 1885
Roderick McRae – 18th March 1885
Dr John Albert O’Meehan – 18th March 1885
Florance C. Broadhurst – 18th March 1885
Edward Lillis – 18th March 1885
Richard Thomas Eaton – 18th March 1885
Charles Zeddi – 18th March 1885
Robert Burns – 18th March 1885
James Andrew – 18th March 1885
Frederick Bevan – 20th March 1885
more to come …