Shepherd
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Shepherd
21 Mar 1835“The Bushrangers have been playing great pranks at Moneroo; they have shot five or six tame blacks, from a fear of being tracked, and also a Mr. Shepherd, the overseer of Mr. Catterell.”
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Shepherd
21 Mar 1835“It appears they robbed Mr. Catterell in the middle of the night; made Mr. Shepherd serve out a large quantity of rum to all the men; made him drink two tumblers full himself, and left just before day-break.”
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Shepherd
21 Mar 1835“As soon as he came within shot, Mr. Shepherd fired, and wounded him in the neck; unfortunately, in discharging the first barrel, nearly all the shot rolled out of the second.”
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Shepherd
21 Mar 1835“The bushranger then fired at Mr. Shepherd, and severely wounded him in the side; Shepherd rushed towards him, and as he was doing so, his prisoner ran up to him, and putting his pistol (which he had recovered) to Mr. S.'s face, fired, and the ball went through his head; "you b—r, you are down," said the bushranger.”
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Shepherd
21 Mar 1835“Not yet, said Shepherd, and rushed on with blind desperation to grapple with his antagonist, when he was shot by one of his own men, who had joined the bushrangers, in the loins; he then fell, and the bushrangers commenced beating him with the butt ends of their muskets; beat his own fowling-piece to pieces over his head and body, and so mangled his face, that it scarcely exhibited a vestige of humanity.”
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Shepherd
21 Mar 1835“Mr. Shepherd is recovering: no vital part is affected, although a ball went through a part of his head.”
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Shepherd
21 Mar 1835“Mr. Shepherd is a respectable Scotch emigrant.”