James Clancey

Meet the people of the KellyGang story

Importance of James Clancey

Arrested as a sympathizer.

Links to the KellyGang , Early Years , Teenage years , First run in with the law , Fitzpatrick Incident , Gold Mining , Stringybark Creek Murders , Escape North , Euroa Robbery , Mass arrest of sympathizers , Jerilderie Robbery , Later in 1879 , Early in 1880 , Death of Aaron Sherritt , Glenrowan Siege , Ned Kelly's Trial , Royal Commission , Family , Photograph

Family

brothers Daniel, sisters ... wife ... husband ... parents ... uncle ... aunt ...

Links to the KellyGang

Euroa Robbery 10/12/1878

Did I help the boys at Faithful's Creek

Mass arrest of the sympathizers

On 2/1/1879 Commissioner Standish ordered the arrest of about 20 sympathizers including James Clancey and his brother Daniel. He took that action under the Outlawry Act. Most of the sympathizers were held in Beechworth Gaol.

I lived in a wayside hotel three miles down the line from Wangaratta (OMA11/1/1879)

James Clancey was arrested near South Wangaratta by ... (Argus7/1/79)

The men were held without ever being given a chance to defend themelves. They were remanded in custody for periods of 7 days. Only one of the sympathizers was effectively represented by a lawyer. The magistrates repeated the remands each week for over 3 months before the sympathizers were finally released. See (OMA11/2/1879)(OMA13/3/1879)

At the start, the arrests had public support in Melbourne but that turned into general contempt for the police. The mass arrests resulted in fewer people being prepared to assist the police or to supply information about the KellyGang

Glenrowan Siege 28/6/1880

Was I there, down where the railway track had been taken up

What happened to James Clancey's family

Please enjoy the story of the KellyGang, but also remember that at least 10 people died and many more had their lives changed in ways that may still be painful to some people.

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