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under (Constable Thorpe) The first clerk ofpetty sessions was a Mr Pagis he wasa married man with five or six childrenThey lived in a bark hut built onthe opposite side of the river to wherethe other buildings were at that time.There was no lock up at this time butthere was a very large gum tree withtwo big bullock chains fastened to itwere they used to secure the drunkenprisoners. All police court cases used tobe tried in Mr Croxons parlor & anyshort sentences that at to be done they weretaken about a mile & 1/2 up the river aplace called Nandi owned by a MrWilliam Field who had a store & Hotelit was the stable of this Hotel thatacted as a lockup at that time. I remembertwo prisoners escaping from there while onremand. I will not mention their names.After that there was a log building erectedfor a lockup A man by the name ofWilliam Grose and Mr Smith we thecontracters this building was erected whethe post office is at the present time.After this the buildings then went up rapidly.The place whichr Sawds bought offEnright was then pulled down he thenerected a new building & sold out toa Mr John Hill who came from Mudgeethis would have been in about the year (75 or 76)Then they was a Mr Michael Mealey whowas a stone mason built a stone goalwhich stands at the present time. he camefrom Mudgee. The first scotch ministerwas a Mr Stewart he used to visit here.
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