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under (Constable Thorpe) The first clerk of
petty sessions was a Mr Pagis he was
a married man with five or six children
They lived in a bark hut built on
the opposite side of the river to where
the other buildings were at that time.
There was no lock up at this time but
there was a very large gum tree with
two big bullock chains fastened to it
were they used to secure the drunken
prisoners. All police court cases used to
be tried in Mr Croxons parlor & any
short sentences that at to be done they were
taken about a mile & 1/2 up the river a
place called Nandi owned by a Mr
William Field who had a store & Hotel
it was the stable of this Hotel that
acted as a lockup at that time. I remember
two prisoners escaping from there while on
remand. I will not mention their names.
After that there was a log building erected
for a lockup A man by the name of
William Grose and Mr Smith we the
contracters this building was erected whe
the post office is at the present time.
After this the buildings then went up rapidly.
The place whichr Sawds bought off
Enright was then pulled down he then
erected a new building & sold out to
a Mr John Hill who came from Mudgee
this would have been in about the year (75 or 76)
Then they was a Mr Michael Mealey who
was a stone mason built a stone goal
which stands at the present time. he came
from Mudgee. The first scotch minister
was a Mr Stewart he used to visit here.