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“JULY, 1880. The police take Ned Kelly to Benalla, then £0
“melbourne prison. There isa lot of waiting, and talking and
‘more faking. The police talk the judges ral, Ned fais ~ but
the ending is always the same.
[At the end of October Ned went before his ast judge, Sie
Redmond Barry, in Melbourne. For two days Judge Barry
listened to the police, listened to Ned, read the police
papers, and thought about it. But he didn’ think lone.
‘There were alot of dead policemen in Ned Kellys life, and
there was only one answer to that.
‘Ned Kelly must die. Hang him in the prison. Hat
by the neck until he is dead. A lesson to every outlaw in
Australia.
‘Ned's mother Ellen was sill in Melbourne prison. When
they told her the news, she cried ~ she ered for her dead
son Dan, and she cried for her son Ns
to die. They took her to see Ned on his