This source is a wanted poster produced on the orders of the Governor of New South Wales, George Robinson as a method of advertising the reward offered for the capture of Ned Kelly, Dan Kelly, Joseph Byrne and Stephen Hart, collectively known as the Kelly Gang. The poster was printed in 1879, signed by the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales, Henry Parkes and the Attorney-General of Victoria, Bryan O’Loghlen. The poster was likely created through the cooperation of the Colonial Governments of Victoria and New South Wales at the time in order to show a united front against the outlaws. The document itself was probably printed onto large pieces of paper and displayed around the major cities like Sydney and Newcastle as well as the smaller, outlying areas in which the Kelly Gang was known to hide whilst on the run from the constabulary and trackers hunting for them.
The obvious reason behind the printing of the wanted poster was to lead to the capture or killing of the Kelly Gang. By 1879, the gang had already been on the run for a year by this point, with the two Colonial Governments now jointly offering £8,000 (around $1,500,000 AUD today) for the capture of the gang members for the murders of several police officers at Stringybark Creek following their fleeing their homes. There was also an underlying reason behind the significant increase in the reward and distribution of the wanted poster which is not as obvious and has roots in the social tension of the period. Prior to the release of this poster, the Kelly Gang held up a bank in Jerilderie, New South Wales and destroyed a large amount of mortgage and loan agreements which was a standard practice of the gang during their crime spree. What made Jerilderie special was the fac...
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...he run, the Kelly Gang held up several banks in which they destroyed records of loan and mortgage repayments. This meant that bankers potentially lost large amounts of money which was now untraceable. In increasing the reward for the capture of the gang and displaying posters in populated areas, these bankers were shown that the Colonial Governments were taking a strong stance against the actions of the gang and would not let theft of crown and private property go unanswered.
Looking at this source, we can see that there was a significant amount of frustration over the lack of progress in capturing or killing the Kelly Gang. Evidence of this is seen in the fact that at the highest levels of Colonial Government, officials were prepared to take direct action to facilitate this shows that it was an issue reverberating right through all levels of society at the time.
Tensions between Americans and Indians rose due to the passive stance America courts took when dealing with hate crimes against Indians. Rumors centered around the idea of Indians encroaching on colonists’ land were widespread. Although fabricated, the gossip quickly escalated the already high tensions between the two cultures. Pennsylvania colonists discovered their precious tax dollars went towards providing aid to the many Indians who lived amongst them. Paxton, a village located in Pennsylvania, became the hotspot for disgruntled, committed radicals wanting to attack neighboring Indian tribes. The village of Paxton was primarily occupied by pacifist Quakers, so it was easy for the radicals to overpower the town. (Who Were the Paxton Boys?... 1). This city provided an organized meeting spot where radicals could conjugate and discuss plans. In December of 1763, men from the village of Paxton took up arms and raided a small tribe of Conestoga Indians (John H.
On one hand the French officials were upset a boat with a French flag that was suspected to be a French boat was captured as well as upset that the British had gone on their island and searched it without any permission given, while on the other hand the British were upset the citizens and freed blacks were sold but also were aware the vessel was searched illegally. French officials acknowledged the citizens being sold was unjust but requested that the British make protests against the English officers to prevent another situation where a suspected French vessel is boarded (Portalis). British officials were quite calm as well and requested that their subjects were found and released back to them and that Captain Owens would be talked to so no future incidents would occur. These views of top officials differed then from people directly involved quite drastically. For example Owen was livid with the situation and believed the French to be in the wrong while he was just doing his job and doing it well. This makes sense because he was directly involved and suffered as part of the situation while British officials weren’t there and no doubt had other situations to handle so they were much more calm about it all. Around this time both British and French officials wanted slavery to come to an end, French were fully committed to end the slave trade (Hyde
The very first question Kelly asks Sale is an accusation and comes across very harshly to the reader. He asks, "Other than arson and a lot of vandalism, what did the Luddites accomplish in the long run?"(243). After reading this first question, I felt a little sorry for Sale, and I was mad at Kelly for asking such an abrupt question. But my sympathy soon ended when Kelly continued on in the interview. Sale proudly explains and defends the beliefs of his group, the Luddites. But it is clear that Kelly has a strong opposing opinion. He immediately wants to weaken the character of Sale so that the reader is liable to side more with Kelly, himself. This is a very effective strategy on Kelly's part because I found myself agreeing with him more than I did with Sale.
	After Jesse’s recovery, he and his brother Frank began to work on their family farm. As time wore on however, the James boys grew tired of this and living under the control of "Yankees". Thus, Jesse James, along with Frank, his cousins Bob, Cole, and Jim Younger, and about seven other ex-confederate soldiers, turned to crime. The "James" gang committed their first robbery on a cold February day in 1866. The gang masqueraded in Union Army issued uniforms and entered the bank in Liberty, Missouri.
Murch uses this to explain why the Party was successful in maintaining itself on the local level but often failed on the national level. One can not argue that the Black Panther Party wasn’t a socially driven movement, but Murch argues that the movement itself was driven by the social structures of the Bay Area African American community. Murch approaches the success of the Black Panther Party at an angle that examines how the Party’s positions and it’s course was driven by the public it was centered within. Murch details that the African American community of Oakland was deeply rooted in family values as well as social organizations, such as churches.
Salisbury, Joyce and Andrew Kersten. "Law and Crime in Victorian England." Daily Life through History. ABC-CLIO, 2014. Web. 31 Jan. 2014.
Most people have heard of The Boston tea party. When American patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded the British ships in the Boston harbor and dumped all of the tea into the ocean. But what most people fail to realize is the great importance behind this protest. To fully understand a topic of history one must first acknowledge the actions behind it. The French and Indian war, the Stamp Act, the Townshend Revenue Act, as well as the Tea Act are all important catalysts of the legendary Boston tea party. Which is why we will discuss these topics before examining the events of the Boston tea party.
Politically the colonists did not like the fact that no one from the colonies held a place in parliament or any form of their own representa...
This was only just the beginning of what is turning out to be a long and tough road. It seemed like fights and protests were breaking out all of the time. If it wasn’t about the lack of freedom that they had because they couldn’t make decisions for themselves, then it was about the new laws that were being made. One particular that angered them was the act that imposed a tax on anything that was printed. From what I heard many of the colonists felt as if they shouldn’t have to pay extra money on something just because the British needed more money. Not only that but they had no choice in the matter because Parliament overruled any decision that Americans made. It was on a weekly trip into town with Mrs. Smith to pick up some groceries and supplies
The banker was frantic. A large mob was gathering outside his bank and the people were clamoring for their money. The banker called the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis and warned that unless this "mad run" were stopped, he would soon be out of currency. With the bank nearly two-hundred miles from Minneapolis, a small plane carrying two Federal Reserve Bank officials and a half-million dollars in cash were quickly flown into town. Upon approaching the town the pilot guided the plane low over the main street in a sensational arrival and then landed. From there, the money was carried ceremoniously into town and stacked along the bank's teller windows. The sight of the money calmed the customers fears and saved the bank from failing.
The MOVE Organization surfaced in Philadelphia in the early 1970’s. The MOVE movement was one of “back-to-nature,” which was poorly understood by their urban neighbors and the local government and possibly by the organization itself (McCoy). John Africa, who is said to have been illiterate, founded MOVE. It was a loosely organized and sparsely populated organization. I argue that the failure of MOVE to “bow to the man” and the lack of police and government self-control, led to the abuse of power and police brutality that culminated on May 13, 1985 of which the magnitude Black’s theories fail to predict.
This poster was executed by Cornelius Hicks for the American Red Cross in 1928, shortly after World War I. It is recruiting poster for volunteer nurses/ mother dressed in a white nurses outfit with a white hat and the Red Cross symbol on the front and red cap. This figure is the lightest and most prominent figure in the illustration drawing mediate attentions to her and her motherly features. The nurse’s right hand is open and stretched as
...lso difficult to relate to Jackson’s actions, since other factors occurring during the post- 1834 time period also affected the panic and not just the down fall of the Second Bank. Therefore, Jackson’s anti- bank views were not simply based on personal prejudice, the Second Bank had many questionable principles that had to be terminated.
The era of Don Carlo, which lasted from 1957-1976, was enormously prosperous for the Gambino Crime Family. At the beginning of his rule he, and many other crime families, ran into a pretty large roadblock. As Gambino was being sworn in as leader of the Cosa Nostra, President Elect John Fitzgerald Kennedy, a man who had “sworn to destroy people like him and rid the nation of the scourge of organized crime” had also been sworn in”(Davis 87). The Kennedy brothers, with Robert as head of the McClellan Committee, was the first time that the executive branch of the government directly went after organized crime. Before Kennedy, presidents had even been opposed to going after the mob Harry Truman and Eisenhower discouraged hearings like Kefauver’s to proceed. Another huge obstacle to the federal investigation of the Cosa Nostra lay directly at the feet of corrupt FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. He obtusely denied the existence of the Mafia and was reported to call the reports of its existence “baloney” (Davis 87). Eventually, after overwhelming evidence, Hoover was convinced there was a problem and organized crime was the reason for it. President JFK’s brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy instituted the world’s largest attack on organized crime in all of history. He drew up a list of the top targets, forty in all, and went on his way. After the first year of his war on organized crime, Bobby Kennedy indicted 121 mob defendants and had 73 convictions. By 1963 there was 615 indicted and 288 convictions. One of the most long-lasting tactics that were introduced during Kennedy’s campaign, was the use of bugs and other listening devices in the homes, favored clubs, and hideouts of the mobsters. Electronic surveillance was a new resource an...
During the Destabilization phase, which occurred between 1960 and 1975, consisted on political individuals, policy makers, and other important bureaucrats started to question what was known as the “penal status quo”. During this time frame there were numerous new opportunities being formed, due to the civil rights initiatives as well as anti-war protests. These opportunities were not necessarily positive; these opportunities were starting to modify the penal and political fields. These changes created the perfect environment for what was termed as emergent crime politics. This basically is when a political leader or runner is benefiting off of crime to gain ground politically. This then caused a response at a state level to actually define