They asked me what black boy Tommy
was; told them my brother. They kept following us two miles and a
half. Jacky Jacky said; 'Billy, I must kill that black boy in spite
of you.'"
Jacky Jacky said sharply, "Borack."
"Jacky Jacky, who was the king, got on the dray, and Little Tommy got
down; a blackfellow threw a spear at him, and hit him in the side;
the king also threw a spear, and wounded him; a lot of blacks also
speared him. Long Bill came up and shot him with a ball. Jacky
Jacky said to Cosgrove: 'Plenty gammon; I must kill that black boy.'
Little Tommy belonged to the Port Fairy tribe, which had always been
fighting with Jacky Jacky's tribe."
"It's all gammon," said Jacky Jacky, "borack me, its another
blackfellow."
"Jacky Jacky, when with the dray, spoke his own language which I did
not understand. I was not a friend of Little Tommy. I was not
afraid of the Port Fairy tribe. I am sometimes friend with Jacky
Jacky's tribe. If I met him at Yass I can't say whether I should
spear him or not; they would kill him at the Goulburn River if he
went there. Blackfellow not let man live who committed murder."
Are the aboriginals amenable to British law? Question argued by
learned counsel, Messrs. Stawell and Barry.
His Honor the Resident Judge said: "The aboriginals are amenable to
British law, and it is a mercy to them to be under that control,
instead of being left to seek vengeance in the death of each other;
it is a mercy to them to be under the protection of British law,
instead of slaughtering each other.
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