Inquiry into Scobie's death
Hotham established a Board of Enquiry into Scobie's murder on 30 October. It sat on 1 and 10 November.
It's possible Hotham thought this, and the consequent trial of Bentley would take the heat out of Ballarat. But the whole mess was by now gathering a momentum of its own, and if Hotham believed this he was not only mistaken and probably misadvised, but he had clearly not been listening to the miners' overall list of grievances.
It's possible Hotham thought this, and the consequent trial of Bentley would take the heat out of Ballarat. But the whole mess was by now gathering a momentum of its own, and if Hotham believed this he was not only mistaken and probably misadvised, but he had clearly not been listening to the miners' overall list of grievances.