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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2595, 18 October 1915, Page 6

The last of those wh6 stood their trial in the - Criminal Court at Melbourne in connection with tho revolt at the Eureka ■ Stockade -on Sunday morning, December 3, .18-54, died at tho .ballarat Hospital on September 25 from pneumonia and senile decay. Michael luohy, tho deceased pioneer, who was a- widower, 85 years of age, arrived in 3' J ron } County Clare, Ireland, in 184/. In the early fifties he reached Ballarat and worked on the' Eureka and other diggings. Trouble subsequently arose on tho field in vcspcot to the licenses of the diggers, who" determined on armed rosistanco against constituted authority, under the leadership of Peter Lalor. About *10 of tho insurgents were killed in the fight with the British troops at the stockade, whilo Captain Wise, of the -10th Regiment, and five privates belonging to tho Imperial lorces, also lost their lives in the combat. Tuohy and 12 other diggers who fought with him inside tho were captured by tlie troops, and all were taken to Melbourne and arraigned on charges of high treason. The prisoners wore gratuitously defended by Messrs. R. D. Ireland and B. 0. Aspinall, eminent criminal counsel, and all wero acquitted. Tuohy, after the trials, continued his search for gold at tho Ballarat and other diggings in Victoria but in later years he followed the rushes in New Zealand. Ho mot with success, and on settling down to farming pursuits in the Ballan district ho was worth about £10,(100. Whilo ho was awaitingtrial in 1851-55 a party of adventuroi-3 jumped his rich claim on the Eureka, and on his acquittal he spent a good deal of money in an unsuccessful endeavour to eject them. For many years Tuohy, who was almost blind, resided on a small farm abutting on the Daylesrord Road, which was re" cently destroyed by fire. The remains of the old digger, who loaves ono son. wero interred in tho Ballan cemetery.