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Ratcliffe Pring

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Ratcliffe Pring has 82 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 23 references, with 15 live disagreements.

82 facts·58 predicates·23 sources·15 in dispute

Mostly:wrote letter to(5), under governor(4), educated at(3)

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Inbound mentions (14)

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authoredByAuthored by(5)

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replyToAttorneyGeneralSpeechReply to Attorney General Speech(1)

Other facts (76)

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76 facts
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Wrote Letter toPolice Magistrate Rockhampton[12]
Wrote Letter toColonial Secretary[12]
Wrote Letter toPolice Magistrate Rockhampton[15]
Wrote Letter toColonial Secretary[15]
Wrote Letter toColonial Secretary[22]
Under GovernorMarquis of Normanby[1]
Under GovernorColonel Blackall[1]
Under GovernorSir George Bowen[1]
Under GovernorSir Arthur Kennedy[1]
Advises Insufficient Evidence to Convictnull[5]
Advises Insufficient Evidence to ConvictLieutenant Frederick Wheeler[6]
Advises Insufficient Evidence to Convict["ex:lt-frederick-wheeler","ex:wheeler-troopers"][8]
AuthoredQsa20065 1862 Letter From Ratcliffe Pring to Colonial Secretary 8 January Justice Department Letterbook Dr127314[11]
AuthoredQsa20065 1862 Letter Ratcliffe Pring Colonial Secretary[19]
AuthoredQsa20065 1861 Letter Ratcliffe Pring Police Magistrate Rockhampton[19]
Wrote LetterQsa20065 1862 Letter From Ratcliffe Pring to Colonial Secretary[17]
Wrote LetterQsa20065 1862 Letter From Ratcliffe Pring to Colonial Secretary 8 January Justice Department Letterbook Dr127314[18]
Wrote LetterQsa20065 1861 Letter From Ratcliffe Pring to Police Magistrate Rockhampton 9 February Justice Department Letterbook Dr127314[18]
Appointed AsResident Crown Prosecutor[1]
Appointed AsActing Attorney General[23]
Trained WithSpecial Pleader London[1]
Trained WithConveyancer[1]
Practised atDevonshire Quarter Sessions Exeter[1]
Practised atSydney Bar[1]
AppointedResident Crown Prosecutor[1]
AppointedSecond Puisne Judge Supreme Court[1]
Attorney Generalinsufficient evidence to convict[10]
Attorney Generalnull[20]
Wrote toPolice Magistrate Rockhampton[13]
Wrote toColonial Secretary[14]
Letter Date8 January 1862[15]
Letter Date9 February 1861[15]
Assigned toToowoomba Circuit Court[23]
Assigned toIpswich Circuit Court[23]
Commissioned by Queen AsAttorney General Queensland[1]
Appointed Second Puisne JudgeSupreme Court Queensland[1]
Respected AsImpartial Judge[1]
Elected As MemberEastern Downs Electorate[1]
Appointed Under Royal CommissionGold Fields Examination[1]
Occupied Treasury Benches AsAttorney General[1]
Practised at BarSydney Nsw[1]
Member ofFirst Cabinet Queensland[1]
Worked in Office ofThomas Pring[1]
Served AsCrown Prosecutor[1]
Was Supreme Court JudgeQueensland[1]
Son ofThomas Pring[1]
Spared No PainsArrive at True Merits[1]
Migrated toSydney Nsw[1]
Relocated toBrisbane[1]
Birth PlaceCrediton Devonshire[1]
Appointed UnderRoyal Commission 1871 Goldfields[1]
Apprenticed WithConveyancer[1]
Arrived inBrisbane[1]
Worked inFather Office Crediton[1]
VisitedGoldfields Colony[1]
Commissioned byQueen[1]
Elected AsFirst Parliament Member Eastern Downs[1]
HadNumerous Acting Commissions[1]
Waslate Puisne Judge[2]
Acts forColonial Secretary[3]
Attorney General Advisesinsufficient evidence to convict Wheeler or troopers[4]
Attorney General Advisesinsufficient evidence against Lt Wheeler[7]
Attorney General Advises No Conviction for Wheeler Troopersnull[9]
Sent toPolice Magistrate Rockhampton[11]
Authored LetterQsa20065 1862 Letter[14]
Associated With Justice DepartmentJustice Department Letterbook Dr127314[15]
Wrote Multiple LettersJustice Department Letterbook Dr127314[16]
Advised Insufficient EvidenceLieutenant Frederick Wheeler[21]
Position Attorney Generalnull[22]
Believes No Murdernull[22]
Deemed Duty to ForwardDepositions[22]
Forwarded DepositionsMagisterial Inquiry Depositions[22]
Holds Opinion No Murder Evidencenull[22]
Opines Evidence Fails to SubstantiateMurder Charge Against Moorhead[22]
Has HonorificHon.[23]
Has Authority toprosecute[23]

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References (23)

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  1. [1]Prostitution41 facts
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  2. [2]Bloomfield1 fact
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  3. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/174714151_Wednesday-24-March-1880_Advertising
  4. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0068
  5. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/009-www-publications-qld-gov-au-dataset-30d27611-1da0-4b34-b175-434686e794f8-resource-a360e286-8e2c-490b-a0b0--989d421ba7e2
  6. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/004-www-publications-qld-gov-au-dataset-30d27611-1da0-4b34-b175-434686e794f8-resource-a360e286-8e2c-490b-a0b0--7b934c88ca00
  7. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/008-www-publications-qld-gov-au-dataset-30d27611-1da0-4b34-b175-434686e794f8-resource-a360e286-8e2c-490b-a0b0--4a8de7107dff
  8. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/009-www-publications-qld-gov-au-dataset-30d27611-1da0-4b34-b175-434686e794f8-resource-a360e286-8e2c-490b-a0b0--cf1ec29d4a4a
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  16. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/fromthepage-collection-search-mowbray
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  18. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/fromthepage-collection-search-owen-reynolds
  19. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/fromthepage-collection-search-port-douglas-children
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  21. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/queensland-at-s-index-to-colonial-secretary-correspondence-1859-1896
  22. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0919-eid-23077
  23. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-articles--james-noble-yarrabah--saturday 8 february 1879--169501428--latest-official-notifications

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