No work was done at the wall that day, but information was given to the police.

Mounted constable Kerry came over to the Rises.  The skeleton was found to be nearly entire; one jaw-bone was broken, and there was a hole in the back of the skull.  The feet were still encased in a pair of boots laced high above the ankles.  There were portions of a blue-striped shirt, and of a black silk necktie with reddish stripes.  There was also the brim of an oiled sou’wester’ hat, a pipe, and a knife.  The chin was very prominent, and the first molar teeth on the lower jaw were missing.  The remains were carefully taken up and conveyed to Nyalong; they were identified as those of Baldy; an inquest was held, and a verdict of wilful murder was returned against Nosey and his wife.

After the inquest mounted constable Kerry packed up the skeleton in a parcel with every small article found with it, placed it in a sack, put it under his bed, slept over it every night, and patiently waited for some tidings of the murderer.  In those days news travelled slowly, and the constable guarded his ghastly treasure for eighteen months.

Nemesis was all the time on her way to Piney station, but her steps were slow, and she did not arrive until the seventeenth anniversary of the disapppearance of Baldy.

On that day she came under the guise of constable, who produced a warrant, and said: 

“Cornelius Naso, alias Nosey, alias Pye, I arrest you under this warrant, charging you with having murdered a shepherd, named Thomas Balbus, alias Baldy, at Nyalong, in the colony of Victoria, on the 28th day of February, 1854.  You need not say anything unless you like, but if you do say anything I shall take it down in writing, and it will be used as evidence against you at your trial.”

Nosey had nothing to say, except, “I deny the charge”; he had said too much already.

He was handcuffed and taken to the police station at Albury.  In one of his pockets a letter was found purporting to be written by Julia, and disclosing her place of residence.

Soon afterwards Nosey and his wife met in captivity after their long separation, but their meeting was not a happy one; they had no word of welcome for each other.

The preliminary examination was held in the court house at Nyalong, and there was a large gathering of spectators when the proceedings commenced.  On a form below the witness box there was something covered with a white sheet.  Men craned their necks and looked at it over one another’s shoulders.  The two prisoners eyed it intently.  It was guarded by constable Kerry, who allowed no one to approach it, but with an authoritative wave of the hand kept back all impertinent intruders.  That day was the proudest in all his professional career.  He had prepared his evidence and his exhibits with the utmost care.  At the proper moment he carefully removed the white sheet, and the skeleton was exposed to view, with everything replaced in the position in which it had been found under the rocks in the Rises.  Nosey’s face grew livid as he eyed the evidence of his handiwork; Julia threw up both hands, and exclaimed: