had arrived at the station, most of them from Wangaratta. As soon as he died "several persons commenced cutting locks from his rather profuse head of hair", but Detective Mainwaring soon put a stop to this. While Morgan’s body lay in the woolshed at ‘Peechelba’ his body was photographed by two photographers, Henry Pohl of Chiltern and Mr. Hall of Beechworth. Pohl’s two photographs were posed as though Morgan was holding his revolver, one of them including John Wendlan holding a rifle alongside the body. On the afternoon of the following day (Monday April 10) an inquest regarding the death of Daniel Morgan was held at Wangaratta before a jury and the District Coroner, Dr. W. Dobbyn. During the inquest John Wendlan, who had shot Morgan, was asked by the District Coroner if he wished to say anything, but was cautioned that anything he did say might be used in evidence against him. The reason for the wariness was that, prior to the verdict of the inquest, Wendlan was technically liable to be prosecuted for the bushranger’s murder. The following verdict was arrived at: “The deceased, whom we believe to be Daniel Morgan, met his death from a gunshot wound inflicted by John Wendlan, on the 9th of April, 1865, at Pechelba station, on the Ovens River; and we further consider that the homicide was justifiable; we further consider that great praise is due to all concerned in the capture of the deceased”. The following day, April 11, Morgan’s body, wrapped in a wool-bale bag, was brought into Wangaratta and placed on public display in a police cell. Later that afternoon the body was removed to a shed where Dr. Henry of Benalla flayed the beard and underlying skin from the corpse’s face using a clasp knife provided by Francis Cobham, Superintendent of Police at Benalla. Also present were Dr. Dobbyn, the District Coroner, and Dr. Mackay of Tarawingee. Dr. Henry then severed Morgan’s head from his trunk. The remaining hair was then shaved from the head, it was washed in hot water and a plaster cast made.The Outrage on Morgan’s Body, Maitland Mercury and Hunter River Advertiser, 2 September 1865, page 2. In May 1865 it was reported that the Attorney General of Victoria had suspended both Dr. Dobbyn ("for removing the head of Morgan") and Superintendent Cobham ("for the part he took in reference to the beard"), however