It was next reported, mistakenly, that Ben Hall and John O 'Meally acted together in robbed the Burrangong stores of Mr. Eastlake and the Neasmith 's at the Twelve Mile and Ten Mile Rush 's respectively and during the robberies there was some resistance from the owners and a gunfight ensued, although these robberies are attributed to Ben Hall by the eyewitnesses, it would appear from John Vane 's biography as dictated to Charles White, is that it was John Vane himself accompanied by John O 'Meally who conducted the robberies. John Vane gives a very good description of the robberies of both Eastlake and Neasmith 's at the Twelve and Ten Mile Rush 's. It should be remembered that with newspaper reports and the fact that John Vane was new and