In Kelly's early years he became a disturbance to the law. When he was only 13 years-old he had his first brush against the law. Ned's neighbour had claimed that Ned had stolen one of his many horses. At 15 Ned became an apprentice to a bushranger called Harry Power. He resulted into getting arrested by troopers and spent several weeks in jail. After his release, Ned decided that the life of a bushranger wasn't much fun anymore and left. This may have been the best decision he made in his short life. Only three years later had Ned suddenly returned to his old ways again of horse and cattle theft. Most people don't have that willingness to break bad habits, they have a lot of excuses and talk like victims; exactly what Kelly did in 1877 'til his death.

Edward "Ned" Kelly was a cattle and horse thief, villainous murderer and bank robber. At the age of 23, he and the Kelly Gang killed three troopers (policemen) at Stringybark Creek. A lot of different reports of what happened had been told, but no matter the different scenarios, the results came out similar. Three troopers were dead. Two women were widows. Nine children were left fatherless. Do you really think a blood thirsty murderer and cash-obsessed bank robber like Ned Kelly would've been a hero?

Some say Ned was a hero for saving the younges member of the Sheltons, Dick, from drowning in a creek, but I say that one, small supposedly heroic act that someone did in their early childhood doesn't change the fact that he has done so many wrong doings. Ned Kelly will forever and always be the most feared, villanous oulaw of the 19th century.