The sentence of death which was passed upon George Walter Martin Archer for the crime known as the Bourke-street murder was carried into effect at Darlinghurst Gaol this ...
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Advertising : 938 wordsThe history of the life of the man who paid the penalty of his crime on the scaffold to-day is one of the saddest and at the same time one of the most immoral that has fallen ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,731 wordsAs showing the vast interest taken by the public in the execution it may be stated that the sheriff (Mr. Charles Cowper) had no less than 1000 applications for permits to ...
Article : 99 wordsThe Australians commenced their third match against Yorkshire county at Leeds to-day. Lyons, Coningham and Jarvis, who are resting, were not included in the ...
Article : 144 wordsIt is not often, happily, that the seared annals of crime are darkened by the record of so black and brutal a deed as that for which, at Darlinghurst Gaol ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 817 wordsFrom the very time of his arrest on the evening of the horrible discovery of the murder Archer treated the crime with the utmost indifference. When he was accosted ...
Article : 231 wordsThe execution will be long remembered for the excitement it created outside the walls of the prison. From a comparatively early hour people could be seen making ...
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Article : 30 wordsArcher left no written official statement, and never made any request to be allowed to do so. He protested that he was not guilty of the crime, but advanced no ...
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Advertising : 172 wordsAfter it had been finally decided by the Executive that the execution should be carried out, the governor of the gaol visited Archer and asked him how he intended to ...
Article : 64 wordsThe manner in which the perpetrator of the foul crime was brought to justice reflects the greatest credit on the two officers of police who worked up the case--Sergeant ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Family Notices : 369 wordsThe spiritual welfare of the condemned man was the subject of much attention by the gaol chaplain, Canon Rich, on Sunday, when the reverend gentleman besought the ...
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The Australian Star (Sydney, NSW : 1887 - 1909), Tue 11 Jul 1893, Page 5
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