Murder and assaults
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The Blue Anchor Push was a gang of local youths who were the cause of much trouble in Northcote in the early...
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On Sunday 25th December 1904 the body of a new born child was found floating in the Merri Creek near...
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Thornbury was tangled in scandal with the attempted murder of 18 year-old Hilda Veronica Taylor. At near on...
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At 4 o’clock on the afternoon of 9 March 1921 Northcote’s High Street was shattered by the sound of three...
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The following comprises an account of the sensational trial of murdered Northcote pawnbroker and watchmaker...
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District Coroner, Mr. Candler, was presented with an inquiry into the death of John James Maguire whose body...
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On the 18th December 1857 Samuel Jeffrey, a local Preston farmer was passing by the Agnew property when he...
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One of the saddest crimes committed in Darebin was the murder of a tiny infant by Charles Glanfield and Henry...
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On Thursday 2 September 1938, Frederick William Sherry (of Sherry Shoe Factory, 171 Roseneath Street...
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One of the first first recorded murders in Darebin occurred in early August 1859. On Friday 19th August, the...