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Roebourne Bank Murders

Roebourne Bank Murders

The 1885 murders of William Anketell and Henry Burrup at the Union Bank Roebourne and the ensuing investigation and controversy.

  • Home
  • Summary of Events
  • Witness accounts of murder scene
    • by F.C. Broadhurst
    • by W.M. Thomas
  • Police File
  • Depositions
  • The murder trial
  • Newspaper Articles
    • The West Australian
    • The Fremantle Herald
    • The Argus
    • The Enquirer
    • The Eastern Districts Chronicle
  • Motive and musings
    • Prejudice and rumours
    • The Motive
    • The psychology behind the murders
    • My Musings
    • Who did it?
  • Roebourne in 1885
  • Roebourne maps and photos
    • Western Australia
    • 1885 Roebourne Town Map
    • Early Maps of Roebourne Townsite
    • Roebourne and Surrounding Country
    • Early photos of Roebourne
  • Biographies
    • Thomas Anketell
    • Henry Thomas Wood Burrup
    • Frederick Bevan
    • Charles Warburton
    • James Lithgow
    • The Pontt Brothers – William and Augustus
    • Caroline Platt
  • Memoir Extracts
  • Can you help with these names?
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgements

Police file – George Stevens – 31st July – 3rd August 1890

Police file – George Stevens – 31st July – 3rd August 1890

Electric Telegraph Western Australia
Time Noon 31st July 1890
The following telegram received here from Perth.

To G.J. Stevens. Solicitor

Will pay reasonable expenses attending personal interview to consider offer.

Geo. Phillips
Comm. Police
11.55

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Electric Telegraph Western Australia
Time 9.43
The following telegram received here from Bunbury.

To G.B. Phillips

Will meet you between 2 and 3 this afternoon.

G.J.M. Stevens
9.45

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Police Department,
Chief Office,
Perth, 3rd August 1890

George J. Malcolm Stevens you shall well and truly serve our Lady the Queen in the office of Police Constable for the Colony of Western Australia, according to the best of your skill and ability. So help you God.

Geo. J Malcolm Stevens

Sworn before me
This 3rd day of August 1890
Geo Phillips
Justice of the Peace
Commissioner of Police

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Perth 3rd August 1890

Received from the Commissioner of Police the sum of eight pounds for criminal information given.

£8-0-0 Geo. J. Malcolm Stevens

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