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1 t — r RELICS OF A BIG ROBBERY. ■'. MELBOURNE, June 19. ! The. connecting works of 40 watches 3 were ui» a rthed in the foundations of an c old house near Hamilton to-day. They a are thought v, be the relics of the big robL ~ bery which to«J< place on the night of ". May 28th, 1877, the premises-of Mr c Scott, jeweller, were brokVn into, and a h case containing 85 gold, and silver ■ T watches —left for repair—artd&t new gold " watches were stolen. The Biieves got ; " clear away. Some months afte\ the rob■o bery a man, who gave the name ol.Charles ie Graham, tried to pawn one of the-gtolen w gold watches at Port Melbourne.-. He '° I was arrested, and was committed for Vial lfc at Hamilton. When in the lockup, be 1 3 was interviewed by Mr Scott, as to tlr, 'h disposal of the proceeds of the robbery. l &' Graham promised, if'he'got a free pardon c. and £50, that he would reveal the locality of the plant, which, he said, was near a- Hamilton. He was convicted and seno- tenced to two years.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 153, 27 June 1908, Page 7
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