THE PENSHURST BANK ROBBERY.
SENTENCE OF TEN YEARS' IMPRISONMENT. [PBESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received September 26, 9.15 a.ra.) Melboubne. This Day. James Slattery, who one day in the first week of August drove up to the branch of the Bank of Victoria at Penshurst, a small town in one of the western counties, 169 miles from Melbourne, entered the building, covered the manager (Mr. Jamieson) with a revolver, then gagged and bound him, and got away with over £600 in notes and gold, has just been tried for the crime. The prisoner, who was at one time prominent in the labour movements in the Western districts, and has since gained notoriety for clever scrip forgeries, was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment.
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Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 75, 26 September 1898, Page 5
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119THE PENSHURST BANK ROBBERY. Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 75, 26 September 1898, Page 5
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