Tasmanian Colonist (Hobart Town, Tas. : 1851 – 1855), Monday 2 January 1854, page 4
VICTORIA.
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Return of Persons Tried and Convicted of Capital Offences in the Colony, of Victoria, and Executed at Melbourne in the year 1853: — George Whitfield Pinkerton, tried at Melbourne, free, for murder; Aaron Durant, Castlemaine, free, robbery with violence with fire-arms and wounding; Henry Turner and John Smith, Castlemaine, bond, robbery and shooting and wounding with intent to murder; George Wilson, George Melville, and William Atkyus, Melbourne, bond, robbery, and shooting and wounding with intent to murder; Patrick O’Connor and Henry Bradley, Melbourne, bond, shooting and wounding with intent to murder; Alexander Ram, Melbourne, bond, murder; Michael Fetuiessey, Melbourne, bond, murder; John Smith, Melbourne, bond, rape. — Totals — free 2, bond, 10. One prisoner sentenced to death for rape, awaits execution. — Argus,