Robert Butler (criminal)
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Robert Butler (c. 1851 – 17 July 1905) was a New Zealand-Australian career criminal and murderer. He was born in either Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland or Bury, Lancashire, England on c. 1851.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
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- ^ Brian. "Robert Butler". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "CASUAL CHRONICLES. Special. IN THE EARLY DAYS. JAMES WARTON, ALIAS ROBERT BUTLER, AND SEVERAL OTHER ALIASES--THE TOOWONG MURDER--THE CRIMINAL OF A CENTURY". Truth (751). Queensland, Australia. 5 July 1914. p. 10 (City Edition). Retrieved 26 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE TOOWONG MURDER. Warton to be Hanged". The Argus (Melbourne) (18, 395). Victoria, Australia. 30 June 1905. p. 6. Retrieved 26 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Tonkin, L. C. (Lance Charles) (1980), Robert Butler : Aus. and N.Z. criminal : his early life from 1860 till his death (by hanging) 1905, L.C. Tonkin, retrieved 26 December 2018
- ^ Shannon, R (1880), Trial of Butler for the Dunedin tragedy, R. Shannon, retrieved 26 December 2018
- ^ "ROBERT BUTLER'S WEIRD PHILOSOPHY OF MURDER, Life as of No Greater Value than a Dog's, Escaped Conviction for Double Murder by His Own Ingenuity and Acumen, Then. Shot a Man at Toowong and Met Death on Scaffold (By HENRY BATESON)". Daily Standard (6568). Queensland, Australia. 3 February 1934. p. 6. Retrieved 26 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Schoolmaster Who Took to Murder. By the Late H. B. IRVING, Criminologist". The World's News (985). New South Wales, Australia. 30 October 1920. p. 22. Retrieved 26 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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- People executed by Australia by hanging
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