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    John Tawell (c. 1784–1845) was a British murderer and the first person to be arrested as the result of telecommunications technology. Transported to Australia...
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    telegraph played a part in the apprehension of the murderer John Tawell. Once it was known that Tawell had boarded a train to London, the telegraph was used...
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    historically interesting because he left a brief diary and a bundle of letters John Tawell – served his sentence, became a prosperous chemist, returned to England...
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    historically interesting because he left a brief diary and a bundle of letters. John Tawell – served his sentence, became a prosperous chemist, returned to England...
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    known as the "Acid Bath Murderer" Michael Swango, American serial killer John Tawell, British murderer and the first criminal to be captured with the use...
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  • English poet and bushranger, transported to New South Wales for forgery John Tawell (1784–1845), English chemist and murderer, transported to New South Wales...
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    of Indigenous people appeared at the camp site of John Batman's Port Phillip Association, led by John Wedge. He wore kangaroo skins, carried Aboriginal...
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    prosecutions of a corporate executive by the Environmental Protection Agency. John Tawell, a murderer who in 1845 became the first person to be arrested as the...
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  • had been in the navy), James Martin, Samuel Bird (alias John Simms,) Samuel Broom (alias John Butcher,) James Cox (alias Rolt,) Nathaniel Lillie, and...
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  • Cooper John Davies William Field William Hutchinson Mary Hyde Henry Kable Solomon Levey Simeon Lord Mary Reibey Robert Sidaway James Squire John Tawell Samuel...
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