Death Cell at DarlinghurstLong, 1970 - Всего страниц: 170 The arrest in 1895 of George Dean, one of the most popular of the famous Sydney lifesavers, for the attempted killing by poison of his attractive young wife created a sensation. When he was found guilty and received the then mandatory death sentence, a storm of protest swept through New South Wales. His counsel, Richard Meagher, led a campaign for the appointment of a Royal Commission which eventually reported by a majority that Dean had been wrongly convicted. This led to his pardon.But Meagher had known all along from Dean himself that Dean was guilty; and, when the facts of his death cell confession to Meagher came out, both men were charged with conspiracy and Dean with perjury.The extraordinary events which followed form the basis of this well-documented story which has no parallel in legal and political annals. The author, a retired Supreme Court Judge, has written this full account of an astonishing drama which convulsed the N.S.W. Parliament and legal profession and which made and broke reputations. |
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... followed up by the full legal punishment prescribed for the alleged offence . And now , as if bound by the spirit of this strange compact , without which possibly no conviction would have been obtained at all , the Executive commute the ...
... followed up by the full legal punishment prescribed for the alleged offence . And now , as if bound by the spirit of this strange compact , without which possibly no conviction would have been obtained at all , the Executive commute the ...
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... followed with an affidavit on September 27 protesting his innocence . The affidavit read : I , George Dean , master mariner , do hereby solemnly declare and affirm as follows : 1. I have read the statement made in the Legislative ...
... followed with an affidavit on September 27 protesting his innocence . The affidavit read : I , George Dean , master mariner , do hereby solemnly declare and affirm as follows : 1. I have read the statement made in the Legislative ...
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... followed the lines indicated , and if he had briefed responsible counsel to support it , he might have had no difficulty . But he annexed to his petition the affidavit which he had made in 1896 , when he had been called upon to show ...
... followed the lines indicated , and if he had briefed responsible counsel to support it , he might have had no difficulty . But he annexed to his petition the affidavit which he had made in 1896 , when he had been called upon to show ...
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Part One I Poison I | 1 |
The trial | 12 |
Death cell | 24 |
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