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" An irresistible temptation : "
Carol Baxter.
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BL
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956841
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b711211
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Baxter, Carol, (Carol J.)
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An irresistible temptation : : the true story of Jane New and a colonial scandal /\ Carol Baxter.
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Crows Nest, N.S.W. :: Allen & Unwin,, 2006.
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x, 422 pages ;; 23 cm
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174114924X
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: 9781741149241
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-416) and index.
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In 1829 at the Supreme Court in Sydney, the bewitching Jane New was sentenced to death. Her crime: shoplifting a bolt of printed French silk. But was she guilty? Many had their doubts. Although a legal technicality soon quashed Jane's sentence, the autocratic Governor Ralph Darling refused to set her free. Like bees to the honey pot, the gentlemen of Sydney swarmed to Jane's defence including barrister and political agitator William Charles Wentworth and Supreme Court Registrar John Stephen Jr, who were both vigorous and manipulative in their appeals to set her free. An Irresistible Temptation is set against the backdrop of a particularly divisive period in colonial New South Wales. Not only did the scandal titillate Sydney and its legal and political ramifications push the colony to the brink of a constitutional crisis, but it contributed to the savagery of Governor Darling's public vilification and bestowed upon Jane New a place in the annals of Australian colonial history.
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Darling, Ralph,1775-1858.
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New, Jane-- Trials, litigation, etc.
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New, Jane.
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Darling, Ralph,1775-1858.
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New, Jane.
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Criminal justice, Administration of-- Australia-- New South Wales-- History, Case studies.
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Female offenders-- Australia-- Sydney (N.S.W.), Biography.
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Scandals-- Australia-- Sydney (N.S.W.)-- History, Case studies.
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Women prisoners-- Australia-- Sydney (N.S.W.), Biography.
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Criminal justice, Administration of.
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Female offenders.
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Scandals.
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Trials.
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Women prisoners.
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New South Wales, Sydney.
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New South Wales.
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364.374099441
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HV7175.S9B39 2006
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