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Vile Crimes: The Timaru Poisonings
Peter Graham
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Description for Vile Crimes: The Timaru Poisonings
Paperback. Num Pages: 164 pages, Black & White photographs. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JH; BTC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
On a drizzly Monday morning, 16 August 1886, the inhabitants of Timaru woke to astounding news. Tom Hall junior, a well-known local businessman and man about town, nephew of former New Zealand Premier Sir John Hall, had been arrested for attempting to murder his wife, Kitty, by poisoning. Also charged was Margaret Houston, Kitty Hall's lady-help. It was without doubt the most extraordinary thing that had ever happened in Timaru, if not the whole colony...So begins Vile Crimes, a riveting and fast-paced examination of one of New Zealand's most sensational court cases.
On a drizzly Monday morning, 16 August 1886, the inhabitants of Timaru woke to astounding news. Tom Hall junior, a well-known local businessman and man about town, nephew of former New Zealand Premier Sir John Hall, had been arrested for attempting to murder his wife, Kitty, by poisoning. Also charged was Margaret Houston, Kitty Hall's lady-help. It was without doubt the most extraordinary thing that had ever happened in Timaru, if not the whole colony...So begins Vile Crimes, a riveting and fast-paced examination of one of New Zealand's most sensational court cases.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Canterbury University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
164
Place of Publication
Christchurch, New Zealand
ISBN
9781877257599
SKU
V9781877257599
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-16
About Peter Graham
Peter Graham spent 30 years in Hong Kong as a Crown Counsel and barrister in private practice. Having returned to New Zealand, he now grows apples, minds a few pigs, reads a lot of history and mulls over the past. This is his first book.
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