Weight of evidence / Matt Murphy.

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Murphy, Matt [author.]

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TextPublisher: Brookvale, N.S.W. : The GHR Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (pages .)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0868069248
9780868069241
9780868069234
086806923X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Weight of evidence.DDC classification:

346.9440432 23

LOC classification:

KU46.N49 M87 2013

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Contents:

INTRODUCTION; Chapter One: Burrin Farm; Chapter Two: Rise and Fall; Chapter Three: Administering Illegal Oaths; Chapter Four: A Fool and His Money; Chapter Five: Letters from Ireland; Chapter Six: The Landed Gentry; Chapter Seven: A New Trial; Chapter Eight: Summing Up; Chapter Nine: The Storms of Fate; EPILOGUE; ADDENDUM: The Ejectment Legacy; DIGRESSIONS AND POSTSCRIPTS; SOURCES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Summary: In 1794 and 1799 Superintendent of Convicts Nicholas Devine was granted 210 acres on the edge of the current CBD of Sydney. After the demise of Governor Bligh (to whom he was closely allied) Devine reluctantly retired to his estate where, as an old man living alone, he was constantly beaten and robbed. An Irish convict named Bernard Rochford befriended the old man in 1825 and upon his death in 1830 forged a Will and seized control of the estate and proceeded to subdivide it and sell it off. Many of the purchasers (and others, including the Governor) knew Rochford was in no position to sell the.

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In 1794 and 1799 Superintendent of Convicts Nicholas Devine was granted 210 acres on the edge of the current CBD of Sydney. After the demise of Governor Bligh (to whom he was closely allied) Devine reluctantly retired to his estate where, as an old man living alone, he was constantly beaten and robbed. An Irish convict named Bernard Rochford befriended the old man in 1825 and upon his death in 1830 forged a Will and seized control of the estate and proceeded to subdivide it and sell it off. Many of the purchasers (and others, including the Governor) knew Rochford was in no position to sell the.

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