Christchurch Crimes 1850 - 1875. Scandal & Skulduggery In Port & Town

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: CANTERBURY UNIV. PRESS
Publisher Place: New Zealand
Publisher Year: 2012
Edition: First Edition

Description: 232 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Filled with real-life characters, this book combines archival and newspaper sources in a highly readable narrative about humorous crimes and criminals. As it describes a wide variety of colonial crimes and their courtroom sequels, these true-life narratives contain a mixture of transient folk and locals who claim they only broke the law due to drunkenness. With no particular agenda, this is an amusing look at the harsh realities of wrongdoings in an era where the punishment did not always fit the crime.

ISBN: 9781927145395