Sentencing on a colonial frontier: Judge Therry's decisions at Moreton Bay

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Connors, Libby. 2008. "Sentencing on a colonial frontier: Judge Therry's decisions at Moreton Bay." Legal History. 12 (1), pp. 81-97.

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Article Title	Sentencing on a colonial frontier: Judge Therry's decisions at Moreton Bay
ERA Journal ID	33574
Article Category	Article
Author	Connors, Libby
Journal Title	Legal History
Journal Citation	12 (1), pp. 81-97
Number of Pages	17
Year	2008
Place of Publication	Sydney, Australia
ISSN	1323-1391
	1833-7155
	1833-7163
Web Address (URL)	http://www.law.mq.edu.au/html/AJLH/past_editions.htm
Abstract	This article outlines the operation of the circuit courts at Brisbane in the 1850s and three frontier attacks which resulted in the arrest and trial of several young indigenous men. Therry was the presiding judge in the trials of three of these men at three separate assizes; they were R v Mickaloe for the murders of William Boller and William Waller in November 1851, R v Mickie for the murder of Mary Shannon in May 1853 and R v Dundalli for the murders of William Boller and Andrew Gregor in November 1854. Roger Therry's personal background is surveyed to try to resolve the discrepancies in the sentences he handed down in these cases before drawing some conclusions about the contribution of these events to contemporary studies of the frontier.
Keywords	Supreme Court; Brisbane; Judge Therry; Dundalli; colonial frontier; frontier attacks
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	450599. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, society and community not elsewhere classified
	500202. History and philosophy of law and justice
	430303. Biography
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Byline Affiliations	School of Humanities and Communication

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