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Interloping at a history conference The Digital Panopticon: Penal history in a digital age

Research Brief 24   As the Prosecution Project’s resident statistician, I recently infiltrated my first history conference – the Digital Panopticon held at the University of Tasmania. I must admit that this conference was one of the most fascinating I have attended. Interesting not only for the variety of projects we heard about, but for […]

On this week in... 1881

Not quite fast enough horses

On 27 October 1881, Knod Smith was tried for false pretenses at the Sandhurst Assizes. It was alleged that he bought two horses from coachbuilder and hotel-keeper Isaac Lloyd with a cheque he knew to be worthless, and then tried to sell the horses before payment was made. Smith was found not guilty.

This trial report is from Bendigo Advertiser

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