88899
- TitleMerrilyn Sernack - collection of records (photocopies) relating to the Mount Rennie case, 1886-1896
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- Call numberMLMSS 7344/Box 1X
- Level of descriptionfonds
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1886-1896 - Type of material
- Reference code88899
- Physical Description0.16 metres of textual material (1 outsize box) includes photographs
Textual Records - (manuscript, photocopy) - ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
In 1886 nine men were convicted of raping a woman at Mount Rennie near Waterloo in Sydney. The case caused a sensation and was known as the Mount Rennie outrage. Four of the men were hanged; the other five, and a cab driver involved in the assault, served ten years in prison before being released in 1896. - Scope and ContentThe collection comprises photocopies of documents from official government files including minutes of evidence, witness statements, petitions for remission of sentences and newscuttings. Includes photographs of those convicted: George Duffy, Joseph Martin, William Boyce, Robert Read, Hugh Miller, William Newman, Michael Donnellan, George Keegan, William Hill and Charles Sweetman.
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