Christchurch Crimes and Scandals 1876-99 - Rice, Geoffrey W.
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From the Boxing Day Riot of 1879, when a parade of Orange Lodge members was attacked by a mob of Irish Catholic navvies swinging axe handles, to a slander case involving one of the city's richest merchants and the famous Severed Hand Mystery of 1885, historian Geoffrey Rice presents another fascinating collection of Christchurch crimes and scandals culled from 19th-century newspaper court reports covering the Victorian period from 1876 to 1899.

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From the Boxing Day Riot of 1879, when a parade of Orange Lodge members was attacked by a mob of Irish Catholic navvies swinging axe handles, to a slander case involving one of the city's richest merchants and the famous Severed Hand Mystery of 1885, historian Geoffrey Rice presents another fascinating collection of Christchurch crimes and scandals culled from 19th-century newspaper court reports covering the Victorian period from 1876 to 1899.