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A Disgraceful Miscarriage of Justice Barber, William Henry The…
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15-Jul-2018
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A Disgraceful Miscarriage of Justice Barber, William Henry The Case of W.H. Barber: containing, Copies of all the Documents recently submitted to the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., Secretary of State for the Home Department; A Letter from Norfolk Island, showing the revolting cruelties to which Mr. Barber was there subjected. And a Narrative of the Steps by which his Innocence has been established and his Deliverence effected. To which are now added the Observations of the Legal and Public Press. [London; Effingham Wilson, 1849] Seventh Edition. Octavo, 148pp; some dusting early and late; bound in more recent brown morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt, gilt decorations, marbled endpapers. Rare, as are all editions of this work, which went through at least seven editions in the first few months of 1849 and ten by 1866. 'William Barber, a highly respected solicitor, spent seven terrifying years as a convict on Norfolk Island until his innocence was finally proved. Barber's experience was a terrible one, and a disgrace to an allegedly civilised society. His exposure of the horrors of Norfolk Island was instrumental in the reform of the convict system which led ultimately to the abandonment of the penal settlement there.' [The Davidson Collection - second Sale, February 2006. Lot 305]. With Davidson Collection bookplate.
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Printed & Written Material: Historical Documents