Guilty on the gallows : famous capital crimes of New Zealand / Sherwood Young.

By:

Young, Sherwood

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Wellington, N.Z. : Grantham House, 1998.Description: 296 p. : ill., facsims. maps, ports., ; 24 cmISBN:

186934068X (pbk.) :

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DDC classification:

364.15230993 21

Summary: This history of capital crime in New Zealand includes the careful examination of twenty cases. These end with the case of Walter Bolton who was the last person hanged in 1957. Changes in methods of execution are explored along with other detail.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction - New Zealand	Waimate Non-Fiction	Non Fiction	364.1523 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		A00230870

On cover: Stranglers, poisoners, a traitor, knife, gun & axe murderers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-285) and index.

This history of capital crime in New Zealand includes the careful examination of twenty cases. These end with the case of Walter Bolton who was the last person hanged in 1957. Changes in methods of execution are explored along with other detail.

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