| Description |
viii, 246 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, map, portraits, plans ; 19 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Historical crime ; 1 |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: The killing -- Sydney in the 1930s -- The killer -- Scenes from a criminal life -- The hunted and the hunters -- Caught -- Fugitive scenes -- The other man -- Footprints and a conversation -- His Majesty's pleasure -- The trial (1) -- Jug ears -- The trial (2) -- Aftermath -- The appeal -- The carpenter of Malabar -- The waiting -- Salvation? -- Hanged by the neck -- Postscript |
| Summary |
William Cyril Moxley was hanged at Sydney's Long Bay Gaol in 1932 the first execution in New South Wales for eight years. His crime was the brutal rape and murder of 21-year-old Dorothy Ruth Denzel and the vicious beating and killing of her boyfriend, Frank Barnby Wilkinson. How did this World War I army deserter, small-time thief, conman and police informer come to be the infamous murderer Mad Dog Moxley? Was it simply a robbery gone wrong? Did his blackouts and migraines stem from a head injury as he claimed or was he the monstrous sociopath described by the prosecution lawyers and the tabloids? Why did he leave such an obvious trail? Would he be found guilty today? |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Map on endpapers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-244) |
| Subject |
Moxley, William Cyril, -1932
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Murder -- Australia -- Moorebank (N.S.W.)
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Murder -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Moorebank
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Murderers -- Australia -- Case studies.
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Murderers -- Australia -- Moorebank (N.S.W.)
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Murderers -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Moorebank -- Biography
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Murderers -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Moorebank
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| SUBJECT |
Moorebank (N.S.W.)
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Moorebank (N.S.W.) -- History
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| ISBN |
1742232868 (paperback) |
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9781742232867 (paperback) |
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