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1 online resource (304 pages) |
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Front cover; About the author; Title Page; Imprint; Contents; Author's note; Prologue; PART I: Who were the Makins?; 1 The hanging; 2 Sarah Makin: convict daughter; 3 John Makin: son of the middle class with a past; 4 The deadly secret in Sarah Makin's body; PART II: Digging up the baby farmers' secrets; 5 The baby trade; 6 The Macdonaldtown discoveries; 7 To catch a baby farmer; 8 The first inquest: two babies called A and B; 9 Constable James Joyce: Joycean fictions and the art of deceit; 10 More digging and the strange behaviour of the Makins |
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11 The next five inquests: the Makins' lives stripped bare12 The longest, saddest inquest: clothing and other complications; Picture section; 13 The mysterious Mr and Mrs Wilson give evidence; 14 The obsessions of James Joyce: digging, redigging and more digging; 15 Mothers, mothers everywhere: the George Street inquests begin; 16 The day Miss Amber Murray visited the Makins; PART III: Trials, appeals and various petitions; 17 The trial of the century: a judge out of his depth; 18 The first appeal: the Makins' struggle against the hand of fate; 19 The law passes sentence; 20 Last stop, London |
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21 Makin's last chance: an 'innocent' man under the thumb of a 'fiendish' womanPART IV: Sarah Makin, reformed woman; 22 From convict daughter to convict; 23 Was Sarah Makin really an evil, deadly woman?; 24 The lives that were left; Notes; Acknowledgements; Index |
| Summary |
The most common murder victim in 19th century Australia was a baby, and the most common perpetrator was a woman. Annie Cossins pieces together the fascinating story of the most infamous legal trial in Australia to reveal an underworld of struggling mothers, unwanted babies, and a society that preferred to turn a blind eye |
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Makin, John
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Makin, Sarah
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Murderers -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Case studies
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Women murderers -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Case studies
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Infanticide -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History
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Trials (Infanticide) -- Australia -- New South Wales
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Infanticide
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Murderers
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Trials (Infanticide)
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Women murderers
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Nonfiction.
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History.
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True Crime.
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New South Wales
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Case studies
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781743434512 |
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1743434510 |
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