Title An irresistible temptation : the true story of Jane New and a colonial scandal / Carol Baxter

Published Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2006

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Description x, 422 pages ; 23 cm Summary In 1829 at the Supreme Court in Sydney, the bewitching Jane New was sentenced to death. Her crime: shoplifting a bolt of printed French silk. But was she guilty? Many had their doubts. Although a legal technicality soon quashed Jane's sentence, the autocratic Governor Ralph Darling refused to set her free. Like bees to the honey pot, the gentlemen of Sydney swarmed to Jane's defence including barrister and political agitator William Charles Wentworth and Supreme Court Registrar John Stephen Jr, who were both vigorous and manipulative in their appeals to set her free.An Irresistible Temptation is set against the backdrop of a particularly divisive period in colonial New South Wales. Not only did the scandal titillate Sydney and its legal and political ramifications push the colony to the brink of a constitutional crisis, but it contributed to the savagery of Governor Darling's public vilification and bestowed upon Jane New a place in the annals of Australian colonial history Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical reference: pages 412-416 Subject Darling, Ralph, Sir, 1775-1858. New, Jane. Prisoners -- New South Wales Female offenders -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Biography Female offenders -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney Penal colonies -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Botany Bay -- History Penal colonies -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Botany Bay (N.S.W.) -- History. Prisoners -- Australia -- New South Wales. Scandals -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney Women prisoners -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Biography. Women prisoners -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Biography Women prisoners -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney Genre/Form Biographies. ISBN 174114924X (paperback) 9781741149241

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