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Author Devitt, Napier, 1871-

Title Famous South African trials / by Napier Devitt
Published Pretoria : J.L. van Schaik, 1930

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Description 1 online resource (194 pages)
Contents A libel of a hundred years ago -- The Douwenis murder -- The tragedy of the Barque "Blake" -- The Ratelsvlei affair -- The great conspiracy case -- A countryside drama in the eighties -- The Matjes river murder -- The death of Jooste -- The Dorosier case -- The case of blind Adam -- The trial of the reformers -- The Edgar case -- The Von Veltheim case -- The case of the princess Radziwill -- The Swartz case -- A famous street robbery -- The McLoughlin case -- The murder of Thomas Mathibe -- The Port Shepstone murder -- The rain goddess
Notes "The accounts of these twenty cases originally appeared in the 'Outspan', to the editor of which journal I am beholden for the hospitality of its columns."--Page [6]
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Subject Trials -- South Africa
Trials
South Africa
Form Electronic book
LC no. 32009045