An album (337pp) containing official documents, petitions, letters and newspaper cuttings relating to the Mount Rennie Case, 1886-1887

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They include the report of Justice W.C. Windeyer (9 Dec. 1886), annotated by Carrington, Carrington's minute to the Executive Council recording his decision to commute the sentences of three of the prisoners (4 Jan. 1887), copies of appeals by prisoners, copies of police reports, and petitions, addresses and letters to Carrington urging him either to uphold the sentences or exercise his prerogative of mercy. Most of the correspondents were private individuals, including some living in other colonies, but there are also letters from public figures such as Sir Henry Parkes, Sir Frederick Darley, Sir Alfred Stephen, the journalist John Haynes, the prison chaplain Rev. Charles Rich, and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Sir Henry Holland. The newspaper cuttings were taken from many papers and include the Bulletin Extraordinary of 24 December 1886 which appealed to Carrington for mercy. 'The 'popular' Governor' was depicted in a cartoon by Phil May.

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