Researching women in early colonial NSW
This Court has duly considered the evidence, both for and against you, and judges that you are not guilty of maliciously killing the deceased, Robert Morrow, the basis for the crime of wilful murder. The Court does find you guilty of the aggravated and felonious killing and slaying of the deceased. ….. You, Eleanor Irwin, have conducted yourself through this unhappy incident with great violence; highly unbecoming your sex. You will be confined in His Majesty’s Gaol at Parramatta for … Continue reading