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Christchurch Crimes 1850-75: Scandal and Skulduggery in Port and Town by Geoffrey W. Rice (Paperback, 2012)
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The stories are drawn from newspaper reports, with further detail added from police records and the court minute books. It is not an academic study; nor is it a work of fiction. Yet such were the shorthand skills of 19th-century newspaper reporters that courtroom testimony and cross-examinations were often captured verbatim, especially in the more sensational murder trials.