Spent all day trying to work on my book about creepy geological stuff in the central highlands and this chapter on snakes being spooky and whatnot has been dragged hugely off course by OH MY GOD HOW CORRUPT WAS THE COLONY OF VICTORIA IN THE 1860S
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I did Legal Studies at St Martin's (now Damascus) and our teacher made the mistake of scheduling our court visit on a Monday when all the mentions of the weekend's shenanigans were being heard.
Most memorably, a man from Daylesford who had allegedly commited lewd acts with a statue ...
"Ok, I'm a little vague on what this one guy was doing in the three years or so prior to his death, time to check TROVE and - ok did EVERYONE in Daylesford in 1867 just commit fraud and arson what the fuck"
I have been reading about the legal troubles of Mayor Patterson and others all day and now, at 9:21pm, I am learning that he was also subject to a politically motivated pig theft charge???
So the complainant turns up and says “nah, he didn’t steal any pigs.” The magistrate I’m writing about then says “well you’ve committed perjury, but these other magistrates have outvoted me about punishing you.” So now I need to know who the other magistrates were *and were they in on it*?
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Most memorably, a man from Daylesford who had allegedly commited lewd acts with a statue ...