Book Description
Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Small scratch to top back cover. Pages have started to sun.
An interesting factual book documenting the details and names of executions in Western Australia, starting in 1840 with the execution of Aboriginals Doodjep and Bunaboy at York for the murder of Sarah Cook and her infant daughter.
Also included is a helpful index of people hanged, the crime and place and date of execution and the details of others sentenced to death in WA but not hanged up to the abolition of the death penalty in 1984.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.