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Man Who Could Not Reform In Colonial Australia
A penal system in New South Wales failed to reform Benjamin Stanley, a convict who drifted from brutal treatment to crime. After years on road gangs he, with Frederick Garrett, plotted to rob elderly farmer Campbell. The robbery ended in Campbell’s murder. Garrett confessed later, while Stanley faced trial and defense with evidence tying him to the crime in Maitland and Clarence Town.
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Benjamin Stanley
Sydney
New South Wales
Wland
Sydney Cove
Little Park
Stanley
Bury Assizes
Roncery
Maitland
Swan
Woodville
Eckford
West Maitland
Frederick Garrett
Liverpool
Mayo's Inn
Garrett
Campbell
Mayo
Clarence Town
Morpeth
John Campbell
Stanley Ha
Sevhara
Uate Menderar
Yale
Bey
Justice
Montoy
Blindford
Ball
Lal
Souham
Lusteangers
Apson
Phic
Pilehapalia
Newcastie