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From: Janifer Gatenby <>
Subject: RE: [AUS-Tas] Hobart Hangman
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:01:18 +0100


Hello Listers,

In case there are any American residents that are interested here are the
details of this book below including North American holdings from OCLC's
WorldCat. There is a similar catalogue in Australia, Kinetica that lists
holdings of the majority of Australian libraries. I think that your local
public library would have access to Kinetica and could arrange to borrow a
copy for you on Inter-Library loan.

title: The Tasmanian gallows : a study of capital punishment / by Richard
P. Davis.
author(s): Davis, Richard P.
publication: Hobart : Cat & Fiddle Press,
publication year: 1974.
description: xv, 119 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
annotation(s): Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 107-111.
isbn: 0858530171
lccn: 75306661
accession no: OCLC: 1500476

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location library code
AS MOORE THEOL COL LIBR TLQ
AS NATIONAL LIBR OF AUSTRALIA AUT
AS UNIV OF QUEENSLAND YQU
ZZ UNIV OF S AFRICA, UNISA LIBR OL$
AB UNIV OF ALBERTA UAB
AB UNIV OF CALGARY LIBR UAU
NS DALHOUSIE UNIV LAW SCH LIBR DU0
AL UNIV OF ALABAMA, LAW LIBR AUL
CA CALIFORNIA STATE UNIV, FRESNO CFS
CA UNIV OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES CLU
CT YALE UNIV LIBR YUS
DC GEORGETOWN UNIV, LAW LIBR GUL
DC LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DLC
NY NEW YORK PUB LIBR RES LIBR NYP
PA PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV UPM
TX TEXAS TECH UNIV, SCH OF LAW LIBR TTL
TX UNIV OF TEXAS, TARLTON LAW LIBR TXQ
WI UNIV OF WISCONSIN, MADISON, GEN LIBR SYS GZM

Regards from a freezing cold Leiden, Netherlands,

Janifer Pearl

-----Original Message-----
From: Marianne Punshon [mailto:]
Sent: 10 December 2003 12:20
To:
Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Hobart Hangman


Hi Liz

I hadn't time until now to check my notes re "The Tasmanian Gallows"

The author is Richard Davis and the full title 'The Tasmanian gallows: A
Study in Capital Punishment" Solomon Blay lived in Oatlands, The book gives
some details of his life and duties. It is a few years since I read it and
my interest was in the general scene of a hanging at Oatlands rather than
Blay so I forget most of the detail. The book is in the State Library of
Victoria.

Cheers

Marianne


> Dear Liz
> I am currently in Korea and have my books in storage, however, I have a
book
> that is called something like "The Tasmanian Gallows". I recall reading
> about Blay at length in this book. I believe he had a reputation for
> strangling rather than hanging. The book is a small one and has a yellow
> cover. I'm sure you can get it at the reference part of the Hobart or
> Launceston library. In fact, I think I saw it in the Launceston library
> upstairs in the Tasmanian section only a few weeks ago.
> Best wishes
> Betty Pilgrim
> Siheung-City
>
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