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    Fred Evans

    Fred Evans' violent death during the 1912 Waihi miners' strike made this otherwise obscure figure into a martyr of the New Zealand labour movement. He remains one of only two people to be killed during an industrial dispute in this country's history.

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Minnie Dean goes on trial

1895 Minnie Dean goes on trial

Minnie Dean's trial for murdering a baby placed in her care began at the Invercargill Supreme Court. The 'Winton baby-farmer' was found guilty three days later and hanged on 12 August. more...

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Capital punishment in New ZealandMinnie Dean

External links

  • Minnie Dean (Crime.co.nz)
  • The Ballad of Minnie Dean (NZ Folk song)
  • Notable trials: The Winton Baby Farmer (1966 encyclopaedia)
  • Minnie Dean (1966 encyclopaedia)
  • Minnie Dean biography (DNZB)
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