Author : Judith Crosland
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1326689320
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (266 download)
Book Synopsis Murder on HMAS Australia: the wartime crime that made legal history by : Judith Crosland
Download or read book Murder on HMAS Australia: the wartime crime that made legal history written by Judith Crosland and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-06-10 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pacific War. 1942. HMAS Australia hunts down JapanOs naval presence with little success. Morale is low, homosexuality rife. Two stokers D Albert and Ted D are accused of murder. Only one of them is guilty. A court martial sentences both men to hang. On appeal, the High Court of Australia holds the sentence wrong in law. Together the shipOs captain, the stokersO defence counsel and a senior Labour minister seize this legal impasse as a political opportunity to claw back naval power from Whitehall. Albert and Ted, meanwhile, await their final sentence by spending eight bleak years in three prisons suffering one anotherOs company. In this true personal story, it is Albert who proves himself a fighter and a man of spirit."