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Issue Details: First known date: 1844... 1844 Emmeein Dhu, or The Outlaw's Revenge : A Tale of the Whiteboys
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Notes

  • Epigraph: Alas! Poor country - Shakespeare
  • The principal felon in this story was sentence to transportation for life. He escaped this penalty when he escaped imprisonment, took murderous revenge and was killed, in the act, by police

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First known date: 1844
Serialised by: The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature 1843-1845 newspaper (100 issues)
Notes:
Serialised in the Weekly Register in three weekly episodes beginning on 16 March, continuing on 23 March and concluding on 30 March 1844.
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