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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... 1868 Weekly Summary : [Treason Felony Bill]
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The Freeman's Journal reports on the successful passage of the Treason Felony Bill through the parliament. The new bill had been requested originally by the British Secretary for the Colonies, the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, but – following the assassination attempt on H. R. H. Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh – New South Wales politicians added further clauses that the Freeman's Journal finds 'most objectionable'.

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