In June 1896, a tall, well-dressed man arrived at the supreme court of New South Wales in Sydney. Flanked by his barristers, Richard Meagher was coming to play his part in the final scenes of a criminal and political scandal that had transfixed the Australian colonies for the past year – the Dean case.
The outcome of this hearing was all but pre-determined. Meagher was about to be exiled from the profession he had spent years toiling to enter, that had given him fame and wealth – a profession that he had lately brought into disgrace.
The path to that disgrace began
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