Proceedings...from the records of the Court of Justice, at the Cape of Good Hope, in a criminal process for a Libel... (of) Lieut-Gen the Hon. H. G. Grey...
London: T. Harper, 1811. Hardcover. By 1783, Halloran had had a checkered career, charged with immorality and murder of a fellow midshipman. He made his way to South Africa, as the English rector of a public school in Cape Town, South Africa. He was charged wit libel for his satire, 'Capabilities, or South African Characteristics', mocking Lieutenant General H. G. Grey. Halloran was found guilty, fined and banished from South Africa. He returned to England, where he drifted in poverty. In 1818 he was charged with forging a tenpenny frank, was found guilty, and was sentenced to seven years transportation to Australia.
On his arrival in Sydney, he was immediately granted a ticket of leave by Gov. Macquarie. Simeon Lord and John Macarthur helped him establish a private school for "Classical, Mathematical and Commercial Education" known as Sydney Grammar School, which opened in 1820.
8vo, 711pp. Deaccessed by the NY Association of the Bar Library, with their stamp on the title page. Tan library cloth binding with leather gilt spine label, and paper label. Cloth sunned at spine, leather label chipped; slightly cracked inner front hinge; ffep partially detached. OCLC: 222398996 (1 copy) State Library of New South Wales. Trove 14295450. Good + overall. Item #23976
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