Open AccessNew Zealand Lost Cases: Case Note: R v Margaret Reardon
Author(s) -
Megan Simpson
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
victoria university of wellington law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-3082
pISSN - 1171-042X
DOI - 10.26686/vuwlr.v41i1.5242
Subject(s) - witness , project commissioning , supreme court , publishing , law , political science , history , sociology
This note considers the case of R v Margaret Reardon. The case is of historical importance as she was the only woman to ever be sentenced to transportation in New Zealand. She was involved in three Supreme Court cases during 1848; as victim, witness and accused. Her case is indicative of how women were dealt with by the courts in the early colony.