Mistaken Identity single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1880... 1880 Mistaken Identity
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A country doctor in a small Victorian town rescues a young man from suicide after his release from gaol for an assault he committed defending his innocence of a crime. Questions the legal system and its administration which causes such suffering - the young man eventually dying of brain fever. Lightly but competently told. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 15 no. 177 February 1880 Z1010561 1880 periodical issue 1880 pg. 288-290
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