R v Bonjon
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r-v-bonjon-293-8517753
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R v Bonjon
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R v Bonjon was a criminal court case, decided in the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the District of Port Phillip on 16 September 1841, in which Bonjon, an Aboriginal man, had been charged with murder for killing Yammowing, another Aboriginal man. The main issue in the case was whether the colonial courts had jurisdiction over offences committed by Aboriginal people inter se, that is, by one Aboriginal person against another. Judge Willis extensively considered the legal situation as to the
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2024-01-05T07:08:56Z
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