This document contains record of the second reading speech of the Juvenile Offenders Punishment Bill 1850 on page 2. The record is brief and notes that it was moved by Mr Nichols.

Juvenile Offenders Punishment Bill 1850 (NSW) - Second Reading and Hansard Debate, Legislative Council, 25 June 1850

As the colonial legal system developed in the early years of the New South Wales colony, its application to Aboriginal people was inconsistent. There were different approaches to the question of whether Aboriginal people could be tried under the law or were protected by the law.

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Juvenile Offenders Punishment Bill 1850 (NSW) - Second Reading and Hansard Debate, Legislative Council, 25 June 1850

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