This was a murder trial in which the defendant, a military officer, was charged with the murder of an Aboriginal man. It contains one of the earliest detailed examinations of the legal status of Aboriginal people before colonial courts.

R v Lowe [1827] NSWSupC 32; [1827] NSWKR 4 (18 May 1827) 

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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R v Lowe [1827] NSWSupC 32; [1827] NSWKR 4 (18 May 1827)

Frontier wars and the legal system