This is a bail application lodged by Mr Johnston prior to the trial of him and four other white men for the manslaughter of an Aboriginal woman. The judgment in R v Johnston, Clarke, Nicholson, Castles, and Crear [1824] NSWSC 8 is available at DOC6496.

R v Johnston [1824] NSWSC 7 (6 July 1824)

The establishment of the colonial settlement of Bathurst on Wiradjuri country in 1815 and the expansion of the colony over the Bathurst Plains led to war between the Wiradjuri people and the colonisers in the 1820s. Bathurst and the neighbouring settlements were administered by Commandants, who tried various and unsuccessful...

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R v Johnston [1824] NSWSC 7 (6 July 1824)

Central Western NSW Conflict